Carrollton FFA team places second at district contest

On March 11, four Carrollton FFA members competed at the District 8 agricultural mechanical skills contest at Ridgewood High School.

The team finished second out of 13 teams with a team score of 534.75. Members of the team were senior Logan Pridemore and sophomores Andrew Pridemore, Grant Thompson and Nolan Dietrich.

For the contest, the boys were individually tested at a range of stations and given 12 minutes to complete each task. The stations included fastener identification, fuels identification, wiring, hydraulics, welding and beveling, small-engine part identification, metric and standard micrometer reading, bore gauge reading, Kubota database scenario, soldering and using a tap set/helicoil.

The team will travel to the Ohio State ATI Wooster campus to compete against 20 other teams from across the state.