--- title: Area high schools compete in WYSE Academic Challenge Regional at RLC description: INA, Ill. (Feb. 24, 2014) - Students from 11 area high schools competed at the 2014 Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering Academic Challenge Regional, --- [Rend Lake College News ](https://rlc.edu/news) # [Area high schools compete in WYSE Academic Challenge Regional at RLC](https://rlc.edu/news/area-high-schools-compete-in-wyse-academic-challenge-regional-at-rlc) Written by [Nathan Wheeler](https://rlc.edu/news/author/nathan-wheeler) | Feb 20, 2014 6:00:00 AM INA, Ill. (Feb. 24, 2014) - Students from 11 area high schools competed at the 2014 Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering Academic Challenge Regional, Feb. 12, at Rend Lake College. The competition is divided by school enrollment. Christopher High School, Wayne City High School, Zeigler-Royalton High School, Sesser-Valier High School, Waltonville High School, Woodlawn Community High School and Webber Township High School made up Division 300. Division 700 consisted of Benton Consolidated High School, Pinckneyville Community High School and Hamilton County Senior High School. The lone Division 1,500 school was Mt. Vernon Township High School. Briar North collects a trophy for his team from Benton Consolidated High School as Rend Lake College President Terry Wilkerson looks on. Benton took second place, finishing behind Hamilton County by less than two points in Division 700 of the 2014 Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering Academic Challenge Regional, Feb. 12, at RLC.  [CLICK HERE](https://rlc.edu/news/images/news_articles/Math_and_Science/WYSE/WYSEBentonTROPHYm.jpg) for a larger image.  "The Math and Sciences Division at Rend Lake College was pleased to host the Regional WYSE event in cooperation with the University of Illinois," said Andrea Banach, Dean of Math and Sciences at RLC. "The WYSE Academic Challenge allows district high school students an opportunity to compete against their peers by completing two exams from a possibility of seven different subjects - biology, chemistry, computer science, engineering graphics, English, math and physics. "This year’s WYSE Academic Challenge included a mini-design contest during the lunch break where students competed in groups of three to design a rocket, egg vehicle, air-fueled vehicle or marshmallow structure. Planning has already begun for next year’s event," added Banach. Below are the regional results, followed by team photos. An asterisk in the results indicates advancement to the WYSE Sectional, March 12, at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. Contact John Brajkovich at 618-453-7744 for questions regarding the sectional at SIUC. The Illinois State Finals will be held at the I-Hotel and Conference Center in Champaign - 300 Division on Monday, April 7; 700 Division on Tuesday, April 8; and 1500 Division on Wednesday, April 9. Additional information is avilable online at [https://wiki.engr.illinois.edu/display/wyse/WYSE+Academic+Challenge](https://wiki.engr.illinois.edu/display/wyse/WYSE+Academic+Challenge).  **WYSE 2014** **INDIVIDUAL OVERALL WINNERS (Plaques)** Biology: Andrew Wellen - Hamilton County HS Chemistry: Sara Dixon - Benton HS Computer Science: Ethan Conner - Christopher HS Engineering Graphics: Logan Page - Benton HS English: Wyatt Beaty - Mt. Vernon HS Math: Ethan Conner - Christopher HS Physics: Brendan Haile - Wayne City HS ** Team Results** ________________________________________ Division: 300 ________________________________________ *Christopher High School 484.1 *Sesser-Valier High School 401.1 Wayne city High School 399.6 ________________________________________ Division: 700 ________________________________________ *Hamilton County Senior High 477.5 *Benton Consolidated High School 475.8 Pinckneyville 301.3 ________________________________________ Division: 1500 ________________________________________ *Mount Vernon Township High School 500.0   **Individual Results** ________________________________________ Division: 300 ________________________________________ Trophies for Biology *School Name / Student Name / Biology Score* Webber Twp High School *Jake Felty 30 ZEIGLER-ROYALTON *Warren Eldridge 29 Christopher High School *Thorn Hall 29 Woodlawn Community High School Andrew Tomas Seaman 28 Trophies for Chemistry *School Name / Student Name / Chemistry Score* Christopher High School *Zach Boehl 24 Christopher High School *Steven Head 24 Wayne city High School *Emily Green 20 Webber Twp High School Jake Felty 18 Sesser-Valier High School Zach Mabry 18 Christopher High School Storey Mayer 18 Trophies for Computer Science *School Name / Student Name / Computer Science Score* Christopher High School *Ethan Conner 20 Wayne city High School *Matthew Murdach 14 Christopher High