Eagle Pass FFA Competes in CDE

Eagle Pass FFA competed in their fall Career Development competitions and surpassed even our highest expectations.  

They competed in two major contests.

The first level of competition was District contest held by Jourdanton at the Peeler Ranch. Their Plant Identification teams had to learn to identify 100 plants and their characteristics.  The Greenhands, or first year team, placed 1^st and 4^th out of 14 teams.  

Participants were Gabriela Montes, Anamaria Guerra, Melanie Morales, Arturo Molina, Tamara Lopez, Ana Lucia De Luna, Samantha Molina, and Andres Gutierrez; all of these kids placed in the top 19 out of 46 individuals. 

The chapter Plant Identification teams placed 2^nd, 7^th, 11^th, and 17^th out of 31 teams.  Participants were Sebastian Adan, Eduardo De la Garza, Gunner Purcell, and Gerardo Galindo, who placed in the top 10.  Marifer Santos, Luisa Esparza, Daniela Molina, Gabriela Garza, Jesus De la Garza, Ashley Martinez, and Romelia Flores placed in the top half. Annmarie Aza, Maria Vasquez, Roberto Martinez, Karla Saucedo, and Delaney Esquivel also competed.

Some of these students advanced to area competition, which was held at the Welder Wildlife Refuge by Sinton.  

Both the Greenhand and the Chapter teams placed 1^st place overall!  

The chapter team members were Sebastian Adan with 2^nd place, Gunner Purcell with 4^th, EJ de la Garza with 7^th, Daniela Molina with 8^th, Gerardo Galindo with 12^th, Luisa Esparza with 13^th, and Marifer Santos with 17^th; these were out of 72 individuals.  

The Greenhand team members were Anamaria Guerra with 3^rd, Ana Lucia De Luna with 4^th, Gabriela Montes with 5^th, Arturo Molina with 7^th, Melanie Morales with 10^th, and Tamara Lopez, Andres Gutierrez, and Samantha Molina. 

 The Land team learned how to identify different types of soil, and placed 8^th out of 32 teams at District and also competed at Area; members were Chris Aza, Hannah Wauson, Juieta Leija, Jose Jimenez, Katrina Besa, and Pablo De la Garza.