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Above, Lane Wallace (L) won first and Hayden Smith won second place in the cutting competition Nov. 17. Below, Brookshire Royal High School senior Steve Espiricueta welds out of position with Randy Owens a technician at Serving Welders Across Texas watching his work. Photos provided by Rockdale ISD

Bruce Mayfield, a Rockdale High School senior, helps straighten up in the Serving Welders Across Texas building after the Tiger Tough Welding testing ended Nov. 17 in Rockdale. Report photos/David Money

A student welder tests in an out-of-position spot on a scissor lift during the Tiger Tough competition in the SWAT building.

These are the awards that were handed out to the top finishers in the Nov. 17 welding competition in Rockdale.