VALATIE, N.Y. — A huge congratulations to our 4-H Dairy Club members for their successes at the Regional Dairy Bowl competition. Our 4-H members, coaches, and parents have worked hard to prepare for this event and it showed! Saturday March 2nd our club gathered at the Ichabod Crane High School in Valatie, NY. All three of our teams; Beginner, Junior and Senior teams made us proud. Many will be representing our community at the state fair!
Beginner Team: 3rd Place
Thomas Fraiser, coached by Seth Wadsworth: 2nd Place and moving on to State Fair
Junior Team: 1st place
Caitlyn VanDeusen, coached by Ginny VanDeusen: 1st Place and moving on to State
Contest at Cornell
Senior Team: 2nd Place
Libby Swatling: 2nd Place and moving onto the State Contest at Cornell
Lainey Koval: 8th Place
Zane Swatling, coached by Heather Swatling: 9th Place
4-H Dairy Quiz Bowl is a “quiz bowl” competition where all questions deal with dairy topics. Teams of four members compete with each other in giving oral answers to questions posed by a moderator. Teams receive points for correct answers and may lose points for incorrect answers. The team with the highest final score is the winner!
For more information about future Dairy Bowls or 4-H of Saratoga County, contact: Saratoga County 4-H Office at 518-885-8995, or visit www.ccesaratoga.org.
–Cornell Cooperative Extension Saratoga County
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