February’s cold but Bethlehem Area Vocational-Technical student winners were hot.

Nathan Newcomer and Julian Korpics took first place in the Greater Lehigh Valley Automotive Dealers Association automotive technology competition recently. Nate and Julian are both seniors at Northampton HS.

With the first place finish Nate and Julian each won a $4,000 scholarship to Northampton Community College and a full ride 100 percent scholarship to Universal Technical Institute ($45,000-$65,000 value depending on the courses they would choose at UTI). They also won numerous hand tools and Milwaukee power tools.

Both students are cooperative education students. Nate is employed at Kratzer Septic Service and Julian at Nazareth Ford. Their instructors are Howie Nonnemacher and Jeff Cantrel.

Students from BAVTS competed at the SkillsUSA Council District 11 competition at Ag Hall in February. The competition showcased nearly 400 of the top career and technical students from Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton and Upper Bucks counties demonstrating their abilities in 33 skilled trade competitions. Winners will represent the region in the Pa. SkillsUSA Championships in April.

Freedom HS

First place: Esthetics 2-Emily Feijoo, 11;

Collision Repair Technology- John Gonzalez, 12;

Prepared Speech-Madysin Grim, 11;

Nurse Assisting-Yolishka Negron, 11;

Advertising Design-Anjali Sookram, 12;

Marine Service Technology-Cole Stefano, 12;

Second place: Extemporaneous Speaking-Andie Chamberlin, 12;

Nurse Assisting-Madina Dostzada, 11;

Medical Terminology-Marinellys Ibanez, 12;

Plumbing-Mark Keglovics, 11;

Web Design (1 of 2) BNazarii Lozinskiy, 11;

Carpentry-Xander Tavarez, 11;

Third place: Nurse Assisting-Kiara Alvarez, 11;

Cyber Security (1 of 2), Halidi Asheem, 12;

Employment Application (IEP), Jurne Bather, 10;

CNC Programmer, Prince Beck, 10;

Cyber Security (2 of 2), Salima Rahman, 12;

Building Construction, Noah Rivera, 10;

Electronics Technology-Aubrey Simmavath, 11

Liberty HS

Second place: First Aid/CPR-Daniela Arroyo-Mojica, 12;

Internetworking-Ian McConnell, 12;

Medical Math-Lunabelle Rivas-Alarcon, 10;

Esthetics 1, Jazzlyn Rivera, 11;

Welding Sculpture-Bridget Roberts, 12;

Third place: Mechatronics (2 of 2)-Jesiel Plaza, 11

Northampton Area HS

First place: HVAC & Refrigeration-Isaac Bealer, 11;

Plumbing, Parker Haydt 12;

Electrical Construction Wiring-Ryan Kocher, 11;

Automobile Maintenance & Light Repair-Derek Moyer, 11;

Masonry-Zander Rickert, 12;

Automotive Service Tech.-Evan Ummarino, 11

Second place: Welding Fabrication 1 (2 of 3)-Gabriel Angstadt, 12;

Precision Machining Tech.-Cale Bollinger, 11;

Web Design (2 of 2)-Alex DeJesus, 12;

Welding Fabrication 1 (1 of 3)-Keegan Hackett, 12;

Welding Fabrication 1 (3 of 3)-Hunter Hoppes, 12;

Automated Manufacturing - Drafter (Team of 3)- Ben Pennington, 11;

Automotive Refinishing Tech. -Nola Rocco, 12;

Automotive Service Tech.-Bradley Silfies, 12;

Third place: Mechatronics (1 of 2)-Elias Carrero, 11;

Prepared Speech-Taylor Sipel, 11

Saucon

Valley HS

First place: Fire Fighting Demonstration-Sam VanNorman, 12;

Action Skills-Tess Wenger, 12

Second place: Automated Manufacturing- Machinist (Team of 3)-Vincent Costello, 11

Automated Manufacturing- Machinist (Team of 3)-Nicholas Kichline, 12

Motorcycle Service Technology-Joel Schneider, 11

“CNC 3-Axis Milling Programmer (formally CNC Milling Specialist)”-Hunter Skriletz, 11

Third Place: Related Technical Math-King Aris, 11