Day: March 14, 2012

Andy Schrantz Will Compete at Swimming Championship

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Andy Schrantz (grade 11) recently won both of his events at the Lancaster-Lebanon League Swimming & Diving Championships, which were held on Feb. 9th.  (Officially, we’re not a school sanctioned sport with Garden Spot therefore he must swim independently as a non-swim school)  Andy won both the 100-yard backstroke (48.31 his personal best) and the 100-yard butterfly (52.65).

Next, Andy swam at the District Three Swimming Championships at Cumberland Valley High School on Fri., March 2nd and Sat., March 3rd.  Andy finished 3rd in the 100-yard butterfly (50.96) and finished 2nd in the 100-yard backstroke (52.41) which guaranteed him a spot to swim at States!

Andy will get the opportunity to swim with other top seeded swimmers from throughout the state of PA at this weeks’ (Wed., 3/14 and Thurs., 3/15) PIAA Class AAA Swimming & Diving Championships, held at Bucknell University.  Andy is seeded 9th in the 100 fly and 13th in the 100 back. 

Andy swims throughout the year with the Diplomat Swim Club at Franklin & Marshall with the Lancaster-Lebanon League’s other top swimmers!

 

FFA Milk Quality &Products Team Places in County

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If you like to identify cheese, milk defects, and other dairy products, you might enjoy the milk quality and products CDE. One of the favorite activities for students involved in FFA are CDEs or Career Development Events, in which they get to compete in various competitions with FFA members from other schools. On Thursday, March 8th, fifteen members of the grassland FFA chapter competed in the Milk Quality and Products (formerly known as Dairy Foods) competition at Lampeter-Strasburg High School. This event consisted of an exam, problem solving, fat content, California mastitis test (CMT), milk testing, cheese ID, and cheese characteristics. The students did very well and many placed within the top fifteen of Lancaster County (individual/team results shown below). Now they will continue to study and practice in hopes of taking a team to Penn State this June for the State competition

Ben Wagner (left) Connor Bender (head down) and Ed Wilson (right) check milk samples for a variety of off-flavors. Contestants must identify the off-flavor as well as its intensity.

Lancaster County Milk Quality and Products Competition 2012
Team
1st Connor Bender 2nd
4th Josh Weaver 2nd
5th Alex Weaver 2nd
10th Andy Horst 2nd
11th Taylor Martin
12th Corey Twaddell
13th Bryan Zimmerman
14th Clay Lehman
15th Jessalyn Horst
15th Matt High

Corey Twaddell (left) Matt High (center) and Alex Weaver (right) completes a California Mastitis Test as part of the Milk Products and Quality CDE.