Heavy Equipment Operation and Maintenance teacher Gerry Wilcox and students in front (l to r) are Curtis Johnson, Clark Schroeder, John Haberger, Lee Buda, David Howard and Craig Gooding; back row, Jasen DeRycke, Adam Bonin, Christopher Lotta and Michael Robb. Members of the team not pictured are Jason Wolck, Jeremy DeWaal, Heather Weber, Ted Krenzer, Andrew Rheinwald and Kevin Bleier.

BOCES 2 students challenge themselves in Heavy Equipment Rodeo

Students in the Heavy Equipment Operation and Maintenance class at BOCES 2 Career and Technical Education Center participated in a Heavy Equipment Rodeo at the Pennsylvania College of Technology in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

The BOCES 2 Heavy Equipment Operation and Maintenance class placed second overall in the competition and individual students also placed. They are: Kevin Bleier (Hilton) second place excavator and loader; Jason Wolck (Greece) third place backhoe egg competition; Andrew Rheinwald (Spencerport) third place backhoe egg competition and David Howard (Brockport) second place backhoe egg competition. The backhoe egg competition challenges the students to pick up an egg with a spoon and place the egg in a cup without dropping it.