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The Challenge: Wilton wins Connecticut championship

The Challenge: Wilton wins Connecticut championship

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BETHPAGE–Wilton High School has completed their run through the Regional Competition of  The Challenge and have won the Connecticut Championship.

As Connecticut champions, Wilton High School receives $2,500 and qualifies for the tri-state playoffs against the six other Regional Champions beginning Sunday June 10 at 6:30 p.m.

The Wilton High School team is represented by William Jankopwski, Mohsin Jawed, Simon Brewer (captain), Molly Hoch and John Jankowski (alternate). The academic advisor is Terry Ragazzini.

The Challenge includes 192 high schools from the entire tri-state area—Long Island (with Nassau and Suffolk as two distinct regions), the Bronx, Brooklyn, Westchester/Lower Hudson Valley, New Jersey and Connecticut. 

Participating schools advance through a series of elimination rounds, with one school in each region being crowned regional champion. The winning teams from each region go on to The Challenge Championship where they square off in a Tri-State Showdown. The school awarded the title of Tri-State Champion will receive $10,000 in prize money and each student participating in the final championship game will receive $500.
 

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