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Mount Carmel High School (Mount Carmel, Illinois)

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Mt. Carmel High School
Address
Map
201 N Pear St.

Mt. Carmel
,
Illinois
62863

United States
Information
TypePublic high school
School districtWabash Community Unit School District 348
PrincipalAndrew Shelby
Faculty31.05 (FTE)[1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment466 (2022-23)[1]
Student to teacher ratio15.01[1]
Color(s)   
Athletics conferenceLittle Illini
since 2021
Team nameGolden Aces
WebsiteMt. 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.[citation needed]

Athletics

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Teams

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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]

  • 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

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Basketball

  • 1927 State Champions[5]

Football

  • 1981 3A State Champions[6]

Boys Golf

  • 2010 1A State Champions[7]

Girls Golf

  • 2021 1A State Champions[8]
  • 2022 1A State Champions[9]
  • 2023 1A State Champions[10]

Wrestling

  • 2011 1A Tanner Crum Heavyweight State Champion [11]
  • 2016 1A Andrew Wise 220 State Champion [12]

See also

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References

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