On June 7-9th, nineteen West Perry FFA members attended the 2022 Pennsylvania FFA State Convention held at The Pennsylvania State University. During this three-day convention, students competed as individuals or with other members in teams on agriculturally related topics, also known as Career Development Events(CDEs) or Leadership Development Events (LDEs). FFA members from across the state joined this convention to compete in these state-level competitions. The individual competitions included Extemporaneous Speaking, where Emma O’Toole placed sixth. Dominic Innerst competed in the talent competition and placed ninth. Aquatics was also an individual competition where Ariel Conrad placed forty-second, and D. Innerst placed forty-third. The Milk Quality and Products team, consisting of Rylee Fuller, Levi Jones, Julie Loy, and Katelynn Leber, placed first and are the state champions. As a result, they will be able to represent Pennsylvania at the National FFA Convention in October. For individual rankings in the competition, Fuller placed first, Jones placed second, Leber placed fourth, and Loy placed fifth. The Conduct of Chapter meetings team, consisting of Sadie Innerst, Will Reisinger, Dale Pfiel, Sage Kitner, Ethan Seidel, Ty Keller, and Mason Ross, placed second in the state. The Agricultural Mechanics and Technology team, consisting of Vera Innerst, Andrew Reisinger, Gavin Neff, and Noah Zeigler, placed fifth. As individuals, V. Innerst placed 12th, A. Reisinger placed 18th, Neff placed twenty-second, and Zeigler placed twenty-seventh. Ryley Reisinger was also among the 19 candidates who ran for a state FFA office.
In addition to the competitions, students attended three general sessions hosted by the Pennsylvania State Officer team while at the convention. During the second session, Rylee Fuller was recognized for success in her Supervised Agricultural Experience Project and was named the state proficiency winner in beef production entrepreneurship.
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Ethan Seidel West Perry 2022-2023 FFA Reporter