The undefeated Mt. Carmel Lady Aces now know who they’ll face in the Class 2A Harrisburg regional on Tuesday. They’ll go up against Hamilton County at 4:30pm in Harrisburg.
This evening, Hamilton County routed Fairfield 10-0 to move to the regional semifinals where they’ll match up against the 21-0 Lady Aces. The winner will play Saturday at 11am for the regional championship.
Meeting in monthly session tonight at the Grade School, the Wabash District #348 school board voted to hire Syreeta Willis as the new head coach of the MCHS Lady Aces volleyball. The hiring goes into effect Tuesday.
Willis replaces Thad Britton who resigned.
Eden Wankel and Madi Stevens’ 3rd and 4th place finishes in the high jump led the Lady Aces track team to an 11th place finish in the 16 team Class 2A Sectional at Tolono on Thursday. Wankel’s jump of 1.54 meters qualifies her for next Thursday’s Class 2A State Meet at Charleston. Stevens’ jump of 1.49 meters was a personal best for her.
In addition to the high jump, Wankel medaled in the long jump with a 4th place jump of 4.59 meters and in the triple jump with a 5th place jump of 9.29 meters. Both jumps were personal bests for Wankel.
Although not scoring, several Lady Aces posted personal bests in their events:
Madi Stevens - long jump (4.14 meters)
Jordis Riley - 400 meters (1:13.58)
Ava Harrington - 200 meters (29.87)
Kali Walker - 300 meter hurdles (55.68)
MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL - 3, ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL - 4, PARIS HIGH SCHOOL - 4, NEWTON COMM HIGH SCHOOL - 5, RICHLAND County - 9, CASEY-WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL - 5,
Singles:
No. 1 - Avery Tutewiler, CASEY-WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL def. Harris Romero, PARIS HIGH SCHOOL, 6-3 , 6-1 , --- ;
No. 1 - Robert Wells, PARIS HIGH SCHOOL def. Owen Schmidt, ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL, 4-6 , 6-2 , 6-4 ;
No. 1 - Ben Street, NEWTON COMM HIGH SCHOOL def. Brian Wright, CASEY-WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL, 6-0 , 6-2 , --- ;
No. 1 - Evan Uhl, RICHLAND County def. Luke Hatfield, ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL, 6-0 , 6-0 , --- ;
No. 1 - Isaac Street, NEWTON COMM HIGH SCHOOL def. Avery Tutewiler, CASEY-WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL, 6-0 , 6-0 , --- ;
No. 1 - Rex Hallam, RICHLAND County def. Robert Wells, PARIS HIGH SCHOOL, 6-1 , 6-0 , -;
No. 1 - Owen Schmidt, ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL def. Avery Tutewiler, CASEY-WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL, 6-4 , 6-2 , --- ;
No. 1 - Evan Uhl, RICHLAND County def. Isaac Street, NEWTON COMM HIGH SCHOOL, 6-1 , 6-0 , -;
No. 1 - Robert Wells, PARIS HIGH SCHOOL def. Harris Romero, PARIS HIGH SCHOOL, 6-1 , 6-1 , -;
No. 1 - Ben Street, NEWTON COMM HIGH SCHOOL def. Rex Hallam, RICHLAND County, 2-6 , 6-2 , 6-0 ;
No. 1 - Owen Schmidt, ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL def. Luke Hatfield, ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL, 6-2 , 6-1 , --- ;
No. 1 - Robert Wells, PARIS HIGH SCHOOL def. Brian Wright, CASEY-WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL, 6-3 , 7-5 , -;
No. 1 - Evan Uhl, RICHLAND County def. Ben Street, NEWTON COMM HIGH SCHOOL, 6-1 , 6-2 , -;
No. 1 - Isaac Street, NEWTON COMM HIGH SCHOOL def. Rex Hallam, RICHLAND County, --- , -, -;
Doubles:
No. 1 - Gianvito Romito, NEWTON COMM HIGH SCHOOL - Isaac Kocher, NEWTON COMM HIGH SCHOOL def. Owen Richardson, CASEY-WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL - Jacobo Munoz, CASEY-WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL, 6-0 , 7-6 (2), -;
No. 1 - Tobi Pauli, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL - Eli Bertram, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL def. Hudson David, PARIS HIGH SCHOOL - Drake Bartos, PARIS HIGH SCHOOL, 6-1 , 6-1 , -;
