Port Angeles competitors at the Washington State Leadership and Skills Leadership Conference are

Port Angeles competitors at the Washington State Leadership and Skills Leadership Conference are

Four Port Angeles students place at state SkillsUSA contest in Tacoma

PORT ANGELES — Four students from Port Angeles High School and the North Olympic Peninsula Skills Center placed in a statewide skills competition.

Fourteen students from Port Angeles competed at the Washington State Leadership and Skills Leadership Conference from March 31 through April 2 in Tacoma.

Leadership contests were held at the Hotel Murano, and a majority of the technical contests were hosted at Bates Technical College.

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Port Angeles students competed in culinary arts, cabinetmaking, precision machining, job interview, job demonstration and action skills.

Students placing were:

■   Ryan Moore — second place, precision machining.

■   Bradley Lightfoot — third place, precision machining.

■   Gunner Gallauher — third place, action skills.

■   Jorden White — fourth place, cabinetmaking.

Other students who competed were:

Alex McMartin, Devlin Borg-McDaniel, Brandyn Fouts, Zach Baier, Lucas Verstegen, Kaleb Sheldon, William Iotte, Joe Bennett, Bradley Chase and Kenneth Cary.

They were accompanied by their advisers, Justin Parker, Denise Dahll and Tim Branham.

All students had competed in a regional contest and received an invitation to the state conference.

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