Rooks County teams compete in Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge

TRENTON HOWELL (LEFT) AND QUINN COFFEY (right) of Stockton High School are pictured with their winning display during the Rooks County Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge held recently. Their concept, call AT&Q (Ask Trenton Howell & Quinn Coffey) did it all with their software/hardware business. They complete repairs of cell phone screens, computers and other technology devices.

PLAINVILLE JUNIOR HIGH STUDENTS, Kaydence Grebowiec, Kaytlynn Butler and Addybelle Birdsall won second place and $450 prize money for their concept called, Willow & Blue Woodworking. They created wood art pieces and signs using wood burning tools.

KAYDENCE GREBOWIEC, Addybelle Birdsall and Kaytlynn Butler of Plainville Junior High, are pictured with their display, Willow & Blue Woodburning during the Rooks County Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge held recently.

SKYLER KELLER OF PALCO HIGH SCHOOL was awarded third place and $100 for his concept, Sky Guy, a drone business used in a variety of industries, including agriculture, during the Rooks County Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge.

FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, Quinn Coffey and Trenton Howell of Stockton High School, with AT&Q, won the Rooks County Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge. They received a check for $600 for their concept as a technology software/hardware repair business.