Jamestown  (CSi)  The North Dakota Attorney General’s Offices announces that the Jamestown High School team Number One, won the state LifeSmarts championship Wednesday afternoon, in Bismarck.

The team will represent North Dakota in the LifeSmarts National Championship April 21-24, 2017 in Pittsburgh. This is the eighth consecutive year that Jamestown High School is representing North Dakota in the LifeSmarts National Championship. Kindred High School was second, and JHS Team No. 2 was third in the state competition.

State champion team members are Ligia Schulz, Cris Dupre, Julia Shirley, Courtnay Kiecker and Kalen Christensen. Team Captain, Ligia Schulz, says the team worked very hard to win the state championship and look forward to competing in the national championship.

Jamestown’s Coach Marchel Kreiger says, “Every year it’s fun to have a different group of kids and see their hard work pay off. They feel fortunate to be representing North Dakota at nationals again this year.”

Parrell Grossman, the director of the Consumer Protection Divison of the Office of Attorney General and LifeSmarts question master, said all the North Dakota students did well in the competition.