MHS DECA team to compete at State

Eric Bradshaw

The Mustang High School DECA team will vie for trophies in the state competition, with 29 marketing and business students attending with teacher Diane Cerny.

DECA stands for Distributive Education Clubs of America. The MHS program is in its fifth year of competition. According to Cerny, they have qualified for nationals every year and have three seniors running for the state DECA office.

Categories in the competition include advanced computing (two teams of seniors, one sophomore and a few juniors), accounting, a math test (one junior competing), sports and entertainment marketing, travel and tourism (with 10 students competing) and scrapbooking.

Senior football player Jason Price will be competing in the retail merchandising category.

“I’m very proud of my kids,” Cerny said. “All but two members of the team have been in one of my classes.”

The MHS DECA program also has a senior Brittany Atwell who is running for the state DECA office. If she wins, she will hold the position during her freshman year in college.