Orchard's Melcher Wins National Championship At SkillsUSA

Madison Melcher, who will be a freshman this fall at Orchard Public School, won a national championship on Friday at the National SkillsUSA at Louisville, Kentucky, competition, which is a first in school history.

Melcher won the job skills demonstration  in the open or middle school division. She is the daughter of Kevin and Sherry Melcher of Page.

"I felt like I did pretty well. I was shocked, though. I didn't think I did this well," Melcher said early Friday evening as the team traveled back to Nebraska.  "It was a lot of fun. I met a lot of people from different states in my division and other divisions."

This marked Melcher's first year competing in SkillsUSA. Not surprising, the national champion plans to stay with the program.

"Yeah, I think I'm going to stick with it next year," Melcher said.