Valley students take care of business

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Neighbors | Submitted.Students competing in the event included, from left, (row one) Ashley Sawtelle, Allison Hassay, Jesika Brown , Mrs. Helen Slack, IT Instructor, Katie Kosela, Bridgette Santiago, Alexander Delawder, Victor Perry, Mitchell Reynolds; (row 2) Adam Au, David Shipley, Devin Betsa, Aaron Mead-Patton, Joshua Eddy, Grant Bagley, Hunter Fox, Graham Kirk*, David Wilkinson, Alexander McDonald, Steven Phibbs, Justin Humphrey; (row three) Jeffrey Howell, Walter Stefanides, Bryce Gaetano, Sheldon Bush, Dylan Householder, Kyle Maendel, Brandon Ferry, Nathaniel Ritz, Christian Ketchum, Richie Boukrab, Jesse Aczel; (row four) Zackery Arthur, Brandon Tegey, Bejamin Esterly, Eric Piskac, Aaron Stiner, Corey Snieder, Justin Zupko, Gary Minnie, Jr. Ryan Fritch, Evan Good, Patrick Benjamin, Joshua Flippin, Christopher Svenson, Richard Schnieder and Andrew Blough.

Twelve Information Technology students from the Mahoning County Career and Technical Center students earned spots at the Business Professionals of America state competition after competing at the regional level.

The students will attend the state competition March 15-16 in Columbus.

Students competed in various categories at the regional competition from entrepreneurship and speech to small business management and website development.

The regional awards were announced during a banquet Feb. 10 at MCCTC’s Joyce E. Brooks Conference Center.

Students advancing to the state competition included Patrick Benjamin, West Branch; Devin Betsa, Austintown; Jesika Brown, Boardman; Josh Eddy, Austintown; Bryce Gaetano, Boardman; Justin Humphrey, Lowellville; Graham Kirk, Jackson Milton; Mitchell Reynolds, South Range; Bridgette Santiago, Youngstown East; Ashley Sawtelle, Austintown; Walter Stefanides, Canfield; and David Wilkinson, Western Reserve.

For more information, please contact Jacqueline Kuffel, Career Development Supervisor at MCCTC, at 330-729-4120.