05/07/2026
⚡️STATE FINALS⚡️
This weekend, Nipomo FFA brought our Nursery/ Landscape team to the State CDE finals hosted by Cal Poly. We are proud to announce that our very own Nursery/Landscape team bought back the State Champion title and a shiny silver bowl! 🪴🏆 We are so proud of all four of these members, and we wish them luck as they compete at the national Nursery/Landscape competition in Indianopolis, Indiana this fall!
Nursery/Landscape 🪴
*STATE CHAMPION TEAM 🏆
-1st team Identification Subcategory 🥇
-1st in team Test Subcategory🥇
-2nd team Reasons Subcategory🥈
-5th team Judging Subcategory🎖️
Members:
*Tiger Vongvone- 1st High Individual🥇
-1st in ID Subcatgeory
-3rd in Test Subcategory
*Michelle Barajas- 2nd High Individual🥈
-1st Test Subcategory
-1st Reasons Subcatgory
-1st Transplant Subcategory
-2nd ID Subcategory
*Adrianno Salgado- 8th High Individual🎖️
*Briana Labra- 9th High Individual🎖️
-2nd Reasons Subcategory
-2nd Transplant Subcategory
Nipomo FFA also brought our floral design team to the Cal Poly SLO State Finals. This team went through an intensive, and challenging process to even compete at State Finals, having to be one of the top placing teams in knowledge portion, which includes flower/plant/material identification, a knowledge test, and judging classes. Here they placed 5th. This is how they did beyond that:
Floral *3rd HIGH TEAM OVR 🥉
– 1st High Team Judging Subcategory🥇
– 3rd High Team Reasons Subcategory🥉
Members:
Estelita Hernandez - 6th OVR🎖️
– 8th Construction Subcategory
Vio Campos - 16th OVR
– 9th Identification Subcategory
Lexus Gusman - 21st OVR
– 5th Reasons Subcategory
– 9th Identification Subcategory
Avery Ball
We also had our Livestock Judging team venture out to Paso Fairgrounds for their state fnals contest. This is how they did:
Livestock: 27th Placing Team ⚡️
Members:
Maeli Ayon
– 2nd Sheep Subcategory
Carson Cerda
Nathalia Cuevas
Georgia Rice
We are so proud of all our members for stepping outside their comfort zone and taking on new contests! Can’t wait for ext year!
