LADY ACES TRACK SEASON ENDS AT STATE

The Lady Aces track season came to a close Friday with three Lady Aces competing at the ISHA Class 2A State Championship held on the campus of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston.

Competing for the Lady Aces were juniors, Hazel Earnest and Leah Lewis and Sophmore, Zoie Randall. All three had qualified for the state meet by meeting the qualifying standards at the Mattoon Sectional.

Earnest ran the 300 meter low hurdles, finishing 35th with a time of 50.47. Lewis finished 19th in the discus with a throw of 31.89 meters (104’7”). Randall competed in the high jump, jumping 1.50 meters (4’11”) which tied her for 14th place.

Aces Head To Postseason With Win Over Evansville Christian

From Coach Tyler Browning: Golden Aces get the 9-0 victory over Evansville Christian Thursday night to complete their regular season, finishing with an overall record of 18-9.

Bowser tossed a complete game shutout on the mound, striking out 8 and walking just 2 batters. We tallied 9 total hits on offense, including multi-hit games from Bowser, Deisher, and Mobley. Solid performance overall to finish out the season. We are on to regional play next week. We are thankful we get to host a regional this year, so we hope Aces nation will come out to support!

LADY ACES SENDING THREE TO STATE

At the Mattoon Class 2A Sectional on Thursday, the Mt. Carmel Lady Aces track team qualified three individuals who will advance to the Illinois State Track Meet. Hazel Earnest, Leah Lewis and Zoie Randall will head to the campus of Eastern Illinois University in Charlestown on Friday to compete in their respective events.

Sophomore, Zoie Randall, with a jump of 1.54 meters (5’1”) earned a fifth place finish in the high jump. She will advance to the state meet by equaling the 2A qualifying standard of 1.54 meters.

Junior, Leah Lewis, competing in the discus throw, threw a toss of 34.30 meters (112’6”) on her first throw to break her own school record and exceed the 2A qualifying standard of 33.42 meters. Lewis’ throw was good for a fifth place.

Junior, Hazel Earnest, competed in both the 100 meter high hurdles and the 300 meter low hurdles. Earnest finished third in the high hurdles with a time of 16.50 seconds, just missing the qualifying standard by .08 of a second. Earnest came back in the low hurdles and ran a personal best 48.48 seconds to qualify for the state meet. Earnest’ run earned her a fifth place medal and was noteworthy as it came from the second and slower heat.

As a team the Lady Aces finished 14th with a score of 18 points. Also competing for the Lady Aces were Ellie Couch who finished 9th in the discus with a personal best throw of 28.84 meters (94’7”) and the sprint relay team of Ella Turner, Kate Andrews, Mercedes Dillard and Macy Glenn who ran personal best times in the 4x100 relay (57.11) and the 4x200 relay (2:01.91).

IHSA Class 2A Mt. Carmel Baseball Regional Schedule

Mt. Carmel Regional

Froman Park (Dee White Field) - 11316 N 1550 Blvd, Mt Carmel, IL 62863

Mon., May 25

Game 1 at 4:30 pm (10) Carmi (C.-White County) at (7) Zeigler (Z.-Royalton) [Coop]

Wed., May 27

Game 2 at 4:30 pm (2) Fairfield vs. Winner Game 1

Thu., May 28

Game 3 at 4:30 pm (3) Mt. Carmel vs. (6) Benton

Sat., May 30

Game 4 at 11:00 am Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 3

Aces Post Senior Night Win Over Edwards County

From Coach Tyler Browning: Golden Aces (17-8 overall) get a nice home W tonight on senior night, beating Edwards County by the score of 7-4. It was a hard fought game on both sides, and we got the big hits late when we needed it!

We tallied 10 total hits in the game, but the big day belonged to Coston, going 3-4 at the plate with 2 RBI and 2 runs scored. Big triple in the 6th inning by Coston scored 2 runs to give us the lead for good. Bowser also had a multi-hit game going 2-4 with 2 RBI.

Bowser started the game on the mound and worked 4.2 innings, striking out 4 batters. The best story of the night then belonged to Wes Stoll, making his first varsity appearance of his career on the mound, going the final 2.1 innings with zero runs allowed and earned the W. That’s a great TEAM win!

