Students at the Jefferson County Joint Vocational School attended the 2025 SkillsUSA Ohio State Championships in Columbus March 18-19. Participants competed among 5,000 attendees in categories including culinary arts, welding, electrical trades, auto service technology, job skill demonstration, collision repair and refinishing, prepared speech and related technical math. Final scores were still pending, according to officials. Those attending the event included, from left, front, Waylon Hayes, Mason Sedgmer, Jacob Gilbo, Lane Fomenko, Chris Ebright and Paige Casto; and back, Max Constantine, Robert McGuire, Caiden Canestraro, Savannah Bookman and Chloe Fisher.

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