The Sage Informer

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  • TikTok ban affects Monticello students

    When the United States banned TikTok on January 19th of 2025, all users were devastated. Although the national ban only lasted twelve hours, many high school students were affected. Some users unfortunately deleted the app during the ban, and are now not able to redownload the app onto their phone.  Senior Vanya Zuniga stated, “I…

  • A furry friend has come to Monticello High School

    Photo Credit: Dr. Hendrickson People were overwhelmed with affection this week when Dr. Hendrickson, an English teacher at MHS, brought her foster puppy, Red, to school. Red is actually not Dr. Hendrickson’s first foster dog. She said, “Red is our fifth foster dog.” Regarding her choice to foster dogs, she said, “I foster dogs, one…

  • Finishing the season strong

    As the High School Girls Basketball team reaches a little more than halfway, the energy and excitement is apparent. The team has shown great chemistry and high efforts throughout the whole season. Senior Lucy Leatherwood said, “I feel like the team is doing really well. We work really well together and have a lot of…

  • Monticello’s Orange Out games raise funds for St. Jude, honors Natalie McDowell’s legacy

    The Monticello community gathered in full force this year for the annual Orange Out games, an event that blends school spirit with a powerful cause—raising money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in memory of Natalie McDowell, a beloved faculty member who tragically passed away a few years ago. Natalie, known for her boundless energy…

  • Spring musical is underway

    The cast of this year’s spring musical May We All is hard at work to once again bring an incredible performance to the MHS auditorium.  May We All is a country jukebox musical about a small town called Harmony, Tennessee. A local sensation Jenna Coates left Harmony to pursue her dreams of fame in Nashville.…

  • Baseball puts in the off-season work

    With baseball tryouts less than two months out, players are looking to perfect their skills before presenting them in front of the coaching staff. Connor Gross, an assistant who recently joined the coaching staff last season, is supervising the lifts, pushing the players to improve themselves going into the season. Junior Jake Robinson and sophomore…

  • The boys are hot

    The MHS boys basketball team had a slow start this season, kicking off the year 0-4. As the season went on, the boys team started slowly turning it around, with many of the boys attributing that to team chemistry. Senior guard Tyler Blythe said, “We have locked in together more, and have built relationships together.”…

  • MHS students enjoying the snow

    It seems like every year in Central Illinois, Monticello is promised a snowfall of 5+ inches, which  never actually happens. Usually a prediction of “five or more inches” leads to one or two inches, at best—and no fun. However, this year was much different. Looking at the forecast, we could see as early as the…

  • The end of a historical football season

    The whole town was in awe after this past football season. The Sages went 11-3 this year, making it to the state finals. The 2024 football captains—seniors Ike Young, Carter Foran, Mason High, and Matt Swartz—talk about the end of their high school football career.  One of the highlights was obviously when they beat Unity…

  • The beginning of winter sports

    Winter sports have begun and the Sages are pumped up. There’s a lot of enthusiasm about the girls and boys basketball teams, as well as wrestling.  The girls basketball team has had a few games already, but sophomore Ali Weidner said, “We are looking forward to playing St. Joe because we lost to them by…