2026 Contest Results
Congratulations to the winning teams in the 2026 Willie ant the Beanstalk Contest
Division 1 (9th-12th grade) Full Division 1 results
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Award |
Team Name (Organization) |
Contestant Names |
Adviser |
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Best Documentation |
RaWg (Kickapoo Nation School) |
Graciana |
Maria Henderson |
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Most Biomass |
Russell Sprouts (Olpe High School) |
Lillian |
Staci Garriott |
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Tallest Plant |
Hort II (Hillsboro Ag-Ed) |
Claire |
Sonya Roberts |
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Largest Leaf |
The LCL 1 Stalkers (Olpe High School) |
Hunter |
Staci Garriott |
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Most Trifoliates (tie) |
Russell Sprouts (Olpe High School) |
Lillian |
Staci Garriott |
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Most Trifoliates (tie) |
The Beanie Weenies (Olpe High School) |
Destiny |
Staci Garriott |
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GRAND CHAMPION |
The LCL 1 Stalkers (Olpe High School) | Hunter Jax Blake |
Staci Garriott |
Division 2 (K-8th grade) Full Division 2 results
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Award |
Team Name (Organization) |
Contestant Names |
Adviser |
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Best Documentation |
Grown Right 4H Team 8 (Grown Right 4H Club) | Faye Walter Finlee |
Katy Langford |
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Most Biomass |
Wade Hervey's Beans (Cowley County 4-H) | Wade | Sarah LaGrone |
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Tallest Plant |
Mustangs (Central Elementary School) | Weslyn Willa Curtis |
Tammy Pippitt |
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Largest Leaf |
Wade Hervey's Beans (Cowley County 4-H) | Wade | Sarah LaGrone |
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Most Trifoliates |
Wade Hervey's Beans (Cowley County 4-H) | Wade | Sarah LaGrone |
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GRAND CHAMPION |
Wade Hervey's Beans (Cowley County 4-H) | Wade | Sarah LaGrone |
2026 Contest Summary
- 177 Teams, with 484 contestants completing the contest
2025 Acknowledgements
- Thank you to the Kansas Soybean Commission, for providing the funding for the contest, including all the T-Shirts and awards!
- Thank you to all the advisers who helped the students grow soybeans and learn about plant growth and developement.
- Thank you to my student Eli Hallauer afor his work in running the contest (updateing the website, ordering shirts & awards, grading documentation, judging plants, sorting t-shirts...the list goes on).
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