No. 1 - Grant Cochonour , CASEY-WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL - Logan Cribelar, CASEY-WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL def. Evan Gower, ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL - Cody Waggoner, ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL, 6-4 , 6-3 , -;
No. 1 - Marcus Kocher , RICHLAND County - Gabe Walker, RICHLAND County def. Wesley Britton, NEWTON COMM HIGH SCHOOL - Brennan Bigard, NEWTON COMM HIGH SCHOOL, 6-0 , 6-0 , --- ;
No. 1 - Tobi Pauli, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL - Eli Bertram, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL def. Eli Rosborough, ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL - Aiden Elder, ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL, 6-4 , 6-1 , -;
No. 1 - Fox Woods, PARIS HIGH SCHOOL - Chance Westerfield, PARIS HIGH SCHOOL def. Grant Cochonour , CASEY-WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL - Logan Cribelar, CASEY-WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL, 7-5 , 6-1 , -;
No. 1 - Jarrett Doll, RICHLAND County - Aidan Weidner, RICHLAND County def. Gianvito Romito, NEWTON COMM HIGH SCHOOL - Isaac Kocher, NEWTON COMM HIGH SCHOOL, 6-1 , 6-0 , -;
No. 1 - Jacobo Munoz, CASEY-WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL - Owen Richardson, CASEY-WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL def. Wesley Britton, NEWTON COMM HIGH SCHOOL - Brennan Bigard, NEWTON COMM HIGH SCHOOL, 6-2 , 6-3 , -;
No. 1 - Grant Cochonour , CASEY-WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL - Logan Cribelar, CASEY-WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL def. Drake Bartos, PARIS HIGH SCHOOL - Hudson David, PARIS HIGH SCHOOL, 7-5 , 6-2 , -;
No. 1 - Eli Rosborough, ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL - Aiden Elder, ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL def. Evan Gower, ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL - Cody Waggoner, ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL, 6-1 , 6-1 , --- ;
No. 1 - Marcus Kocher , RICHLAND County - Gabe Walker, RICHLAND County def. Fox Woods, PARIS HIGH SCHOOL - Chance Westerfield, PARIS HIGH SCHOOL, 6-1 , 6-1 , -;
No. 1 - Eli Rosborough, ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL - Aiden Elder, ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL def. Gianvito Romito, NEWTON COMM HIGH SCHOOL - Isaac Kocher, NEWTON COMM HIGH SCHOOL, 6-4 , 6-2 , -;
No. 1 - Jarrett Doll, RICHLAND County - Aidan Weidner, RICHLAND County def. Tobi Pauli, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL - Eli Bertram, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (4), --- ;
No. 1 - Logan Cribelar, CASEY-WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL - Grant Cochonour , CASEY-WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL def. Jacobo Munoz, CASEY-WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL - Owen Richardson, CASEY-WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL, 6-4 , 4-6 , 10-6 ;
No. 1 - Tobi Pauli, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL - Eli Bertram, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL def. Fox Woods, PARIS HIGH SCHOOL - Chance Westerfield, PARIS HIGH SCHOOL, 4-6 , 6-3 , 6-3 ;
No. 1 - Jarrett Doll, RICHLAND County - Aidan Weidner, RICHLAND County def. Gabe Walker, RICHLAND County - Marcus Kocher , RICHLAND County, 6-3 , 1-6 , 6-4 ;
Lady Aces Softball 5/13/22
Mt. Carmel - 2
Mt. Vernon - 1
Kami Pearson pitched 7 innings giving up 0 earned runs on 4 hits, 1 walk and struck out 3.
Olivia Stinson was 2-3.
Hailey Lang was 2-2 with 1 walk.
Emma Banks was 1-4 and scored 1 run.
Kami Pearson was 1-3 and hit by a pitch.
Stormie Devine was 1-4 with 1 RBI.
Carli Merritt walked and scored 1 run.
Avary Daum was 1-2 with 1 RBI.
Rachael Johnson was 1-3.
The Lady Aces end their season a perfect 21-0. They will now begin postseason play on Tuesday in Harrisburg against the winner of Fairfield and Hamilton County.
