(Click Photo to Enlarge) Goreville High School Division 300 - 1st Place Winners

2010 WYSE Academic Challenge

2/5/10
Sharon Felker - Shawnee News Service

Shawnee Community College hosted the annual Illinois Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering (WYSE) Academic Challenge February 4th. The challenge has been an annual event in Illinois schools since 1975. The WYSE Academic Challenge is an opportunity to challenge the area's brightest high school students in the subject areas of biology, chemistry, computer science, engineering graphics, English, mathematics, and physics.

Each school sends a team of up to 14 members and each student will take two multiple choice tests ranging from 30-100 questions each. Schools are separated into divisions based on total enrollment; schools only compete against other schools within their division. Division 700 contains schools with 301-699 students and division 300 contains schools with 300 or fewer students. Overall, the division 300 team winners were Goreville High School (pictured above) with a first place score of 490, Cobden High School with a second place score of 437 and Shawnee High School in third with 421 points. Massac County High School took the lead of division 700 with 486 points, Anna-Jonesboro High School came in second with 452 points and Vienna High School was third with 414 points.

"This event allows students to be recognized for their hard-work and academic excellence," said SCC WYSE event coordinator and science instructor Lori Armstrong. The top two scoring teams and individuals in each subject advance to the WYSE sectional competition held at SIU-C.

Division 300 Schools

Biology
First place: Samantha Ashley Manier, Goreville High School
Second place: Cora Leigh Edmonds, Goreville High School
Third place: Jessica Whitaker, Shawnee High School

Chemistry
First place: Brandon Scarborough, Cobden High School
Second place: Miranda Gabrielle Stafford, Goreville High School
Third place: Billie J. Paulson, Cairo High School

Computer Science
First place, Ryan Mark Reigstad, Goreville High School
Second place: Jordan Cowart and Jeremy Hawk, both of Cobden High School
Third place: Timothy Patrick Coffey, Goreville High School; Ettta Mead, Dongola High School

Engineering Graphics
First place: Linda Witt, Goreville High School
Second place: Lee Arthur Sopczak, Goreville High School
Third place: Timothy James Cornwell, Goreville High School

English
First place: Kate Russell, Cobden High School
Second place: Andrew Chandler, Shawnee High School
Third place: Timothy Patrick Coffey, Goreville High School

Math
First place: Ryan Mark Reigstad, Goreville High School
Second place: Jacob Adams, Cobden High School
Third place: Margaret Howell, Cobden High School; Tyler Kennedy, Dongola High School; Tori Meyer, Joppa High School; Steven Meyers,
Cobden High School; Brandon William Potocki, Goreville High School; Shayla Jae Storey, Goreville High School

Physics
First place: Jonathan Aviles, Joppa High School
Second place: Jacob Adams, Cobden High School; Kyle Griggs, Shawnee High School; Hondo Ragsdale, Joppa High School
Third place: Rakeem E. Dossie, Cairo High School; Tyler Thompson, Dongola High School

Division 700 Schools

Biology
First place: Ethan McGinnis, Vienna High School
Second place: Dylan Tucker, Anna-Jonesboro High School
Third place: Hannah McGinnis, Vienna High School

Chemistry
First place: April Schulte, Massac County High School
Second place: Levi McDuffee, Massac County High School
Third place: Sarah Frankland-Searby, Anna-Jonesboro High School; Aly Hamby, Massac County High School

Computer Science
First place: Joe Myers, Vienna High School; Brandon Schlenker, Anna-Jonesboro High School
Second place: Emily Burkhart, Massac County High School; Jensen Davie, Massac County High School; Cody Hosfeldt, Vienna High School; Clayton Smith, Vienna High School
Third place: Ian Hallum, Anna-Jonesboro High School

Engineering Graphics
First place: Daniel Hoyer, Massac County High School
Second place: Dylan Tucker, Anna-Jonesboro High School
Third place: Ben Rouse, Vienna High School

English
First place: Aly Hamby, Massac County High School
Second place: Elizabeth Bell, Anna-Jonesboro High School
Third place: Caleb Kennedy, Massac County High School

Math
First place: Elizabeth Bell, Anna-Jonesboro High School; April Schulte, Massac County High School
Second place: Caleb Kennedy, Massac County High School; Lindsey Patterson, Anna-Jonesboro High School
Third place: Hannah McGinnis, Vienna High School

Physics
First place: Jordan Adams, Anna-Jonesboro High School; Sarah Frankland-Searby, Anna-Jonesboro High School; Austin Leal, Vienna High School
Second place: Amber Deming, Massac County High School
Third place: Austin Bain, Vienna High School; Rachel Riffel, Anna-Jonesboro High School; Iris Rutherford, Vienna High School; Sophia Thomasson, Massac County High School; Kati Trotter, Anna-Jonesboro High School