Black Hawk College recently hosted the 7th Annual T-Joint Fillet Weld Invitational at the college’s Welding and Skilled Trades Center in downtown Kewanee.
The goal is to provide a competitive welding contest in a state-of-the-art welding facility that gives high school students an opportunity to test their skills. A total of 37 students from five high schools registered for the competition.
For the fourth consecutive year, a team from Sherrard High School won the competition.
Top 3 teams
- Sherrard High School, Team 2
- Sherrard High School, Team 1
- Kewanee High School, Team 1
Top 10 individuals
- Braydin McNall – Sherrard, Team 1
- Jacob Fratzke – Sherrard, Team 2
- Tanner Buckwalter – Sherrard, Team 1
- Garrett Woodward – Sherrard, Team 2
- Levi Schurr – Sherrard, Team 1
- Sladyn Kurtenbach – Sherrard, Team 2
- Kingston Peterson – Kewanee, Team 1
- Brady Schiltz – Kewanee, Team 1
- Jaxon Janey – Kewanee, Team 1
- Doug Swearingen – Kewanee, Team 1
Also participating were students from Mercer County, ROWVA and Williamsfield high schools.
View photos from the contest, including the winning teams and individuals.
Thanks to Martin Engineering in Neponset for sponsoring the contest for the seventh year!