The Future Business Leaders of America State Conference was this past Friday and Saturday in Springfield with over 1,450 students and faculty from 66 schools.  Part of that conference was competition in several business oriented areas.  Nashville High School had 28 students attend and compete.  Abigail Hall placed highest of the contingent with a 4^th place finish in Help Desk.  The team of Alison Bauza, Erin Stearns and Sam Polczynski placed 5^th in Entrepreneurship, while the team of Aaron Czjakowski and Alex Orr were 6^th in Sports & Entertainment Management.  Morgan Dodson placed 6^th in Electronic Career Portfolio.  Kelsie Klingenberg was 9^th in Business Calculations and Brett Lange was 10^th in Accounting II.  Nashville also received recognition for being the 2nd largest growing chapter in the state this year, more than doubling its enrollment from the previous year.  The sponsor is Michele Goostree.  Pinckneyville was represented by Collin Smith with a 2^nd in Agribusiness, while Madison Coleman and Emma Bowen placed 8^th in Website Design.  Their sponsors are Heather Genesio and Cheryl Clark.  FBLA is a nonprofit education association with a quarter million students preparing for careers in business and business-related fields.  Through state-based competition at the State Leadership Conference, students compete in events testing their business knowledge and skills.