Jr. Aces win big on 8th grade night

Jr. Aces defeated Eldorado 15-3.


A strong pitching performance from Asher Dunkel and Cade Tillotson set the tone for the Jr. Aces night, allowing only one hit in four innings. Dunkel started the game going two innings allowing one earned run on only one hit, striking out three. Tillotson closed out the game pitching two innings allowing no hits and striking out 5 of 6 batters he faced.


The Jr. Aces bats were hot, collecting 11 hits in the contest. Aran Guanipa, Cade Tillotson, and Asher Dunkel each had two hits. Tate Buss, Brantley Krup, Bryden Tougaw, Kayden Smith, and Bram Gordon also added one hit apiece. The Jr. Aces were also patient at the plate tallying eight walks, led by Lincoln Kocher and Bram Gordon with two each.


Next up the 7-1 Aces travel to Fairfield Tuesday, September 9th at 4:30.

Harper Warnken With 3 Hits As Mt Carmel Jr Lady Aces Beat Flora Lady Pups 4-1 in Conference play

Harper Warnken With 3 Hits As Mt Carmel Jr Lady Aces Beat Flora Lady Pups 4-1 in Conference play.

Harper Warnken collected three hits in four at bats, as Mt Carmel Jr Lady Aces defeated Flora Lady Pups 4-1 on Wednesday. Harper hit a solo home run over left field fence in the first inning, singled in the third inning, and singled in the seventh inning.

Harper struck out 13 batters on the day. The starter also allowed four hits and one run over seven innings while walking four. The defense was also spot on during the 7 innings of play.

Mt Carmel Jr Lady Aces opened the scoring in the first after Harper hit a solo home run out of left field.

Mt Carmel Jr Lady Aces added one run in the third. Addison Carmickle singled down the left field line, driving in a run, making the score 2-0.

The Jr Lady Aces added runs in the 6th and 7th inning to secure their victory!

Mt Carmel Jr Lady Aces tallied 12 total hits in the game. Alyvia Toutloff led Mt Carmel Jr Lady Aces with two runs batted in. The catcher went 2-for-4 on the day. Willow Gayer collected two hits for Mt Carmel Jr Lady Aces in three at bats. Other hits were put up by TaeLynn Wade, Aveah Miller, Lexi Sisson, and Olivia Wall with one each.

Mt Carmel Jr Lady Aces will travel to Carmi for a tournament this Saturday and then face Fairfield Lady Colts for their next regular season game on Tuesday.

Lady Aces Volleyball Takes Down Oblong

The Lady Aces hosted Oblong Monday night.  The home team had a good crowd with lots of students out for the girls.  They were able to keep a steady pace staying ahead and taking the match in 2 sets 25-19, 25-18

Stats for the night were Mattie Armstrong 1 ace, 7 assists, 7 digs,  Jayla Johnson 6 digs, 3 kills, 1 assist, Maycee Randall, 5 kills, 1 block kill, 1 dig, 3 assists, Tenley Davis 7 digs, 3 assists, Lyla Keepes 1 ace, 3 kills, 4 digs, 1 block, Kyleigh Smith 2 kills, 1 block. Tensley Dunlap  2 kills, 1 digs. Avery Coston 1 kill, 1 assist, Gabby Schneider 2 ace, 2 assist, 2 digs.

The JV team seemed to have some nerves going with playing at home for the first time. 

Oblong sent over many free balls, but we had a high attacking error rate, and couldn’t handle Oblongs aggressive serving. The aces were able to win the second set, but fell in the third with set scores of 21-25, 25-18, 7-15.

Player stats Leah Lewis 1 ace, 7 digs, 7 kills,  Gracee Haggard 1 ace, 1 kill, Avery Coston 2 aces, 5 kills, Mylee Farmer 2 digs, Mercedes Dillard 2 digs, Quincy Keepes 6 assists,  Journey Loudermilk 3 kills, Riley Gill 2 digs.  Cate Pyatt 1 ace, 3 kills, Ryleigh Gill 2 digs, Leila Sweeney 1 dig.

