Bringing Home Gold!

The Eureka Springs Skills USA team won four gold medals and an overall total of 11 medals at the state competition that concluded Wednesday, April 17, in Hot Springs.

Roman Schuber took home the gold medal for Extemporaneous Speaking, while Aiden Barker won gold in Electrical. Kameron Agresto won gold for Masonry and Evan Agresto was the gold medalist in Plumbing.

Riley Chapman won silver for Cabinetry. Fuller Cross brought home the silver medal for Carpentry. Kolton Smith won silver in Masonry and Leo Tapia was the silver medalist in Plumbing.

Kristian Kruse won bronze in Masonry as the Highlanders swept the top three spots in that category. Billy Martinez was the bronze medal winner in Cabinetry and Troy Tharp took bronze in Electrical.

The instructor for the Eureka Springs Skills program is Jason Hill.