Career Tech students rack up awards at NWSCC competition

Students gather for a photo after competing in the Career Tech competition hosted at NWSCC. Many Franklin County students won awards during the competition.

Scott Wiginton, Director of the Franklin County Career Technical center, said he was proud of the students who competed and won awards in the recent Career Tech competition held recently at NWSCC. Four Franklin County students won scholarships to NWSCC during the competition. The program offers various technical skills to students across Franklin County including welding and a newer program, cosmetology, as well as carpentry, auto-tech and repair and others.

The winners of the recent competition were:

Welding

Kyle Kelton 1^st place Flux core, Welding Scholarship to NWSCC, RBHS

Ash Hatton 2^nd place, Tharptown High

Brandon Cole 3^rd place, Cutting, Vina

Zach Creekmore 2^nd Place, Vina

Cosmetology

Megan Lafnear 1^st place Fantasy Makeup- NWSCC Scholarship   RBHS

Marina Black 3^rd Cosmetology, Belgreen

Rebecca Daniel 1^st place Cosmetology- NWSCC Scholarship, Belgreen

Lesley Garcia 2^nd place, Nails, Tharptown

Alanis Welch-1^st place Nails, NWSCC scholarship, Belgreen