Petal High School FFA Activities


Forrest County Fair Livestock Show October 1 & 2, 2004


Swine Showmanship
Trey Tisdale 5th place

Swine Show
Lot 1
Trey Tisdale with his hog placed 4th
Lot 2
Brianna Tisdale with her hog placed 5th

Steer Show
Hunter Dye placed 5th with his European Cross Steer
Avangelia Kirkland placed 5th with her English Cross Steer
Hunter Dye placed 3rd with his English Cross Steer

Beef Breeding Show
Benjamin Kirkland placed 1st with his Angus Heifer
Avangelia Kirkland placed 4th with her Angus heifer
Jeremy Kirkland placed 3rd with his Angus heifer
Benjamin Kirkland placed 1st whit his Angus Bull
Jeremy Kirkland placed 1st with his Angus bull and this bull won Champion Angus Bull as well as Supreme Champion Bull for the entire show


Pearl River Federation Meeting August 26, 2004
All officers attended the organizational meeting of our FFA federation. During this meeting two of our members were elected to serve as Federation officers for the 2004-05 year. Zach Gatwood was elected Vice President and Amanda Landrum was elected as Sentinel. Federation CDE will be held 2-17-05 at 1pm at Simpson County VC.

SLC July 5-8, 2004
This year Zach Gatwood, Jessica Sibley, Casey Morgan, Bethany Hatley, Amanda Landrum, Melanie Young, Jeremy Kirkland and Kyndall Roberts attended the 1st week of Summer Leadership Camp in Raymond Mississippi. The Advisors were there also.


State Convention June 7-10,2004


Gerorg Boone placed 1st in extmp. Speaking CDE in the state and will representing or State Association in October at the National Convention in October in Lousiville Kentuckey.

Avangelia Kirkland is the STATE FFA reporter for the 2004-05 school year.

Jeremey Kirkland was named South District State Junior Star Farmer. He recieved his Junior State FFA Degree and was elected as the State Junior Sentinel for the upcoming 2004-05 year.

Avangelia Kirkland and Zack Gatwood won 1st in the Tee Shirt Design contest.

Our Chapter Recieved the Gold Emblem Award for its POA.


State FFA Contest Day at MSU 4/16/04



Our Agriscience team Placed 1st. The team memebers were Jessica Sibley, Kellie Madden, Amy Madden, and Trent Sigrest.

Our Junior Livestock Team Placed 3rd. The team members were Brianna Tisdale, Kendall Roberts,and Jeremy Kirkland..

Our Nursery and Landscape Team placed 2nd. The members were Casey Morgan, Bethany Hatley,and Melanie Young.

Our Dairy Food Evaluation team participated. The members were Zack Gatwood, Amanda Landrum, Jessica Lingle and Rusty Williams.

Our Meat Evaluation Team participated. The members were Denver Taylor, Adam Hessin and Dillon Sigrest.

Our Poultry Team Participated.

Pearl River Federation Skills CDE 2/28/04


The Tool Id Team members are Bethany Hatley, Melanie Young and Casey Morgan. They participated in this event.


Dixie National Livestock Show 2/8/04


Congratulations to Petal FFA members competing in the Dixie Nationl Livestock Show Feburary 08 through the 10.

Avangelia Kirkland: 5th place English

Jeremy Kirkland: 6th place English Steer

Jacklyn Underwood: 9th place Winter Brahman Bull

Carley Wiggley: 2nd place Summer Brangus Bull

Hank Ewing: 8th place Winter Simmental Heifer

Jeremy Kirkland: 7th place Winter Angus Heifer


South District Livestock Show 1/28/04


Congratulations to Petal FFA members competing in the South Mississippi Livestock Show January 30 and 31 and February 1, 2004.

Benjamin Kirkland: 1st place goat showmanship, 1st and 3rd place Goat, and 2nd place Cross Breed hog.

