
Several GC FFA members competed at the El Rancho District Public Speaking Event last night!
🏆Eleven students are moving on to area competition!🏆
Here are the results!
Junior Prepared Public Speaking
1st Place- Thomas Hillger (Area Qual.)
2nd Place- Katelyn Ezell (Area Qual.)
Animal Science Prepared
1st Place- Tatum Braden (Area Qual.)
2nd Place- Emily Easterling (Area Qual.)
Extemporaneous Speaking
3rd Place- Levi Easterling
Natural Resources Prepared
1st Place- Lacy Seidenberger (Area Qual.)
Plant Science Prepared
1st Place- Ivy Braden (Area Qual.)
2nd Place- Texas Brinkley (Area Qual.)
Ag Policy Prepared
1st Place- Katie Braden (Area Qual.)
3rd Place- Brylon Frerich
Agribusiness Prepared
1st Place- Sydnee Gully (Area Qual.)
2nd Place- Ella Brinkley (Area Qual.)
Ag Tech Prepared
2nd Place- Karly Baker (Area Qual.)
3rd Place- Kyler Dieringer
In addition, we had 7 students go through the process for district office and one more interview for area office!
Let’s congratulate these students and wish them luck in their next phase!


⛳️Region II-1A Championships⛳️
Day 1 at Maxwell for the Bearkats!
Let's go boys! #GCPride

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🏆Region II-1A Champions🏆
Lady Kats are back to back to back to back to back to back (yes, that's 6!) Regional Champions in Golf! Rylee and Keegan were 2nd and 3rd individually.
Way to go Lady Kats! #GCPride



⛳️Region II-1A Championships⛳️
Day 2 is underway!
Lady Kats with a 40 stroke lead, looking to punch their ticket to State!
Let's go Lady Kats! #GCPride

Girls Region II-1A Day 1 Golf Results
Lady Kats did great!
Rylee - 74 (sitting 1st individually)
Keegan - 80 (sitting 3rd individually)
Gracie - 97
Helen - 100
Joslyn - 107
Sitting in 1st place by 40 strokes! Way to go Lady Kats! Let's have a great Day 2! #GCPride

Prom ticket information!


⛳️Region II-1A Championships⛳️
Day 1 - Maxwell Golf Club, Abilene
Lady Kats looking to punch their 7th straight trip to State!
Let's go Lady Kats! #GCPride

State FCCLA results:
🏆Claire Eggemeyer- Fashion Construction Level 2- State Champion (National Qualifier)
🏆Riley Harbison- Personal Finance Level 1 State Champion (National Qualifier)
🏆Lilly Hillger- Focus on Children Level 1 State Reserve Champion (National Qualifier)
🏆Grayson Marr- Food Innovations Level 1- 4th Place
Congratulations to all of our outstanding members who also participated in state STAR or Proficiency Contests- Yzabella Cardona-Williams, Xyda Romo, Ana Luna, Mariana Munguia, Samantha Cortes, Thomas Hillger, Addi Goodwin, Grady Le Ivins, Brenly Schwartz, Sophie Sullivan, Sara Garvin, IJ DeLeon, Mackenzie Braden, Hayden Cox, amd M’Kynlee Harland.
FCSAs
Gold Medalists
🥇Holley Stiles- Step One
🥇Grady Le Ivins- Job Interview
🥇Janine Chavez- Culinary Arts
Silver Medalists
🥈Grayson Marr- Job Interview
🥈Sara Garvin- Food Science
🥈Khloee Sanders- Culinary Arts
🥈Hayden Cox- Child Development
🥈Landry Dieringer- Child Development
🥈Claire Eggemeyer- Etiquette
Bronze Medalists
🥉Addi Goodwin- Parliamentary Procedure
🥉Sophia Sullivan- Hospitality
🥉Mackenzie Braden- Culinary Arts
🥉Brenly Schwartz- Child Development
🥉M’Kynlee Harland- Child Development
🥉IJ DeLeon- Child Development
🥉Abbigayle McNamara- Child Development
🥉Riley Harbison- Child Development
We can't wait to take all of the members who have have qualified for Nationals throught the year to Orlando to represent this summer! We had an amazing year and the future is bright!








