The Sage Informer

Category: Sports

  • How freshmen feel coming into high school

    Every student going into freshman year of high school had the same nervous feeling on the first day, especially when it came to not having classes or lunches with friends.  School activities, such as sports and clubs, are crucial to students’ social and personal development. They provide a platform for students to meet new people,…

  • Sages soccer kicks off

    Sages Boys Soccer has kicked off the season with a rough start going 0-5 in their first three games. Their first game started with a loss on the road, losing 3-0 to WLMF (Warrensburg-Latham and Maroa-Forsyth). Later that week, the team trip to Fisher ended in a 7-0 loss to the Bunnies. In the home…

  • Football changes the atmosphere of the school

    The Sages started their 2024 football season against St. Joe Saturday, August 31th. The boys lost 40-28. Since football is starting back up, the atmosphere of the school is changing and school spirit is starting to kick into action. Senior Russ Brown commented, “I believe students are more interested in school during football season because…

  • Football team sacks home game pressure

    Most people think that football is just another sport but it is not. Football is a high contact sport and very taxing on the players bodies and minds. Every play someone is hitting someone else.  MHS football players lift weights all summer in the school’s weight room, and even have lots of practices before the…

  • Sages Cross Country runners prepare for race day

    Race day can be a stressful and nerve-wracking experience for high-school runners. All the hours of training and hard work they put in comes down to those long, tough, and brutal three miles. Sophomore Taylor Mabry said her favorite thing to do to settle her nerves is “pray and ask God to bless my race…

  • Football captains predict a great season

    With the Monticello football season already started, the school wants to know how far the team will go now that they’ve expanded.  Captain Ike Young said, “I think we will definitely make it past the first round… overall, I think our team is better, we have more skill, our size is better, and we are…

  • 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 Patton. They all will continue…

  • 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 said, “I prepared by working…

  • 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 baseman Jacob Long. This team’s…

  • “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 Chat). I think ultimately, it…