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A team from Sidney High School will represent the Panhandle for the Nebraska Envirothon Contest.
The Sidney team will compete at the state envirothon meet at Lied Lodge near Nebraska City on April 27. The first place team comprised of Logan Uhlir, Ryan Birner, Brenner Keane, Hannah Rapp and Spencer Ellwanger, and they earned the state berth with a score of 115 on Feb. 10 at the contest held in Gordon.
There were 43 students who competed in the split regional contest. Schools who participated included Sidney, Gordon-Rushville, Creek Valley, Banner County, Garden County and Chadron.
On the way to the Western Region title, the top overall placing Sidney team tied with Chadron for the highest score on the soils test. Second place overall in the Western Region was clenched by Chadron competitors Murphy Churchill, Toni Doescher, Brooke Roes, Sean O'Brien and Clay Madsen.
The envirothon is open to all students in grades 9-12 and encourages high school students to learn more about the natural environment. The contest challenges students' knowledge on aquatics, forestry, wildlife, range, soils, land use and natural resource policy or issues and one special topic of national interest. Up to five-member teams compete in a setting where they learn that cooperation is needed to achieve success.
Each year several regional envirothon contests are held across Nebraska by Nebraska's Natural Resources Districts. The Western Region contest is coordinated by the South Platte, North Platte and Upper Niobrara White natural resource districts and the Gordon contest was held at Gordon City Hall in conjunction with a regional Future Farmers of America (FFA) Agriculture Mechanics contest.
The winning team from each regional competition is invited to represent their region at the Nebraska State Envirothon Competition. An additional eight wild card teams with the highest scores are also invited. The state champion then goes on to represent Nebraska at the National Envirothon contest which will be in Ontario, Canada, July 27 through Aug. 1. Members of the top 10 teams from that event will be awarded national scholarships that can be used toward college or trade school.
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