For the Tomahawk Leader

RHINELANDER – Two teams of students from Tomahawk High School (THS) took first place in an array of challenges at Nicolet College’s recent High School Competition Day.

More than 200 students from 13 high schools took part in High School Competition Day, which is “designed to give students a chance to explore careers and get a feel for Nicolet to see if it would be right for them,” Nicolet said.

Students selected their area of competition from a slate of 13 different academic programs.

Public Safety Challenge

The team of Max Jones, Nathanael Graeber, Lydia Ziert and Montgomery Framke earned the top spot in the Public Safety Challenge.

While donning turnout gear, students had to navigate a darkroom obstacle course, climb stairs, extinguish a fire, carry a ladder, splint and bandage a patient, perform CPR and carry a patient.

Robotics Challenge

In the Robotics Challenge, the team of Drew Albert, Gavyn Palmer and Ethan Breitenfeld emerged victorious.

With the use of an industrial robot, students had to pick up and place six items from one storage location and place them in another other storage location.

Other THS finishers

Other High School Competition Day finishers for THS included Brynnen Stefan, first place, Still Life Drawing; Matt Daigle, second, Automotive; Matt Daigle, Trevor Schumann, Isiah Ristau, second, Automotive team cumulative score; Rachael Reilly, second, Cosmetology: Beauty Behind the Madness; Artemis Fonder, Mayson Shore, second, Information Technology: Build a Website; Reese Marvin, second, University Transfer Liberal Arts: Flash Fiction; Mason Peck, Brett Borchardt, second, Team Fabrication; Cadee Benaszeski, Chloe Buckwalter, Ryan Felser, Elizabeth Lee, third, Culinary Arts Management: Cupcake Challenge; Lexi Baker, Ashley Beck, Joseph Jones, Vivian Skees, third, Health Occupations: Mind and Body Challenge; Brett Borchardt, sixth of 80 competitors, Mason Peck, 11^th, Welding Competition.