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Winners in the SkillsUSA conference competition in Quiz Bowl - High School, Gold, Team I, Charlo High School; Silver, Team H, North Star High School; Bronze, Team D, Winnett High School; pose for a photograph.
Winners in the SkillsUSA conference competition in Chapter Business Procedure - High School, Gold, Team A, Billings Career Center; Silver, Team B, North Star High School; Bronze, Team C, North Star High School, pose for a photograph.
Winners in the SkillsUSA conference competition in Automotive Service Technology - College/Postsecondary, Gold, Gage Aisenbrey, MSU-Billings-Cot; Silver, Anton Poleman, MSU-Northern, and Bronze, Aaron Pelan, MSU-Billings-COT, pose for a photograph.
Winners in the SkillsUSA conference competition in Diesel Equipment Technology - College/Postsecondary, Gold, Cole Rhodes, MSU-Northern; Silver, Seth Hawkins; MSU-Northern; Bronze, Luke Henke, MSU-Northern, pose for a photograph.
Winners in the SkillsUSA conference competition in Job Interview - High School, Gold, Aubrey Welch, North Star High School; Silver, Peytan King, North Star High School; Bronze, Hali Kapperud, North Star High School, pose for a photograph.
Winners in the SkillsUSA conference competition in Power Equipment Technology - High School, Gold, Keagan Burpee, Billings Career Center; Silver, Garrett Parsons, Havre High School; Bronze, Raimond Bryson, Billings Career Center, pose for a photograph.
Winners in the Skills-USA conference competition in Extemporaneous Speaking - High School, Gold, Kylee Wells, St. Ignatius High School; Silver, Jewel Wicks, North Star High School; Bronze, Aubrey Welch, North Star High School, pose for a photograph.
Winners in the SkillsUSA conference competition in Technical Computer Applications - High School, Gold, Dylan Miller, North Star High School; Silver, Pedersen Garret, North Star High School; Bronze, Hayden Massar, North Star High School, pose for a photograph.
Winners in the SkillsUSA conference competition in Welding Sculpture - High School, Gold, Nicholas Tanner, Havre High School; Silver, Dawson Kinsella, Havre High School; Bronze, Brock Tomlin, Charlo High School, pose for a photograph.
Jim Potter
Montana State University-Northern hosted the 2018 SkillsUSA Montana State Leadership and Skills Conference, with several local competitors, listed below, earning awards.
The event began Monday morning, April 9, and concluded with an awards ceremony Wednesday, April 11. During that time, 300 students came from 29 Montana high schools and two colleges to participate in 34 different competitions. This is the 46th year Northern has hosted the SkillsUSA competition, formerly known as the Vocational Industrial Clubs of America or VICA.
This year's conference gave away just more than $100,000 dollars in scholarships to the winning contestants. Northern, UTI, Helena College and City College Montana State University Billings provided those scholarships.
Several industry representation in Montana helped run and judge the hands-on competitions such as diesel, automotive, welding, carpentry and photography. Competitions also tested leadership skills including a job interview, a job skill demonstration, extemporaneous speaking and more.
Local winners in this year's competitions are:
Automotive Service Technology - College/Postsecondary
Silver - Anton Poleman, MSU-Northern, Havre
Diesel Equipment Technology - College/Postsecondary
Gold - Cole Rhodes, MSU-Northern, Havre
Silver - Seth Hawkins, MSU-Northern, Havre
Bronze - Luke Henke, MSU-Northern, Havre
Technical Computer Applications - High School
Gold - Dylan Miller, North Star High School, Rudyard
Silver - Pedersen Garret, North Star High School, Rudyard
Bronze - Hayden Massar, North Star High School, Rudyard
Welding Sculpture - High School
Gold - Nicholas Tanner, Havre High School
Silver - Dawson Kinsella, Havre High School
Extemporaneous Speaking - High School
Silver - Jewel Wicks, North Star High School, Rudyard
Bronze - Aubrey Welch, North Star High School, Rudyard
Prepared Speech - High School
Silver - Hayden Massar, North Star High School, Rudyard
Opening and Closing Ceremonies - High School
Silver - Team B, North Star High School, Rudyard
Power Equipment Technology - High School
Silver - Garrett Parsons, Havre High School
Quiz Bowl - High School
Silver - Team H, North Star High School, Rudyard
Job Interview - High School
Gold - Aubrey Welch, North Star High School, Rudyard
Silver - Peytan King, North Star High School, Rudyard
Bronze - Hali Kapperud, North Star High School, Rudyard
Chapter Business Procedure - High School
Silver - Team B North Star High School, Rudyard
Bronze - Team C North Star High School - Rudyard
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The 2018 Montana SkillsUSA Wrapup Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3afre6Akak
For more information about Montana SkillsUSA: https://sites.google.com/a/skillsusamontana.org/skillsusa -montana/home/.
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