The Clay Middle and Clay High TSA teams recently traveled to the Cedar Lakes Conference Center in Ripley, WV to compete in the State TSA competition. The event took place from March 19th-March 22nd. Both teams continued their long track record of success at state TSA competitions. Below is a full list of competition winners. Those individuals and groups who claimed 1st place will travel to Nashville at the end of June to compete in the national TSA competition.

Clay County Middle School Winners

1^st Place:

Biotechnology - Marissa Atha, Kinley Ramsey, McKinley Mahan

Career Prep - Gunner Dobbins

Challenging Tech Issues - Gunner Dobbins, Hannah Gandee

Community Service Video - Roxy Schoolcraft, Bailey Frame

Construction Challenge - Roxy Schoolcraft, Bailey Frame, Marissa Atha

Inventions & Innovations - Roxy Schoolcraft, Bailey Frame, McKinley Mahan

Mass Production - Marissa Atha, Layla Stewart, Addison Jones

Mechanical Engineering - Autumn Rapp, John Paxton

Prepared Speech - Gunner Dobbins

Problem Solving - Canaan Payton, Bailey Frame

Technical Design - Roxy Schoolcraft, Marissa Atha

 

2^nd Place:

Career Prep - Hannah Gandee

Challenging Tech Issues - Trenton Parker, Cole Boggs

Community Service Video - Gunner Dobbins, Canaan Payton

Construction Challenge - Autumn Rapp, John Paxton

Inventions & Innovations - Cade Hamrick, Luke West, Jacob Vance

Mechanical Engineering - Alex Holcomb, Madison Holcomb

Medical Technology - Layla Stewart, Kinley Ramsey

Prepared Speech - Hannah Gandee

System Control Technology - Jacob Vance, Gunner Dobbins, Canaan Payton

Tech Bowl - Alex Holcomb, William Samuels, Madison Holcomb

Water Bottle Rockets - Cole Boggs, Trenton Parker

 

3^rd Place:

Children's Stories - Alex Holcomb, Madison Holcomb

Forensics Technology - Mason George, Trenton Parker

Leadership Strategies - Autumn Rapp, Cade Hamrick, John Paxton

Medical Technology - Carson Brown, Saddie Cliver

Water Bottle Rockets - Cruz Cottrell, Luke West

 

CCMS - MS Chapter Involvement Winner

 

CCMS - 1^st place Overall Outstanding MS Chapter

 

Clay County High School Winners

1^st Place:

Extemporaneous Speech - Parker Taylor

Geospatial - Jaxon Brown, Liv Gilliland, Morgan Payton

Stem Mass Media - Sawyer Dobbins, Ariel Dobbins

Webmaster - Presley Shamblin, Avery Brouillard, Keaira Asbury

 

2^nd Place:

Animatronics - Jackson Cliver, Brooke Cliver, Abigail Grandon

Audio Podcast - Parker Taylor, Sawyer Dobbins

Board Game Design - Ariel Dobbins, Lillian Starcher

Debate - Sawyer Dobbins, Parker Taylor

Digital Video Production - Sawyer Dobbins, Ariel Dobbins, Lillian Starcher

Forensics - Avery Brouillard, Keaira Asbury

Prepared Presentation - Parker Taylor

Chapter Team - Morgan Payton, Jaxon Brown, Juliann Gallaher, Lexi Diaz, Liv Gilliand, Cheyenne Adkins

 

3^rd Place:

Children's Stories - Ariel Dobbins, Lillian Starcher

Fashion Design - Brooke Cliver & Abigail Grandon

Forensics - Presley Shamblin, Lillian Starcher

Future Technology and Engineering Teacher - Juliann Gallaher

Promotional Design - Ariel Dobbins

Prepared Presentation - Sawyer Dobbins

Stem Mass Media - Brooke Cliver, Abigail Grandon

Water Bottle Rockets - Jackson Cliver, Eli Dorsey

 

CCHS - 2^nd place Overall Outstanding HS Chapter

 

Bronze Level Achievement - Jaxon Brown, Liv Gilliland, Avery Brouillard, Keaira Asbury

Silver Level Achievement - Jaxon Brown, Liv Gilliland

Gold Level Achievement - Jaxon Brown, Liv Gilliand

 

Fred Chavanak Leadership Scholarship - Avery Brouillard

Most Outstanding Member - Sawyer Dobbins

 

2025-2026 WV TSA State President - Ariel Dobbins

2025-2026 WV TSA State Sergeant At Arms - Juliann Gallaher

 

Clay TSA would like to thank the following people:

 

Chaperones Luella Dancy, Elizabeth Gallaher, Alex Keiffer, and Lindsay Schoolcraft, our administration and the board.

 

CMI2 for their support and for coming to state conference to judge events.

 

Clay County Schools would like to congratulate Jessica Ramsey and her TSA teams on all of their success. Way to go kids!