Apr. 23—Andrew Post (CTE Tech instructor) and Glen Cook (CTE Manufacturing instructor) had the privilege of taking a group of students from the Broadcast Journalism (instructor is Drew Jones) and Manufacturing programs up to Portland for a few days to compete in the SkillsUSA State Leadership and Skills Conference. SkillsUSA is a national Career Technical Student Organization (CTSO). The 1st place winners of the national qualifying events may go represent their state at the national level.

Elizabeth Delgado and Ava Thomas won the state title in Audio & Radio Production and will represent Marshfield in the national tournament.

It was definitely a challenge as our students competed against some of the best CTE programs in the state. However, through hard work and dedication to their skills, they were able to compete with the best the state has to offer across all school classifications and continue to add to the Pirate legacy.

Broadcast Journalism is going to have the opportunity to send a team in Audio and Radio Production to nationals for the second year in a row. Manufacturing students decided to branch out from the traditional welding events and competed in Additive Manufacturing, Safety Participation, Technical Drafting, and Technical Related Math. I am very proud of these exceptional students.

State Only Events

Safety Participation

1st Place — Brady Schow (Co-State Champion)

1st Place — Stormi Osborne (Co-State Champion)

5th Place — Kiera Crawford

Welding GMAW (Wire feed or MIG)

3rd Place — Brady Schow

Welding GTAW (TIG)

3rd Place — Danner Wilson

5th Place — Jack Waddington

6th Place — ChaCha McLane

Welding OAW (Oxy acetylene)

1st Place — Hoyt Cherry

3rd Place — Stormi Osborne

4th Place — Danner Wilson

National Qualifying Events

Additive Manufacturing (CAD Design and 3D Printing) (teams of 2)

2nd Place — Alex Brouse and Markus Kliewer

Audio & Radio Production (teams of 2)

1st Place — Elizabeth Delgado and Ava Thomas

2nd Place — Eli Luckman and Jake Green

3rd Place — Eliot Aley and Karli Kennedy

4th Place — Lilly Brown and Jesse Frichtil

General Welding (Individual that competes in multiple welding processes including: SMAW, GTAW, SMAW, FCAW, OAC.)

2nd Place — Jack Waddington

Technical Related Math

2nd Place — Alex Brouse

4th Place — Markus Kliewer

5th Place — Danner Wilson

Technical Drafting (CAD)

6th Place — Alex Brouse

Television Video Production (teams of 2)

3rd Place — Lilly Brown and Eliot Aley