WATERLOO â DeKalb High School students and siblings Matthias Hefty and Sydney Hefty won first place in the Innovate WithIn Region 8 competition with their business, Acacia Ranch Show Goats.
They received $1,000 and a trip to Arizona. They now will compete at the Innovate WithIn state competition in June.
The Northeast Region 8 pitch competition was held in virtually in partnership with Purdue University Fort Wayne on Friday from 1-5 p.m.
Region 8 includes 12 counties: DeKalb, Steuben, Noble, Whitley, Wabash, Huntington, Allen, Wells, Adams, Grant, Blackford and Jay.â¨
Acacia Ranch Show Goats raises high-quality, cost-effective goats for the growing number of 4-H members throughout the region seeking to show the animals.