JH Kat Tennis had its first tournament of the season! 🎾 The kids traveled to Sterling City. They learned, they competed, and they represented GC with great sportsmanship! Here are the results:
7th Grade Boys Doubles Champions: Shooter Brinkley & Duncan Cypert 🥇
7th Grade Boys Doubles 2nd Place: Cade & Cooper Baker 🥈
7th Grade Boys Singles Consolation Champion: Ariel Espinoza 🏅
7th Grade Boys Singles Consolation Finalist: Harrison Little
Girls Doubles 3rd Place: Reagan Hillger & Tenley Hartl 🥉
8th Grade Boys Doubles 3rd Place: Nathan Garcia & Thomas Hillger 🥉
8th Grade Boys Doubles Consolation Champions: Cohen Batla & Luke Eggemeyer🏅
Way to go KATS!🎾🐾







GCKat Athletics - Weekly Schedule (April 14-19)
Best of Luck to our HS Golf and Track Teams this week at Regional! #GCPride
Link: https://5il.co/3dca9

More good news from Lubbock…
FFA members were busy this weekend competing in Area level CDE contests! All teams competed well and 3 are advancing to their respective state contests!
🏆Farm Business Management (1st in Area)
Ivy (2nd High Individual)
Tatum (5th High Individual)
Presley (9th High Individual)
Zach W. (12th High Individual)
STATE QUALIFIER
🏆Entomology (3rd in Area)
Emily (11th High Individual)
Sophie (14th High Individual)
Sydnee (18th High Individual)
STATE QUALIFIER
🏆Livestock Judging (3rd in Area)
Brylon (8th High Individual)
Lacy (15th High Individual)
Levi (28th High Individual)
Miles (61st High Individual)
STATE QUALIFIER
🔴Milk Quality (5th in Area)
Texas, Caleb G., Ella, Waylyn
🔴Ag Mechanics (4th in Area)
Caleb S., Kelton, Sterling
🔴Horse (10th in Area)
Andres, Tori, Helen, Bronc
A really great showing for all of our students!






🏆State Qualifer🏆
Congratulations to the Glasscock County FFA Ag Sales team! They competed on Wednesday and placed third in the area, earning a spot at the state contest! They competed with 4 other areas from across the state and were 10th out of 47 teams!


Here are the Area Track Meet results from this past Wednesday. So proud of the Lady Kats and Bearkats for winning the Runner-Up trophies! Top four advance to the Region II-1A meet next weekend in Abilene.
Results: https://5il.co/3dbxs

Treasure Island, under the direction of Amy Niehues, has secured an alternate spot for Regionals! We are incredibly proud of the cast and crew for their dedication and hard work.
Special recognition goes to:
Holley Stiles – Outstanding Technician
Bronc Gass – Honorable Mention
Alan Luna – Honorable Mention
Carson Goodwin – All-Star Cast


Get your Regional Track shirt ordered by Sunday at noon! Go Bearkats!
https://gogandy.com/gc-regtr25

The Garden City Tennis team competed at the Sterling City JV Tournament yesterday. Fabiola DeLuna, Jesus Garcilita, Trevor Garcia, and Kelton Fuchs competed well and learned so much this tournament! We also had some medalists:
Sadie Fuchs & Landry Baker: Girls Doubles Champions 🥇
Lacy Seidenberger & Presley Jost: Mixed Doubles Champions🥇
Great job Kats! 🐾🎾



How many of you have to measure things around your home, farm, or office? Our 3rd graders can help you out! They're learning how to measure perimeter using real-world objects—putting their math skills to work in fun and practical ways!









The Atlas Speed Training Camp with Ernest Wiggins will be in Garden City on June 10-12 and July 12-14.
There are limited spots, so reserve your spot now!
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Please note that there has been a change to the Spring Break schedule for the 2025–2026 school year. We appreciate your understanding and support.
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