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Louisburg FBLA ready for state competition after strong district showing

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Forty-eight students from Louisburg High School will attend the FBLA state convention this week in Topeka.


Attendance will be down at Louisburg High School towards the end of this week, but that is not a bad thing.

In fact, several Wildcat students will be making the trip to Topeka on Wednesday for the FBLA State Convention after a strong showing at the district competition earlier this year.

Louisburg will send 48 students to the state event as several qualified in multiple events at the district competition in Pittsburg.

“This year was our first year to compete at an actual district leadership conference since the 2019-20 school year,” Louisburg FBLA sponsor Adrianne Lane said. “It was a great experience for the students to be able to travel to an actual conference versus having a virtual one. They did great at districts and they all worked very hard to compete and place.”

Louisburg earned 14 district titles during that competition, while the top 10 in each event or test qualified for a spot to compete at state.

It was a year’s worth of preparation that led to a successful outing for the Wildcat program.

“The students spend a lot of time preparing the competition,” Lane said. “We had work nights weekly leading up to the competition so the students could be prepared and ready to compete.”

As much success as they had at districts, competition will ramp up this week at state in Topeka as several students will try to earn a spot at nationals. The top four in each event will qualify for the national competition in Atlanta in late June.

“(State) is a very big and competitive competition as chapters from all around the state of Kansas will be there,” Lane said. “This year we had 48 students qualify to compete and I am very excited to see how we will do this year..”

District Awards 2023 

First Place

William Hutsell- Accounting 2

Erin Apple- Advertising 

Jackson Rooney, Kaitlyn Vest, Lindsay Keaton- Broadcast Journalism

Carson Wade- Business Calculations

Erin Apple- Business Communications

Nathan Apple- Cyber Security 

Erin Apple- Economics 

Carson Wade, Ethan Ptacek, Jerynce Brings-Plenty- Entrepreneurship

Brianna Messer Rylee Hickey, Sophie Katzer- Hospitality and Event Management

Erin Apple and Izzy Moreland- International Business 

Sabra Brueggen, Ashlyn Kuhlman, Ally Brown- Intro to Social Media Strategy 

Nathan Apple, Nathan Vincent- Management Information Systems 

Emmett White- Personal Finance 

Ethan Ptacek- Securities and Investments 

Second Place

Carson Wade- Accounting 2

Izzy Moreland & Erin Apple- Banking and Financial 

Layne Ryals, Jackson Rooney, Brock Varns- Business Management 

Jenna Cauthon and Ashley Moreau- Data Analysis 

Elizabth George and Maddie O’Keefe- Hospitality and Event Management

Jackson Rooney, Layne Ryals, Brock Varns- International Business 

Julia Dover and Cricket McIntire- Intro to Business Presentation

Evan Moreland- Intro to Business Procedures 

Presley Yows- Intro to Public Speaking

Sami Lane, Mackenzie Rooney and Elizabeth Rooney- Intro to Social Media Strategy 

Nathan Apple- Networking Infrastructures

Adyson Ross, Brianne Kuhlman, Nathan Vincent- Social Media Strategies 

Carson Wade, Ethan Ptacek, Jerynce Brings-Plenty- Sports and Entertainment Management

Third Place

Nathan Vincent- Advertising 

Brianen Kuhlman, Adyson Ross, Alexis Hampton- Business Ethics

Blake Amren- Client Services

Nova Ptacek- Economics 

Emmett White- Intro to Marketing Concepts 

Julia Dover- Intro to Financial Math

Lindsay Keaton & Brylee Diederich- Marketing 

Blake Amren-  Personal Finance 

Erin Apple- Political Science

Brianne Messer, Rylee Hickey, Kate Frederick- Publication Design 

Elizabeth George & Maddie O’Keefe- Sales Presentation

Claire Brown- Supply Chain Management

Fourth Place

Julia Dover- Advertising

William Hutsell- Entrepreneurship

Jenna Cauton- Healthcare Administration

Elizabeth George- Help Desk 

Evan Moreland- Intro to Information Technology

Josh Hotlzen & Emmett White- Marketing 

Wyatt Holland, Sophie Katzer, Alexis Hampton- Sales Presentation

Fifth Place

Blake Amren- Business Communications

Alexis Hampton- Economics

Blake Amren- Impromptu Speaking

Sixth Place

Megan Quinn- Accounting 1 

Brylee Diederich- Accounting 2 

Elizabeth George and Maddie O’Keefe- Banking and Financial Systems 

Brianne Kuhlman, Bryles Diederich, Kaitlyn Vest- Business Management

Sami Lane- Intro to Business Communication

Josh Holtzen-  Intro to Financial Math

Josh Holtzen- Personal Finance 

Seventh Place

Bronwynn Williams- Accounting 1

Ethan Ptacek- Insurance and Risk Management 

Adyson Ross- Journalism

Eighth Place

Nathan Vincent- Accounting 2

Sophie Katzer- Business Law

Rylee Hickey- Cyber Security

Madison Smith- Human Resource Management

Presley Yows- Job Interview

Ninth Place

Sophie Katzer- Accounting 1

Jacob Bentz- Agribusiness 

Jerynce Brings-Plenty- Client Services

Ashley Moreau- Healthcare Administration

Jerynce Brings-Plenty- Impromptu Speaking 

Evan Moreland- Intro to Business Concepts 

Sabra Brueggen- Intro to Financial Math 

Josh Holtzen- Job Interview

Bronwynn Williams- Political Science

Ayden Mckain- Public Speaking

Tenth Place

Jordan Brown- Accounting 1

Ayden McKain- Cyber Security

Sami Lane and Megan Quinn- Graphic Design 

Brooklyn Harmon- Job Interview

Ayden McKain- Securities and Investments 

Claire Brown- Organizational Leadership