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Continue reading →: The end of an era for softball players
As the high school softball season comes to an end, the softball team will be losing three valuable members who have loved and supported the team since they joined it in seventh grade. These past six years have been memorable and valuable for seniors Lynnsey Trybom, Marrissa Miller, and Reese…
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Continue reading →: Spill Your Guts: Live
Many students and even a teacher of Monticello High School over the course of spring break attended the anticipated concert of the Guts Tour performed by Olivia Rodrigo with opener Chappell Roan. This concert includes performances from her first album Sour, but the main focus was on her sophomore album,…
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Continue reading →: What is happening after high school?
Senior year for most students is the beginning of the end of their high school career. This means it is time to start planning what their lives will be without a schedule. This is overwhelming for many students while others have had a set idea for years. This brought up…
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Continue reading →: Conference track meet
The Sages traveled to Pontiac on Tuesday, April 30th for the Illini Prairie Conference track meet. The girls team secured 2nd place in the meet. The boys team took home 4th place as well with senior Mar Forman taking home 1st place in discus. Forman commented on his performance and…
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Continue reading →: Accounting field trip
On Friday, April 19th, Mr. Webb took a group of accounting students, current and former, to Illinois State University for an accounting competition. The accounting competition consisted of an hour-long test, a campus tour, team games, and an award ceremony. Senior Tynley Jackson said, “It made me realize that there…
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Continue reading →: Sages baseball closes in on win record
The Monticello High School’s baseball team has been going strong this year and head into senior night against Rantoul with a 25-2 record, two games away from the school record with five games remaining left in the season. This Sages squad has been highlighted by pitcher Luke Teschke and 1st…
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Continue reading →: How are MHS students doing now that the school year is almost over?
It is common knowledge that the end of the school year takes a toll on everyone. Most people are ready for the school year to be over and for summer to be here. Seniors may be experiencing something students like to call senioritis. It’s when a senior student starts not…
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Continue reading →: Hard working students of MHS
Many students at MHS have summer jobs, some even working during the school year. These students have a lot of responsibilities, but are still dedicated to what they do. Although Monticello is a small town with few establishments, students still find various places to work. Around 30 students from MHS…
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Continue reading →: “Sages Supporting Sages” at the annual 5P- baseball and softball games
Every year in the last stretch of regular season games, both the Monticello baseball and softball teams host a 5P-, or Cri Du Chat, game in honor of the baseball head coach, Chris Jones’ son, Wade Jones. “It’s a great time where we can draw awareness for 5P- (Cri Du…
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Continue reading →: The final stretch of school
As MHS students approach the final month of the school year, many challenges and excitements arise. Whether they are facing pressure from approaching deadlines, spring sports, or other dreadful tasks, students from all four grades of high school say that this time of year is one of the most stressful.…