WHS takes first in HOSA Bowl

Published by admin on Wed, 01/01/2025 - 7:00pm

Weiser High School health occupations students brought home first in the November HOSA Bowl Border Wars held in Nyssa. Team members, from left, Hannah Grace, Tori Brown, Jackson Laird, Kendal Nicholson, Domingo Estrada-Deal, Olivia Sanders Challen Pero, Diego Hernandez, Madysen Shelby, and Sopheya Estrada-Deal. Courtesy photo
By: 
Keith Boles
 On Nov. 22, Weiser High School sent a team of students for an event called the  HOSA Bowl Border Wars. HOSA stands for Health Occupations Students of America.
 It is an organization run by students who are preparing for careers in health, such as doctors and surgeons. 
 It was founded in 1976 in Arlington, Texas and eventually spread throughout America, even to our humble town.
 There are various competitions for this and that is what the WHS HOSA members set off for on Nov. 22.
 The competition was at Nyssa High School and it had the members go through various difficult challenges. 
 They participated in a written and a skills test. The written tests included medical terms, medical math, nutrition, phlebotomy, and forensics.
 The skills test included CPR, first aid, forensic science, CNA, and EMT. On top of this, there was also the HOSA bowl where four students from each school would participate in a jeopardy-style academic bowl about HOSA and medicine.
 Weiser performed extremely well overall in the competition, bringing home the HOSA bowl trophy, with first and second in medical terms, first and third in nutrition, second in medical math, and second and third in the EMT event.
 Weiser put their A-game in for this event and showed some amazing Wolverine pride and skill.
 HOSA has been a geat addition to WHS’s health occupations students, and they put a high value on the organization.
 One such student is Olivia Sanders.  She feels that HOSA is important because of the opportunity it has given to students across America.
 “HOSA is important because it allows students to explore so many different medical careers early on. It also teaches leadership, collaboration, and teamwork,” Sanders said.
 Hopefully, HOSA can continue to teach students across America the importance of medical occupations and that Weiser’s HOSA team continues to perform well in  future competitions.

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