MONTICELLO – Two Monticello track and field athletes were named to the News-Gazette’s All-Area first team last week. Several others received second-team and honorable mention status.
MONTICELLO – Six Monticello Sages were named to the News-Gazette All-Area Girl’s Soccer Team.
MAHOMET — He hasn’t lived in Mahomet long enough to become a familiar face.
SPRINGFIELD — Kaiden Maurer hit a two-out, two-run single in the bottom of the eighth inning, giving Maroa-Forsyth baseball a 4-3 win over Monticello in the May 30 Class 2A super-sectional game at Lincoln Land Community College.
CHARLESTON - Monticello didn’t get the result it desired in the May 27 Class 2A 400 relay preliminaries.
MONTICELLO - The Lady Sages ended their (9-10-3) season with a 2-0 loss to Decatur St. Teresa in the first round of regionals.
TOLONO — The wind whipped through Tolono on Saturday morning as the Monticello and Gibson City-Melvin- Sibley baseball teams warmed up for their Class 2A regional championship showdown. The hour leading up to the game featured steady winds between 20-25 mph and occasional gusts significantly…
MONTICELLO - The (10-14) Monticello Sages softball team gathered two final wins for the regular season over Arcola and Rantoul.
MONTICELLO – The Monticello High School baseball squad tuned up for the post-season with two wins in three outings last week.
MONTICELLO - The Monticello Sages (9-9-3) picked up two losses in their final games before the postseason, falling 5-0 to Bloomington Central Catholic and 3-1 to Uni High.
TOLONO – The Monticello baseball squad has earned the No. 3 seed in the Decatur (Millikin) sectional that begins next week.
The Illinois High School Association postseason begins this week for girls’ soccer and girls’ track, and continues next week for area softball and baseball squads. Here’s how Piatt County-area squads start their tournaments.
MONTICELLO - Megan Allen and the (9-7-3) Monticello Sages fought back from a one-goal deficit to claim a conference victory over IVC.
MONTICELLO – Jack Buckalew followed up last week’s no-hitter with a two-hit complete game road win to propel Monticello’s baseball squad to a convincing 12-1 conference win over Bloomington Central Catholic on April 28.
MONTICELLO – It was an eventful week for the Monticello High School baseball squad, starting with a no-hitter and ending with coach Chris Jones’ 200th career win.
MONTICELLO - The (6-4-3) Monticello Sages soccer team has utilized a productive offense, but Monday’s match against Taylorville wasn’t just an offensive success, but the defense was stellar as well.