2010 Spring Thing
On Saturday and Sunday, Febuary 27-28, the Illinios Junior Holstein Association held their annual Spring Thing. At Spring Thing, members competed in the dairy quiz bowl, dairy jeopardy, public speaking, and the poster contests. Spring Thing was held at the Hawthorne Suites in Champaign, Ill., and approximately 80 people attended.
For the dairy quiz bowl, five senior teams and 11 junior teams competed. The winning senior team was from Boone-Winnebago counties. The winning junior team was a combined effort from Boone-Winnebago, Tri-County, McHenry-Lake districts.
The top ten senior individuals were: Angie Boesche, Justin Crull, Matt Drendel, Josh Huelsman, Chris Kollmann, Aaron Mitchell, Elizabeth Myelle, Phillip Shanks, Sarah Sheehan, and Colleen Ziller. The top ten junior individuals were: Morgan Bollech, Kaitlyn Carlson, Anna Folgate, Emily Irwin, Todd Irwin, Kaylen Miller, Daniel Obert, Jordan Oellerich, Crystal Rote, and Ryan Sheehan.
The top six senior individuals going to nationals are: Josh Huelsman, Chris Kollmann, Aaron Mitchell, Elizabeth Myelle, Sarah Sheehan, and Colleen Ziller. The top six junior individuals going to nationals are: Morgan Bollech, Kaitlyn Carlson, Emily Irwin, Daniel Obert, Jordan Oellerich, and Ryan Sheehan.
Also for the Dairy Jeopardy, eight seniors, 11 intermediates, and 28 juniors competed. The top three seniors were: first place, Aaron Mitchell, second place, Josh Huelsman, and third place, Angie Boesche. The top three intermediates were: first place, Sarah Sheehan, second place, Ryan Sheehan, and third place, Tim Kindberg. The top three juniors were: first place, Daniel Obert, second place, Emily Irwin, and third place Jordan Oellerich.
Two intermediates and two juniors competed in the public speaking contest. The two intermediates that competed were: first place, Sarah Sheehan and second place, Morgan Bollech. The two juniors were: first place, Kaitlyn Carlson and second place, Morgan Exner. Morgan Bollech, Kaitlyn Carlson and Sarah Sheehan will represent Illinois at the National Public Speaking Contest at the National Holstein Convention this coming summer.
Lastly, there was one intermediate and 11 junior entries for the poster contest. The only intermediate division entry was Tim Kindberg with his display, "From Beginning To End: A Cows Digestive Tract." The top three juniors were; Brianna Sheehan "What Drink Do You Do?", Emily Sheehan "Dairy Moo-niversity," and Kaylen Miller "Quality Counts!"
Overall, the weekend agenda was very busy yet quite fun. As you can see...Saturday was spent mostly competing in all the contests. Saturday evening, there was a dinner banquet where the top ten dairy quiz bowl individuals in the junior and senior divisions were anounced. Those top ten then competed for the top six spots to represent Illinois in the National Dairy Quiz Bowl Contest. After the banquet, "Ag Olympics" and a dance was held.
On Sunday morning after breakfast, the Illinois Junior Holstein Association held their business meeting. Congratulations to all those who competed and best of luck to those representing Illinois at the National Holstein Convention, June 26-29, in Bloomington, Minn.!
Special thank yous to all who helped with all of our contests and especially our donors: ABS c/o Adam Watkins of Woodstock, Ill.; Midwest Dairy Association c/o Marla Behrends of Carlock, Ill.; R-Vision Holstens c/o Mark and Melissa Irwin of Belvidere, Ill.; and Stateline Vet Clinic of Clinton, Wis.
Dakota Grayling, Junior Reporter
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Winning Jr. Dairy Bowl Team |
Top 3 Junior Jeopardy Contestants |
Junior Speech Division |
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WInning Jr. Posters |
Top 10 Junior Dairy Quiz Bowl |
National Jr. Dairy Bowl Team |
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Top 3 Intermediate Jeopardy L-R: Third Place Tim Kindberg, Second Place Ryan Sheehan, and First Place Sarah Sheehan |
Intermediate Speech Division L-R: Second Place Morgan Bollech and First Place Sarah Sheehan |
Winning Intermediate Poster First place, Tim Kindberg |
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Winning Sr. Dairy Quiz Bowl Team Boone-Winnebago Photo L-R: Justin Crull, Emily Lyons, Hailey Lyons, Aaron Mitchell |
Top 3 Senior Jeopardy L-R: Second Place Josh Huelsman, Third Place Angie Boesche, and First Place Aaron Mitchell |
Top 10 Senior Dairy Quiz Bowl Back Row L-R: Josh Huelsman, Chris Kollmann, Justin Crull, Aaron Mitchell, Phillip Shanks, and Matt Drendel. Front Row L-R: Angie Boesche , Elizabeth Myelle, Colleen Ziller, and Sarah Sheehan |
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National Sr. Dairy Bowl Team |
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