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PINAL COUNTY - Casa Grande Union and Cienega were the medal leaders at the 2012 Dean Merrell Memorial FFA Field Day.

Casa Grande Union High School claimed five team awards to nip Cienega High School of Vail in the chase for the most medals at the FFA Field Day.

More than 100 students representing 14 different high schools from Pinal and Pima counties descended upon Central Arizona College's Signal Peak Campus for the event on Feb. 10.

The students, all from the FFA's South Central Arizona Region, competed in events such as Agricultural Business, Agricultural Mechanics, Agronomy, Aquaculture, Dairy Management, Entomology, Forestry, Horse Evaluation, Job Interview, Livestock Evaluation, Meats Evaluation, Nursery Operations, Range Management, Soil and Wildlife Management.

Casa Grande Union claimed the team titles in Agricultural Mechanics, Agronomy, Entomology, Meats Evaluation and Soil.

Cienega earned four first-place finishes in Aquaculture, Livestock Evaluation, Range Management and Wildlife Management.

The following is a complete list of winners from the FFA event:

Agricultural Business Team: Florence (Bailey George, Harmony English, Alexis Johnson, Maria Paulos) Agricultural Mechanics Individual Champion: Preston Sipes (Casa Grande Union)
Team: Casa Grande Union (Byron Ollerton, Preston Sipes, Shane White, Ian Wilkey Agronomy Individual Champion: John Wilson (Casa Grande Union)
Team: Casa Grande Union (Hailee Runels, Dixon Tipton, Katie Wallis, John Wilson)
Aquaculture Individual Champion: Jorge Sanchez (Coolidge)
Team: Cienega (Morgan Epperson, Coy Hubbell, Andrew Norman, Amy Schied)
Dairy Management Individual Co-Champions: Tenanya Boone & Monique Cortez (Amphitheater)
Team: Amphitheater: Adhem Azzabi, Tenanya Boone, Monique Cortez, Melinda Saucedo
Entomology Individual Champion: Rabe Yazzie (Casa Grande) Team: Casa Grande: Stacie Munden, Davy Smith, Rabe Yazzie
Forestry Individual Champion: Cheyenne Stetson (Pima JTED) Team: Pima JTED: Hanna Eagan, Eddie Palmenberg, Miriam Solinsky, Cheyenne Stetson
Horse Evaluation - Individual Champion: Caitlin Frizzell (Marana) Team: Marana: Denver Avery, Caitlin Frizzell, Whitney Gowin, Derrice Ingram
Job Interview Individual Champion: Bryette Sipes (Casa Grande)
Livestock Evaluation Individual Champion: Sydnea Rush (Cienega) Team: Cienega: Taylor Burleson, Brianna Perraza, Sydnea Rush, Kristi Van Vorhis
Meats Evaluation Individual Champion: Sarah Lawson (Casa Grande) Team: Casa Grande: Michaela Calvillo, Taylor Hubbard, Sarah Lawson, Rachael White
Nursery Operations Individual Champion: Rebekka Nicolay (Flowing Wells) Team: Flowing Wells: Katelyn Carter, Anthony Grady, Rebekka Nicolay
Range Management Individual Champion: Chauncey Smith (Cienega) Team: Cienega: Kelly Mazur, Kathy Lauderdale, Chauncey Smith
Soil Individual Champion: Taylor Meirs (Casa Grande)
Team: Casa Grande: Tanner Farrow, Tatiana Lamantia, Taylor Meirs, Jocelyn Pinon
Wildlife Management Individual Champion: Phillip Wetherbee (Cienega) Team: Cienega: Eric Friedenberg, Annie Nallin, LaFonda Radcliffe, Phillip Wetherbee

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