Carmi-White County High School – 2nd Place 700 Division
(Not listed in picture order)- Emily Brown, Hadyn Browning, Madison Childers, Ashtyn Cowling, Peyton Frymire, Chance Hamblin, Andrew Hunsinger, Kelsi Kessler, Dakota Mullins, Eva Nelson-Ochs, Matt Rice, Peyton Roedder, Logan Spruell, Faye Yang, Alex Hunsinger, Alex Issawi, Mason Marshall and Troy Yang.
Norris City Omaha Enfield High School – 3rd Place 300 Division
(Not listed in picture order)- David Bradley, Paige Clore, Mattie Colbert, Elizabeth Davis, Baileigh Hall, Jacob Hodge, Clifford Kretzer, Lexie Money, Hannah Pettijohn, Britt Peyton, Collin Sexton, Ben Taylor, Trenton Verble, Caite Weiss, Jaden Barton, Kennedy Cook, Ty Lane, Blaire Mayberry, Kilee Roser and Spencer Taylor.
Nearly 150 high school students from the region met on the campus of Southeastern Illinois College Thursday, Feb. 2, to take a series of regional exams as part of the Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering (WYSE) academic competition.
Jason Fitzgerald, chair of the Math and Science Division at the college, along with Dr. Mila Maring-Sims, anatomy and physiology instructor at SIC and regional WYSE director, hosted the event.
“The WYSE competition is always such a great event for not only our local high schools, but for SIC as well,” said Fitzgerald. “We are starting to see more and more teams whose coaches take the time to prepare their students for the day and it has produced some wonderful, friendly competition amongst the teams. To see the excitement on the participant’s faces when they see their hard work pay-off is truly heartwarming.”
Exams administered during the three levels of WYSE competition are designed to test students’ knowledge of biology, chemistry, computer science, engineering graphics, English, math, and physics.
Regional winners, both in team and individual competition, qualify for sectional exams, which will be held March 15 at Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC). Illinois state finals are scheduled for April 17-20 at the I Hotel and Conference Center in Champaign. The 300 division (or small school division) will compete on the eighteenth and the 700 division will compete on the nineteenth.
Team and individual results are listed below. Teams marked with an asterisk move on to the sectional competition at SIUC, and individuals marked with an asterisk, who are not members of an advancing team, are allowed to take the sectional exams as individual competitors.
Small School (300 Division) Team Winners:
*Gallatin County High School–First Place
*Hardin County High School – Second Place
Norris City Omaha Enfield (NCOE) High School – Third Place
Large School (700 Division) Team Winners:
*Harrisburg High School – First Place
*Carmi-White County High School – Second Place
Eldorado High School – Third Place
Small School (300 Division) Individual Winners:
Biology
Carrier Mills- Stonefort High School – *Chloe Brandon – First
Galatia High School – *Chase Kendall – Second
Gallatin County High School – *Michaela Springer – Second
Gallatin County High School – Konner Gross – Third
Hardin County High School – Emily McClusky — Third
Chemistry
Gallatin County High School – *Jacob Watson – First
Pope County High School – *Pierce Bowman – Second
Gallatin County High School – *Dylan Boggs – Second
Gallatin County High School — *Bryon Wargel – Second
Gallatin County High School – Kiley Brown – Third
Computer Science
Gallatin County High School — *Konner Gross — First
Gallatin County High School – *David Matthews – First
Carrier Mills – Stonefort High School — *Madison Absher – Second
Pope County High School – *Charlee Hodson – Second
Gallatin County High School – Dylan Garrison- Third
Engineering Graphics
Gallatin County High School – *Dylan Boggs – First
Gallatin County High School – *Nathan Shults – Second
Pope County High School – Kyle Kunath – Third
English
Hardin County High School – *Alexsandria Hanson – First
NCOE High School – *Mattie Colbert – Second
Hardin County High School – Desiraii Fowler – First
Math
Gallatin County High School – *David Matthews – First
Gallatin County High School – *Jacob Watson – Second
Gallatin County High School – Nathan Shults – Third
Gallatin County High School – Byron Wargel — Third
Physics
Hardin County High School – *Alyssa Pickering – First
NCOE High School – *Clifford Kretzer – Second
NCOE High School – *Britt Peyton – Second
Gallatin County High School – Chloe Bosaw – Third
Carrier Mills – Stonefort High School – Jessica Dunn – Third
Gallatin County High School – Caitlin Lynch – Third
Gallatin County High School – Kaylee McGuire – Third
Carrier Mills – Stonefort High School – Brody Walker – Third
Large School (700 Division) Individual Winners
Biology
Harrisburg High School – *Micaylen Wolf – First
Harrisburg High School – *Raegan Thompson – Second
Carmi-White County High School – Peyton Roedder – Third
Chemistry
Carmi- White County High School – *Chance Hamblin – First
Harrisburg High School – *Aruniti Manawa – Second
Harrisburg High School – Jenny Buchanan – Third
Computer Science
Harrisburg High School – *Ethan Reed — First
Carmi-White County High School – *Peyton Frymire – Second
Carmi-White County High School – *Logan Spruell – Second
Carmi-White County High School – Hadyn Browning – Third
Eldorado High School – Hunter Davis – Third
Eldorado High School – Jack Mings – Third
Carmi-White County High School – Dakota Mullins – Third
Harrisburg High School – Ryan Ragsdale – Third
Engineering Graphics
Eldorado High School – *Hunter Davis — First
Carmi- White County High School – *Dakota Mullins – Second
Carmi- White County High School – *Hadyn Browning – Second
Eldorado High School – Caleb Huelsmann – Third
Eldorado High School – Dalton Phelps – Third
English
Harrisburg High School – *Kirin Schlabitz – First
Carmi-White County High School – *Madison Childers – Second
Carmi-White County High School – Peyton Roedder – Third
Math
Eldorado High School – *Jordan Fricks – First
Eldorado High School – *Ethan Partridge – First
Harrisburg High School – *Jared Schmook – First
Carmi-White County High School – *Chance Hamblin – Second
Harrisburg High School – Sarah Bittle– Third
Eldorado High School – Nick Hudnell– Third
Physics
Eldorado High School – *Payton Price – First
Harrisburg High School – *Jared Schmook – Second
Eldorado High School – Nick Hudnell – Third
Harrisburg High School – Caleb Huelsmann – Third
