Twelve LLLCCAgriculture Club members competed at the Illinois Postsecondary Agriculture Student (PAS) Organization spring conference held at LLCC Feb. 9. Students from seven community colleges and universities participated in contests designed to test their knowledge and readiness for their future careers.

The LLCC college bowl team won first place. This is the second year in a row that LLCC has had the winning college bowl team at the state conference. Austin Dennison also placed third individually in the ag education contest. In addition, one of LLCC’s soil specialist teams won second place, and the other took fifth place.

The teams will now travel to the National PAS Conference in Louisville, Ky. in March where they will compete against teams from 18 states. Read more.