Update…

Bismarck  (CSi)  On Wednesday in Bismarck, at the State LifeSmarts competition  Jamestown High School’s Team Number One, won the championship.

The Jamestown students will represents North Dakota in the national competition in Washington DC in April.

In second place was the Bottineau Braves and the Burke Central Team was third.

Their were  fourteen teams that competed in the eleven rounds of questions before the top three teams advanced to the final round..

The state LifeSmarts Jamestown Champion team members are Jarron Larson, Jessie Paulson, Chris Sayler, Garret Wright and Winter Mielke.

The Jamestown team is coached by Marchel Krieger.

Previously…

Bismarck  (CSi)   ND Attorney General, Wayne Stenhjem reports that the state finals of the LifeSmarts competition will be held Wednesday in Bismarck.

The competition will be begin at 9-am February 5th in the Pioneer Room at the state Capitol. Fourteen teams of students from ten North Dakota High Schools will compete for a chance to go to the National Finals competition being held in Washington DC in April.

The high school teams are from Jamestown, Flasher, TGU Granville, Burke Central, Tioga, TGU Towner, Bottineau, Fessenden-Bowdon, and Litchville-Marion, and new this year: Bowbells.

The LifeSmarts competition tests students on their general knowledge in five subjects: personal finance, health and safety, the environment, technology, and consumer rights and responsibilities. Each team is guaranteed to compete in at least two rounds, with the three highest scoring teams advancing to the final round.

The LifeSmarts state final competition event, now in its 22nd year, is supported by many North Dakota groups, including the ND Securities Department, Capital Electric Cooperative Inc., Capital Trophy, Cash Wise Foods, Dan’s Supermarket, ND JumpStart!, and ND Association of Rural Electric Cooperatives.

Stenehjem encourages members of the public to attend the event in support of the students