School Jake Towers 13 Trophies for Engineering Graphics *School Name / Student Name / Engineering Graphics Score* Webber Twp High School *Brett Collins 22 Christopher High School *Hayden Fasig 21 Christopher High School *Chris Richard 21 Webber Twp High School Connor Jackson 15 Waltonville High School Brendan Witges 15 Trophies for English *School Name / Student Name / English Score* Wayne city High School *Rachel Newman 60 Sesser-Valier High School *Blake Dorris 50 Webber Twp High School *Hannah Schrum 50 Webber Twp High School Chris Bush 49 Trophies for Math *School Name / Student Name / Math Score* Christopher High School *Ethan Conner 29 Woodlawn Community High School *Andrew Tomas Seaman 16 Waltonville High School *Michael Stanfield 16 Christopher High School Zach Boehl 14 Webber Twp High School Jessica Crammer 14 ZEIGLER-ROYALTON Boris Moskoff 14 Trophies for Physics *School Name / Student Name / Physics Score* Wayne city High School *Brendan Haile 12 Sesser-Valier High School *Kieran White 11 Woodlawn Community High School Ryann Marie French 10 Webber Twp High School Noah Ilbery 10 ________________________________________ Division: 700 ________________________________________ Trophies for Biology *School Name / Student Name / Biology Score* Hamilton County Senior High *Andrew Wellen 38 Pinckneyville *James E. Davidson 26 Benton Consolidated High School Emma Webster 25 Trophies for Chemistry *School Name / Student Name / Chemistry Score* Benton Consolidated High School *Sara Dixon 29 Hamilton County Senior High *Andrew Wellen 27 Benton Consolidated High School Dallas Williams 25 Trophies for Computer Science School Name Student Name Computer Science Score Benton Consolidated High School *Briar North 11 Hamilton County Senior High *Jesse Dickey 10 Hamilton County Senior High Sabrina Tucker 9 Trophies for Engineering Graphics *School Name / Student Name / Engineering Graphics Score* Benton Consolidated High School *Logan Page 24 Benton Consolidated High School *Alex Jerrells 21 Benton Consolidated High School Dallas Williams 16 Trophies for English *School Name / Student Name / English Score* Benton Consolidated High School *Briar North 57 Pinckneyville *Collin J. Smith 54 Hamilton County Senior High Sabrina Tucker 48 Benton Consolidated High School Jordan Wills 48 Trophies for Math *School Name / Student Name / Math Score* Hamilton County Senior High *Landon Vaughan 17 Hamilton County Senior High *Lucendia Adams 16 Hamilton County Senior High Grant Vaughan 14 Trophies for Physics *School Name / Student Name / Physics Score* Hamilton County Senior High *Jesse Dickey 11 HomeSchool from Benton Illinois *Michaela L Dollins 8 Hamilton County Senior High *Grant Vaughan 8 Benton Consolidated High School Kryslyn Fowler 7 ________________________________________ Division: 1500 ________________________________________ Trophies for Biology *School Name / Student Name / Biology Score* Mount Vernon Township High School *Shubhika Jain 32 Mount Vernon Township High School *Wyatt Beaty 27 Mount Vernon Township High School Connor Pigg 26 Trophies for Chemistry *School Name / Student Name / Chemistry Score* Mount Vernon Township High School *Allen McCarty 23 Mount Vernon Township High School *Molly Rodgers 21 Mount Vernon Township High School Molly Karnes 18 Mount Vernon Township High School Jaxson Lewis 18 Mount Vernon Township High School Eli Phillips 18 Trophies for Computer Science *School Name / Student Name / Computer Science Score* Mount Vernon Township High School *Kole Cralley 18 Mount Vernon Township High School *Wyatt Marks 17 Mount Vernon Township High School James Campise 10 Trophies for Engineering Graphics *School Name / Student Name / Engineering Graphics Score* Mount Vernon Township High School *Aaron Steele 18 Mount Vernon Township High School *Rachel Bolerjack 16 Mount Vernon Township High School Walker Brockhouse 15 Mount Vernon Township High School Michael Wright 15 Trophies for English *School Name / Student Name / English Score* Mount Vernon Township High School *Wyatt Beaty 64 Mount Vernon Township High School *Molly Rodgers 60 Mount Vernon Township High School Chyna Rivera 58 Trophies for Math School Name / Student Name / Math Score Mount Vernon Township High School *James Campise 21 Mount Vernon Township High School *David Modert 13 Mount Vernon Township High School Katie Aaron 12 Trophies for Physics *School Name Student Name Physics Score* Mount Vernon Township High School *Eli Phillips 5 Mount Vernon Township High School *Samuel Zelman 3 *Advance to Sectional Competition   Click on a thumbnail to get a larger image.   | Hamilton County |  Webber |  Benton | | --- | --- | --- | |   Christopher |   Pinckneyville |   Sesser-Valier | |   Waltonville |   Wayne City |   Woodlawn | |   Zeigler-Royalton |   Mt. 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