Avangelia Kirkland: 4th place Steer showmanship and 1st place English Steer Jeremy Kirkland: 1st place Steer showmanship, 4th place English Steer and Champion Homegrown Steer

Jacklyn Underwood: 9th place Winter Brahman Bull

Carley Wiggley: 1st place Summer Brangus Bull and Reserve Champion Brangus Bull

Hank Ewing: 8th place Winter Simmental Heifer

Jeremy Kirkland: 1st place Winter Angus Heifer
Benjamin Kirkland: 2nd place Late Senior Angus Heifer
Avangelia Kirkland: 2nd place Junior Angus Bull

Kendall Roberts: 2nd place Summer Hereford Heifer and Reserve Champion Hereford Heifer
Caleb Carter: 2nd place Winter Hereford Heifer
Ryan Carter: 1st place Early Senior Hereford Bull and Reserve Champion


Forrest County Livestock Show 1/28--29/04


Congratulations to Petal FFA members competing in the Forrest County Livestock Show January 28 and 29, 2004.
Melanie Young: 3rd place novice showmanship
Clayton Cooley: 4th place novice showmanship
Brianna Tisdale: 1st place junior showmanship

Thad Roberts: 1st place light weight and Reserve Champion Duroc
Lacey Roberts: 3rd place light weight Duroc
Demetrius Baldwin: 4th place light weight Duroc
Jason Smith: 3rd place medium weight Duroc
Trey Tisdale: 4th place medium weight Duroc

Amanda Landrum: 2nd place light weight Hampshire

Clayton Cooley: 3rd place light weight Yorkshire
Lacey Roberts: 5th place light weight Yorkshire
Brianna Tisdale: 6th place light weight Yorkshire
Jason Smith: 1st place medium weight Yorkshire
Lacey Roberts: 3rd place medium weight Yorkshire
Thad Roberts: 8th place medium weight Yorkshire

Benjamin Kirkland: 4th place light weight Cross
Justin Conway: 5th place light weight Cross
Jason Smith: 2nd place medium weight Cross
Melanie Young: 1st place heavy weight and Champion Cross

Haley Dye: 3rd place light weight Other breeds

Melanie Young: Grand Champion Market Hog


Pearl River Federation CDE Results 12-7-03


George Boone our extemp. speaker placed 2nd with his speech. Machelle Lewis our Prepared Public Speaker placed 4th with her speech. Our opening and closing team did well but did not place in this event. Our Creed speaker did not place but did well in her event.

Laurel Fair Results October12-18, 2003


Avangelia Kirkland, Jeremy Kirkland,Benjamin Kirkland, Hunter Dye, Trey Tisdale and Brianna Tisdale participated in the Laurel fair with thier livestock. Avamgelia placed second in showmanship. Avangelia Kirkland placed 1st with her steer; Jeremy Kirkland placed 2nd with his steer;and Benjamin placed with his heifer; Hunter placed 4th with his steer; Trey and Brianna did well with their hogs.

State Fair 2003 Results


Avangelia Kirkland,Jeremy Kirkland,Bengamin Kirkland, Hunter Dye,Trey Tisdale and Brianna Tisdale and George Boone participated in The State Fair repersenting us well. Saturday Avangelia Kirkland placed 3rd with her Steer; Jeremy Kirkland placed 6th with his steer;and Hunter Dye with his Steer placed 7th. The Tisdales did well with their hogs.


Pearl River Federation Organization Meeting September 4, 2003

At this meeting two of our members were elected to serve as this years Federation officers. Avangelia Kirkland as Secretary and Zack Gatwood as Sentinel.

Student Leadership Camp 7-6-9-2003 at Raymond.


This year Avangelia Kirkland and Amanda Landrum as well ad Mr. Chatham, Mr. Cole and Mr. Conway went to this camp. We all had a great time at this Camp.


State Convention and CDE 6-2-5-2003 at Mississippi State University.


Avangelia Kirkland, Amamda Landrum, Amy Madden, Kellie Madden, Brandon Douglas, Zach Gatwood, Kendall Miller, Michelle Lewis, and George Boone attended the State Convention. George Boone placed 3rd in the state in Ext. Speaking.
Avangelia Kirkland received her State FFA Degree.
Avangelia Kirkland was our degelate for this convention.
Our FFA chapeter received a GOLD for its' Program of Activities.



Pictures of FFA and Class Activities

Chapter Officers at State Convention 2004



This page was created by Ted W. Cole, Agricultural Education Instructor at Petal High School in Petal, MS. Updated 7/1/2004.