MCJHS Routs Olney, 15-3

Alyvia T collected three hits in three at bats, as Mt Carmel Jr Lady Aces defeated Richland County Lady Cubs 2025 15-3 on Thursday. Alyvia singled in the first inning, singled in the second inning, and doubled in the third inning.

Richland County Lady Cubs 2025 got on the board in the top of the first inning after Allyson W grounded out, and Mt Carmel Jr Lady Aces committed an error, each scoring one run.

Mt Carmel Jr Lady Aces flipped the game on its head in the bottom of the first, scoring five runs on five hits to take the lead, 5-2. The biggest blow in the inning was a walk by Addison C that drove in one.

Mt Carmel Jr Lady Aces scored six runs on six hits in the bottom of the second inning. Lexi S drew a walk, scoring one run, Alyvia singled, scoring one run, Olivia W doubled, scoring three runs, and Brylee P doubled, scoring one run.

Mt Carmel Jr Lady Aces added to their early lead in the bottom of the third inning after Addison singled, Lexi grounded out, and Olivia grounded out, each scoring one run.

Brylee led things off in the circle for Mt Carmel Jr Lady Aces. The starter gave up one hit and two runs (zero earned) over three innings, striking out three and walking two. Khloe C started in the circle for Richland County Lady Cubs 2025. The pitcher surrendered 16 hits and 15 runs over three innings, striking out none and walking six. Josie L appeared in relief for Mt Carmel Jr Lady Aces.

Mt Carmel Jr Lady Aces accumulated 16 hits in the game. Olivia led Mt Carmel Jr Lady Aces with four runs batted in from the number eight spot in the lineup. Olivia went 1-for-2 on the day. Alyvia and Aveah M each collected three hits for Mt Carmel Jr Lady Aces. Jennah L, Harper W, Addison, and Brylee each collected multiple hits for Mt Carmel Jr Lady Aces. Lexi paced Mt Carmel Jr Lady Aces with two walks. Overall, the team had patience at the plate, tallying six walks for the game. Mt Carmel Jr Lady Aces ran wild on the base paths, tallying six stolen bases for the game. Mt Carmel Jr Lady Aces turned one double play in the game.

Allyson drove the middle of the lineup, leading Richland County Lady Cubs 2025 with two runs batted in. The cleanup hitter went 1-for-2 on the day. Viola H and Allyson each collected one hit for Richland County Lady Cubs 2025.

Mt Carmel Jr Lady Aces welcome AGS Lions Softball 2025 on Tuesday for their next game.

Lady Aces Seniors Lead Way Past Castle

Mount Carmel Lady Aces Golf

@ Castle

Rolling Hills Country Club, Newburgh, IN

August 20, 2025

Mount Carmel 152

Castle 168

 

Mount Carmel

Medalist Zeme Moore 34 (-2)

Miley Kennard 38

Ava Brumagin 39

Elyse Swanson 41

Miranda Kennard 44

Lola Meador 44

Ella Turner 50 

Makaya Bolden 51

Castle

Leena Rice 36

Deeya Patel 40

Emma Young 46

Lucy Jackson 46

Ava Ragland 52

Lexi Muenier 52

Ally Denton 53

Alice Meny 57

Next up for the Lady Aces is a triangular with Gibson Southern and Mt Vernon IN. The contest will take place Thursday August 21 at Cambridge Golf Club, 4:30 pm


Lady Aces Win Invitational By 117 Shots

From Coach Karin Kelsey: What a team! Lady Aces are lead by four incredible seniors, Zeme 65 (-7); Miley 68 (-4); Ava 75; and Elyse 80!

I'm so proud of our super sophomores, Ella 85; Miranda 87 and Makaya 103!

We welcomed three freshmen to our team, Lola 103; Sarah 112 and Makenlee 135!

Everyone played great today and I am so excited to watch as these young ladies comtinue to work on their game and bring those scores down!

Next up for the Lady Aces is Wednesday against Castle at Rolling Hills in Evansville.

Aces Preseason Scrimmage Against Carmi Set For Next Week

The 2025 MCHS Golden Aces football team will be hosting a scrimmage on Friday, August 22nd against the Carmi-White County Bulldogs. The scrimmage will begin at 6:30pm and is open to the public. Entry into the stadium will be a sports drink, and there will be a light concession stand that evening. Come out and get your first look at the 2025 Golden Aces!

Meet The Warriors Night Set For September 10th

Wabash Valley College invites the community to come out and celebrate Meet the Warriors Night on Tuesday, September 10, at the Spencer Sports Center. The event kicks off at 5:30 PM and leads into an exciting volleyball matchup against Lincoln Trail College at 6:30 PM.

This annual tradition brings together students, athletes, families, and community members for an evening of food, fun, and school spirit. Outside the gym, guests can enjoy hot dogs and pork burgers, while getting an up-close look at the Bass Fishing Team’s wrapped boats—a favorite feature of the night.

