Camron Vickers hammers the shooting house agriculture construction entrants are normally required to build for the judges. This year the students built pergolas due to the spike in price of construction materials.
Weston Blake (left) and Trace McCaleb, two of the five teammates on BRHS's state-winning poultry evaluation team, pose with a couple of chicks. The bird on the left is named Kenny Rogers, Blake said.
Camron Vickers (left), Trace McCaleb and Weston Blake pose inside one of their shop class constructions. Vickers and three other FFA teammates secured Benjamin Russell the state title in ag construction.
Camron Vickers (left), Trace McCaleb and Weston Blake pose inside one of their shop class constructions. Vickers and three other FFA teammates secured Benjamin Russell the state title in ag construction.
As an extracurricular activity, poultry evaluation hardly shares the name recognition of varsity football — which is a shame, because Benjamin Russell High School's team ranks first in the state.
"Whenever we say we're poultry state champions, they're like 'Oh, what's that? You work for Chik-Fil-A?'" said Trace McCaleb, one of the five Future Farmers of America (FFA) teammates to win the title. Â
Camron Vickers hammers the shooting house agriculture construction entrants are normally required to build for the judges. This year the students built pergolas due to the spike in price of construction materials.
Weston Blake (left) and Trace McCaleb, two of the five teammates on BRHS's state-winning poultry evaluation team, pose with a couple of chicks. The bird on the left is named Kenny Rogers, Blake said.
