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Aggie trap team aims high Tuesday, March 22, 2022
By NCTA News
Emily Miller has been competing as a student athlete recently in three states.
So have her teammates on the Shotgun Sports Team at the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture.
Miller, a first-year veterinary technician student and vice president of the Aggie team, calls Norton, Kansas home. Miller has been aiming at sporting clays on ranges in Nebraska, New Mexico and Texas.
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NCTA plans for students, growth Tuesday, March 1, 2022
NCTA Dean’s Message by Larry Gossen, Ph.D.
When I officially started my first day as the new dean of the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture on June 15, 2020, our nation’s higher education system faced great unknowns.
We knew, however, that NCTA at Curtis was the only campus in the University of Nebraska system operating with in-person classes that summer. Two dozen Veterinary Technician students and their instructors were ready for opening day, also on June 15.
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FFA, Crops, Women in Ag Tuesday, February 22, 2022
NCTA Dean’s Message by Larry Gossen, Ph.D.
It is National FFA Week. We are appreciative and proud of all FFA members.
We pay special tribute to the agricultural educators across America, and particularly to the graduates of the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture.
Our NCTA Crops Judging Team won the 2-year college division in a contest Saturday at West Texas A&M University in Canyon, Texas. The team members swept the individual placings, 1-2-3-4. Congratulations, Aggies and Professor Brad Ramsdale.
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NCTA Recap for 2021 – Part 1 Monday, January 3, 2022
NCTA Dean’s Message by Larry Gossen, Ph.D.
The year of 2021 was both successful and eventful at the Aggie campus of the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture.
Here’s a brief recap of the first six months:
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Aggies season finale from Heartland Tuesday, November 2, 2021
By NCTA News
Five members of the Shotgun Sports Team from the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture competed over the weekend at Heartland Shooting Park west of Grand Island.
Aggie competitors were Cooper Mazza of Potter, Trey Barnhart of McCook, Kamren Sitzman of McCook, Kaden
Bryant of Firth, and Emily Miller of Norton, Kansas.
Coach Alan Taylor said overall, the team shot well in skeet and sporting clays. The final match of the fall season was Saturday and Sunday in the ACUI Upper Mid-West Championship.
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Aggies vie in shotgun match Tuesday, October 12, 2021
By NCTA News
Five members of the Shotgun Sports Team from the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture competed over the weekend at the Hastings College meet at the Heartland Shooting Park.
Kaden Bryant of Firth led the team with 339 points in five events, trap, skeet, double skeet, sporting clays and super sporting clays. His best event was skeet with 97 of 100.
Cooper Mazza of rural Potter led the team with 46 out of 50 in super sporting clays and posted 310 points overall.
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Aggies take aim at Brainard Monday, October 4, 2021
By NCTA News
The Aggies of the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture traveled to Brainard for a weekend sporting clays match hosted by Concordia University Nebraska.
The Shotgun Sports student athletes met with tough competition in the field of 11 colleges, said Aggie Coach Alan Taylor.
Kaden Bryant of Firth led the Aggies with 240 out of 300 points. His teammates were Trey Barnhart, McCook; Kamren Sitzman, McCook, Abbey Paul, North Platte and McKenna Darby, Pleasanton.
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NCTA athlete wins conference title Tuesday, September 28, 2021
By NCTA News
NORTH PLATTE, Neb. – College shotgun sports athletes from six states competed last weekend at the Prairie Circuit Conference Classic at the Lincoln County Wildlife Gun Club near North Platte.
The Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture in Curtis hosted more than 200 contestants for three days of field competitions in skeet, double skeet, trap, double trap, and sporting clays.
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Celebrating 4-H and our Aggies Monday, September 27, 2021
NCTA Dean’s Message by Larry Gossen, Ph.D.
Each week is a significant one at the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture. Our students are engaged in academics and campus activities which emphasize their interests in agriculture and veterinary technology.
This next week carries double significance as we observe National 4-H Week on Oct. 3 to 9.
In the midst of the observance is our first Discovery Day for prospective students on Tuesday, Oct. 5.
National 4-H Week
The theme for the 2021 4-H Week is “Find your Spark.”
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Aggies to host Prairie Circuit Meet Monday, September 20, 2021
By NCTA News
College athletes from nine states will compete this weekend in the Prairie Circuit Conference contests for shotgun sports in skeet, sporting clays and trap.
More than 200 contestants from 14 colleges are registered, said Alan Taylor of Curtis, coach of the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture Shotgun Sports Team.
For the third year, the NCTA Aggies will host competitions over the course of Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Lincoln County Wildlife Gun Club near Lake Maloney south of North Platte.
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