FROM STAFF REPORTS

Approximately 3,000 Alabama students, teachers and business professionals traveled to Birmingham last week for two days of action-packed competitions and advanced leadership study during the 2008 Alabama SkillsUSA State Championships and Leadership Conference.

Among those students who won or placed were (name, place, school, division):

-Evan Wheat, third place, Shelby County School of Technology, Motorcycle Service

-Bobby Duff, first place, Shelby County School of Technology, Architectural Drafting

-Kierston Grantham, second place, Shelby County School of Technology, Technical Computer Applications

-Justin Crowe, third place, Shelby County School of Technology, Technical Computer Applications

-William DuBose, first place, Shelby County School of Technology, Internetworking

-Alan Evans, second place, Shelby County School of Technology, Internetworking

-Borrah Campbell, second place, Shelby County School of Technology, Telecommunication Cabling

-Joey Barrett, first place, Shelby County School of Technology, Collision Repair Technology

-Austin May, second place, Shelby County School of Technology, Collision Repair Technolog