Saturday the Varsity team will head to Olney for all day tournament play. They will start out the day at 10:00 facing St. Anthony.  They will hit the road for the next few games after the tournament, and return to the hilltop on September 15th against Cisne. 

Comments by coach Bonnie Keepes 

Photo Credit Nichole Loudermilk 

Lady Aces Tennis Routs Carmi, 8-1

Mt. Carmel - 8, Carmi (C.-White County) - 1,

Singles:
No. 1 - Natalie Goemaat, Carmi (C.-White County) def. Ava Giese, Mt. Carmel, 6-4 , 6-2 , -;
No. 2 - Hazel Earnest, Mt. Carmel def. Aly Albright, Carmi (C.-White County), 7-5 , 6-4 , -;
No. 3 - Alivia Peach, Mt. Carmel def. Jenna James, Carmi (C.-White County), 6-0 , 7-5 , -;
No. 4 - Madi Riggs, Mt. Carmel def. Emily Hollingsworth, Carmi (C.-White County), 6-1 , 6-0 , -;
No. 5 - Kate Andrews, Mt. Carmel def. Ava Ballard, Carmi (C.-White County), 6-1 , 6-3 , -;
No. 6 - Hadlie Scott, Mt. Carmel def. Trinity Carter, Carmi (C.-White County), 6-4 , 6-1 , -;

Doubles:
No. 1 - Ava Giese, Mt. Carmel - Alivia Peach, Mt. Carmel def. Natalie Goemaat, Carmi (C.-White County) - Aly Albright, Carmi (C.-White County), 5-7 , 6-2 , 1-0 (8);
No. 2 - Hazel Earnest, Mt. Carmel - Madi Riggs, Mt. Carmel def. Jenna James, Carmi (C.-White County) - Emily Hollingsworth, Carmi (C.-White County), 6-2 , 6-0 , -;
No. 3 - Addison Tennis, Mt. Carmel - Bayley Andrews, Mt. Carmel def. Ava Ballard, Carmi (C.-White County) - Casandra McPherson, Carmi (C.-White County), 6-1 , 6-2 , -;

Kennard's Bogey-Free 67 Leads Lady Aces To Marion Title

From Coach Karin Kelsey:

Lady Aces played at Kokopelli Wednesday and all 5 girls placed in the top ten!

MILEY was the MEDALIST with her perfect (all pars and 4 birdies) round of golf! Zeme carded a 72, Ava a 74, Elyse an 85 and Ella an 86.

Lady Aces will play at home Thursday, hosting Princeton and Mt. Vernon, 4:30 pm shotgun start.

Lady Aces Golf 

Marion Invite

Kokopelli Golf Club

September 3, 2025

Medalist Miley Kennard 

Champions

Mount Carmel 298

Miley Kennard 67 (-4)

Zeme Moore 72

Ava Brumagin 74

Elyse Swanson 85

Ella Turner 86

Massac County 338

Marion 392

Harrisburg 419

West Frankfort 422

Herrin 428

Johnston City 446

Hamilton County 455

Pinckneyville 459

Carbondale NTS

Jr. Aces Win Battle Of Unbeatens

In an undefeated match up, the Mt. Carmel Jr. Aces baseball team handed Robinson their first loss, improving to 6-0 on the season.
A solid pitching performance from Aran Guanipa was a big key in the win. Guanipa gave up three runs on four hits, striking out eight batters.
Brantley Krup and Tate Buss lead the way at the plate for the Jr. Aces, they each went 2 for 3, combining for three RBIs and five runs scored.
In the second game the Jr. High J.V. Aces defeated Robinson 2-1.
Next up the Jr. Aces travel to Flora Wednesday with the start time of 4:30.

Lady Aces Play Well In Fairfield Tourney

The Mt. Carmel Lady Aces traveled to Fairfield Saturday for a 12 team tournament.  They started the day against a top tier Norris City team. The Aces were aggressive and played well. We almost took a set from NC, but fell two in sets 18-25, 23-25. 

