RLC hosts WYSE Academic Challenge Regional for high school students

INA, Ill. (Feb. 12, 2016) - More than 140 students from 10 area high schools competed Wednesday at the 2016 Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering (WYSE) Academic Challenge Regional at Rend Lake College.

Schools with similar enrollment compete against one another in divisions. Christopher High School, Wayne City High School, Zeigler-Royalton High School, Sesser-Valier High School, Waltonville High School, and Webber Township High School make up Division 300. Division 700 consists of Benton Consolidated High School, Pinckneyville Community High School, and Hamilton County Senior High School. The lone Division 1500 school is Mt. Vernon Township High School.

Each student who competes in the WYSE Academic Challenge completes two exams in pre-selected subjects. They can choose from biology, chemistry, computer science, engineering graphics, English, math, or physics. Below are the regional results, followed by team photos. Students who qualify for the WYSE Sectional will compete at Southern Illinois University Carbondale in March. The Illinois State Finals will be held April 11-14 at the University of Illinois Urbana in Champaign.

WYSE 2016
INDIVIDUAL OVERALL WINNERS

Biology: Shubhika Jain, Mt. Vernon Township HS
Chemistry: Connor Pigg, Mt. Vernon Township HS
Computer Science: Wyatt Marks, Mt. Vernon Township HS
Engineering Graphics: Andrew Lingle, Benton HS
English: Riley Cornett, Mt. Vernon Township HS
Math: Zach Mabry, Sesser-Valier HS
Physics: Kurtis Sanders, Benton HS
             Blake McPherson, Mt. Vernon Township HS

TEAM RESULTS

_______________ Division: 300 _______________

Sesser-Valier High School - 478.1
Christopher High School - 423.9
Wayne City High School - 422.7

_______________ Division: 700 _______________

Benton Consolidated High School - 500.0
Hamilton County Senior High School - 457.3
Pinckneyville High School - 445.6

_______________ Division: 1500 _______________

Mt. Vernon Township High School - 500.0

 
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

_______________ Division: 300 _______________

Trophies for Biology
School Name / Student Name / Biology Score

Zeigler-Royalton HS / Cameron Jones / 36
Zeigler-Royalton HS / Kristi Barnett / 33
Zeigler-Royalton HS / Blaine Calloni / 27

Trophies for Chemistry
School Name / Student Name / Chemistry Score

Christopher HS / Rachel Miller / 22
Sesser-Valier HS / Mitchell Bulla / 19
Sesser-Valier HS / Jackson Stubblefield / 16
Wayne City HS / JaLisa Trotter / 16

Trophies for Computer Science
School Name / Student Name / Computer Science Score

Sesser-Valier HS / Zach Mabry / 19
Sesser-Valier HS / Tyler Fennes / 11
Webber Township HS / Hannah Hamerski / 10

Trophies for Engineering Graphics
School Name / Student Name / Engineering Graphics Score

Christopher HS / Seth Traiteur / 18
Christopher HS / Hayden Fasig / 17
Webber Township HS / Garrett Jones / 17
Wayne City HS / Danny Brown / 15
Wayne City HS / Caleb Kunce / 15
Christopher HS / Josh North / 15

Trophies for English
School Name / Student Name / English Score

Christopher HS / Athena Flint / 58
Sesser-Valier HS / Jackson Stubblefield / 58
Zeigler-Royalton HS / Andrew Morris / 56
Wayne City HS / Allyson Taylor / 52

Trophies for Math
School Name / Student Name / Math Score

Sesser-Valier HS / Zach Mabry / 24
Sesser-Valier HS / Blake Dorris / 22
Sesser-Valier HS / Tyler Fennes / 21

Trophies for Physics
School Name / Student Name / Physics Score

Wayne City HS / Nicole Smith / 11
Wayne City HS / Blade Taylor / 11
Sesser-Valier HS / Hannah Jones / 10
Sesser-Valier HS / Joey Burns / 8
Sesser-Valier HS / Blake Dorris / 8
Zeigler-Royalton HS / Makayla Fitch / 8
Webber Township HS / Garrett Girvan / 8
Webber Township HS / Jaxon Helm / 8
Wayne City HS / Myranda Kenshalo / 8
Zeigler-Royalton HS / Alexea Smith / 8

