Polk County FFA plant teams qualify for state competition

Published 7:31 pm Thursday, June 1, 2017

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The Polk County High School FFA participated May 2 in the Western Regional FFA Rally at Haywood Community College.

The horticulture team placed first in its division and the nursery landscape and floriculture teams placed second in their divisions. All teams qualified for the NCFFA State Finals to be held in Raleigh on June 20-22.

John Vining assisted the teams in preparing for the regional event.

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To learn more about the FFA opportunities visit ncffa.org or visit the Polk County High School FFA Facebook page.

– article submitted by PolkStudents.com

Members of the nursery landscape team include Bryan Dadson, Tatianna Carey, Allison Edwards, Clark Phipps, Caleb Potter and Samuel Korzelius.

Members of the floriculture team include Hunter Kilgore, Jack Derkach, Juniper Walter-Eger and Kendall Hall

Members of the horticulture team include, front row: Paige Schlabach, Sydney Waldman (Regional Individual Runner-up), Anna McFadden and Tana Harris (Regional Individual Champion); Back row: David Horton, Evan Dadson, Carolina Castillo-Ibarra, Claudia Truesdale.

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