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Southeast Georgia Skills Challenge

Southeast Georgia Skills Challenge

  • Thursday, October 30, 2025

  • Schedule

    8:30 am - Registration Opens
    10:00 am to Noon - Competition
    1:30 pm - Award Ceremony

  • Sutherland Arena at the Georgia National Fairgrounds & Agricenter

    401 Larry Walker Parkway
    Perry, GA

Central Georgia Skills Challenge Information

Teacher resources

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

  • Link to Central Georgia 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

  • Wednesday, November 11, 2026

  • Schedule

    8:00 am - Registration Opens
    10:00 am to Noon - Competition
    1:00 pm - Award Ceremony

  • Bulloch County Agricultural Complex

    44 Arena Boulevard
    Statesboro, GA

Quick Links

Teacher Resources

  • Link to Student Competitor and Student Observer Waiver Form

Contacts for Southeast Georgia Skills Challenge

  • Jada Taylor

    Ace Electric, Inc.

  • Tim Hobbs

    AGC Georgia

Southeast Georgia Skills Challenge Information

Please consider sponsoring the 2026 Southeast Georgia Skills Challenge at one of the below levels. The deadline for confirming your support will be detemined in late summer 2026. If you have questions in the interim, please reach out to one of the above regional contacts. 

Title Sponsor

$2,500

Presenting sponsor for a designated competition to include the following benefits: 1) Headlining sponsor on all materials, promotional items, and competitor t-shirt; 2) Premium logo placement during the event with company-provided banner; 3) Premium positioned exhibitor booth at event

Pillar Sponsor

$1,000

1) Company logo on competitor t-shirts; 2) Company logo on all printed and electronic event promotional materials; 3) Company-provided banner displayed at event; 4) Exhibitor booth at event

Supporter Sponsor

$500

1) Company name on competitor t-shirts; 2) Company name listed on all printed and electronic event promotional materials; 3) Company-provided banner displayed at event; 4) Exhibitor booth at event

Friend Sponsor

$250

1) Company name listed on all printed and electronic event promotional materials; 2) Company-provided banner displayed at event; 3) Exhibitor booth at event

2025 Sponsor Brochure for Information Only

Attention Teachers
In mid-August 2026, Southeast Georgia Skills Challenge leadership will share deadlines for meeting the following requirements.  More information on registration guidelines is provided below in the “Registration Portals” section below. 

  • Student registration for Skills Challenge competition through the Construction Ready Platform

  • Student registration for SkillsUSA Qualifying Competitions inside the SkillsUSA Georgia Portal

  • Teacher deadline for emailing student completion photos for in-classroom competitions

  • Skills Challenge waiver completion for all students attending the event - competitors and observers

In 2026, competitors have the option to participate in the following categories that will be part of the Southeast Georgia Skills Challenge.

  • Blueprint Reading

  • ** Cabinetmaking - in-classroom project brought to Skills Challenge for judging

  • * Carpentry

  • * Electrical

  • Heavy Equipment Operations

  • * Masonry

  • * Plumbing

  • Roofing

  • ** TeamWorks - a 4-person team completes framing pre-fab work in their classroom and then brings units to contest to build rest of TeamWorks project on day of the Skills Challenge.

  • * Welding

  • ** Welding Fabrication - a 3-person team performs in-class project that will be brought to Skills Challenge for judging

* Students who are associated with a school from within this event’s “home” region AND have confirmed SkillsUSA membership by October 8, 2026 AND place 1st, 2nd or 3rd in the denoted competitions at the Southeast Georgia Skills Challenge will advance to the SkillsUSA Georgia State Leadership and Skills Conference.

** Only “home” region students who are confirmed members of SkillsUSA are invited to participate in Cabinetmaking, TeamWorks and Welding Fabrication contests at the Southeast Georgia Skills Challenge. These competitions are qualifiers for “home” region students seeking to advance to the SkillsUSA Georgia State Leadership and Skills Conference. The 1st, 2nd and 3rd place finishers from “home” region schools in Cabinetmaking advance to the state competition. The first place TeamWorks team and the first place Welding Fabrication team from a “home” region school will advance.

High school construction programs in the counties listed below are invited to participate in the Southeast Georgia Skills Challenge and receive priority registration. Once all schools within this designated “home” region have had the opportunity to register, any remaining competition spots will be offered to schools outside the region on a first-come, first-served basis. View Regional Map

  • Appling

  • Bacon

  • Brantley

  • Bryan

  • Bulloch

  • Camden

  • Candler

  • Chatham

  • Effingham

  • Emanuel

  • Evans

  • Glynn

  • Jeff Davis

  • Jenkins

  • Liberty

  • Long

  • McIntosh

  • Montgomery

  • Pierce

  • Screven

  • Tattnall

  • Telfair

  • Toombs

  • Treutlen

  • Wayne

  • Wheeler

The following schools had competitors in the 2025 Southeast Georgia Skills Challenge.

