WYSE Team Competes
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Neoga’s WYSE team competed at the Academic Challenge in Division 300 at the regional competition held on February 8th at Lake Land College. St. Anthony High School won first place followed by Cumberland in second place and Neoga in third. All of these teams will advance to the sectionals which will be held at Eastern Illinois University on March 7th.
Individually, Jacob Alumbaugh won first place in English and received a $1000 tuition waiver to Lake Land and Ryan Evans finished third in Chemistry. Others who competed and contributed to the team score were Michael Baker, Casi Blazich, Nik Brandenburg, Sarah Brown, Natalie Burrell, Courtney Croy, Brittany Deters, Maddie Easton, Maddie Gibson, Joey Goldstein, Taylor Gresens, Ethan Lawrence, Megan Moran, Adam Morgan, Olivia Ott, Morgan Partlow, Cassidy Strohl, Travis Walk, Trevor Walk, and Jessica Watson. Sally Cohorst is the coach of the team.
The Academic Challenge is sponsored by the WYSE (Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering) organization through the University of Illinois to recognize students who excel in academic areas. The students are required to take two rigorous tests from the following subjects: biology, chemistry, computer science, engineering graphics, English, math, and physics. Each level of competition increases the level of difficulty on the tests. The tests are administered at several junior colleges throughout the state of Illinois and Missouri with advancement to universities for sectionals. The finals are held in April at the University of Illinois.