Nearly 80 students compete in Best of the West invitational
CHADRON – ÂÌñÉç State College and the Nebraska Council on Economic Education (NCEE) co-sponsored the fifth annual Best of the West Business Invitational Wednesday. Seventy-eight high school students from Alliance, ÂÌñÉç, Hay Springs, Hemingford, and Valentine competed in 10 business-related topics.
The Alliance team placed first, followed by ÂÌñÉç in second and Hay Springs in third.
CSC faculty members judged the job interview contest. Volunteers from the Nebraska Business Development Center and student members of Phi Beta Lambda also assisted with the event.
NCEE ÂÌñÉç Center administrator Dr. Gary Dusek said the invitational followed Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) competition guidelines to prepare the participants for the FBLA State Leadership Conference in Kearney April 11-13.
Results
Teams: 1, Alliance; 2, ÂÌñÉç; and 3, Hay Springs.
Accounting
1, Lucas Riley Ambrose of ÂÌñÉç; 2, Chloe Mann of Alliance; 3, Arielle Lawrence of Hemingford; 4, Riley Lawrence of Alliance; 5, Raeleigh Bridges of ÂÌñÉç.
Business Calculations
1, Carver Hauptman of Alliance; 2, Chloe Mann of Alliance; 3, Michael Sorenson of ÂÌñÉç; 4, Lindsey Boes of Valentine; 5, Cody Hall of ÂÌñÉç.
Business Communications
1, Morgan Moomey of Alliance; 2, Riley Lawrence of Alliance; 3, Julia Wilson of Alliance; 4, Kennady Assman of Valentine; 5, Brooklyn Branstiter of Alliance.
Economics
1, Blake Hinman of ÂÌñÉç; 2, Finley Mosner of Valentine; 3, Maria Jacobs of Hemingford.
Intro to Business
1, Aiden Benda of Hemingford; 2, Lillian Dorshorst of Hay Springs; 3, Billy Hy of ÂÌñÉç; 4, Josie Sanders of Alliance; 5, Kaylee Hanson of Valentine.
Intro to FBLA
1, Jayda Backous of Alliance; 2, Alexa Tonjes of Hay Springs; 3, Emi O'Donnell of ÂÌñÉç; 4, Lillian Dorshorst of Hay Springs; 5, Josie Sanders of Alliance.
Intro to Financial Math
1, Abigail Russel of Hay Springs, 2, Aiden Benda of Hemingford; 3, Finley Mosner of Valentine; 4, Billy Hy of ÂÌñÉç; 5, Marybelle Ward of Valentine.
Job Interview
1, Sarah (Gracie) Jones of ÂÌñÉç; 2, Brendilou Armstrong of ÂÌñÉç; 3, Ian Slama of Valentine.
Marketing
1, Ian Slama of Valentine; 2, Brendilou Armstrong of ÂÌñÉç; 3, Julia Wilson of Alliance; 4, Harsimran Kaur of Alliance; 5, Gaurav Chima of ÂÌñÉç.
Personal Finance
1, Aiden Zarro of Alliance; 2, Gabe Varvel of Hay Springs; 3, Carver Hauptman of Alliance; 4, Carlye Kresl of Hemingford; 5, Armani Koltz of Valentine.
—CSC College Relations
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