Members of the 2018 Monticello football team received state championship rings Friday, April 5.
Fourth down stops
Sage fans large and small, young and old, Monticello natives and transplants alike united to fill Memorial Stadium the day after Thanksgiving, standing the entire game in rainy conditions to root the Sages football squad to victory.
Monticello football vs. Byron in the class 3A Football state championship game at Memorial Stadium in Champaign on Friday, Sept. 23, 2018.
The football team in Monticello is good. Very good. Very, very good.The Sages are outstanding. Fantastic. Record-setting.And, so far, Monticello has been unmatched.
Monticello vs. Carlinville in a Class 3A semi-final football game at Monticello on Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018.
St. Joseph-Ogden vs. Monticello in a prep football game at SJ-O in St. Joseph on Friday, Oct. 19, 2018. Monticello won 50-7.
Monticello vs. St. Thomas More in a prep football game at St. Thomas More in Champaign on Friday, Sept. 7. 2018.
Without discussion, the Bement school board unanimously approved six cooperative sports contracts with the Cerro Gordo school district at a special meeting on April 25.
Monticello Football vs St. Joseph-Ogden, Friday, October 20, 2017 at Monticello High School.
It has been a steady climb for the Monticello football program under head coach Cully Welter.Since going 5-5 in his second season at the helm, Welter has guided the Sages to progressively more wins in five of the last six years. Monticello reached nine wins in 2013 (for the first time since …
After a brief closed session, the Cerro Gordo school board on Dec. 21 accepted the resignation of seven-year football coach Andy Kerley. No reason was given by the board or Robinson. He will continue in his teaching role at Cerro Gordo Junior/Senior High School.
Monticello defeats Farmington at the Class 3A, 3rd Round Football Playoff Game at Monticello High School in Monticello, IL on Saturday, November 12th, 2016.
Monticello won a football game 36-0 Friday night, improving the Sages' record to 6-0 and securing a playoff birth for the eighth straight season.But that's not the story.Junior tailback Lucas Lieb ran hard, finishing with 127 rushing yards on 12 carries, including a 13-yard touchdown.
Monticello vs. Olney in a prep football game at Monticello on Friday, Sept. 9, 2016.
Monticello’s Jacob Burton, left, was named to the News-Gazette All-Area football team on defense while Noah Freemon, center, and Brandon Wildman, right, were selected for offense.