Senior Poultry Judging team makes school history

Chase High School's poultry judging team. Photo Contributed.

The Senior Poultry Judging team at Chase High School won First place in the North Carolina Future Farmers of America (NCFFA) Poultry Evaluation Contest beating a total of 101 teams.

The team advances to the National Contest in October. This is the first team to win the Poultry Evaluation Contest in Chase High school history.

Logan Roberson placed as the 6th highest individual scorer, Benjamin Roach placed 9th overall and Shane Phillips placed 12th overall, out of more than 400 FFA.

In addition, the Junior team placed 3rd overall in the Junior Division with Wesley Mayse placing as the overall high individual scorer in the junior division.

The full Senior Team includes Benjamin Roach, Logan Roberson, Shane Phillips, Claire Alcorn.

The full Junior Team includes Wesley Mayse, Savannah Hill, Kaylee Ash, Erika Phillips.

As a part of the contest, students have to Identify poultry parts, grade carcasses, evaluate laying hens and broilers, further processed products, grade interior and exterior eggs, deliver oral reasons, and take a written test.