Mount Carmel High School (Mount Carmel, Illinois) Explained

Mt. Carmel High School
Streetaddress:201 N Pear St.
Zipcode:62863
Country:United States
Grades:9-12
Principal:Andrew Shelby
Enrollment:466 (2022-23)[1]
Ratio:15.01
Faculty:31.05 (FTE)
Conference:Little Illini
since 2021
Team Name:Golden Aces
Homepage:Mt. Carmel High School

Mount Carmel High School is a public high school in Mt. Carmel, Illinois. It is a part of Wabash Community Unit School District 348. 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.

The district (of which this is the sole comprehensive high school) includes the vast majority of the county, and has Mount Carmel, Bellmont, and Keensburg.[2] Allendale students, within Allendale Community Consolidated School District 17 (PK-8), move on to Mount Carmel High.[3] Other towns that send students to MCHS include Patton 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:[4]

State championships

Basketball

Football

Boys Golf

Girls Golf

Wrestling

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mount Carmel High School. National Center for Education Statistics. May 31, 2024.
  2. Web site: 2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Wabash County, IL. U.S. Census Bureau. 2024-06-15. - Text list
  3. Web site: MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL (9 - 12). illinoisreportcard.com. Illinois State Board of Education. 2024-06-15.
  4. Web site: Mt. Carmel High School: Athletics . mchswabash348.blogspot.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180207080633/http://mchswabash348.blogspot.com/p/atheltics.html . 2018-02-07.
  5. Web site: Orr routs Mount Carmel, joins city royalty with first state championship. Chicago Tribune. 11 March 2017 .
  6. Web site: Fire up, Aces fans! Fire up! Mount Carmel football announcing trio retires, setting the standard from the booth for over 25 years.
  7. Web site: BOYS GOLF PREVIEW: Golden Aces confident after first tournament.
  8. Web site: Mt. Carmel Wins Girls Golf State Title. 19 October 2021 .
  9. Web site: Girls Golf Wins 2nd Straight State Title.
  10. Web site: Girls Golf State Final Results.
  11. Web site: Mt. Carmel High School .
  12. Web site: https://www.trackwrestling.com/predefinedtournaments/MainFrame.jsp?newSession=false&TIM=1700155617123&pageName=%2Fpredefinedtournaments%2FBracketViewer.jsp&twSessionId=aapmmmiqmn.

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