4-H Quiz Bowl teams compete at state level
Published 10:09 am Wednesday, April 16, 2014
The junior team of Julie Holst, Emily Bollum, Colton Ivers, Josh Bollum, Emma Holst, Grace Bergstrom and Ashley Conradt won State Champion honors. –Photo provided
The Mower County 4-H Senior and Junior General Livestock Quiz Bowl Teams completed at the 2014 State Project Bowl held in Sauk Rapids, Minn., on Saturday, April 5.
In General Livestock quiz bowl, the teams field questions about animal husbandry for beef, sheep, swine and market goats. This includes breed identification, anatomy and physiology of each species, nutrition, diseases, and appropriate management and care of the animal through its lifespan.
Marketing and retail products from the four species and showmanship is also covered. Contestants may also have questions about land stewardship as well as recent research findings.
The junior teams include third- through eighth-grades and the senior teams are ninth-grade and older. The 4-H General Livestock Quiz bowl program is a great way to learn animal husbandry and make friends across 4-H clubs.
The Junior General Livestock team of Colton Ivers, Emma Holst, Grace Bergstrom, Ashley Conradt, Josh Bollum and Emily Bollum were state champions. They earned their trip to the state competition by placing third at the Farmington Regional Quiz Bowl held March 8.
The senior team of Connor Bollum, Paul Schaefer, Levi Anderson, Hannah Mueller, Carter Conradt and Wyatt Holst took fifth place at the 2014 State Project Bowl on April 5.
The senior team of Paul Schafer, Connor Bollum, Levi Anderson, Hannah Mueller, Wyatt Holst and Carter Conradt took fifth at the 2014 State Project Bowl competition. They had placed third at the Farmington Regional Quiz Bowl Competition.
The Junior General Livestock team of Kaitlyn Hinson, Greta Bergstrom, Garrett Lahann, Katie Thome and Ella Thome took sixth at the Farmington Regional Quiz Bowl.
