Lamar FFA Packs The House!!

Team Community State Bank - Donkey Dunkers.

The Lamar FFA Chapter packed the Lamar Community Building with over 900 spectators for the Lamar FFA Donkey Basketball game on April 5, 2012. The tournament consisted of four different teams; Lamar FFA Chapter “Honey Badgers”, D.O.N.K.E.Y. (LHS Staff), KVAY Radio, and the “Donkey Dunkers” (Community State Bank).

The Honey Badger Team (Lamar FFA):
Team members consisted of  Logan Bender, Austin Peck, Jolynn Rider, Theresa Butler, and Colin Mahanay; the coaches were Lexi Wurst and Cliff Marts. The cheerleaders for the Honey Badgers were: Zeb Harvey, Callie Brase, Kennadee Oppliger, Shaile Taylor, and Cierra Medina, and the FFA mascot was Ruger Stocking.

D.O.N.K.E.Y. (Dishing Out Neurotic Klepto Egostical Youngsters) or the LHS Staff Team:
Austin Wertz, Joe Harbert, Leigh Forney, Kim Trout, Chris Medina and Miguel Ramon made up the staff team with Ray Macias as the D.O.N.K.E.Y. coach. The water boy was Jeff Flint, and their cheerleader was Dana Camp.

KVAY Team:
Matthew Sizemore, Curtis Strausser, Rocio Rivera, Shane Hunter, and Junior Ramos were part of the KVAY team. Coaches for KVAY were March Johnson and Rich Lingle. Cheering on KVAY was Debbie Ellis, Frankie Carillo, Esther Lingle, Jennifer Aguilera, and Alexis Johnson.

Donkey Dunkers Team:Donkey Dunkers from Community State Bank were Scott Reed, Craig Choat, Joe Mari, Robbie Wilger, and Tyler Downing.

Manure Technician team demonstrating their super pooper scooping abilities.

Manure Tech Team (Super Pooper Scoopers):
The manure technician team, otherwise known as the “Super Pooper Scoopers”, consisted of: Callie Bennett, Kyle Hicks, Lauren Tinnes, Sarah Blain, and Amber Comer.

Jerica Hainer started out the event by singing the National Anthem. Community State Bank played against team D.O.N.K.E.Y. and came up on top. Next team KVAY Radio faced the FFA Honey Badger team with the FFA officers coming out on top of Round 2. In the championship game Community State Bank faced the Lamar FFA Honey Badger team and ended up winning the donkey basketball tournament.  Marsh Johnson participated as the emcee from KVAY.

The chapter would like to send out a BIG thank you to M&M Auctions and Brad Morgan. Brad Morgan, volunteered his time as auctioneer for the night.  Before the Donkey Basketball game and during intermission the chapter held their annual hired hand auction. The auction turned out very well, and the chapter would like to send out a BIG thank you to all of the buyers, as it was very much appreciated for donating their time. All students listed will be working eight hours for the business or individual that purchased them. Thanks to the FFA members for donating their time to raise money for the chapter.

Austin Peck and Curtis Strausser square off at arm wrestling to settle a tied score at the end of the FFA and KVAY game.

Hired Hand Auction Buyers:

• Brase Ag purchased Callie Brase
• Jeff Flint purchased Colin Mahanay
• Dale Butler purchased Theresa Butler
•  Danny Tinnes purchased Logan Bender
•  Crop Risk Advisors purchased Austin Peck and Kennadee Oppliger
•  Dave Blain purchased Lauren Tinnes and Shay Spitz
•  Brian Wurst purchased Lexi Wurst and Jolynn Rider
•  Stacey Cowen purchased Bryson Cowen
•  Lori Peterson purchased Lexi Lawerence
•  Jill Bellomy purchased Anthony Galindo
•  Justin Bennett purchased Jericka Melgoza
•  Community Sate Bank purchased Amber Comer, Kyle Hicks, and Hayden Nolder
•  Air Care purchased Sarah Blain
•  Don Filbeck purchased Callie Bennett

Lamar FFA Donkey Basketball had an outstanding attendance. The chapter would like to send out a HUGE thank you to everyone who attended the event, helped make it possible and participated in the games and Hired Hand Auction. Thanks to the community for their continued support of FFA Agricultural Education in southeast Colorado!

The FFA Mission:
FFA makes a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth and career success through agricultural education.

The Agricultural Education Mission:
Agricultural Education prepares students for successful careers and a lifetime of informed choices in the global agriculture, food, fiber and natural resources systems.

By Kennadee Oppliger, Lamar FFA Reporter