  • Camden County High School

  • East Laurens High School

  • Golden Isles College & Career Academy

  • Lee County High School

  • Liberty College and Career Academy

  • Madison County High School

  • McIntosh Academy

  • Metter College and Career Academy

  • Liberal Studies at Savannah High School

  • Screven County High School

  • Southeast Bulloch High School

  • Statesboro High School

  • Tattnall County High School

  • Toombs County High School

  • Vidalia High School

  • Washington County High School

  • Wayne County High School

  • West Laurens High School

  • Wheeler County High School

  • Windsor Forest High School

  • Woodville-Tompkins High School

Here is a quick sampling of ways you and your team can get involved in our upcoming Skills Challenge series!
  • Volunteer company representatives to serve as judges for each of the skills competitions

  • Offer hands-on activities for students to participate in to get more familiar with specific trades

  • Host an exhibit table for students to learn more from you and your team and what career paths your firm offers

  • Serve as a sponsor to one or more of the Skills Challenge

Tentative Schedule for 2026 Southeast Georgia Skills Challenge

8:00 - 9:15 am Competitor Check-In
 9:15 am Welcome
 9:30 am Judge Orientation
 10:00 am - noon Skills Challenge - (competing students complete projects for judging)
 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Lunch Served
 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm Presentation of Awards
 1:30 - 2:30 pm Students return to competition area to clean up
 2:30 pm Adjourn

Registration Portals

All student competitors, student observers and teachers must register with their unique Construction Ready (CR) Digital Portal login to attend this regional Skills Challenge. Use the below link. NOTE: For new teachers or new employer users who have NEVER accessed the CR Digital Portal, please click here for help.

Regional Registration Opens in August 2026

All student competitors who wish to be eligible for qualifying for the SkillsUSA Georgia SLSC in February 2027 MUST ALSO register for their specific competition in the below link.

SkillsUSA Qualifier Registration Opens August 2026

Info for SkillsUSA Qualifying Events

A bank of sample contest plans for these Core 5 competitions will be available for teachers in mid-August 2026.

  • Carpentry

  • Electrical

  • Masonry

  • Plumbing

  • Welding

Bank of Core 5 Contest Plans to come in August 2026

Students competing in

  • Cabinetmaking

  • TeamWorks

  • Welding Fabrication

must complete in-classroom projects and are eligible for SkillsUSA qualifying. Details will be published in mid-August. 

In-Class Project Details

Info for Local-Only Contests

Contest information for

  • Blueprint Reading

  • Heavy Equipment Operations

  • Roofing

will be shared by Southeast Georgia Skills Challenge leaders through the below link in mid-August 2026.

Local-Only Contests

Congratulations to the 2025 Southeast Georgia Skills Challenge winners!

Alliance Cup Winner - Camden County High School

Blueprint Reading

1st – Liberty College & Career Academy – Olivia Czisny-Bell

2nd – Screven County High School – Abigail Volf

3rd – Screven County High School – Isaac Tweedy

Cabinetmaking

* 1st – Camden County High School – William Ratliff

* 2nd – Statesboro High School – Neel Patel

* 3rd – Statesboro High School – Austin Wheaton

Carpentry

1st – West Laurens High School – Tristan Howard

* 2nd – Liberty College & Career Academy – Justin Drost

3rd – East Laurens High School – Mikhail Nowinsky

* Statesboro High School – Nathan Waters

* Metter College & Career Academy – Keegan Powell

Electrical

1st – Lee County High School – Ryland Butts

2nd – Washington County High School – Aiden Pounds 

* 3rd – Camden County High School – Kenton Brimhall

* Statesboro High School – Blaine Akin 

* Statesboro High School – Reagan Sams 

Heavy Equipment Operations

1st – Southeast Bulloch High School – Lucas Henderson

2nd – Golden Isles College & Career Academy – Jahmaree Knight

3rd – Vidalia High School – Trace Tippett

Masonry

* 1st – Camden County High School – Rujuhn Brown 

* 2nd – Camden County High School – Justin Barr

3rd – Lee County High School – Dezi Harper 

* Statesboro High School – Kaylen Johnson 

Plumbing

1st – Lee County High School – Hagan Rudolf

2nd – West Laurens High School – Chandler Gay

* 3rd – Wheeler County High School – Charles Bowman

* Statesboro High School – Cole Phillips 

* Statesboro High School – Thomas Kafader

Roofing

1st – Wayne County High School – Dillon Pressley

2nd – Wayne County High School – Waylen Kent 

3rd – Statesboro High School – Pedro Gonzalez 

TeamWorks

* 1st – Statesboro High School 
Jerry Aguilar, Henry Lanier, Murray DiNello, Maddux Marsh

2nd – Camden County High School – Bryan Moore, Ryder Wheeler, Bladen Guyton, Jacob Vermilyea

Welding

1st – Lee County High School – Jacob Dollar

* 2nd – Camden County High School – Logan Swain

* 3rd – The School of Liberal Arts at Savannah High – Hendryka Williams 

* Camden County High School – Paul Branch

Welding Fabrication

* 1st – The School of Liberal Arts at Savannah High 
Markus Pickney, Zion Worthen, Isaac Mendez

 

2nd – Camden County High School – Julian Gowen, Nicholas Russo, Ethan Bonetti

 

3rd – Golden Isles College & Career Academy 
Emma Barrentine, Evelyn Martin, Navaeh Leftwhich

*indicates a student qualifying to advance to the SkillsUSA Georgia State Leadership and Skills Conference (SLSC) at the Georgia World Congress Center that was held in  February 2026. Only students who are within this event’s region are allowed to qualify for state. In some instances, students from schools outside of this region’s “home” schools won top honors at this event, thus students placing lower than 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place who represented “home” schools at this day’s event were eligible to earn one of three SkillsUSA qualifying positions.