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MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL - 8, FAIRFIELD COMM HIGH SCHOOL - 1,
Singles:
No. 1 - Tobi Pauli, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL def. Nathan Legg, FAIRFIELD COMM HIGH SCHOOL, 6-0 , 6-0 , -;
No. 2 - Eli Bertram, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL def. Jaxon Combs, FAIRFIELD COMM HIGH SCHOOL, 6-3 , 6-2 , -;
No. 3 - Konnor Dagg, FAIRFIELD COMM HIGH SCHOOL def. Lucas Ingram, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL, -, -, -;
No. 4 - Andrew Goldman, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL def. Peyton Owen, FAIRFIELD COMM HIGH SCHOOL, 6-3 , 6-4 , -;
No. 5 - Ivan Holt, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL def. Jacob Combs, FAIRFIELD COMM HIGH SCHOOL, 6-0 , 6-0 , -;
No. 6 - Jimmy Lin, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL def. Jacob Ahlfield, FAIRFIELD COMM HIGH SCHOOL, 6-2 , 6-0 , -;
Doubles:
No. 1 - Tobi Pauli, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL - Eli Bertram, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL def. Jaxon Combs, FAIRFIELD COMM HIGH SCHOOL - Konnor Dagg, FAIRFIELD COMM HIGH SCHOOL, 6-3 , 6-1 , -;
No. 2 - Lucas Ingram, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL - Andrew Goldman, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL def. Nathan Legg, FAIRFIELD COMM HIGH SCHOOL - Jacob Combs, FAIRFIELD COMM HIGH SCHOOL, 6-3 , 6-2 , -;
No. 3 - Ivan Holt, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL - Jimmy Lin, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL def. Jacob Ahlfield, FAIRFIELD COMM HIGH SCHOOL - Peyton Owen, FAIRFIELD COMM HIGH SCHOOL, 6-1 , 6-3 , -;
Lady Aces Softball 5/13/22
Mt. Carmel - 6
Pinckneyville - 5
Carli Merritt was 3-4 with 2 doubles, 1 RBI and scored 1 run.
Kami Pearson was 2-4 with 1 RBI.
Stormie Devine was 2-3 with 2 doubles, 1 walk, 1 RBI and scored 2 runs.
Emma Banks was 1-3 and was hit by a pitch.
Olivia Stinson was 1-4 with 1 double.
Avary Daum was 1-3.
Rachael Johnson was 1-2 with 1 walk and scored 1 run.
Mackenzie Sisson was 1-1 with 1 walk.
Hailey Lang had 1 RBI.
Selby Patberg scored 2 runs.
Kami Pearson pitched 7 innings giving up 5 earned runs on 4 hits, 4 walks and struck out 3.
The Lady Aces are now 20-0 and will play Mt. Vernon, Indiana to wrap up their regular season at home on Friday, May 13th.
The Lady Aces are now ranked 4th in Class 2A. They host Mt. Vernon, IN at the 4th Street Ballpark at 4pm today in the last regular season game of the year before opening regional next Tuesday in Harrisburg.
1 Rockridge (Taylor Ridge) 24-0
2 Freeburg 25-1
3 Carterville 27-2
4 Mt. Carmel 19-0
5 Olympia (Stanford) 21-4
6 Erie-Prophetstown (Erie) 12-2 1
7 Marengo 22-4-1
8 Mater Dei (Breese) 16-5-1
9 Tolono Unity (Tolono) 20-6
10 Manteno 17-3
11 Gillespie 25-3
12 St. Anthony (Effingham) 21-4
13 Princeton 15-3
14 Richmond-Burton (Richmond) 14-4
15 St. Joseph-Ogden (St. Joseph) 23-8-1
16 Teutopolis 17-7
17 Newton 21-7
18 Herscher 18-7-1
19 Breese Central (Breese) 15-6-1
20 Sherrard 13-6
21 Carmi-White County (Carmi) 14-6
22 Kewanee 16-8
23 Johnston City 14-7
24 Quincy Notre Dame (Quincy) 20-6
25 Bloomington Central Catholic (Bloomington) 14-7
Lady Aces shortstop Stormie Devine smacks a triple in Monday’s win over Robinson.
Photo Cred: FlashMac Photography
Lady Aces Softball Score 5/11/22
Mt. Carmel - 10
Washington - 0
Final in 6 innings
Bella Andrews pitched 6 innings giving up 0 runs on 2 hits, 1 walk and struck out 6.
Avary Daum was 3-3 with 3 RBI and scored 1 run.
Emma Banks was 2-3 with 2 RBI and scored 1 run.
Carli Merritt was 2-3 with 1 RBI, 1 walk, and scored 2 runs.
