Thorsby FFA claims three state titles at state competition, 11th straight for meat evaluation
Published 10:26 am Monday, June 30, 2025
Four Thorsby High School FFA teams competed at the Alabama FFA State Competition on June 5 claiming three state championships. (AVA ROBINSON | CONTRIBUTED)
Thorsby High School’s meat evaluation team of Brady Mims, left, Shelby Price, Bryan Byrd, Madison Hammock, Easton Robinson and Abdul Elkhatib won the state championship for the 11th straight year. (AVA ROBINSON | CONTRIBUTED)
Lilly Smith, left, Maci Hucks, MaryAlice Johnson, Paisley Kendrick, Claire Smith and Ava Robinson took home the state championship in the dairy evaluation competition. (AVA ROBINSON | CONTRIBUTED)
Thorsby High School’s poultry evaluation team of Claire Smith, left, Lilly Smith and Mary Leigh Williams, along with Brett McCluskey, won the state championship on June 5. (AVA ROBINSON | CONTRIBUTED)
Lilly Smith, left, Mary Leigh Williams, Seth Rodriguez, Luke Wilson and Ava Robinson took runners-up in the land evaluation competition. (AVA ROBINSON | CONTRIBUTED)
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By Carey Reeder | Managing Editor
Thorsby High School maintained its spot amongst the best FFA programs in the southeast collecting three state championships at the Alabama FFA State Competition on June 5. The Rebels added three highest-scoring individuals to their list of accolades at this year’s state competition.
Thorsby’s meat evaluation team captured its 11th consecutive state championship to lead the school’s charge. The meat evaluation team of Bryan Byrd, Abdul Elkhatib, Madison Hammock, Brady Mims, Shelby Price and Easton Robinson helped continue the more than a decade of dominance. Hammock was the highest-scoring individual in the event. Thorsby’s meat evaluation team advances to the national competition at the 98th National FFA Convention & Expo in Indianapolis, Indiana from Oct. 29-Nov. 1.
Joining the meat evaluation team at nationals is the dairy evaluation team who won the state championship on June 5 as well. Lilly Smith was the highest-scoring individual in the event, and she was joined by Maci Hucks, MaryAlice Johnson, Paisley Kendrick, Ava Robinson and Claire Smith on the team.
Thorsby’s poultry evaluation team is the third team to advance to nationals after claiming the state title. Brett McCluskey, Claire Smith, Lilly Smith and Mary Leigh Williams make up the team, and Williams was the highest-scoring individual in the competition.
The Rebels’ land evaluation team of Ava Robinson, Seth Rodriguez, Lilly Smith, Mary Leigh Williams and Luke Wilson finished runners up at the state competition.
