Category: Sports
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Sages sweep past Uni
On Friday, the Sages soccer team traveled to the University of Illinois Turf Fields for a Regional Championship matchup against University High. While the Sages had already beat University High once earlier in the season,they knew beating Uni a second time wasn’t an easy feat. Senior Biniam Lienhart began the game finding the back of…
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Sages Men’s Soccer Breaks 12 Year Losing Streak
The Sages men’s soccer team defeats Uni High in a non-conference match on September 1st at Monticello after 12 consecutive years of losing to them by outscoring them 4-3. The Sages who have fell to the might of Uni High for over a decade knew just what type of game they had coming for them,…
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Debbie’s Dance Studio offering other options for MHS students.
Most students at Monticello High School believe that their only options for sports are limited to what’s offered at the school. But, what students don’t realize is that we have more options right on the square uptown. Debbie’s Dance Studio is a perfect option if you haven’t found a school sport you like and want…
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Girls swim season starting off right
The MHS girls swim team has had a significant growth of athletes joining this season. Last year’s season only had five athletes, this year it has grown to eleven. Sophomore Aliyah Ellison shared, “I’m so glad there are more people joining this year. I think it’s so cool that the idea of our school having…
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Under New Management: What’s Up with Freshman Volleyball?
…I wanted to get into coaching and I lived so close so I wanted to be someone consistent and I could see that consistency between all those coaches … I’ve learned so much from them, pretty much everything from them. Coach Taylor Wallis Taylor Wallis joined the Sages volleyball coaching staff this summer as the…
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Varsity and JV squad arrive to MHS
2022 MHS Cheer Team had so many participants that cheer coach Kara Hettinger decided to make a JV and V team. When asked about her thoughts on the new JV and V teams, coach Hettinger had nothing but good things to say. “I am glad we got to expand the program. This is very exciting.”…
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Shooting threat at boys soccer game
The anticipated away boys soccer game against Urbana High School on Monday, September 12 came to an abrupt finish when there was an announcement to get inside because of a reported shooting. “I’ve always thought about what I would do in this situation, but the first thing that clicked was fight or flight.” Senior Jack…
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Seniors Break Losing Streak
Homecoming week 2022, the seniors won the powderpuff games on a rainy Thursday night. All of the players got an hour to warm up before the game which gave them a good opportunity to learn the game before it went live. The seniors finally got a chance to play in the championship game against the…
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Sages softball takes 8-1 win over Tri-Valley
Taylor Dyer, Staff Writer dyeta24@sages.us
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A new team, a new season
The 2022 soccer season for the Lady Sages has officially started. The girls have put up a 3-2-2 record only two weeks into the season. Two-thirds of the team are new, inexperienced girls that are just now learning the game. It’s no surprise that everyone is catching onto the game, but something even more special…
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