Congratulations to all teams competing in the 2024 State Ag Business Management, Ag Mechanics, Parliamentary Procedure, and Conduct of Chapter Meetings Career and Leadership Development Events.
A special thanks to Cargill for serving as our Ag Business Management Career Development Event sponsor, and AGCO for serving as the Ag Mechanics Sponsor. Many thanks go out to our Ag Mechanics, Parliamentary Procedure, and Conduct of Chapter Meetings contest host, Illinois Central College, Grant Grebner, Pete Fandel, Blake Lehman, Steve Flinn, Zachary Flinn, Colin Campbell, Tyler Smith, Curt Rippey, Jeffrey Joos, Rick Polanin, Rich Lessen, Don Lockwood, Megan Coy, Jennifer Waters, faculty, staff, and students of Illinois Central College and judges for Parliamentary Procedure and Conduct of Chapter Meetings for their support of the Ag Mechanics, Parliamentary Procedure, and Conduct of Chapter Meetings contests.
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Ag Business Management
In the State Ag Business Management CDE, 15 schools, 13 teams, and 56 individuals competed.
Congratulations to the superior teams and individuals that competed in this year’s contest!
***3 Questions were removed due to “All/None of the Above” answers. Questions removed are linked in the Tiebreaker document. With these three questions removed, the exam is now out of 219 pts.
Team
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Rank
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Chapter Name
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Score
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1
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Prairie Central
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473
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2
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Olney
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439
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3
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Maroa Forsyth
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413
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Individuals
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Rank
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Chapter
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Student
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Score
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1
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Olney
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Trenton Payne
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164
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2
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Prairie Central
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Preston Plenert
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162
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3
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Kewanee
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Willow Marshall
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162
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4
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Maroa-Forsyth
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Grant Simmons
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161
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5
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Prairie Central
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Ellie Drach
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159
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6
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Prairie Central
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Adri Cottrell
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152
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7
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Olney
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Owen Kocher
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138
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8
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Olney
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Victoria Rudolphi
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137
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9
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Carrollton
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Will Bland
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132
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Tiebreaker 1 used
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Tiebreakers Used:
***3 Questions were removed due to “All/None of the Above” answers. Questions removed are linked in the Tiebreaker document
Full anonymous results for the Ag Business Management contest can be found here.
Ag Mechanics
In the State Ag Mechanics CDE, 52 schools, 21 teams, and 142 individuals competed.
Congratulations to the superior teams and individuals that competed in this year’s contest!
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Team:
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Rank
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School
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Team Total
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1
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Newton
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400
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2
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Prairie Central
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375
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3
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Stillman Valley
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361
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4
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Eureka
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332
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Individual:
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Rank
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School
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Name of Carpentry Individual
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Carpentry Subtotal
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1
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Newton
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Kye Bergbower
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91
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2
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Stillman Valley
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Callan Farris
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82
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3
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Prairie Central
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Carson Leman
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76
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Tiebreaker #1
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4
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Eureka
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Reagan Dotterer
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76
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Tiebreaker #1
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5
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Mt. Pulaski
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Jameson Lowe
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74
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Rank
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School
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Name of Electricity Individual
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Electricity Subtotal
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1
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Stillman Valley
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Paul Baker
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88
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Tiebreaker #2
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2
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Prairie Central
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Preston Plenert
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88
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Tiebreaker #2
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3
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Bureau Valley
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Gavin Dietz
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86
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4
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Newton
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Dylan Gier
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82
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5
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Eureka
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Austin Gerber
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80
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Tiebreaker #1
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Rank
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School
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Name of Welding Individual
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Welding Subtotal
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1
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Newton
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Landen McClure
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87
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2
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Ramsey
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Hayden Hayes
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78
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3
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Carrollton
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John Carroll
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75
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4
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Chester
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Noah Homan
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74
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5
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Iroquois West
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Luckie Ford
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71
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6
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St. Joseph-Ogden
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Caleb Cotter
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69
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Rank
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School
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Name of Ag Power Individual
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Ag Power Subtotal
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1
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Eureka
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Jesse Schumacher
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78
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Tiebreaker #1
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2
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Flora
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Coy Beard
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78
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Tiebreaker #1
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3
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Griggsville-Perry
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Jack Shoemaker
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77
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4
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Somonauk-Leland-Sandwich
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Cameron Vandermeir
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74
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5
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Prairie Central
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Luke Ifft
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73
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Rank
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School
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Name of Surveying Individual
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Surveying Subtotal
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1
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Prairie Central
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Franklin Rathbun
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79
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2
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Stillman Valley
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Lucas Cheeseman
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76
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3
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Newton
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Sara Burtis
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72
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Tiebreaker #3
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4
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Mt. Zion
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Nicholas Scherer
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72
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Tiebreaker #3
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5
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Paxton-Buckley-Loda
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Madison Freed
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68
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Full anonymous results for the Ag Mechanics contest can be found here.
