Black Hawk College recently hosted the eighth annual Welding Invitational at the college’s Welding and Skilled Trades Center in Kewanee.
The goal of the invitational 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 49 students from seven high schools participated in the competition.
For the fifth consecutive year, a team from Sherrard High School won the competition.
First-place winner Maxx Starcevich from Sherrard High School received a $1,000 scholarship from the Black Hawk College East Foundation that he can use to attend Black Hawk College full-time as a freshman in the welding program.
Top 3 teams
Sherrard High School, Team 1
Kewanee High School, Black Team
Mercer County High School, Team 1
Top 10 individuals
Maxx Starcevich – Sherrard, Team 1
Adam Biesemeyer – Kewanee, Black Team
Jonathan Weakley – Sherrard, Team 3
Luke Werner – Sherrard, Team 1
Harrison Curry – Sherrard, Team 1
Mason Vogt – Sherrard, Team 1
Caleb Quam – Mercer County, Team 1
Dalton Bender – Kewanee, Orange Team
Avio Gomez – Kewanee, Black Team
Dillan Vermost – Sherrard, Team 2
Also participating were students from Galva, Farmington, Stark County and Williamsfield high schools.
This contest was made possible for eight years through the sponsorship of Martin Engineering in Neponset.
