38 Tazewell County Career and Technical Center (TCCTC) students qualified at the District 8 SkillsUSA competitions and will be attending the state SkillsUSA competitions in Roanoke, Virginia this year. Competitions were held at the Tazewell County Career and Technical Center in Tazewell, Virginia, and the Washington County Career and Technical Education Center in Abingdon, Virginia. Tazewell County students and Bland County students who attend Tazewell County Career and Technical Center competed against students from Wythe, Smyth, Carroll, Galax, Grayson, and Washington Counties as well as students attending Virginia High School located in the city of Bristol, Virginia.
Tazewell County Career and Technical Center walked away with 26 first-place winners. Upon hearing this news, Lee Salyers, CTE Director and Principal of Tazewell County Career and Technical Center said, “ It is thrilling to see our students excel in local competitions. It will be even more exhilarating witnessing their participation in the state leadership conference, where they compete against the best in the Commonwealth. I observe them gaining immense confidence, and seeing their growth as students is inspiring. Despite coming from a small, rural community, our students can compete with anyone.” TCCTC would like to congratulate the winners from Tazewell County and Bland County Public Schools:
Automotive Service Technology, 1st place Trenton Grimm; Bricklayer, 1st place Chad Bowles,2nd place Anthony Davidson, and 5th place Sabastion Greene; Cosmetology, 1st place Ryleigh Bryant and second place Annabella Honaker; Criminal Justice, 1st place Jordan Muncy, second place Makellyn Kennedy, and Lillian Wimmer 4th place; Diesel Equipment Technology,1st place Ethan Smith, 2nd place Caiden Stapleton, and 3rd place Matthew Helton; First Aid-CPR, 1st place Brett Bishop and second place Hailey Stanford; Job Skills Demonstration A, 1st place Matthew Osborne, 2nd place Luke Watson, and 3rd place Brandon Christian; Job Skills Open, 1st place Lillian Wimmer and Makellyn Kennedy; Mechatronics, 1st place Braxton Bilodeau and Tyler Smith-Lively and 2nd place Calvin Dowell and Zoe Quinn; Motorcycle Service Technology, 1st place Stephen Muncy; Power Equipment Technology, 1st place Hope Looney; Promotional Bulletin Board, 1st place Michaela Tate, Haley Harless, and Trinity Phillips; Robotics and Automation Technology, 1st place Gabriel Grose and Wes Dudley and 2nd place Riley Butcher and Tyler Harrington; Teamworks, 1st place Dylan Belcher, Ethan Deel, Orion Mustard, and Matthew Shirey.Welding, 1st place Landon Lucas, 3rd place Christopher Tyler Shortt, and 8th place Timmy Blankenship; Cabinetmaking, 1st place Jayden Arrington and second place Isaiah Stanford; Esthetics, 1st place Stephanie Wingo with model Katie Blevins, second place Jillian Crisp with model Sydney Roberts, and 4th place Alexis Woodall with model Haven Crabtree; Barbering, 2nd place Kydalynn Brown; Automotive Service Repair, 3rd place Joshua Browning; Carpentry, 3rd place Brokk Hollenbeak and 5th place Isaiah McGuire; Masonry, 3rd place Austin Nichols and 5th place Wyatt Webb; Total Fantasy Fashion Look,3rd place Kaylee Smith, Shyla Dye and model Grayson Lester, 7th place Charity Smalling, Jayla Farmer, and Kyndall Blankenship, and 8th place Brooklynn Roberts, Alysia Trigg, and Adyson Sheppard; Nail Care, 5th place Haylie Gillispie with model Ayden England, 6th place Kylee Akers with model Bella Salyers,7th place Miranda Brewster with model Jayden Zube, and 8th place Kamryn Tedder with model Alyssa Rose; Automotive Refinishing Technology, 8th place Ethan Craig; and Fantasy Manikin, 13th place Sidney Roberts. Other contestants included: Atreyu Smith, Kayce Kinder, Peyton McBride, James Hood, Emily Minton, Tyler Doucette, Jamey Brantley, Michael Whittaker, and Nick Hunley,
“The students of TCCTC are a hardworking and aspiring group of young tradespeople. Each instructor inspires a work ethic that is necessary to be successful in a given trade and challenges those who desire to perform in competition to apply their learned skills at industry-level standards. This competition is a good indicator of how ambitious the students of TCCTC are to succeed. Many in the Tazewell County communities and schools are eager for what awaits these students in their next round of competition and what the future holds for them in their chosen fields of work,” said Sarah Cooke, TCCTC SkillsUSA Lead Advisor.
Looking ahead, Tazewell County Career and Technical students will set their sights on the state SkillsUSA competition to be held in Roanoke, Virginia on April 4-6, 2025. If you would like to donate to assist with the costs for these students and instructors to attend the state competition, donations can be made to TCCTC by stopping by the school, via mail to 260 Advantage Drive, Tazewell, Virginia 24651, or by contacting Lead SkillsUSA advisor Sarah Cooke at 276-988-2529 ext. 1722, or via email to scooke@tcpsva.org.