Mount Carmel High School (Mount Carmel, Illinois)

Mount Carmel High School is a public high school in Mt. Carmel, Illinois. It is the only high school in Wabash County, Illinois, which is in southern Illinois, just across the Wabash River from Gibson County, Indiana. Other towns that send students to MCHS include Allendale, Patton, Keensburg, and Friendsville. Enrollment is also possible for residents of Cowling, although their students are usually sent to the nearby school in Grayville.

For other schools with the same name, see Mount Carmel High School (disambiguation). For the other Illinois school with the same name, see Mount Carmel High School (Chicago).
Mt. Carmel High School
Address
201 N Pear St.

Mt. Carmel
,
Illinois
62863

United States
Information
TypePublic high school
School districtWabash Community Unit School District #348
PrincipalJake Newkirk
Faculty30 (FTE)[1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment482 (2018-19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio16.07[1]
Color(s)         
Athletics conferenceBig 8
Team nameGolden Aces
RivalHarrisburg High School
Princeton Community High School[2]
WebsiteMt. Carmel High School

Athletics

Teams

Mt. Carmel's athletic teams are nicknamed the Golden Aces and the school's colors are maroon and gold. The school received the nickname during the 1915-1916 basketball season. Before then, the school's athletic teams were called the Maroon & Gold. The boy's basketball team participated in a tournament in the Wood River area and won the tournament championship. A sportswriter for the area said that the team played like "Five Golden Aces." The payers and students like it and teams have competed as the Golden Aces ever since.

The Aces compete in the Big 8 Conference and compete in the following sports:[3]

  • Boys Basketball
  • Girls Basketball
  • Football
  • Softball
  • Baseball
  • Volleyball
  • Wrestling
  • Boys Tract
  • Girls Track
  • Cross Country
  • Boys Golf
  • Girls Golf
  • Boys Tennis
  • Girls Tennis
  • Boys Soccer
  • Girls Soccer

State championships

Basketball

  • 1927 State Champions[4]

Football

  • 1981 3A State Champions[5]

Boys Golf

  • 2010 1A State Champions[6]

See also

References
  1. "Mount Carmel High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  2. http://www.maxpreps.com/high-schools/mt-carmel-golden-aces-(mt-carmel,il)/rival.htm
  3. http://mchswabash348.blogspot.com/p/atheltics.html
  4. https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/highschool/ct-spt-0312-prep-bbk-state-2a-final-20170311-story.html
  5. http://www.mtcarmelregister.com/sports/fire-up-aces-fans-fire-up-mount-carmel-football-announcing/article_783691a2-671e-11e6-bf89-7fce6de6f9a8.html
  6. http://www.mtcarmelregister.com/sports/boys-golf-preview-golden-aces-confident-after-first-tournament/article_3db1f074-8074-11e7-b1f1-5bafc7652a4c.html


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