Local media outlets welcomed this year’s National Craft Championships (NCC) by covering several individual competitors trips to NCC. Newspapers from Alabama, Louisiana, Pennsylvania and Texas published stories on competitors in the Welding-Structural, Sheet Metal, HVAC, and Electrical: Commercial-Industrial competitions.

The articles featuring NCC competitors are listed below

• Birmingham News: Spain Park graduate to take on welders at National Craft Championships in Birmingham- Shanice Kirkland, The Robins & Morton Group, Welding-Structural

• Thibodaux Daily Comet: Des Allemands brothers to compete in welding contest- Cecil and Trey Folse, ABC New Orleans/Bayou Chapter, Welding-Structural

• Lancaster Intelligencer Journal: Bainbridge man to compete in 'Olympics of construction'- Jeff Morris, ABC Keystone Chapter, HVAC

• The Gadsden Times: Glencoe woman goes back to school, will compete in national competition- Lisa Smith, Marathon Electrical Contractors, Inc., Electrical: Commercial-Industrial

• The Dallas Morning News: Frisco resident to compete at Craft Championships- Coby McCormick, Construction Education Foundation, Sheet Metal