After a short break we played North Clay and were able to stay on top, we had good energy and net play, winning in two sets 25-18, 25-15

The Aces entered the silver bracket with their first match against a LIC conference opponent   

Oblong. We had solid play against Oblong with consistent serve receive, and attacking taking the match 25-15, 25-21.

Winning this game took them to the championship of the silver bracket against Cisne. 

The Cisne team had good serving, and serve receive. They were able to beat us the first match 23-25. Cisne had a big run early when we struggled with the pass. The Aces got fired up and wanted the second set, we played clean and took the second 25-13 and the third set 15-12.  This gave the Lady Aces the Silver bracket title. Norris City defeated Carmi and Fairfield for the Gold bracket winners. 

Stats for the 4 games combined were 

Mattie Armstrong 24 assists, 9 digs, 1 ace, Jayla Johnson 9 kills, 14 digs, 1 assist, Maycee Randall, 17 kills, 5 blocks, 9 digs, Tenley Davis 30 digs, 5 assists, 1 ace, Lyla Keepes 1 ace, 7 kills, 2 assists, 16 digs, 1 block, Kyleigh Smith 12 kills, 2 blocks, 1 assist, 1 dig. Tensley Dunlap  14 kills, 4 digs. Avery Coston 1 kill, 1 dig, Gabby Schneider 1 ace, 21 assist, 10 digs, Miley Farmer 1 dig.

Tenley Davis our Libero made the all tournament team. 

The Lady Aces will have their first home game Tuesday night with Freshman starting against Oblong. Come out to see some hard hitting action!

Comments by Assistant Coach Bonnie Keepes

Underclassmen Lead Aces Cross Country Team In Season Opener

Mt. Carmel XC kicked off their season on a high note at the Tom Wickham Memorial Invitational. The girls race Mt. Carmel was led by Jr. Dani Fisher coming in 10th place with a time of 22:48 and Soph. Zoie Randall who came in 12th place with a time of 24:12

In the Boys race, Mt. Carmel was led by a pair of freshmen Zane Swinson and Zeke Meier. Zane placed 10th place with a time of 17:58 and Zeke placed 18th with a time of 19:10.

Next race for Mt. Carmel is Thursday Sept. 4th at Gibson Southern.

Cross Country Jr. Aces Open Strong At Fairfield

The boys and girls JH XC season kicked off this weekend in Fairfield.

The Varsity and JV girls team had a great start to their season! The Varsity team won their 1st meet in school history and the JV team came in 2nd place.

In the Varsity race (2 mile course) the Jr. Lady Aces team was led by 8th Grader Ava Alka who placed 3rd out of 35 with a time of 13:34. The Jr. Lady Aces also had two other top 10 finishes. 8th grader Norah Meeks finished in 7th place with a time of 14:24 and 8th grader Arianna Glick finished in 8th place with a time of 14:31. 

In the JV Girls race (1 mile course) the Jr. Lady Aces placed 2nd as a team. Leading the way for the JV team was 6th grader Chloe Alka who placed 3rd out of 44 with a time of 7:01. 6th grader Josie Lashbrook would also finish in the top 10 at 10th place with a time of 7:27.

The Boys team had some strong individual performances this weekend as well. In the Varsity race (2 miles) Eli Wilcox finished 6th place out of 47 runners with a time of 12:12.

In the JV race (1 mile) 5th grader Stryker Pearson led the way for the Jr Aces placing 4th out of 47 with a time of 6:39.

The next meet for the Jr. Aces is at Fairfield Sept. 10th.

Lady Aces Battle, But Fall At Edwards County

The Lady Aces traveled to Edwards County Thursday night.  MTC came out aggressive and were right with EC for the first 10 points, but momentum went the Lions’ way and the score changed fast.  Aces lost the first set 14-25. The second set was back a fourth with the Aces taking the lead at 16-15. It was close till the Lions pulled away the last few points winning 21-25. The coaches were feeling better with some strides made from the first match against Carmi. 

