Cranberry Welders Advance to States 

Venango Technology Center sent two CHS students to the Steamfitters Union facility in Harmony, PA on January 10, for the Skills USA District 10 competition. 

Mason Brown, a senior at Cranberry High School, competed in a Three-Man Fabrication Team that included Dillion Morrison and Cam Crocker, who are both seniors at Oil City Area High School. They competed against 5 other teams and built a weld stand within a three hour time limit, becoming the Gold Medal winners. 

“It’s hard work but I enjoy it,” says Brown. 

A second Cranberry High School senior, Alex Tafoya, competed against 10 other students in the “All Around Welders Competition” and won first place. 

Tafoya, Brown, Morrison, and Crocker won the skills competition in March and will be competing in Georgia at nationals over the summer.