Red Raven judging wins high team at San Antonio 

Very few livestock judging teams can end the year and say they have won a national contest.  As few as six schools in the national can say they have done that in a year and Coffeyville Community College (CCC) is one of them.  The Red Raven Livestock Judging Team won high team overall at the San Antonio Livestock Exposition on February 16, 2008. 

“This one was huge,” said Livestock Judging Coach, Brian Anderson.  “We judge at six contests a year that are considered national contests, the prestigious ones, and San Antonio is one of those six.” 

In addition to the top honor, the CCC Livestock Judging Team took high team in goats, fourth in sheep, fourth in cattle and fifth in hogs.  Individually, Jeremy Sisco of Chadwick, Mo. took fourth in goats, Gus Plumb of Sarcoxie, Mo. took fifth in goats, Micah Dorsey of Satin, Tex. took sixth in goats and Jake Gleason of Maple Hill, Kan. took ninth place in goats.  Plumb also took fifth place in reasons.  The Red Ravens judged against 131 other students and 21 junior college teams from across the United States. 
 

The Red Raven Livestock Judging Team brought back top honors from its past two national contests.  (front, l-r) Trey Buffington of Arkansas City, Ark.; Jake Gleason of Maple Hill, Kan.; Paige Futrell of Midland, Tex. and Gus Plumb of Sarcoxie, Mo. (back, l-r) Seth Stroman of Williamsburg, Kan.; Jeremy Sisco of Chadwick, Mo.; Curtis Williams of Clovis, N.M. and Micah Dorsey of Satin, Tex.

“This is one of the contests we’ve been waiting to finally put one away and win one,” said CCC Livestock Judging Coach, Cary Crow.  “The only way to get back on the van is to win it.  It made the drive from San Antonio (Tex.) to Coffeyville well worth it.” 

“We can walk away at the end of this year and say we won a national contest,” said Anderson.  “It gives those students a feeling that they have arrived among the elite – they have accomplished something only six schools can say they have done in a year.”