Back in action at home today against Gibson Southern for our 5th game of the week. First pitch is at 5:00 p.m. Thank you to everyone who came out to support the 2026 seniors!

Brendan Bowser, Asher Coston, Cole Carmickle, Michael Reed, and Ryder Sloss. We are grateful for the contributions of these fantastic individuals, but we are not done yet

Aces Tennis Falls To Olney, 7-2

Mt. Carmel - 2, Olney (Richland County) - 7,

Singles:
No. 1 - Carter Seaman, Olney (Richland County) def. Isaiah Courter, Mt. Carmel, 6-0 , 6-0 , -;
No. 2 - AJ Padilla, Olney (Richland County) def. Will Hudson, Mt. Carmel, 6-0 , 6-1 , -;
No. 3 - Levi Hefferman, Olney (Richland County) def. Rhett Andrews, Mt. Carmel, 7-5 , 6-2 , -;
No. 4 - Jonah Klingler, Olney (Richland County) def. Ty Hipsher, Mt. Carmel, 6-4 , 6-1 , -;
No. 5 - Mario Celada, Olney (Richland County) def. Grant Lane, Mt. Carmel, 6-1 , 6-3 , -;
No. 6 - Owen Buchanan, Olney (Richland County) def. Ronnie Berberich, Mt. Carmel, 6-1 , 6-3 , -;

Doubles:
No. 1 - Isaiah Courter, Mt. Carmel - Will Hudson, Mt. Carmel def. Owen Buchanan, Olney (Richland County) - Mario Celada, Olney (Richland County), 6-3 , 6-4 , -;
No. 2 - Rhett Andrews, Mt. Carmel - Ty Hipsher, Mt. Carmel def. Reed Klingler, Olney (Richland County) - Daniel Canas, Olney (Richland County), 6-4 , 6-4 , -;
No. 3 - Mirko Ferraro, Olney (Richland County) - Henry Koesters, Olney (Richland County) def. Grant Lane, Mt. Carmel - Ronnie Berberich, Mt. Carmel, 4-6 , 6-1 , 1-0 (8);

EARNEST SHINES AT HARRISBURG

Mt. Carmel junior, Hazel Earnest, had quite a day Monday at the Chuck Ingram Girls Invitational Track Meet hosted by Harrisburg. Earnest won both the 100 meter high hurdles (16.36) and the 300 meter low hurdles (50.42). Her times in both hurdle events were personal bests and her time in the low hurdles exceeded the state qualification standard. Earnest topped her day off with a second place finish in the 100 meter run (13.50).

Teammate Zoie Randall had an impressive day as well, winning the high jump with a personal best jump of 5 feet 4 inches, which exceeded the state qualification standard.

As a team the Lady Aces finished in 6th place.

 Also medaling for the Lady Aces:
800 meter run - 5th Zoie Randall (2:46.29)
Triple jump - 6th Kate Andrews  (26’7”)
4x100 relay - 6th (57.11) Ella Turner, Kate Andrews, Mercedes Dillard, Macy Glenn.
4x200 relay - 5th (2:05.65) Ella Turner, Kate Andrews, Mercedes Dillard, Stella Woodcock
4x400 relay - 6th (5:01.14) Stella Woodcock, Mercedes Dillard, Macy Glenn, Zoie Randall.

Also scoring for the Lady Aces;
400 meter run - 7th Macy Glenn (1:10.69)
200 meter run - 7th Ella Turner (30.00)
Discus - 7th - Ellie Couch (82’0”)
Discus - 8th  Madi Riggs (74’5”)

Aces Walk Off Lions To Finish 2nd In LIC

From Coach Tyler Browning: Golden Aces (16-6 overall, 5-2 conference) get the home victory Monday against Marshall in walk-off fashion. Sloss doubles in the bottom of the 7th to bring home Deisher for the 5-4 victory. We finished 2nd in the conference for a third straight season. It stings to not reach one of our goals, but we still have a lot of opportunities in front of us to make some exciting things happen the next few weeks.

Sloss and Bowser both had multi-hit games for the Aces, while Keepes was on base all 3 plate appearances, going 1-1 with a couple of walks. Coston was very good on the mound, going 5 innings with 7 K’s. Deisher came in to throw the final 2 innings. Both pitchers did a good job of competing and throwing strikes.

