Region 6 FFA Milk Quality Competition

Five Edgerton FFA members competed back on November 17 in the Region 6 FFA Milk Quality Competition at Mt. Lake High School. The team placed 6th overall and is headed to State Competition later in April. Members also competed in the Cheese Please contest. There were 10 samples of cheese that were part of the FFA Milk Quality Contest on November 17. The FFA members competing needed to identify the type of cheese, know the country it originated from, what the percentage of fat was in the various cheeses and moisture, plus how it was ripened. Other sections of the contest include: Milk flavors, real versus artificial, perform a California mastitis test, and take a written test on milk production and marketing.

Michael Gunnink and Jose Carrera, left, are collecting their 10 samples of cheese that were part of the Cheese Please FFA Milk Quality Contest.

FFA team members competing were (l-r): Blair Sandbulte, Dakota Erickson, Avery Bootsma, Michael Gunnink, and Jose Carrera. Jose led the team placing 16th overall and Avery was 2nd on the team and 17th overall out of 56 individuals.

Knowledge Bowl

Students at Edgerton Public School have kicked off the junior high Knowledge Bowl season. Junior high Knowledge Bowl is open to students in grades 7-9. This year we have 6 students involved.

Teams compete to be the first to answer questions about American history, world history, government, geography, literature, English, math, science and music. Each Monday evening students complete 3 rounds of 45 questions each. 

We have gone to three meets so far, finishing 9th at Holy Redeemer, 2nd in Adrian, and 4th in Pipestone. We will go to SMSU for subregions on December 20.

Knowledge Bowl students in the picture are (l to r): Brayden Dirksen, Keira Cruz, Keeton Ockenga, Philip Vander Lugt, Blake Schultz, and Elliott Fleischman.