Canton-Galva Eagle Classic

There will be reasons AND non-reasons (placings only) divisions for youth 12^th grade and younger that are involved in either FFA or 4-H, open to all states! We will have access to quality livestock that make logical classes with teaching opportunity, and are bringing in distinguished officials that are highly regarded to take reasons from your students. We feel recognizing students for their accomplishments is important, so if possible, we encourage all of you to stay for the awards ceremony directly after the contest. Our intent is to have non-reasons contestants done judging before 11 am and reasons contestants done by 2 pm at the latest! This should provide ample time to get your KS athletes back to catch their Friday night games!  

Where: McPherson City Fairgrounds in McPherson, KS (Address for 4-H building where registration will take place: 710 W. Woodside St. McPherson, KS 67460)

Time: Registration: 6:45 – 7:45 a.m. Final instructions: 7:55 a.m. Contest starts: 8 a.m.

Entries: Due by September 16^th. Entries can be made via the google forms link that should accompany this information. 

Registration Link: https://forms.gle/7JTALkXHQ8U6PvjM7

Cost: Non-Reasons contestants $10 per student. Reasons contestants $15 per student. (light lunch will be provided during reasons). Cash or check ONLY! Please make checks payable to Canton-Galva FFA – due the morning of the contest. *Any team not paid by the morning of the contest will be ineligible for awards. 

Classes: A minimum of 8 and a maximum of 10 classes will be judged.  The species represented will be beef cattle, swine, sheep and/or goats with a mixture of breeding and market classes, depending on access to livestock. Performance data and/or scenarios may be used on any of the breeding classes.  The best classes will be used for reasons regardless of species.  Contestants will be given 10-12 minutes per class.

Dress Code: Youth contestants should wear casual clothes; but are expected to not wear hats, and need to wear closed-toed shoes, jeans, nice shirts, etc. 

Youth Divisions and Scoring: Teams can have up to 4 people per team, with the top 3 scores counting towards the overall team score.  Each school or county may bring an unlimited number of contestants and teams.  We welcome teams and individuals from any state to come and participate.

Awards: Targeted for 12:30 pm for non-reasons division and 2:30 pm for reasons division.

The Canton-Galva FFA Chapter looks forward to your participation in this event. Please contact us with any questions @ [email protected] or 620-628-4401 (School) or 574-536-2419 (Cell).