2024-25 Career Development Event (CDE) and Leadership Development Event (LDE) Results

2024-25 School Year

State Land Judging and Homesite Evaluation

Our FFA Land Judging Team won the state championship and qualifies for nationals in Oklahoma City April 29-May 1, 2025.

State Land Judging Champion Team

Wyatt Shields - Individual State Champion

Lora Larison 2nd Place Medal

Emberlee Allen and Mara Marten tied for 4th both winning medals.

This is only the second state land championship in school history!

Our FFA homesite team consisting of 5 freshmen finished 2nd in the state.

Reserve Champion State Homesite Team

Grant Warner 3rd Place state medalist

Tristan Schlodder 7th place medalist

Tyson Carlson 9th place medalist

Camden Schuster

Kanon Segenhagen

2024 State Champion Land Team 

2024 State Reserve Champion Homesite Team

FALL CDE DAY - September 25th

Congrats to the 33 members and 4 teams on a great day at the Fall CDE Day held at the NE Kansas Heritage Complex in Holton. Thanks to Jackson Heights FFA for hosting land and Royal Valley for co-hosting the Nursey CDE with us. We appreciate Addie Bartels for volunteering to help run the Nursery CDE too. Also thank you to the Jackson County Conservation District and JH FFA Alumni for providing the awesome lunch. It was a great day to have a great day! #weareholton

A Team Land Judging - 1st Place Team Overall, District Champion

Emberlee Allen - 1st Place Medalist, District Champion

Mara Marten - 2nd Place Medalist

Lora Larison - 4th Place Medalist

Wyatt Shields - 5th Place Medalist

Koy Tannahill - 22nd

2024 District Champion A Team Land Judging

B Team Land Judging - 1st Place Team

(These sophomores would have finished 2nd Overall on the “A Team”/Varsity level, their first time ever doing this event.)

Jacey Willard - 1st Place Medalist

Rebekah Dement - 2nd Place Medalist

Tinsley Bradley - 5th Place Medalist

Alyssa Stitch - 6th Place Medalist

Pierson Cyphers - 13th Place, William Beauchamp, and Isaac Gutierrez

2024 District Champion B Team Land Judging

B Team Homesite Evaluation - 1st Place Team

(These freshmen would have finished 2nd Overall on the “A Team”/Varsity level)

Grant Warner - 2nd Place Medalist

Kannon Segenhagen - 3rd Place Medalist

Tristan Schlodder - 4th Place Medalist

Camden Schuster - 5th Place Medalist

Tyson Carlson - 6th Place

Brodyn King - 9th Place

Landon Sawyer - 10th Place

Evan Schaller - 12th, Tucker Terry - 13th, Thayne Gross - 14th, Michael Willcott - 16th, Tucker Buskirk - 19th, Person Cyphers - 20th

2024 District Champion B Team Homesite Evaulation

A Team Nursery and Landscape - 2nd Place Overall

Lora Larison - 2nd place medalist

Lucas White - 3rd place medalist

Haidn Newell - 10th Place

Addison Bontrager - 12th, Camryn Wheeler - 16th, and Havilah Myers

2nd Place A Team Nursery and Landscape

NE District FFA Greenhand Leadership Conference and Information Test

September 18, 2024 - Silver Lake, KS

Julie Bontrager - 8th Place Tie out of over 400 in attendance.

Great job Julie!

25 First Year Members (Greenhands) in attendance.