Kami Pearson was 1-3 with 1 walk.
Stormie Devine was 1-3 with 1 walk and scored 1 run.
Olivia Stinson was 1-2 with 1 RBI and scored 1 run.
Rachael Johnson was 1-2 and scored 1 run.
Mackenzie Sisson was 1-3 and scored 1 run.
Morgan Meadows was 1-2.
Mackenzie Sanders was 1-1 with 1 double.
Hailey Lang scored 1 run.
Abby Hedge had 1 walk and scored 1 run.
The Lady Aces improved to 19-0 and will finish up their regular season with home games on Thursday against Pinkcneyville at 4:00 and Friday against Mt. Vernon, Indiana at 4:00.
From Coach Karin Kelsey:
MCJHS
Jr. Lady Aces Golf
SIJHSAA State Golf Tournament
Rend Lake Golf Complex
The SIJHSAA State Golf Tournament was held on May 10, at the Rend Lake Golf Course. The participants were the top golfers from 3 Regionals held in April throughout Southern Illinois. MCJHS had 4 girls advance from the Benton Regional held on April 26th to the State Tournament. This tournament is set up for individuals and does not have a team winner.
Following are the Individual Medal winners.
Medalist Miley Kennard, Mt. Carmel 75
2nd - Sarah Hyten, St. Boniface 78
3rd - Zeme Moore, Mt. Carmel 91
4th - Mya Russell, Franklin Park 93
5th - Ava Meyer, Carlyle 95
6th - Wilke Armstrong Massac 98
6th - Bryn Stiegman, Nashville 98
8th - Abby Steinkamp, Carlyle 99
9th - Lindsay Jackson, St. Claire 102
10th - Addie Ganasuer, Carlyle 103
11th - Elyse Swanson, Mt. Carmel 104
12th - Megan Edwards, Carlyle 105
12th - Alex Pokojski, Highland 105
12th - Annika Fabin, ST. John Red Bud 105
15th - Mia Emig, Highland 106
Also playing for Mt. Carmel was Ava Bruamgin, carding a 114 and 7th Grader, Kourtney Hall was unable to participate in the State Series due to limiting our team to 4.
Coaches Comments: " What a great way to end the Inaugural year of MCJHS Girls Golf! I am so proud of these young ladies and especially Miley Kennard, our STATE CHAMPION! She has set the bar high for future Jr. Lady Aces with her +3, 75. Miley has been golfing for several years and has earned her place in school history as the first Individual State Champion in girls golf. Not far behind her was Zeme Moore in 3rd place with her very impressive 91. Our final medal winner was Elyse Swanson, placing 11th with her 104. These three girls along with Ava Brumagin will join the MCHS Lady Aces in the fall. I am so excited to add these powerful golfers to our team! We are truly blessed with Amazing young ladies who love the game of golf. I am in awe of their dedication and determination to be a part of this team and the goals these girls set is evident in how they play! Congratulations to these young ladies and their families! Golf is a family sport for sure."
Coach Karin Kelsey
Lady Aces Softball Score 5/9/22
Mt. Carmel - 6
Robinson - 4
Kami Pearson pitched 7 innings giving up 2 earned runs on 5 hits, 5 walks and struck out 5.
Stormie Devine was 3-4 with 1 double, 1 triple, 1 RBI and scored 2 runs.
Kami Pearson was 2-3 with 1 double and 1 walk.
Carli Merritt was 1-4 and scored 1 run.
Emma Banks was 1-3 with 2 RBI and scored 1 run.
Olivia Stinson was 1-3 with 2 RBI.
Hailey Lang was 1-3.
Selby Patberg stole 2 bases and scored 2 runs.
Lady Aces improve to 18-0 and win the LIC Championship! First conference championship in softball at MCHS since 2001!
Eden Wankel medaled in three separate events to lead the Lady Aces track team to a sixth place finish in their first ever LIC Conference track meet.
Team scores:
Newton - 158
Olney - 109.5
Robinson - 105
Marshall - 61
Casey-Westfield - 43.5
Mt. Carmel - 35
Red Hill - 28
Paris - 11
Lawrenceville - 0
Wankel set personal bests in three jumping events: 2nd place high jump (5’1”), 2nd place long jump (15’0.5”) and 3rd place triple jump (30’4.5”). She also anchored the Lady Aces 4x200 relay to a sixth place finish (2:04.9).
