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MTC Students Earn Awards at State SkillsUSA Competition

Massanutten Technical Center Firefighters are THREE for THREE!

We have had a Fire and Rescue Program at MTC for the last three years. Our students have competed in the State SkillsUSA competition for all three years. Each of those three years, one of our Fire and Rescue students has placed FIRST in the state in the firefighting competition.

This year's 1st place winner in the Firefighting competion was David Huddle (HHS) and Travis Hillard (BHS) took 1st place in First Aid/CPR. Two of our other Fire and Rescue students also placed at the State Firefighting skills competition. Dustin Whetzel (BHS) took 3rd place and Corey Johnson (TAHS) placed 5th in the State. David Huddle and Travis Hilliard's first place finish make them eligible to go on to the National Skills Conference to be held this summer in Kansas City, Missouri.

Here are the remaining results from our SkillsUSA State Conference:

Archictural Drafting: Anastasia Yurchenko (HHS) - 4th place
Crime Scene Investigation (Team): Justin Dove (BHS), Nataly Kuykendall (BHS) and Ashallee Wing (TAHS) - 3rd place
Diesel Equipment: Aaron Reedy (Post-Secondary) - 4th place
Residential Wiring: Joel Davis (TAHS) - 3rd place
Web Page Design (Team): Jessica Carr (BHS) and Matthew Wilt (BHS) - 5th place
Firefighting: David Huddle (HHS) - 1st place, Dustin Whetzel (BHS) - 3rd place, Corey Johnson (TAHS) - 5th place
First Aid/CPR: Travis Hilliard (BHS) - 1st place

Massanutten Technical Center - We Produce Winners!

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Submitted by Marianne LaRocco, Assistant Director, MTC
For more information, contact her at mlarocco@rockingham.k12.va.us or visit the MTC website.