Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Area Tractor Tech. BRIDGEPORT STATE BOUND!!!!


Bridgeport FFA Tractor Team!

In their first year and only second time to compete, the Bridgeport FFA Tractor Technician team has qualified for the state contest.  Members of the team; Dace Grooms, Evan Hunter and Tyler Thieme finished 3rd out of all 4 area's present, and 2nd in our own area to advance to the state contest to be held at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo in March.  This team took an exam, answered questions over various tractor components, and had 30 minutes to debug a tractor by finding 5 issues and correcting them in order to start the tractor.  Additionally, Tyler Thieme finished as the 7th high Individual in the entire contest.