Also scoring for the Lady Aces:
Madi Stevens - 3rd high jump (4’10”)
Kali Walker - 6th 300 meter hurdles (59.94)
4x800 relay - 5th Annie Lin, Jayla Smith, Kali Walker & Lily Keepes (12:17.37)
4x400 relay - 6th Annie Lin, Jayla Smith, Kali Walker & Lily Keepes (4:54.33)
4x200 relay - 6th Grace Thacker, Jordis Riley, Lily Keepes & Eden Wankel (2:04.9)
The Lady Aces next meet is Sectional on May 12th at Tolono.
Lady Aces Softball Score 5/4/22
Mt. Carmel - 16
Edwards County - 0
Final in 4 innings
Kami Pearson pitched 3 innings giving up 0 runs on 1 hit and struck out 2.
Bella Andrews pitched 1 inning giving up 0 runs on 1 hit.
Stormie Devine was 2-3 with 1 triple, 1 double, 1 walk, 2 RBI and scored 2 runs.
Mackenzie Sisson was 1-3 with 1 double, 1 walk, 2 RBI and scored 2 runs.
Carli Merritt was 1-2 with 2 walks, 1 RBI and scored 2 runs.
Emma Banks was 1-2 with 2 walks, 2 RBI and scored 2 runs.
Olivia Stinson was 1-2 and was hit by a pitch, and had 1 RBI.
Rachael Johnson was 1-1 with 1 RBI and scored 1 run.
Kami Pearson was hit by a pitch twice, had 1 walk and scored 1 run.
Hailey Lang walked once and had 2 RBI.
Avary Daum was hit by a pitch 2 times, walked once and scored 2 runs.
Selby Patberg scored 2 runs.
Mackenzie Sanders scored 2 runs.
Lady Aces improve to 17-0 and will take on Mt. Vernon, IN on Thursday at home starting at 5:00.
Elyse Swanson and Leah Lewis both qualified for the Class L SIJHHSA State Track Meet at the Regional Meet held today at Salem. Elyse qualified in the 100m dash placing second. Leah qualified by placing second in the Discus. The State Track Meet is May 14th in Carterville IL
MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL - 5, CASEY-WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL - 4,
Singles:
No. 1 - Tobi Pauli, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL def. Brian Wright, CASEY-WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL, 6-2 , 6-0 , -;
No. 2 - Eli Bertram, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL def. Grant Cochonour , CASEY-WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL, 6-0 , 6-3 , -;
No. 3 - Logan Cribelar, CASEY-WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL def. Lucas Ingram, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL, 6-2 , 5-7 , 1-0 (5);
No. 4 - Andrew Goldman, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL def. Avery Tutewiler, CASEY-WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL, 6-3 , 3-6 , 1-0 (4);
No. 5 - Jacobo Munoz, CASEY-WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL def. Jimmy Lin, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL, 6-4 , 4-6 , 1-0 (6);
No. 6 - Owen Richardson, CASEY-WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL def. Eli Sherman, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL, 6-3 , 4-6 , 1-0 (3);
Doubles:
No. 1 - Tobi Pauli, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL - Eli Bertram, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL def. Grant Cochonour , CASEY-WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL - Logan Cribelar, CASEY-WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL, 6-2 , 6-0 , -;
No. 2 - Andrew Goldman, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL - Lucas Ingram, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL def. Brian Wright, CASEY-WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL - Avery Tutewiler, CASEY-WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL, 6-0 , 6-4 , -;
No. 3 - Jacobo Munoz, CASEY-WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL - Owen Richardson, CASEY-WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL def. Eli Sherman, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL - Jimmy Lin, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL, 7-5 , 6-3 , -;
MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL - 3, FLORA HIGH SCHOOL - 6,
Singles:
No. 1 - Bobby Powless, FLORA HIGH SCHOOL def. Tobi Pauli, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL, 6-1 , 6-1 , -;
No. 2 - Eli Bertram, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL def. Brody Sharp, FLORA HIGH SCHOOL, 6-0 , 6-3 , -;
No. 3 - Andrew Goldman, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL def. Ollie Collins, FLORA HIGH SCHOOL, 6-4 , 2-6 , 12-10 ;
No. 4 - Justin Pietz, FLORA HIGH SCHOOL def. Jimmy Lin, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL, 6-2 , 6-1 , -;
No. 5 - Adam Pietz, FLORA HIGH SCHOOL def. Eli Sherman, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL, 6-0 , 6-0 , -;
No. 6 - Braxton Pipher, FLORA HIGH SCHOOL def. Jacob Wall, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL, 6-0 , 6-0 , -;
Doubles:
No. 1 - Tobi Pauli, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL - Eli Bertram, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL def. Brody Sharp, FLORA HIGH SCHOOL - Ollie Collins, FLORA HIGH SCHOOL, 7-5 , 6-2 , -;
No. 2 - Justin Pietz, FLORA HIGH SCHOOL - Adam Pietz, FLORA HIGH SCHOOL def. Andrew Goldman, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL - Jimmy Lin, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL, 6-4 , 7-5 , -;
No. 3 - Lawson Spicer, FLORA HIGH SCHOOL - Elijah Luzadder, FLORA HIGH SCHOOL def. Eli Sherman, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL - Jacob Wall, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL, 6-3 , 6-0 , -;
The MCHS Lady Aces track team participated in the Newton Lady Eagle Invitational Monday. The Lady Aces placed 9th out of 11 teams.