Rachel Refenes, WVC Volleyball Coach and Student Life Coordinator, shared her enthusiasm:

“This event has been a lot of fun and a big success. It happens in September and brings attention to the Bass Team and Archery we have at Wabash. Todd’s guys do a great job meeting people and talking about their boats and team. I look forward to this event each year and love hearing volleyball fans and parents talk about the boats and food.”

Todd Gill, Bass Fishing Team Coach and WVC instructor, added:

“The WVC Bass Team loves being a part of Meet the Warriors Night. It’s a great evening for the community to come out and meet many of the student athletes for the fall season and to see some of our wrapped boats that we compete out of. Most important to us is helping to get a big crowd out in support of our volleyball team. All of the sports teams expect and are striving for excellence. Having support from the community and other sports teams on campus is something that can level-up the student experience at Wabash Valley College.”

Samantha Newkirk, Executive Director of the WVC Foundation, also expressed support:

“The Foundation is glad to come alongside an already successful event.”

Meet the Warriors Night is open to the public and promises a great time for all ages. Come hungry, bring your school spirit, and help cheer on the Warriors!

IHSA & MaxPreps Release 2025 Illinois High School Football Schedules

The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) and MaxPreps have officially released the 2025 Illinois high school football schedules for the upcoming fall season.

 This year’s regular-season culminates with the postseason field being revealed live on Saturday, October 25 on the IHSA Football Playoff Pairing Show.

The playoff qualifiers will work to reach the  IHSA Football State Finals on November 28–29, 2025, hosted at Hancock Stadium on the campus of Illinois State University in Normal. The Class 1A - 4A title games will be contested on November 28, with Class 5A - 8A following on November 29.

The nine-week regular season will determine the 256 teams that qualify for the IHSA Football Playoffs. As teams prepare for their playoff runs, fans, coaches, and players can now begin tracking their favorite programs.   

 See The schedules: https://www.ihsa.org/sports/football/regular-season/school-list

IHSA June Board of Directors Meeting Recap: Jesse Baker & Tre’Sean Hall Join IHSA Staff

The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Board of Directors met for its regularly scheduled meeting at the IHSA office in Bloomington on Monday, June 16, 2025, where the Board voted to approve the hiring of Jesse Baker as the IHSA’s Coordinator of Special Programs and Tre’Sean Hall as the IHSA’s Director of Social Media.

JESSE BAKER | COORDINATOR OF SPECIAL PROGRAMS
Jesse Baker is a 2015 graduate of Southeast High School in Springfield, where he was a four-year member of the Spartan boys soccer team.

“This will be an exciting opportunity for me to work within a field that allows the intersection of education, sports, and activity participation to be my driving force every day,” said Baker. “I’d like to thank Craig Anderson, the IHSA administrative team, and the Board for accepting me for this position. I would also like to thank my family, friends, former work colleagues, and mentors for providing the support structure that has prepared me to excel in this role.”

Baker joins the IHSA after working for the YMCA since 2022. He began his time at the YMCA as a Sports Director in his hometown of Springfield, before accepting a position as the Membership Director at the YMCA of Middle Tennessee in Nashville. Baker then ascended to a Director of Member Engagement and Experience role at the YMCA of Greater Indianapolis in January.

“Jesse has shown tremendous ambition in his time with the YMCA,” said IHSA Executive Director Craig Anderson. “He ascended the ladder quickly, while showing a willingness to step outside his comfort zone by moving to Nashville and Indianapolis. We are excited for him to return home to Central Illinois, where he will have the opportunity to continue to positively impact young people through their participation in IHSA sports and activities.”

Baker completed a bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of Illinois at Springfield in 2019 and then went on to earn a master’s degree in sports administration from Valparaiso University in 2021. His time at Valparaiso coincided with an internship with the Great Lakes Valley Conference, an NCAA Division II league housed in Indianapolis.
 
“As a former student-athlete who participated in IHSA programming, I’m excited to use my past experiences as a player, along with the knowledge I have acquired during my professional career, to meaningfully enhance the experience of every student, coach, and administrator I have the opportunity to support in this role,” said Baker.

Baker is slated to begin his tenure with the IHSA in early July. His exact duties are yet to be determined, but are anticipated to include digital ticketing, coordination of state final band and sportsmanship efforts, the IHSA Foundation Golf Outing, the All-School Mailing, and support at several IHSA State Final tournaments.   


TRE’SEAN HALL | DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL MEDIA
A former three-sport athlete (Football, Baseball, Wrestling) at Thornton Fractional South High School in Lansing, Tre’Sean Hall brings a wealth of passion and production to the IHSA’s newly created Director of Social Media position.