Stats for the night were Mattie Armstrong 7 assists, 3 kills, 1 dig,  Jayla Johnson 5 digs, 1 kill, 1 assist, Maycee Randall, 3 kills, 1 block kill, 1 dig, Tenley Davis 10 digs, Lyla Keepes 1 ace, 3 kills, 2 assists, 4 digs, Kyleigh Smith 1 kill, 1 block. Tensley Dunlap  5 kills, 2 blocks, 2 digs. Avery Coston 1 kill, 1 assist, Gabby Schneider 1 ace, 1 assist, 2 digs.

The JV team played right with Edwards both sets leading most of the second, but found them self stuck at 21 losing both sets 21-25.

Player stats Kinley Harris 1 ace, 1 kill, 1 block, 3 assists, Leah Lewis 7 digs, 1 kill, Gracee Haggard 1 dig, 3 kills, Avery Coston 2 aces, 1 kill, 1 block, 1 assist, Mylee Farmer 3 digs, Mercedes Dillard 2 digs, Quincy Keepes 1 ace, 2 digs, 2 assists,  Journey Loudermilk 1 kill, Riley Gill 2 digs.

The Freshman team lost in 2 with set scores of 12-25, 17-25. Saturday the Varsity team will head to Fairfield for all day tournament play. They will start out the day at 9:30 against a very experienced Norris City team. 

Comments by coach Bonnie Keepes 

Photo Credit Nichole Loudermilk 

Another Record Setting Day For Lady Aces

Mount Carmel Lady Aces Golf

Shawnee Hills Country Club

August 28, 2025

NEW SCHOOL RECORDS

Lady Aces set a new 9-hole school record tonight, shooting a round of -8 under 136 at Harrisburg's Shawnee Hills Golf Course.

Another milestone is that we had 7 girls play in the 30's and one that almost made it to the 20's!

Zeme was MEDALIST today when she carded her 30 (-6) to tie the individual school record!

Zeme Moore 30 (-6)

Miley Kennard 33 (-3)

Ava Brumagin 36

Miranda Kennard 37

Elyse Swanson 38

Ella Turner 39

Makaya Bolden 39

Lola Meador 46

In addition to the 8 girls on the road, we also had two freshmen playing at home! Sarah and Makenlee had great rounds too!

I'm so proud of all the girls, their determination to continually lower their scores.

Lets go Lady Aces...We still have more to accomplish!

Shout out to the BENTON girls team on their record breaking round of 179! CONGRATULATIONS from the Lady Aces on a great round of golf!

Mount Carmel 136 (-8)

Harrisburg 171

Benton 179

Eldorado 194

DuQuoin NTS


Mount Carmel

Zeme Moore 30 (-6)

Miley Kennard 33 (-3)

Ava Brumagin 36

Miranda Kennard 37

Elyse Swanson 38

Ella Turner 39

Makaya Bolden 39

Lola Meador 46


Harrisburg

Emma Harbison 42

Sadie Schwartz 42

Lexy Brantley 43

Kate Devisser 44


New School Record: 

Lady Aces set a new 9-hole school record tonight, shooting a round of -8 under 136.

Zeme tied the school record for individual when she carded a 30 (-6).

Lady Aces set a milestone with 7 girls playing in the 30's. 


