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For other schools with the same name, see Mount Carmel High School (disambiguation). For the other Illinois school with the same name, see Mount Carmel High School (Chicago).

Mount Carmel High School is a public high school in Mt. Carmel, Illinois. It is the only high school in Wabash County, Illinois, which is in southern Illinois, just across the Wabash River from Gibson and Knox Counties of Indiana. Other towns that send students to MCHS include Allendale, Patton, Keensburg, and Friendsville. Enrollment is also possible for residents of Cowling, although their students are usually sent to the nearby school in Grayville.

Athletics

Teams

Mt. Carmel's athletic teams are nicknamed the Golden Aces and the school's colors are maroon and gold. The school received the nickname during the 1915-1916 basketball season. Before then, the school's athletic teams were called the Maroon & Gold. The boys' basketball team participated in a tournament in the Wood River area and won the tournament championship. A sportswriter for the area said that the team played like "Five Golden Aces." The players and students like it and teams have competed as the Golden Aces ever since.

The Aces have been competing in the Little Illini Conference since 2021, after departing the Indiana based Big Eight Conference which has since folded. In the years between leaving the Big Eight Conference and joining the Little Illini Conference, Mount Carmel competed as an independent school following the disbanding of the North Egypt Conference. Mount Carmel competes in the following sports in the Little Illini Conference:[2]

  • Boys Basketball
  • Girls Basketball
  • Football
  • Softball
  • Baseball
  • Volleyball
  • Wrestling
  • Boys Tract
  • Girls Track
  • Cross Country
  • Boys Golf
  • Girls Golf
  • Boys Tennis
  • Girls Tennis
  • Boys Soccer
  • Girls Soccer
  • Marching Band

State championships

Basketball

  • 1927 State Champions[3]

Football

  • 1981 3A State Champions[4]

Boys Golf

  • 2010 1A State Champions[5]

Girls Golf

  • 2021 1A State Champions[6]
  • 2022 1A State Champions[7]
  • 2023 1A State Champions[8]

Wrestling

  • 2011 1A Tanner Crum Heavyweight State Champion [9]
  • 2016 1A Andrew Wise 220 State Champion [10]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Mount Carmel High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  2. ^ "Mt. Carmel High School: Athletics". mchswabash348.blogspot.com. Archived from the original on 2018-02-07.
  3. ^ "Orr routs Mount Carmel, joins city royalty with first state championship". Chicago Tribune. 11 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Fire up, Aces fans! Fire up! Mount Carmel football announcing trio retires, setting the standard from the booth for over 25 years".
  5. ^ "BOYS GOLF PREVIEW: Golden Aces confident after first tournament".
  6. ^ "Mt. Carmel Wins Girls Golf State Title". 19 October 2021.
  7. ^ "Girls Golf Wins 2nd Straight State Title".
  8. ^ "Girls Golf State Final Results".
  9. ^ "Mt. Carmel High School".
  10. ^ https://www.trackwrestling.com/predefinedtournaments/MainFrame.jsp?newSession=false&TIM=1700155617123&pageName=%2Fpredefinedtournaments%2FBracketViewer.jsp&twSessionId=aapmmmiqmn. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

External links

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Carmel_High_School_(Mount_Carmel,_Illinois)