“I’m very thankful and honored to be selected as the Director of Social Media for the IHSA,” said Hall. “High school sports has always been my passion, and I’m extremely excited to creatively showcase the athletes and coaches that represent the IHSA brand.”

Tre’Sean comes to the IHSA after spending the past two years as a Technical Project Manager at Acrelec America, a global technology company that focuses on customer service experiences for restaurants and retailers.

However, it was his afterhours role that truly defined his fit with the IHSA. Tre’Sean is one of the co-founders of The OFFSZN Brand, a sports medium centered around social media content creation. 

“Tre’Sean has an unbridled passion for Illinois high school sports and activities, and we feel fortunate to have him join our staff,” said IHSA Executive Director Craig Anderson. “He is already a pioneer and entrepreneur in this space, and we are excited to see how he uses social media to enhance the IHSA mission and cast a brighter light on the amazing things happening in our high schools every day.” 

Tre’Sean and his partner at OFFSZN built and managed a network of content creators that covered sports at all levels, while developing a strong following centered around their coverage of IHSA sports. In addition to managing the OFFSZN’s social media marketing strategy, he also actively covers high school sporting events for OFFSZN, filming and editing footage for distribution on social media. Since launching, The OFFSZN Brand has built a following of 15 thousand plus followers on multiple social media platforms, while producing over 600 videos that have accumulated nearly 2 million views on YouTube alone.

“Our goal with OFFSZN was to provide a platform to highlight high school athletes and programs,” said Hall. “As the Director of Social Media for the IHSA, my goal is to continue doing that for all the sports and activities in the state. Many of my lifelong friendships and memories stem from my time playing sports at TF South. Having the opportunity to tell compelling stories about the students and coaches that currently represent the IHSA is truly a full circle moment for me.”

Tre’Sean graduated from Northern Illinois University in 2022 with a degree in Business Management. He also previously worked as an Operations Analyst with Tegus.


ACTION
1. The IHSA Board approved a recommendation to allocate funding to create an endowment that will cover the annual costs of the Illinois High School Association Foundation (IHSAF) scholarship programs. The IHSAF annually awards 40 scholarships to high school students. Twenty-six scholarships are awarded to members of the IHSA All-State Academic Team, and 14 are awarded to students who are studying to become educators, or that are currently working as IHSA officials.

2. The Board approved a recommendation to adopt Flag Football State Association Adoptions for the 2025 season.


ADVISORY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
Minutes from all Advisory Committees can be viewed by clicking here.

1. The Board approved the consent items from the Advisory Committees in the following sports & activities: Basketball, Bowling, Cheerleading, Chess, Dance, Esports, Gymnastics, Music, Officials, Scholastic Bowl, Soccer, Speech, Sportsmanship, Sports Medicine, Student Advisory Committee, Swimming & Diving, and Wrestling.

Consent items are recommendations that received approval from the sport/activity advisory committee, the Athletic Administrators Advisory Committee and the IHSA staff. Consent items can be viewed by clicking here.

Non-consent items are recommendations from sport or activity committees that did not receive a majority vote from the Athletic Advisory Committee or IHSA staff.

Two non-consent items were approved:

Boys & Girls Basketball
1. *The Board approved changes to the Boys & Girls Basketball State Final schedule beginning at the 2026 State Finals. The new state final schedule will be similar to the schedule that was utilized from 2022-2024, which was the first three years that the IHSA conducted the state tournament in a three-day format. To see the 2026 State Final schedule, click here.

IHSA Executive Director Craig Anderson:
“The single-weekend state final format is still in its relative infancy, and we’ve been very transparent about our willingness to tweak the time and game schedule until we get it right. We tried a different variation last year and the immediate feedback from nearly everyone involved was that the schedule we utilized from 2022-2024 was far superior. As a result, we are making some slight changes to that original schedule for 2026.”

Boys & Girls Soccer
2. *The Board approved changes to modify State Association Adoption #8. This change modifies the Player and Coach Card Count from a team penalty to an individual penalty based on the number of yellow and red cards accumulated by an individual during a season. Additionally, a straight red card will count as two yellow cards toward the individual count. See all state adoptions by clicking here.

* Item received full support from all bodies, but was listed as non-consent due to being labeled as a major change that required Board review.


APPEALS & ELIGIBILITY RULINGS
1. The Board sustained the Executive Director’s ruling on a student from Aurora Central Catholic High School. The student was ruled ineligible for non-compliance with IHSA By-law 3.040.


DISCUSSION ITEMS
At each meeting of the Board of Directors, there are certain items the Board discusses, but upon which no action is taken. The following is a report of those items from the meeting on June 16, 2025, agenda:

1. The Board discussed feedback that has been received from non-boundaried schools regarding the new multiplier waiver policy that was implemented in March.

2. The Board heard a report on IHSA staff attendance at the annual Illinois Athletic Director Association (IADA) Conference, as well as the upcoming IADA New Athletic Director Workshop, which the IHSA staff will participate in on July 16.