Lady Aces Come Up Just Short In Season Opener

Mt. Carmel - 4, Olney (Richland County) - 5,

Singles:
No. 1 - Ava Giese, Mt. Carmel def. Piper Berger, Olney (Richland County), 8-6 , -, -;
No. 2 - Hazel Earnest, Mt. Carmel def. Annara Cox, Olney (Richland County), 6-4 , 6-2 , -;
No. 3 - Ezha Biyok, Olney (Richland County) def. Alivia Peach, Mt. Carmel, 6-4 , 6-0 , -;
No. 4 - Summer Downen, Olney (Richland County) def. Madi Riggs, Mt. Carmel, 6-2 , 6-0 , -;
No. 5 - Ryen Gray, Olney (Richland County) def. Kate Andrews, Mt. Carmel, 6-2 , 7-5 , -;
No. 6 - Jordan Piercefield, Olney (Richland County) def. Hadlie Scott, Mt. Carmel, 6-4 , 4-6 , 1-0 (6);

Doubles:
No. 1 - Piper Berger, Olney (Richland County) - Annara Cox, Olney (Richland County) def. Ava Giese, Mt. Carmel - Alivia Peach, Mt. Carmel, 6-6 (8), 6-2 , -;
No. 2 - Hazel Earnest, Mt. Carmel - Madi Riggs, Mt. Carmel def. Ryen Gray, Olney (Richland County) - Summer Downen, Olney (Richland County), 4-6 , 6-3 , 1-0 (5);
No. 3 - Addison Tennis, Mt. Carmel - Bayley Andrews, Mt. Carmel def. Gabby Mantello, Olney (Richland County) - Taliyah Troyer, Olney (Richland County), 6-0 , 6-3 , -;

Jr. Aces baseball still undefeated after holding Carmit to one hit

The MCHJs Aces stay unbeaten on a strong pitching performance from Bryden Tougaw. Tougaw went the distance giving up one run, one hit, and walking one batter. Tougaw had seven strike outs in seven innings.
Tate Buss, Wade Duckworth, Landon Zeuber, Cade Tillotson, and Chase Price each had one hit in the win. The Jr. Aces also collected seven walks.


Next up the Jr. Aces welcome Robinson to town Tuesday, September 2nd at 4:30 p.m.

Mt Carmel Jr Lady Aces Walk It Off Against Lady Bullpups

By GameChanger Media

Mt Carmel Jr Lady Aces took Thursday's game in dramatic fashion, with a 5-4 walk-off victory over Lady Bullpups. The game was tied at four in the bottom of the seventh when Olivia W was struck by a pitch, driving in a run.

Mt Carmel Jr Lady Aces were the first to get on the board in the first when one run scored on a dropped third strike.

A passed ball extended the Mt Carmel Jr Lady Aces lead to 2-0 in the bottom of the second inning.

Lady Bullpups took the lead, 4-2, in the top of the sixth thanks to singles by Auna G, and Alyss C.

In the bottom of the seventh inning, Mt Carmel Jr Lady Aces went back into the lead after Addison C doubled to center field, Alyvia T singled to center field, and Olivia was struck by a pitch, each scoring one run.

Harper W led things off in the circle for Mt Carmel Jr Lady Aces. The hurler gave up five hits and four runs (three earned) over seven innings, striking out nine and walking one. Sophia J started the game for Lady Bullpups. The starting pitcher gave up one hit and two runs over four innings, striking out five and walking five.

Alyvia led Mt Carmel Jr Lady Aces with three hits in three at bats. Olivia, Alyvia, Harper, and Addison each drove in one run for Mt Carmel Jr Lady Aces. TaeLynn W led Mt Carmel Jr Lady Aces with two walks. Overall, the team had a strong eye at the plate, piling up seven walks for the game. TaeLynn stole two bases.

Anna G and Alyss were tough to handle back-to-back in the lineup, as each drove in one run for Lady Bullpups. Lady Bullpups turned one double play in the game.

Mt Carmel Jr Lady Aces welcome NMS Lady Raiders on Tuesday for their next game.

Lady Aces Fall In Season Opener Against Carmi

The Lady Aces Volleyball team had their season opener Monday night against a very experienced Carmi team. 

The Varsity match the Aces fell in two sets 11-25, 7-25. Carmi came out hard and fast, with two very strong returning outside attackers, and a strong defense. They were a tough matchup boasting a super sectional appearance last season. 

The Aces will build on the loss, and see ways they can get better. There was some nerves, and unforced errors, we will see improvement on tonight.  

