Twenty five students from area high schools competed in Victoria College’s second Welding Rodeo: Scraps to Sculptures Competition on Friday, Nov. 6. Given the theme “Freedom,” teams selected materials from a scrap pile and then went to work designing and fabricating artistic welding sculptures. Pictured, from left to right, are Talor Caraway, Sergio Ramirez, Chase Spicak and Terry Gilliland, members of the first-place team from Calhoun High School. Each team member received a commemorative VC Welding Rodeo belt buckle along with darkening welding hoods provided by Airgas.