Parliamentary Procedure
In the State Parliamentary Procedure LDE, 10 schools, 10 teams, and 60 individuals competed.
Congratulations to the superior teams and individuals that competed in this year’s contest!
Top Teams
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Top Teams
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Rank
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Team
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Score
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1
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OLNEY FFA
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807.33
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2
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NEOGA FFA
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783.50
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Top President
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Rank
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Individual
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School
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Score
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1
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Kristin Partlow
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Neoga
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129.5
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2
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Marcus Ray
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Marengo
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120
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Top Floor Member
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Chapter
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Name
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Score
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1st
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Olney
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Trenton Payne
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144.00
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2nd
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Neoga
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Megan Baker
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142.67
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3rd
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Olney
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Victoria Rudolphi
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137.33
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4th
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Olney
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Owen Kocher
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132.67
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5th
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Cisne
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Alex Paul
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129.33
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6th
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Amboy
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Emma Dinges
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128.6666667
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7th
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Olney
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Kylie Kocher
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128.33
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8th
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Neoga
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Natalie O’Dell
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128.00
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9th
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Olney
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Carter Anderson
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122.00
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*Debate score used as tiebreaker for Floor Members
*Ability to preside used as tiebreaker for Chair
Conduct of Chapter Meetings
In the State Conduct of Chapter Meetings LDE, 10 schools, 10 teams, and 70 individuals competed.
Congratulations to the superior teams and individuals that competed in this year’s contest!
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Top Teams
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Rank
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Team
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Score
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1
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Olney
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769.8333333
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2
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Cisne
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758.3333333
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Top President
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Rank
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Individual
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School
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Score
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1
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Savannah Cycholl
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Olney
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152
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2
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Brittan Bradley
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Streator
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148.5
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Top Floor Member
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Chapter
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Office
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Name
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|
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1st
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Cisne
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Treasurer
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Mikkie Hearle
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75.66666667
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2nd
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Cisne
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Advisor
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Allison Shannon
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74.66666667
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3rd
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Olney
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Reporter
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Emma Hefferman
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71
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4th
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Cisne
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Vice President
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Aidyn Dickey
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70.66666667
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5th
|
Olney
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Vice President
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Carder Burgener
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70.33333333
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6th
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Olney
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Treasurer
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Reyce Petersen
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70
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7th
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Blue Ridge
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Vice President
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Kelly Weiss
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70
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8th
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Amboy
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Sentinel
|
Westin Wittenauer
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69.66666667
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9th
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Amboy
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Reporter
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Chase Huggins
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69.66666667
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10th
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Blue Ridge
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Advisor
|
Addison Browning
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69.33333333
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**Ties Broken by Discussion, then Oral Question, then Test Score
Full results for Parliamentary Procedure and Conduct of Chapter Meetings contests will be shared directly with coaches this evening.
Results posted in this email are to be considered tentative at this time. Any discrepancies found in the results must be submitted in writing to the Illinois FFA Center within 3 days from electronic notification of results. Results will become official with the mailing of ribbons in the coming weeks.
Thanks again to everyone who helped to make these events a success!
--
Sean Welch
Illinois FFA Center
Phone: 217-753-3328 Cell: --
Email: swelch@illinoisffa.org
Address: 3221 Northfield Dr. , Springfield , IL 62702