By McKennah Corfman
The Buckeye Central FFA chapter competed in the District 2 soil judging contest on Tuesday Sept. 27.
In the urban contest, BC placed second out of 16 schools with an overall score of 2576. Sophomore Mason Stahl placed first on the team with a score of 900. Stahl was also placed second individual out of a total of 70 individual students competing. Junior Makayla Aichholz and junior Kendra Stahl tied for second on the team and 6th overall individuals, both scoring 838. Rounding off the team was junior Jared Clark with a score of 832 which put him in 9th place as an individual.
“I’m excited that I was able to compete and could help the team move on to state,” Clark said.
The rural team placed fourth out of 19 teams with a score of 2576. Placing first on the team was sophomore Madi Diesch, with a score of 898. Diesch was the fourth ranked overall judger out of 84 total participants. With a score of 808, Brandon Mann placed second. Freshman Alivia Niese placed third with a score off 788. McKennah Corfman placed fourth with a score of 785.
“Although mistakes were made at the contest, we all pulled through and can move on to state,” Corfman said.
Both teams will be moving on to the state contest on Saturday Oct. 8.