_______________ Division: 700 _______________

Trophies for Biology
School Name / Student Name / Biology Score

Hamilton County Senior HS / Trenton Rubenacker / 36
Pinckneyville Community HS / Hannah Cooper / 30
Benton Consolidated HS / Teresa Heinz / 30
Pinckneyville Community HS / Caleb Logan / 29

Trophies for Chemistry
School Name / Student Name / Chemistry Score

Benton Consolidated HS / Taylor Yucus / 19
Hamilton County Senior HS / Landon Billington / 16
Hamilton County Senior HS / Codee Bond / 14
Hamilton County Senior HS / Trenton Rubenacker / 14
Pinckneyville Community HS / Libby Ryterski / 14

Trophies for Computer Science
School Name / Student Name / Computer Science Score

Benton Consolidated HS / Andrew Lingle / 11
Benton Consolidated HS / Aaron Jackson / 10
Hamilton County Senior HS / Zak Shreve / 9

Trophies for Engineering Graphics
School Name / Student Name / Engineering Graphics Score

Benton Consolidated HS / Andrew Lingle / 24
Benton Consolidated HS / Kurtis Sanders / 20
Benton Consolidated HS / Hunter Shockley / 20
Benton Consolidated HS / Stefanie Bonthron / 16

Trophies for English
School Name / Student Name / English Score

Benton Consolidated HS / Bethany Garrett / 55
Pinckneyville Community HS / Caleb Logan / 52
Pinckneyville Community HS / Hannah Cooper / 50
Pinckneyville Community HS / Jonathon Harris / 50

Trophies for Math
School Name / Student Name / Math Score

Benton Consolidated HS / Bethany Garrett / 15
Hamilton County Senior HS / Zak Shreve / 14
Hamilton County Senior HS / Codee Bond / 13

Trophies for Physics
School Name / Student Name / Physics Score

Benton Consolidated HS / Kurtis Sanders / 15
Pinckneyville Community HS / Jacob Miller / 13
Hamilton County Senior HS / Colton Bond / 10
Benton Consolidated HS / Derek Oxford / 10

_______________ Division: 1500 _______________

Trophies for Biology
School Name / Student Name / Biology Score

Mt. Vernon Township HS / Shubhika Jain / 39
Mt. Vernon Township HS / Connor Pigg / 30
Mt. Vernon Township HS / Emily Glowicki / 29

Trophies for Chemistry
School Name / Student Name / Chemistry Score

Mt. Vernon Township HS / Connor Pigg / 28
Mt. Vernon Township HS / Allen McCarty / 24
Mt. Vernon Township HS / Wyatt Marks / 23
Mt. Vernon Township HS / Blake McPherson / 23

Trophies for Computer Science
School Name / Student Name / Computer Science Score

Mt. Vernon Township HS / Wyatt Marks / 21
Mt. Vernon Township HS / Michael Wright / 10
Mt. Vernon Township HS / Riley Cornett / 4

Trophies for Engineering Graphics
School Name / Student Name / Engineering Graphics Score

Mt. Vernon Township HS / Aaron Steele / 20
Mt. Vernon Township HS / Cameron Steele / 13
Mt. Vernon Township HS / Allen McCarty / 12

Trophies for English
School Name / Student Name / English Score

Mt. Vernon Township HS / Riley Cornett / 70
Mt. Vernon Township HS / Emily Glowicki / 49
Mt. Vernon Township HS / Kyla Tinsley / 45

Trophies for Math
School Name / Student Name / Math Score

Mt. Vernon Township HS / Shubhika Jain / 18
Mt. Vernon Township HS / Chase Regenhardt / 13
Mt. Vernon Township HS / William Walton / 10

Trophies for Physics
School Name / Student Name / Physics Score

Mt. Vernon Township HS / Blake McPherson / 15
Mt. Vernon Township HS / Aaron Steele / 14
Mt. Vernon Township HS / Michael Wright / 13

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Benton Consolidated High School students: front, left to right: Bethany Garrett, Stephanie Bonthron, Theresa Heinz, Kara Krapf, Sydnie Watkins, and Kurtis Sanders; back, left to right: Andrew Lingle, Aaron Jackson, Hunter Shockley, Derek Oxford, Trevor Johnston, Tylor Yucus, and Nick Greenwood.

