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.