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.
With a 2-1 victory on the road against Judah-Christian on Thursday, the Monticello girls’ soccer team matched its wins total from the 2018 season: six.
Monticello runners Garrett Dixon and Rachel Koon excelled on cross country courses in the fall.
Members of the 2018 Monticello football team received state championship rings Friday, April 5.
Monticello's girls' soccer team lost 2-1 to St. Thomas More on Thursday, March 28. The Sages dropped a game to Mt. Zion by the same score Monday, March 25.
Kenli Nettles of Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond proved she was a top athlete and state contender in Class 1A last year at the state finals in Charleston.
Fourth down stops
The Bement school board is ready to expand its cooperative sports agreement with neighboring Cerro Gordo, and has sent a proposal to its co-op partner to add volleyball to the list of teams the two districts combine forces for.
GIBSON CITY -- Sometimes, teams need a little break.
St. Thomas More vs. Monticello and Unity vs. Blue Ridge in Class 2A Unity Regional quarterfinal games at Unity in Tolono on Monday, Feb. 4, 2019.
Monticello vs. Prairie Central in prep basketball game at Monticello High School on Friday, Jan. 18, 2019.
Tuscola beat Ridgeview in the championship game of the Monticello Holiday Hoopla tournament at the high school in Monticello on Friday, Dec. 28, 2018.
The Bement school board is ready to expand its cooperative sports agreement with neighboring Cerro Gordo, and has sent a proposal to its co-op partner to add volleyball to the list of teams the two districts combine forces for.
Fourth down stops
