On Wednesday, April 7th, the NHADA Education Foundation partnered with MB Tractor in Tilton to host the annual Small Engine Competition. Four schools from the state of New Hampshire participated in the event including:
- HUOT Career and Technical Center
- Mount Washington Valley Career and Technical Center
- Salem Career and Technical Education Center
- Seacoast School of Technology
Ten students from New Hampshire career and technical high schools competed in four hands-on skills categories to test their knowledge and win scholarships. The stations were as follows:
 Station 1 - Written Test |
 Station 2 - Leak Detection |
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Station 3 - Electrical Panel |
Station 4 - Component Identification |
Results
The results of the competition were tallied and we are excited to announce our scholarship recipients!
The 1st place winner and recipient of a $1000 scholarship is:
Tristan Dow - HUOT Career and Technical Center (Instructor, Lisa Diggins)
This year, we had an exciting three-way tie for 2nd place; therefore, we are awarding three scholarships for 2nd place and dropping the third-place scholarship.
NHADA Workforce Development Coordinator, Kate Amrol awards scholarships to Riley Demers (center) and Tristan Dow (right) of HUOT Career and Technical Center.
Our 2nd place winners and recipients of an $800 scholarship are:
- Riley Demers - HUOT Career and Technical Center (Instructor, Lisa Diggins)
- Tyler Desaultels - Salem Career and Technical Education Center (Instructors, Joe Liebke and Matt McCarthy)
- Jack Vaughn - Mount Washington Valley Career and Technical Center (Instructor, Jim Harrington)
These scholarships are awarded to be used at one of the five community colleges in NH that offer automotive, heavy-duty/diesel, powersports, or collision programs. Congratulations to these students on their success!
The following students also participated in the competition:
- Madison Andrews - Salem Career and Technical Education Center (Instructors, Joe Libke and Matt McCarthy)
- Nick Fili - Salem Career and Technical Education Center (Instructors, Joe Libke and Matt McCarthy)
- Drake Boewe - Mount Washington Valley Career and Technical Center (Instructor, Jim Harrington)
- Jeremy Ferren - Mount Washington Valley Career and Technical Center (Instructor, Jim Harrington)
- Tylor George - Seacoast School of Technology (Instructors, Paul Yergeau and Matt Lobdell)
- Ryan Hoelzel - Seacoast School of Technology (Instructors, Paul Yergeau and Matt Lobdell)
Madison Andrews of Salem Career and Technical Education Center works on the Component Identification portion of the competition.
NHADA is very grateful to work with MB Tractor to provide such a great opportunity for the future of New Hampshire's automotive workforce.
“All of us at MB Tractor & Equipment are so pleased that we were able to host the NHADA Small Engine Competition and we are very excited for an even bigger event next year as we begin to return to more traditional educational & competition settings,” said Eva Marie Stilkey, Human Resources & Safety Manager of MB Tractor. “The caliber of the students that participated was top notch. It was wonderful to see them competing again.”
Congratulations to all of the students who put on an excellent performance highlighting their skills and showing off the knowledge that they have worked so hard to learn!