3. The Board heard a report on the upcoming IHSA Officials Conference, which will be held in Normal on July 11-12.

4. The Board heard a report that the 2025-26 school year will mark the 125th anniversary of the IHSA’s founding, and that the Association will celebrate the milestone in a variety of ways during the school year.

6. The Board heard a report on the upcoming NFHS Summer Meeting, which will be hosted by the IHSA in Chicago from June 28-July 1.

7. The Board heard a report on the new by-laws that take effect on July 1, 2025. The by-laws were approved during the IHSA’s annual legislative process in December, 2024. To read the approved by-law changes, click here.

8. The Board conducted its annual review of team entry participation numbers in each IHSA State Series sport and activity.

9. The Board reviewed requests from Antioch High School and Glenbard South High School seeking to nullify the second year of their two-year commitment to play up in classification in the sport of football in 2025. Both schools applied to move up one class in football for the 2024 and 2025 seasons. The Board discussed the requests but took no action.

10. The Board heard a report on the 2025 Dr. Marty Hickman Golf Outing on June 17, 2025, which benefits the Illinois High School Association Foundation.

11. The Board recognized three outgoing members attending their final IHSA Board meetings following their retirements from their respective schools. Rockridge High School principal Katy Hasson began her tenure on the Board in 2016 and was the second female Board President in the Association’s history from 2020-2023. Dunlap Official Representative Scott Adreon served two stints in two different roles on the Board, including from 2013-2016 when he was the Principal at Maroa-Forsyth High School. Adreon then moved on to Dunlap, where he accepted a Board appointment to serve in a non-voting role as the Treasurer in 2018. Finally, Plainfield North Athletic Director Ron Lear served on the Board during his final three years as an educator.

The Board approved changes to the Boys & Girls Basketball State Final schedule beginning at the 2026 State Finals. The new state final schedule will be similar to the schedule that was utilized from 2022-2024, which was the first three years that the IHSA conducted the state tournament in a three-day format.

Little Illini Conference 2025 Softball All-Conference

First Team

Addyson O'Dell, Newton

Alisson Stanley, Newton

Allie Hermann, Newton

Allyson Truelove, Casey-Westfield

Amelia Collins, Newton

Ava Goble, Casey-Westfield

Bailee Frichtl, Newton

Erin Harris, Lawrenceville

Eva Hermann, Robinson

Evie Sellers, Mt. Carmel

Haley McGuire, Marshall

Jacie Young, Paris

Kyla Gustafson, Marshall

Lucy Moore, Casey-Westfield

Lyla Keepes, Mt. Carmel

Lynn Welborn, Marshall

Taylor Bloomer, Olney

Tristan Ring, Casey-Westfield

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Second Team

Anna Karras, Casey-Westfield

Avery Mulvey, Newton

Brylee Yates, Robinson

Kennedy Knox, Olney

Leah Lewis, Mt. Carmel

Mallory Mosbey, Robinson

McKenzie Davis, Marshall

Miranda Dowty, Olney

Riley Hershey, Mt. Carmel

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Honorable Mention

Gabriela Frye, Casey Westfield

Addison Brush, Lawrenceville

Avery Cornwell, Marshall

Kinley Harris, Mt. Carmel

Sally Mahaffey, Newton

Emma Kraemer, Paris

Jaylen Gwyn, Olney

Leighton Boyd, Robinson

Little Illini Conference 2025 Baseball All-Conference

First Team

Owen Keeney, Casey-Westfield

Rylie Hines-Gilbert, Casey-Westfield

Daryn Hupp, Casey-Westfield

Jackson Maulding, Casey-Westfield

Emery Ivers, Lawrenceville

Maddox Pargin, Lawrenceville

Garrett Pugh, Marshall

Ryder Sloss, Mt. Carmel

Brendan Bowser, Mt. Carmel

River Deisher, Mt. Carmel

Quincy Fulton, Newton

Carson Barthelme, Newton

Drake Wolfe, Newton

Mattey Sanders, Olney

Brody Redman, Olney

Sean Dunn, Paris

Gabe Roush, Paris

Graysen Brown, Robinson

Blake Green, Robinson

Second Team

Mitchell Wilson, Casey-Westfield

Payton McGuire, Marshall

Levi Banks, Mt. Carmel

Dominic Baltzell, Newton

Kohlten Barthelme, Newton

Gavin Meinhart, Newton

Reed Tharp, Newton

Cooper Hires, Olney

Braylon Murray, Robinson

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Honorable Mention

Jackson Julius, Casey Westfield
Neilan Bickers, Lawrenceville
Reed Ramey, Marshall
Will Reed, Mt. Carmel
David Ferguson, Newton

Owen Cycholl, Olney

Carter Eastham, Paris

Brysen Legg, Robinson