LaCrosse FFA earns eighth place in nationwide contest

RITZVILLE – The LaCrosse Junior FFA program joined the Lind-Ritzville FFA team in the NILE Virtual Livestock Judging Contest in Billings, Mont., Oct. 8.

LaCrosse took 8th place as a team. Ellie Pearson placed 8th as an individual, with a score of 392 out of 500.

Lind-Ritzville FFA team members Taylor Galbreath, Reagan Snider, Jay Harder, Lane Tellefson and Alyssa Williams took second place.

Williams took 1st High Individual Overall, earning 439 points out of a possible 500. Williams is an eighth-grader attending Lind-Ritzville Middle School.

The students judged/placed seven classes of cattle,...