High School - Skills USA
Students who wish to join SkillsUSA must be enrolled in one of the Manufacturing Tech (Metal Shop) classes. Officers are elected at the beginning of each school year.
SkillsUSA Represent Spring Hill -
submitted by Guy Fuller 
On Feb 1st and 2nd the Spring Hill High School SkillsUSA members competed in the District 5 Welding and Precision Machining Skills Competition at TSTC in Waco, TX. They represented Spring Hill very well. They not only competed against other schools the same size as our's; they competed against school of all sizes in our area. Here is how they fared:
In the Welding and Precision Machining Skills Competitions:
| 1st Place Welding I (advanced) | Stephen Pliler |
| 2nd Place Welding I | Brett Sikes |
| 3rd Place Welding I | Dillon Huffman |
| 3rd Place Welding Fabrication | Nick Valenti |
| 2nd Place Precision Machining | Ryan Pickenpaugh |
In the Welding and Precision Machining Project Competitions:
| Stephen Pliler and Nick Valenti | 1st Place and Best of Show in Welding BBQ Pit Division |
| Tyler Butler, Brandon Wildmon and Miguel Alvarez |
1st Place Fish Fryer |
| Marley Barker | 1st Place Bowl of Fire |
| Colton Jacobs | 1st Place BBQ Pit |
| Dillon Huffman | 1st Place BBQ Pit |
| Brett Sikes | 1st Place Internation Scout 4x4 Bed |
| A. J. Calderon | 1st Place Deer Feeder |
| Ryan Pickenpaugh | 1st Place and Best of Show in Precision Machining (Steam Engine) Division |
All of the students qualified for the state competition in Corpus Christi April 2-5.
Steel Cats Go to State
submitted by Guy Fuller
Eleven members of the Spring Hill SkillsUSA chapter 2053 competed in the State SkillsUSA Welding Championships April 2nd-5th in Corpus Christi, Texas. Every one of the students had to receive a 1st place at the district level to qualify to compete at the state level. All 11 of the students got a First Place Superior rating on their welding projects that they carried to the competition. Two of the projects were team projects that multiple students worked on. Both team projects received first place trophies for the school. Five of the students also received scholarships from Texas State Technical College for competing in the Welding and Precision Machining Skills competitions. Besides competing, the students got to meet company representatives from the leading welding equipment suppliers in the welding industry. They also got to try out some of the new state of the art welding equipment that was on hand and being demonstrated at the skills competition that was held at the Craft Training Center of Corpus Christi.
The students who competed at the state competition were:
Stephen Pliler (received a $300 scholarship to TSTC)
Bret Sikes (received a $200 scholarship to TSTC)
Ryan Pickenpaugh (received a $200 scholarship to TSTC)
Nick Valenti (received a $100 scholarship to TSTC)
Dillon Huffman (received a $100 scholarship to TSTC)
AJ Calderon
Miguel Alvarez
Colton Jacobs
Tyler Butler
Brandon Wilemon
Marley Barker