Thirty-four members of the Business Professionals of America are advancing to state competition after turning in strong performances in regional competition this past Friday. The Area 4 regional contest was held virtually, according to Lisa Telchik, BPA sponsor at Lamesa High School. The state contest, also to be conducted virtually due to COVID-19 restrictions, is scheduled for March 4-6. Lamesa results from the regional contest, with state qualifiers marked with (SQ) are: ■Advanced Office Systems & Procedures: 2nd (SQ), Katherine Hardesty ■Administrative Support Research Project: 1st (SQ), Jaiden Barrera ■Digital Media Production: 1st (SQ), Alyse Galindo ■Computer Animation Team: 1st (SQ), Victor Acosta, Erik Aguirre, Justis Ramford,