Congratulations to all teams competing in the 2025 State Livestock, Poultry, and Horticulture Career Development Events. Many thanks go out to our Livestock and Poultry contest host, University of Illinois, Dr. Josh McCann, Dr. Jason Emmert, Dr. Anna Dilger, faculty, staff, and students for their support of the Livestock and Poultry contests. We would also like to thank our Horticulture contest host, Parkland College, Mr. Charlie Mitsdarfer, faculty, staff, and students of Parkland College and Prairie Gardens Garden Center & Nursery in Champaign for their support of the Horticulture contest.
We want to hear from you!
Please let us know of any feedback from this week’s events. Click here to submit a short Google form with the positives, negatives, and things that could/should be changed with the IL Livestock, Poultry, and Horticulture CDEs. We value and thank you for your input.
Livestock - Reasons
In the State Livestock CDE Reasons Division, 14 schools, 11 teams, and 51 individuals competed. Congratulations to the superior teams and individuals that competed in this year’s contest!
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Superior Teams
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Rank
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School
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Score
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1
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Prairie Central
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1473
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2
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Taylorville
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1472
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Superior Individuals
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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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Hannah Miller
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Prairie Central
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503
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2
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Ryker Beckmier
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Taylorville
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502
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3
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Abbie Rapp
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Pontiac
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491
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4
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Kadie Hummel
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Tri-Point
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490
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5
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Clay Miller
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Prairie Central
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489
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6
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Reed Naughton
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Olympia
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489
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7
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Deacon Shanks
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Taylorville
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487
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8
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Maddox Horner
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Newton
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486
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9
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Jared Bressner
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Pontiac
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484
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Tiebreaker used:Reasons Total
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Livestock - Non-Reasons
In the State Livestock CDE Reasons Division, 121 schools, 116 teams, and 550 individuals competed.
Congratulations to the superior teams and individuals that competed in this year’s contest!
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Superior Teams
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Rank
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School
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Score
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1
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Cissna Park
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1078
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2
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West Central
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1066
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3
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Waterloo
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1052
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4
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Rowva
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1052
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5
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Jerseyville
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1044
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6
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Mount Pulaski
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1044
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7
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Paris
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1044
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8
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Charleston
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1043
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9
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North Clay
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1041
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10
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Clay City
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1038
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Tiebreaker used: Grading Cattle, Weather Dam Ewes, Market Hog Placing
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Superior Individuals
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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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Emily Karas
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Cissna Park
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370
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2
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Alexa Turner
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Mahomet-Seymour
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366
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3
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Jay Peterson
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Paris
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365
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4
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Maci Brooks
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Abingdon-Avon
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363
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5
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Clay Wadlow
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Jerseyville
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362
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6
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Beau Howe
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Iroquois West
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360
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7
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Gabe Wyatt
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Edwards County
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359
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8
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Kolton Henry
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Sullivan
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359
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9
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Ruby Gittings
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West Central
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359
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10
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Cooper Gibb
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West Central
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359
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Tiebreaker used: Grading Cattle, Weather Dam Ewes, Market Hog Placing
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Poultry
In the State Poultry CDE, 59 schools, 51 teams, and 243 individuals competed.
Congratulations to the superior teams and individuals that competed in this year’s contest!
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Superior Teams
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Rank
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School
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Score
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1
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Prairie Central
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1381
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2
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West Prairie
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1331
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3
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Olney
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1321
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4
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Dieterich
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1299
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5
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Nokomis
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1294
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6
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Pekin
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1286
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7
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United
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1279
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8
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River Ridge
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1277
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9
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Paxton-Buckley-Loda
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1261
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Superior Individuals
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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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Coye Bunnell
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West Prairie
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473
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2
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Madilyn Roth
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Prairie Central
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469
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3
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Wayde Fehr
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Prairie Central
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458
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4
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Landon Cottrell
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Prairie Central
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454
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5
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Aspen Morgan
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Olney
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452
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6
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Quinn Schaffer
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Prairie Central
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444
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7
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Abigail Kendall
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United
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443
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8
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Natalie Zwilling
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Olney
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443
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9
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Kendall Mills
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United
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440
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10
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Addie Cutright
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Dieterich
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440
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Tiebreaker used, RTC Grading, Exterior Egg Quality
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Horticulture
In the State Horticulture CDE, 45 schools, 39 teams, and 197 individuals competed.
Congratulations to the superior teams and individuals that competed in this year’s contest!
*** Question #6 on the landscape practicum was removed. The question had 2 option “B”’s listed.
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Superior Teams
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Rank
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School
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Score
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1
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Olney
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2760
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2
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Benton
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2642.5
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3
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Prairie Central
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2548.5
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4
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Seneca
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2467
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5
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Kaneland
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2294.5
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6
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Glenbrook South
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2277.5
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7
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Paxton-Buckley-Loda
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2259.5
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Superior Individuals
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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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Owen Kocher
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Olney
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726.5
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2
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Kenneth Guo
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Kaneland
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706.5
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3
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Victoria Rudolphi
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Olney
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705.5
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4
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Kinzey Bachtold
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Prairie Central
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703
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5
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Kylie Kocher
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Olney
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682
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6
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Xander Walker
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Benton
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680
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7
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Sydney Pickens
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Paxton-Buckley-Loda
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678
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8
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Tyler Buntin
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Benton
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671
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9
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Addison Huber
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Prairie Central
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662
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10
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Tynan Justice
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Seneca
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659.5
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Full results for these contests can be accessed by logging in to judgingcard.com. Click here to view initial login instructions posted on the ilaged.org website.
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 this event a success!
--
Sean Welch
Illinois FFA Center
Phone: 217-753-3328 Cell: --
Email: swelch@illinoisffa.org
Address: 3221 Northfield Dr. , Springfield , IL 62702