Approximately 350 students from 21 area high schools competed in the 23rd annual regional Academic Challenge on Tuesday at LLCC. Students competed as individuals and as teams (of up to 14 students) testing in their choice of two of these subjects — biology, chemistry, computer science, engineering graphics, English, mathematics and physics. View the Academic Challenge regional winners.

During registration and lunch, LLCC hosted exhibits for students to learn about opportunities at the college. Also, thanks to support from the Illinois Society of Professional Engineers (ISPE), a $1,600 LLCC Foundation scholarship was awarded at the event.