The Monticello girls’ team may be small but it is mighty.
Monticello senior athletes Mattie Lieb and Emelia Ness signed their letters of intent to compete with the Illinois State women’s track and field program Friday at a ceremony in the Monticello High School media center.
There’s a list of names that come to mind when discussing the Monticello cross-country program. IHSA state standouts Steve Schroeder and Hannah Houska are perhaps at the top of the list.
It had been more than four decades since DeLand-Weldon last won a regional championship in volleyball. All it took was outstanding performances from four seniors to rewrite the record books.
The 2019 Sages have already set the program record for wins in a season.
Monticello’s playoff hopes may hinge on a Week 9 win against St. Joseph-Ogden.
A week after suffering a sprained neck in a game against Rantoul that sent him to the hospital, Monticello senior Matt Kerr was back on the field making big plays in front of a homecoming crowd Friday.
Monticello quarterback Nic Tackels ran for four touchdowns and threw for another in the Sages win at Rantoul.
The Sages’ defense was opportunistic in Monticello’s home opener Friday against St. Thomas More.
Blue Ridge won all five of its matches, defeating Heritage 25-22, 20-25, 18-16 in the championship match to win its own 10-team tournament.
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As the City of Monticello tries to figure out how to build outdoor recreation fields on the west edge of town, a former University of Illinois baseball standout wants to take care of indoor training for local athletes with a 27,000-square-foot complex on the east side.
Dakota Larimore-Lamb represented Piatt County 4-H shooting sports at the 4-H National Championship held in Grand Island, Neb., in June.
Acknowledging that inappropriate fan behavior has become more of a problem, the Monticello school district has drafted a more detailed athletic communications document that, if approved this week, parents need to read before their children can compete in school sports.
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A funny thing happened on the way to the recent Monticello High School trophy giveaway. The search for a particular piece of 60-year-old hardware yielded none, but instead found another gem in one of the last places staff members looked.
High school baseball will wait another year to compete on the Bement ball field, but work is nearly complete on a rehabilitation project that began in 2012.