Students Compete at Annual Trades Day

Students’ trade skills were on full display on Friday, February 28, as high school students from across Onslow County competed in the 2025 Trades Day event. This competition was the perfect opportunity for students to show off the skills they have learned in their career and technical education classes.   

Trades Day is a partnership between CCCC, OCS, the Jacksonville-Onslow Chamber of Commerce, and many other supporting businesses and organizations. The event was designed more than a decade ago to help local companies and contractors connect with talented and skilled youth. 

Through competing at Trades Day, high school students taking CTE courses can display their skills and work ethic in their chosen fields of study and maybe even catch the eye of a potential future employer. Competitions this year included automotive, nursing, robotics, networking, construction, culinary arts, drafting, and more.      

Onslow County Schools is proud to support career and technical education, and we cannot wait to see the amazing work our students will go on to do in our community!  

See more photos from Trades Day 2025 on the Career & Technical Education page: Trades Day 2025. 

Congratulations to the following Trades Day winners:   

Architectural Drafting 

• 1st Place – Jaiden Davis – Richlands High 

• 2nd Place – Xavier Lewis – Northside High 

• 3rd Place – Savannah Amos – Northside High 

Auto Body 

• 1st Place - Caleb Grace – ENCRSC/Southwest 

• 2nd Place - Nicholas Baxter – ENCRSC/Richlands High 

• 3rd Place - Valentine Dominguez – ENCRSC/Richlands High 

Automotive 

• 1st Place – Kira Williams – ENCRSC/Swansboro High 

• 2nd Place – Roman Wells – ENCRSC/LeJeune High 

• 3rd Place – Jake Witmer – ENCRSC/Dixon High 

Construction 

• 1st Place – Logan Butts & Makenna Ramsey – Jacksonville High 

• 2nd Place – Kendall Kellum & Kelize Velez-Galan – Jacksonville High 

• 3rd Place – Shane Kerns & Logan McDonald – Northside High 

Culinary 

• 1st Place – Haylee Ihlanfeldt - ENCRSC/ Onslow Virtual School 

• 2nd Place - LeeWard Richeson – ENCRSC/Dixon High 

• 3rd Place – Joshua Miller – ENCRSC/Richlands High 

Electrical Trades 

• 1st Place – Jadon Huber – Jacksonville High 

• 2nd Place – Tyler Freeman – Swansboro High 

• 3rd Place – Logan Gonzalez - Swansboro High 

Masonry 

• 1st Place – Michael Christiansen – Jones Senior High 

• 2nd Place – Jaidyn Ellis – Jones Senior High 

• 3rd Place – David Echols – Richlands High 

Networking 

• 1st Place – Ryker Rohn – ENCRSC/LeJeune High 

• 2nd Place – Nicholas Henby – ENCRSC/Swansboro High 

• 3rd Place – Malikai Bridges – ENCRSC – Northside High 

Nurse Aide 

• 1st Place – Miranda Ruiz-Esparza – Jones Senior High 

• 2nd Place – Jayla Young – Jones Senior High 

• 3rd Place – Kylee Sauerbrey – Jones Senior High 

Robotics 

• 1st Place – Justin Davis – Richlands High 

• 2nd Place – Dakota Hall – ENCRSC/Dixon High 

• 3rd Place – Cammron Echavarria – ENCRSC/Dixon High 

Technical Drafting 

• 1st Place – Brody Carpenter – Richlands High 

• 2nd Place – Alexander Jaeger – Richlands High 

• 3rd Place – Eric Castelan-Hernandez – Northside High 

Welding I: Cutting 

• 1st Place – Robert Allison – White Oak High 

• 2nd Place – Ted Wiese – Dixon High 

• 3rd Place – Cooper Lanier – Dixon High 

Welding II: SMAW 

• 1st Place – Casey Simpkins – ENCRSC/Jacksonville High 

• 2nd Place – Emma Erickson – ENCRSC/Jacksonville High 

• 3rd Place – Abigail Abplanalp - Jones Senior High 

Woodworking 

• 1st Place – Grady Barnes – Dixon High 

• 2nd Place – Seamus Sullivan – Swansboro High 

• 3rd Place – Cale Corbett – Dixon High