Aurora, Hampton teams qualify for state competition
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The Aurora land judging team competed last week at the district event near Marquette, qualifying for this week’s state meet. -
Hampton High School brought a large team of competitors to the district land judging competition, where the Hawks earned the right to compete at this week’s state land judging event in Scottsbluff. -
Pictured here are members of the High Plains land judging team, which competed at last week’s district meet near Marquette.
Three area schools competed Oct. 5 in the District Land Judging contest, hosted just outside of Marquette, with a pair of teams pushing forward and earning a chance to compete at the state level Wednesday.
This was no usual district competition either, according to area ag teachers.
“This was a difficult contest,” said Joel Miller, Hampton ag teacher and state land judging coordinator. “It was probably the most challenging district contest that I can remember.”
Though students never really know what they’re walking into for a land judging competition, they do have time to prepare. Aurora students in specific, with the help of ag teacher Tony Sigler, reviewed steadily for a few weeks.
“We started off by digging a hole and making what we call ribbons with the soil, making it like an eighth of an inch thick and seeing how long it’d be to determine how much clay,” said Chase Brei, individual and team state qualifier for Aurora. “You (also) determine if it’s fine, or moderately fine soil.”
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