Five students from the Clinton County Area Technology Center recently competed with 35 other high school students from five Kentucky school districts in the seventh annual welding contest on April 17, sponsored by Elizabethtown Community and Technical College’s welding program.

The students involved, pictured above, were, left to right, Jacob Hamilton, Kade Fulkerson, Austin Edwards, Shelby Tallent, Dashawn McClister along with their instructor, Jesse Burchett.

The students were judged on individual skills, and the teams were judged as a whole as well.

Schools competing included Area Technology Centers in Clinton County, Corbin, Franklin County, Nelson County and Hardin County’s Early College and Career Center (EC3).