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East Georgia Skills Challenge

Host Contractor: R. W. Allen Construction, GoldMech and Silver Sheet Metal, Inc.

East Georgia Skills Challenge

Host Contractor: R. W. Allen Construction, GoldMech and Silver Sheet Metal, Inc.

  • November 20, 2025

    at 8:30 am

  • Georgia Carolina State Fair

    308 Hale Street
    Augusta, GA

2025 East Georgia Skills Challenge Information

Teacher resources

(to come September 2025)
  • Link to Student Competitor and Student Observer Waiver Form

  • Link to Metro Atlanta Skills Challenge Registration

  • Link to register student members of SkillsUSA Georgia for opportunity to advance with Skills Challenge participation to SLSC offered each February in Atlanta

Congratulations to the 2024 East Georgia Skills Challenge winners!

Construction Cup Winner

West Laurens High School

Welding Cup Winner

Thomson High School

Cabinetmaking

* 1st – West Laurens High School – Sam Rowland
* 2nd – Evans High School – Grayson Tolar
* 3rd – Washington County High School – Wyatt Hopkins

Carpentry

* 1st – Thomson High School – Spencer Butler
* 2nd – East Laurens High School -Mikhail Nowinsky
* 3rd – Marion E. Barnes Career Center – Braylen Alexander

Electrical

* 1st – Evans High School -Joseph Jordan
* 2nd – Evans High School – Jason Reel
* 3rd – West Laurens High School – Daniel Ryals

Masonry

* 1st – Evans High School – DJ Lewis
* 2nd – Marion E. Barnes Career Center – Axel Hernandez
* 3rd – Lincoln County High School -Brax Barnett

Plumbing

* 1st – West Laurens High School -Elija Pullins
* 2nd – Thomson High School – Clayton Ivey
* 3rd – West Laurens High School – Jr Benitez

Sheet Metal

1st – Lincoln County High School – Zach Grabb
2nd – Marion E. Barnes Career Center -Malachi Adams
3rd – Evans High School – Haley Al-Ibrahim

TeamWorks

* 1st – West Laurens High School
Will Fountain, Michael Daughtery, Cody Palmer, Calib Stevens
2nd – Marion E. Barnes Career Center
Easton Bruce, Chastity Baez, Renji Woods, Alexandra Marshall

Welding - Beginner

1st – Hephzibah High School – Jaxon Finley
2nd – Thomson High School – Jayden Brown
3rd – Evans High School – Carson Stephenson

Welding - Advanced

* 1st – Thomson High School – Nathan Henderson
* 2nd – Thomson High School – Hayden Conner
* 3rd – East Laurens High School – Brayen Jones

Welding Fabrication for SkillsUSA advancement

* 1st – Thomson High School
Christopher Cotlan, Carson Treadwell, Gabriel Bradley
2nd – Evans High School
Conner Peter, Alex Kilgore, Jack Polhill
3rd – Marion E. Barnes Career Center
Angel Medina, Amir Alphonso, Johathan Lovelace

Welding Fabrication - local Cup competition

1st – Evans High School
Caylin Ellis, Kendal McPherson and Gabriel Dorsey
2nd – Lincoln County High School
Brooklyn Seagraves, Canaan Harris, and Tripp Parks
3rd – Thomson High School
Jim Alfriend, Chris Lazenby, and Josue Garcia-Aguilar

Sponsor Info From 2024
*indicates a student qualifying to advance to the SkillsUSA Georgia State Leadership and Skills Conference (SLSC) at the Georgia World Congress Center in February 2025. Only students who are within this event’s region are allowed to qualify for state.

Recap from this region's Skills Challenge event

For event information, connect with either of these two East Georgia Skills Challenge contacts.

  • Lesia Meeks

    Sheridan Construction

  • Tim Hobbs

    AGC Georgia