NW Mississippi News

2023 DTC High School Welding Competition

Competition Highlights

•    62 total participants

•    23 high schools represented

•    $38,000 total awarded in DTC scholarships

Ridgeland, MS Campus Competition

$16,500 total awarded in DTC scholarships

Top 3

1.    First Place: Parker Manning of Florence High School; awarded a $5,000 scholarship. Florence High School will also receive a $1,000 donation from DTC.

2.    Second Place: Stephen Spence of Morton High School; awarded a $2,500 scholarship.

3.    Third Place: Dylan Derrick of Florence High School; awarded a $1,000 scholarship.

Top 10

1.    Parker Manning, Florence High School

2.    Stephen Spence, Morton High School

3.    Dylan Derrick, Florence High School

4.    Landen Lomas, Brandon High School

5.    Keymone Feazell, Jim Hill High School

6.    DeMarco Buford, Jefferson County High School

7.    Brandon White, Florence High School

8.    Jackson Bowman, Murrah High School

9.    Jalen Hunt, Forest High School

10.    Alejandra Arias, Wingfield High School

High Schools Represented

•    Jackson Public Schools Career Development Center

•    Jim Hill High School

•    Florence High School

•    Germantown High School

•    Jefferson County High School

•    Brandon High School

•    Wingfield High School

•    Murrah High School

•    Morton High School

•    Indianola Career and Tech Center

•    Forest High School

•    Humphries County High School

•    Forest Hill High School

Horn Lake, MS Campus Competition

$21,500 totaled awarded in DTC scholarships

Senior Division

Top 3

1.    First Place: Harlan Chadwick of Desoto County Career Technology Center West; awarded a $5,000 scholarship. Desoto County Career Technology Center West will also receive a $1,000 donation from DTC.

2.    Second Place: Gregory “Clay” Scott of Benton County Career and Technical Center; awarded a $2,500 scholarship.

3.    Third Place: Rodney Stacks of Desoto County Career Technology Center West; awarded a $1,000 scholarship.

Top 10

1.    Harlan Chadwick, Desoto County Career Technology Center West

2.    Gregory “Clay” Scott, Benton County Career Technical Center

3.    Rodney Stacks, Desoto County Career Technology Center West

4.    Jose Sanchez, Kingsbury Career & Technology Center

5.    Jorge Garcia, Kingsbury Career & Technology Center

6.    Odell Scott, Job Corps

7.    Chloe Smith, Desoto County Career Technology Center West

8.    Kyla Smith, Desoto County Career Technology Center West

9.    Jacob Burns, Millington High School

10.    Steven Baggett, Desoto County Career Technology Center West

High Schools Represented

•    Mississippi Job Corps Center

•    Kingsbury Career & Technical Center

•    Millington High School

•    Benton County High School

•    Lewisburg High School

•    Desoto County Career Technology Center West

•    Byhalia High School

•    Benton County Career Technical Center

•    Joe Barnes Vocational School

•    Desoto County Career Technology Center East

Junior Division

Top 3

1.    First Place: Joey Mathews of Desoto County Career Technology Center West

2.    Second Place: Cameron Bowden of Lewisburg High School

3.    Third Place: Nicholas Dudney of Benton County High School

Original source can be found here.