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West Orange - Stark High School Career Center Precision Machine students competed at the State Skills Meet in Corpus Christi recently. Colby Hudson earned the State Best of Show Award in Job Project competition; classmates Michael Vines, Jared Hodge, Emanuel Balderas, Kade Wheat and Alex Bridwell also earned blue ribbons on their job exhibits.

In Precision Machine Speed Skills competition, Kade Wheat placed fifth in state, while Jared Hodge placed seventh.

Wheat is a Bridge City High School student who attends the WO-S Career Center precision machine class.

Carlo Paulino is their instructor.

Photo - West Orange – Stark High School Career Center students Michael Vines, Jared Hodge, Colby Hudson, Emanuel Balderas, Kade Wheat and Alex Bridwell hold their State blue ribbons which they won in precision machine job projects competition. Hudson also won Best of Show in the state competition.