Christopher High School students: front, left to right: Stephanie Isom, Victoria Towers, Haley Hammonds, Sydney Vanhoorebeke, Megan Wilson, and Maddie Gossett; middle, left to right: Seth Traiteur, Camryn Maloney, Khortnee Kerkemeyer, Jason Cole, Savannah Sherman, Andrea Miller, and Rachel Miller; back, left to right: Hayden Fasig, Chris Dorris, Noah Hervey, Josh Underwood, Josh Bays, Athena Flint, and Josh North.

Hamilton County Senior High School students: front, left to right: Zak Shreve, Tyler Gray, Clayton Ragan, Alex Miller, Leslie Drone, and Lauren Ward; back, left to right: Chris Coromado, Jared Rexing, Colton Bond, Trenton Rubenacker, Landon Billington, Remington Carrell, Michaela Scott, and Codee Bond.

Mt. Vernon Township High School students: front, left to right: Michael Wright, Blake McPherson, Riley Cornett, Emily Glowicki, Shubhika Jain, Kyla Tinsley; back, left to right: Connor Pigg, Wyatt Marks, Gunner Lundius, Walker Brockhouse, Chase Regenhardt, Aaron Steele, Cameron Steele, Will Walton, and Allen McCarty.

Pinckneyville Community High School students: front, left to right: Hannah Cooper, Caleb Logan, Sydney Stanton, Maddy Epplin, Libby Ryterski, and Quentin Naugle; back, Jonathon Harris, Ashley Harsy, Ian Henne, Stephen Wagner, Jacob Miller, Brooklyn Morrow, Gabby Bartnicki, and Liz Bartnicki.

Sesser-Valier High School students: front, left to right: Grace Styve, Olivia Sweetin, Siara Carter, Hannah Jones, Jesse Slack, and Mitchell Bulla; back, left to right: Zach Mabry, Jackson Stubblefield, Addison Page, Kadin Kiselewski, Blake Dorris, Jake Styve, Tyler Fennes, and Joey Burns.

Waltonville High School students: front, left to right: Mackenzie Trader, Kamber Pyszka, Lauren Frisch, Gretchen Witter, Olivia Massie, and Megan Kiselewski; back, left to right: Grace Pytlinski, Daniel Dent, Dylan Miller, Dalton Banach, Jacob Lewis, Sean Scott, Trey Ellison, and Kylie Newell.

Wayne City High School students: front, left to right: JaLisa Trotter, Shelby Sharp, Allyson Taylor, Brooke Buchanan, Myranda Kenshalog, and America Dagg; back, left to right: Jack Whitlow, Danny Brown, Blade Taylor, Isaac White, Chad Dicket, Caleb Kunce, and Nicole Smith.

Webber Township High School students: front, left to right: Tylar Hanson, Hannah Hamerski, Tori Belmont, Emily Lusby, Jaedyn Reich, and Alyssa Hails; back, left to right: Jaxon Helm, Dylan Stratton, Isaiah Riley, Garrett Jones, Alec Long, Bradley Manning, Garrett Girvan, Dylan Anderson, and Lexi Scrivner.

Zeigler-Royalton High School students: front, left to right: Kristi Barnett, MaKayla Fitch, Kelsie Olkoski, Alexea Smith, Kassie Jeralds, and Brianna Bowlin; back, left to right: Kaylee McCurdy, Andrew Morris, Blaine Calloni, Logan Giles, Josh Young, Cameron Jones, Cassie Cook, and Erin Eldridge.