Busy week as we have 5 games in 5 days. Back in action Tuesday as we travel to Flora. We will have our GameChanger streaming live if you can’t make the trip. Thanks to everyone who came out to Dee White Monday! Go Aces!

Aces Tennis Beats Robinson, 6-3

Mt. Carmel - 6, Robinson - 3,

Singles:
No. 1 - Ian Schmidt, Robinson def. Isaiah Courter, Mt. Carmel, 3-6 , 6-3 , 1-0 (8);
No. 2 - Jacob Meese, Robinson def. Will Hudson, Mt. Carmel, 6-2 , 6-4 , -;
No. 3 - Rhett Andrews, Mt. Carmel def. Cohlson Fearday, Robinson, 6-0 , 6-1 , -;
No. 4 - Ty Hipsher, Mt. Carmel def. Jude Bonnell, Robinson, 6-0 , 6-2 , -;
No. 5 - Kaiden Anderson-Wisnewski, Robinson def. Grant Lane, Mt. Carmel, 6-2 , 6-1 , -;
No. 6 - Ronnie Berberich, Mt. Carmel def. Peyton Armstrong, Robinson, 6-0 , 6-2 , -;

Doubles:
No. 1 - Isaiah Courter, Mt. Carmel - Will Hudson, Mt. Carmel def. Ian Schmidt, Robinson - Jacob Meese, Robinson, 6-0 , 7-5 , -;
No. 2 - Rhett Andrews, Mt. Carmel - Ty Hipsher, Mt. Carmel def. Cohlson Fearday, Robinson - Kaiden Anderson-Wisnewski, Robinson, 6-0 , 6-4 , -;
No. 3 - Grant Lane, Mt. Carmel - Ronnie Berberich, Mt. Carmel def. Jude Bonnell, Robinson - Peyton Armstrong, Robinson, 6-4 , 6-1 , -;

LADY ACES MEDAL 3 AT LIC

The Mt. Carmel Lady Aces track team participated in the Little Illini Conference track meet on Wednesday. The Lady Aces came away with three individual silver medals.

Zoie Randall placed second in high jump with a career best jump of 5 feet one inch. Hazel Earnest earned her second place medal with a career best time of 16.49 seconds in the 100 meters high hurdles. Leah Lewis finished second in the discus with a throw of 104 feet 9 inches.

As a team the Lady Aces finished 7th in a very competitive field. Also scoring for the Lady Aces were Hazel Earnest, fourth in the 300 meter low hurdles (51.92) and the 4x100 relay team of Ella Turner, Kate Andrews, Mercedes Dillard and Hazel Earnest who finished 6th with a season best time of 56.53 seconds.

#1 Seed Lady Aces Open Play May 19th In Carmi Regional

Carmi (C.-White County) Regional

Bradshaw Park

503 Illinois St., Carmi, IL 62821

Mon., May 18

Game 1 at 4:30 pm (9) Carmi (C.-White County) at (8) Benton

Tue., May 19

Game 2 at 4:30 pm (1) Mt. Carmel vs. Winner Game 1

Wed., May 20

Game 3 at 4:30 pm (4) Fairfield vs. (5) Zeigler (Z.-Royalton) [Coop]

Fri., May 22

Game 4 at 4:30 pm Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 3

Winner goes to Pinckneyville Sectional

Aces Pick Up Solid Road Win At Robinson

From Coach Tyler Browning: Golden Aces (15-5 overall, 4-2 conference) get a nice road conference win over Robinson by the score of 8-3 Monday. Pitching and defense were both key in tonight’s win, as well as a couple key hits in the middle of the game to break things open.

Mobley had the big night at the plate, going 3-3 with 4 RBI. Guanipa also had a multi-hit performance, going 2-2 with 2 RBI and 2 runs scored. On the mound, Bowser went 5 innings of good, competitive baseball. Dillard came in relief to throw the last 2 innings, going 6 up/6 down in dominant fashion.

Aces next up today at home against Wood Memorial. First pitch at 5:00 p.m. at Dee White Field. Go Aces!