{"id":51187,"date":"2026-05-22T12:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T16:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/?p=51187"},"modified":"2026-05-18T11:21:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T15:21:34","slug":"paulding-ffa-excels-at-area-1-envirothon-qualifying-for-the-state-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/paulding-ffa-excels-at-area-1-envirothon-qualifying-for-the-state-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Paulding FFA Excels at Area 1 Envirothon- Qualifying for the State Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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By: Makenna Manz, Paulding FFA Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Paulding FFA Chapter recently competed in the Envirothon at the Williams County Conservation Club on Wednesday April 22th, 2026. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Envirothon is a competition where different schools from Area 1 take multiple tests and practicums involving the environment. The tests these students took as a team were as follows: Wildlife, Forestry, Soils, and Aquatics and the current issue being Point and Non-Point Source Pollution. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These students went to a practice day with other schools at Defiance SWCD to prepare and learn more about these topic areas before competing.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Paulding FFA Chapter took two teams to compete, consisting of a senior team and a sophomore team. Senior team members were Aleah Matty, Delaney Dachenhaus, Addy Hunt and Jacob Harris and placed an Amazing 5th out of 32 teams. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Sophomore team members were Addison Arend, Delaney Johanns, Wesley Grindstaff, Ava Leatherman and Kinzley Collard. This team placed 21st. A special thanks to Paulding SWCD for sponsoring the teams!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The state contest is June 1-3 in Steubenville Ohio and we are very excited to have a team compete in this once in a lifetime experience. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The team competing at the state contest will be Aleah Matty, Delaney Dachenhaus, Jacob Harris, Delaney Johanns and Kat Burtch. We want to extend a huge thank you to Paulding SWCD for their support and guidance as we get ready to attend this state event. The team members are very excited to compete to represent Paulding at the State level!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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