Greenfield Central wins at District 8 contests
GREENFIELD, Ind. — The Greenfield-Central FFA has been very busy with many activities including National FFA Week and District 8 CDE Contests. National FFA Week took place Feb. 20-27th and Greenfield members participated in the following activities while following the theme “Lead Out Loud:” attended church at Mohawk United Methodist as a chapter, snow tubing at Valleys Edge in Ohio, plaid/flannel dress up day, officers visit to Maxwell Middle School, John Deere dress up day, officers visit to Greenfield Middle School, pedal tractor races, Purdue dress up day. muddy vehicle contests, Carhartt dress up day, drive your tractor to school day, pitch-in dinner/meeting, FFA t-shirt day, teacher appreciation breakfast, hat day w/ proceeds going to Phillip Caler (boy who fell at Circle Center), and a visit from Blaire Boyer, an Indiana FFA state officer.
More recently, Greenfield Central participated in the District 8 Career Development Event Contests. Greenfield competed in both individual and group contests. The results are as shown below.
The following students and teams will move on to compete in state contests:

•Exhibit with theme “Driven by the Blue. Guided by the Gold.” – 1st place, Greenfield Central FFA Chapter
•Multimedia Scrapbook- 1st place, Kelly Beeker

•Essay – Tera Fair, 1st place (She has won this for 3 consecutive years)

Ag Issues – Lauren Pfaff, Tera Fair, Sam Williams, Zach Reynolds, Kelly Beeker, & Lauren Hunt, 1st place

Other results and placings from the District 8 contest include: extemporaneous speaking – Lauren Pfaff, 2nd place; job interview – Lauren Pfaff, 2nd place; quiz bowl – Kelly Beeker, Lauren Hunt, Chase Layton, Kolin Hansen and Erika Pell, 2nd place; prepared public Speaking- Lauren Pfaff: 3rd place; traditional scrapbook – Jenna Brown, Lauren Hunt, Lauren Pfaff and Tera Fair, 3rd place; ag sales demonstration – Chase Layton & Jake P. Detwiler, participant; ag mechanics demonstration – Tim Turner, participant; and freshman creed speaking – Ben Kahl, participant.

UK women’s polo team wins nationals
LEXINGTON, Ky. — The University of Kentucky women’s polo team topped three other teams at the United States Polo Assoc. National Intercollegiate Championships April 5-10 in Charlottesville, Va., to capture its first national title.

Additionally, one of UK’s horses was named best polo pony in the men’s division, and UK’s polo string earned designation as overall best polo string in the men’s division.

Only four years old, the upstart team was an unlikely victor. Having fallen short in its run to a spot at the national championship with a loss at the March regional competition, the UK women’s team earned a second chance to compete at the national competition due to its performance during the regular season.

And then the team won. And won again. First was California Polytechnic State University. UK came out on top 20 to 6. Next, UK took on top-seeded Cornell and came out ahead 18 to 12. In the finals, UK played against Texas A&M and won by one point, with a final score of 15-14.

The team is coached by Jorge Vasquez, manager of the Lexington Polo Club. The championship team included riders Courtney Asdourian, a sophomore majoring in history and Spanish; Cary Campbell, team president and junior majoring in family studies; Posey Obrecht, a freshman majoring in equine science and management; and Meghan Shader, a sophomore also majoring in equine science and management. Asdourian was also named to the All-Star Team.