Leading the way for the Lady Aces were 2nd and 3rd place finishes by Eden Wankel and Madi Stevens in the high jump. Both jumped 1.47 meters to earn medalist honors.
Also scoring for the Lady Aces were Lily Keepes 5th in the 1600 meter run, Eden Wankel 6th in the long jump, and the 4x800 relay team comprised of Annie Lin, Molly Hagerty, Kali Walker and Lily Keepes who finished 5th.
The Lady Aces next meet is Wednesday at the LIC Conference meet hosted by Casey-Westfield.
Lady Aces Softball 5/2/22
Mt. Carmel - 10
Richland County - 2
Kami Pearson pitched 7 innings giving up 2 runs, 0 earned on 9 hits, 1 walk and struck out 6.
Stormie Devine was 3-4 with 2 doubles, 2 RBI and scored 2 runs.
Emma Banks was 3-4 with 2 doubles, 2 RBI and scored 3 runs.
Mackenzie Sisson was 2-5 and scored 1 run.
Kami Pearson was 2-5.
Carli Merritt was 2-3 with 2 doubles, 1 walk, 1 RBI and scored 1 run.
Olivia Stinson was 1-3 with 1 RBI and scored 1 run.
Avary Daum was 1-4 with 2 RBI.
Hailey Lang had 1 RBI.
Selby Patberg scored 2 runs.
The Lady Aces improve to 16-0 and clinch at least a share of the conference championship. They will win the conference championship outright with a win at home against Robinson on Monday, May 9th.
Mackenzie Sisson, Senior at Mount Carmel High School, will sign a National Letter of Intent to play softball for Oakland City University. Her signing will take place on Tuesday, May 3rd at 6pm in the library at Mount Carmel Jr/Sr High School.
Thursday the MCHS Lady Aces track team participated in the Fairfield Lady Mule Invite. The Lady Aces finished 4th in the 12 team field.
Team scores:
Newton - 174
Fairfield - 93
Flora - 51
Mt. Carmel - 46
Sesser - 43.5
Patoka- 43
Hamilton County - 42
Carmi -31
Eldorado - 12
Grayville - 5.5
Bluford - 5
Christopher - 4
The Lady Aces posted a number of personal (pr) and seasonal (sr) records on the day. The following earned medalist honors in their events:
Eden Wankel - 2nd High Jump (4’10”)
Lily Keepes - 2nd 1600 meters (6:05.7) pr
Madi Stevens - 3rd High Jump (4’10”) pr
Eden Wankel - 3rd Long Jump (14’3”) sr
4x800 relay - 3rd Annie Lin, Jayla Smith, Kali Walker, Lily Keepes (11:57.5) sr
Also scoring for the Lady Aces:
Ava Harrington - 100 meter hurdles 4th (18.09)pr
Ava Harrington - 100 meters 5th (13.5) pr
Madi Stevens - 5th Triple Jump (29’0.5”) pr
Hallie Courter - 5th 3200 meters (19:03)
4x400 relay - 5th Annie Lin, Jordis Reilly, Kali Walker, Lily Keepes (4:55.8) sr
4x200 relay - 6th Grace Thacker, Taylor Woods, Eden Wankel, Ava Harrington (2:05.8)
The Lady Aces next meets are Monday at the Newton Invite and Wednesday at the LIC Conference hosted by Casey Westfield.