LifeSmartsBismarck  (CSi)  Jamestown High School’s Team Number One, won the state LifeSmarts championship, held in Bismarck, Wednesday.

The Jamestown High School Number One team will represent North Dakota at the LifeSmarts National Championships in Seattle in April.

 Second and third place went to Kindred High School’s two teams.

 Captain of the Jamestown team Number One, Kelsey Becker, says this year’s competition  featured the final round extending to two final rounds because of the double-elimination style.

The state championJamestown  team members are Becker, Andrew Breidenbach, Jessica Vandal, Dan Reimers and Sierra Schlenker.

Seven high school teams competed in several elimination rounds before the top three teams advanced to the final rounds. Students answered questions in five subject areas — personal finance, health and safety, environment, technology and consumer rights and responsibilities.

Parrell Grossman, director of the Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division and question master for the competition, said he was impressed with all of the participants.

The other high schools competing in the state competition  were from Central Cass, Flasher and Kindred.