Weston High School FFA members Alyssa Holland, Avery Evans, Skyler Carter and Landon Pierce took second place in Forestry at the 2022-23 Area One Regional Competition held on the campus of Louisiana Tech University. Evans also had top score in tree disorder identification. 

The four sophomores, under the tutelage of FFA advisor Derek Shields and student teacher Kerrington Bass competed in the following six areas: Tree identification, equipment identification, sawlog estimation, tree disorder identification, map reading, and compass and pacing. 

“Practices have not been exactly pleasant the last few days after having false fall last week and extreme summer this week but they have trudged on and put in some long hours after school to get better,” said Shields following the contest. “Today they were able to reap some rewards from their hard work. Now just got to keep the momentum rolling as we head to state in a couple of weeks.”