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Regional & State Project Bowls
Our second most attended event all year is the Project Bowl competition. Patterned after the golden-oldie television show "College Bowl", it challenges teams of 3-6 youth on their knowledge of 4-H project areas: Dairy, Dog, General Livestock, Horse, Lama, Poultry, Rabbit, Wildlife.
There are four Regional Project Bowls, followed by the State Project Bowl. Each has two divisions: Junior (grades 3 - 8) and Senior (grades 4 - 4-H graduation). Regional winners advance to the State Project Bowl and state winners in dairy, general livestock, horse, poultry and wildlife go on to national contests.
Get your friends together, recruit a coach, study hard, and ... most of all HAVE FUN during the Project Bowl season!
Regional dates
- March 4, 2017 - Foley
- March 11, 2017 - Hastings
- March 18, 2017 - Grand Rapids
- March 18, 2017 - Redwood Falls
- March 25, 2017 - Snow date (in case of cancellations)
Rules & Registration
2017 Overall rules (PDF)
- Junior Dairy Bowl Pre-Phase Rules (86 K PDF)
- Regional registration deadline: Must be postmarked no later than Feb 6, 2017
- Mail the forms and payment to the host regional office for your site
State Registration Form and Project Bowl Protocol for Lama (fill out online and mail) DUE March 24 (PDF)
Reminder: if your team qualifies for the State Project Bowl, you must sign up BEFORE you leave the Regional Project Bowl. If you do not sign up before you leave the Regional Project Bowl site, you will forfeit your state trip.
References
Roles and instructions for volunteers
Project Bowl coach help/instructions (67 K PDF)
Scorekeeper (7 K PDF)
Score sheet (30 K PDF)
Timer (6 K PDF)
Runner (5K PDF)
Judge (68 K PDF)
Moderator (69 K PDF)
This year's Project Bowl committee (PDF)
Help for new coaches - how to get started and sample questions
2017 Project Bowl results & photos
Regional results
- Foley - posted March 6, 2017
- Hastings - posted March 13, 2017
- Grand Rapids - posted March 21, 2017
- Redwood Falls - posted March 21, 2017
Regional Photos
- Foley - posted March 6, 2017
- Hastings - posted March 16, 2017
- Grand Rapids - posted March 27, 2017
- Redwood Falls - posted March 27, 2017
State Project Bowl
- April 8, 2017 - Sauk Rapids-Rice High School
Sauk Rapids-Rice High School
1835 Osauka Road
Sauk Rapids 56379
Team registration: 8:30-9 a.m.
Team orientation: 9 a.m.
Bowls commence: 9:30 a.m. (approx.)
Team confirmation letter (PDF)
Coaches of qualifying teams will receive confirmation letters when they sign up for the state contest.
T-Shirts & sweatshirts
Back this year - T-shirts and sweatshirts will be for sale at the State 4-H Project Bowl! The official design is still being drafted by Northwest Designs, but at previous State 4-H Project Bowls, 4-H members were able to have their names on the back of the shirts with a star by their name. Bring some extra money ... you may want to buy a shirt!
Reminder: if your team qualifies for the State Project Bowl, you must sign up BEFORE you leave the Regional Project Bowl. If you do not sign up before you leave the Regional Project Bowl site, you will forfeit your state trip.
Winners of the State Project Bowl in dairy, general livestock, horse, poultry and wildlife will advance to the national contests.
State Project Bowl results & photos
Results posted April 10, 2017
Photos posted April 10, 2017
Past Project Bowl results - regional and state
Tentative 2018 Project Bowl dates
March 3 Regional
March 10 Regional
March 17 Regional
March 24 Snow date
April 7 State Project Bowl
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