Halloween provided no scares for Nacogdoches High School’s welding team Oct. 31 at the Hornet Hive Welding Call-out in Huntsville.
The Dragons had four welders earn state qualifications and four earn certifications. Six earned $500 scholarship offers from vocational schools.
Participants in the Level 1 competition include:
Seniors Jayden Bowens (two scholarship offers), ZyKevion Caraway (scholarship offer), Ty Coleman (two scholarship offers, certification and state qualification), Anisa Duffield (two scholarship offers), Jonathan Ramirez (two scholarship offers) and Seth Sanders (two scholarship offers).
Juniors David Garcia, Leo Martinez and Landon Rooney.
Sophomores Eric Garcia, Canaan King, Alejandro Romero, Ivan Sanchez-Carrillo (certification and state qualification) and David Taaffe.
Freshman Alexi Clement (certification and state qualification).
Level 2 competition: Junior Jamie Trejo-Francisco (certification and state qualification).
Welding Knowledge Challenge: Junior Landon Rooney, who finished in second place overall.
For the year, Nacogdoches High School welders have received 17 certifications, 15 state qualifiers and $32,250 in scholarship offers to vocational schools.
Dragon welders will be back in action Dec. 4 at the Tiger Nation Certification Event in Silsbee.