February 10 was a great day to be a CTE student. The regional SkillsUSA competition was held at Bay College in Escanaba. This includes all of the UP for schools who chose to participate. Out of the 10 students who participated nine of them placed.

In the Auto competition there are two categories to compete in. Maintenance and Light Repair (MLR) and Master Overall. The MLR category has a written test and then students have a timed safety inspection and identification station. The next hands on practical station is another timed vehicle inspection station. Here students have to determine everything that is good as well as fined any discrepancies. The master overall category is several hands on practical stations along with parts identification and includes a written test as well.

One station is an electrical testing and voltage drop station. An engine repair station has measurement and testing. Engine Performance has ignition testing and scan tool use. Steering and suspension has parts identification and you have to verbally describe and answer questions to the station proctor on how to test parts. Brakes has measurement, testing and parts ID. Drive train station has students set up measurement equipment and compare to specifications. Each station is an 8 minutes timed event.

Standings and Awards:

Top 3 place in each category (17) total students from 3 different schools. 1st: $2500 scholarship, tools, award and medal. 2nd: $1000 scholarship award, medal and tools. 3rd: tools, award and medal.

Maintenance and Light Repair (MLR)

• 3rd Quinn Fontaine a first year auto student and senior from Houghton

• 2nd Jack Schaff a first year auto student a junior from Chassell

• 1st Quentin Niemi a second year auto student a senior from Chassell

Master overall

• 3rd (Matti) Matthew Moyryla a first year auto student is Homeschooled

• 2nd William Myers is a second year auto student and is a senior from Lake Linden

• 1st Lilly Hendrickson is a second-year auto student from Jeffers.

These student will have the opportunity to move onto compete in the State competition if they choose since we took 100% of region 4.

The SkillsUSA advisor also took 2 welding students to the competition. Both students competed in the Overall category. They had a 50 minute time frame to complete a fitment of different plates, angles and directional welds based on a print sheet they have to follow. The welding competition is historically very difficult and we have had very few student place.

Awards: 4 different welding categories, 4-5 different schools and about 50 total students. 1st place $2500 scholarship, award, medal, and welding gloves.

• 1st Luc Destrampe a second-year welding student from Lake Linden

The SkillsUSA advisor and students would like to thank the schools support in providing student organization funding and a charter bus.