A group of more than a half dozen welding students in Aransas Pass ISD were recently set to show off their welding skills on a state level.
Aransas Pass ISD announced April 30 that the district’s welding team and eight of its welding students were headed to the state competition in Fort Bend County in the Houston area. The students had previously taken part in qualifying regional competitions in order to make it to state.
Jacob Delaney, Kyler Combs, Leky Rankins, and Robert Rea qualified as Level 1 AWS D9.1 2F GMAW at the Aransas Pass Panther Challenge Regional Qualifier. The Panthers also had Luis Ramirez and Joexiel Hernandez-Ramirez qualify as Level 2 AWS D1.1 1G W/Backing SMAW at the Aransas Pass Panther Challenge Regional Qualifier…