Highlights from the match were Jayla Johnson 1 digs, 1 kill, Tenley Davis 3 digs, Lyla Keepes, 2 kills, 1 dig, Kyleigh Smith 1 dig, Gabby Schneider 1 dig, 3 assists. 

The JV team lost in 2 sets, 20-25, 21-25. The JV team played well, we did have some break downs in serve receive, and serving errors. Without those couple of breakdowns, we had a high chance of winning against a strong Carmi JV.  I was very happy with the defense and attacking confidence. Some highlights, Kinley Harris 8 assists, Leah Lewis 6 kills, 3 digs, Avery Coston 4 aces 1 kill, Gracee Haggard 3 aces, 2 digs, 4 kills, Cate Pyatt 1 kill, 1 block, Journey Loudermilk 4 kills, Mercedes Dillard 2 digs, 1 assist, Quincy Keepes 7 assists, Addison Mobley 1 kill. 

The Freshman team lost in 2 sets. They played with less errors the first set, and made it close, but had less consistency the second.  20-25, 8-25.

Next up the Lady Aces will face off against another tough opponent Edwards County on Thursday the 28th at Edwards County. It’s always electric playing at EC with their big fan base. Come support the Aces take on the Lions tonight! 

Comments by Assistant Coach Bonnie Keepes

Photo credit Nichole Loudermilk 

Soccer Aces Drop Season Opener

From Coach Ed Berberich:

The soccer Aces hosted the Princeton Tigers in their season opener Wednesday night, falling behind early and losing 8-1. The Tigers scored 7 goals in the 1st half. They would add a goal in the 2nd but the Aces played them to a draw in the half when Mataio Militoni scored on an assist from Wyatt Howder on a ball crossed into the box from Santiago Guanipa.

This was one game where I feel the score doesn't tell the whole story. That's not meant to take anything away Princeton, they're a strong team & really controlled the game throughout. What was encouraging for us though, were the glimpses of positive things we saw during the game. We weren't able to consistently do what we wanted but we showed flashes. To do that while shorthanded & while we're still working in some new players was encouraging. The guys did a great job of battling throughout the game, regardless of the score & the fact that we only had 2 subs available to us tonight. I'm proud of the whole team for the way they played tonight but do want to shout out Wyatt Rooney who volunteered to fill in at goal for Michael Read, who missed the game due to illness, but who himself had also volunteered to fill in for normal starting goalkeeper Ty Hipsher. Ty was able to play out in the field for us but an injury to his thumb has pushed him out of goal & forced us to look elsewhere at that key position. Michael & Wyatt both volunteered to do it even though neither of them have played goalie before. It means a lot to any team to have guys willing to step up & do something that they haven't done before, & maybe even don't really want to do, especially an inexperienced team like we are. If we continue to be selfless in that way, & play hard out there no matter the sutuation, then I'm going to be proud of these guys regardless of what happens. 

The Aces will next be at home again on Thursday September 4th against another strong team in Richland County.

Moore & Kennard Shoot Under Par To Lead Lady Aces

Lady Aces Golf

West Berwick GC

August 26, 2025

Mount Carmel 144

Robinson 201

Newton NTS

Mount Carmel

Zeme Moore Medalist 33 (-3)

Miley Kennard 35 (-1)

Ava Brumagin 38

Elyse Swanson 38

Ella Turner 41

Miranda Kennard 48

Makaya Bolden 45

Sarah Ireland 48

Lola Meador and Makenlee Seals

Robinson

Leah Correll 40

Mya Wright 52

Natalie Richards 53

Addie Stewart 56

Newton 

Haley Ochs 39

Peyton Lindley 46

Next match for the Lady Aces is Thursday at Shawnee Hills in Harrisburg. 

Warnken's Big Day Propels Mt Carmel Jr Lady Aces Past AGS Lions Softball

By GameChanger Media

Harper W drove in four runs on three hits to lead Mt Carmel Jr Lady Aces past AGS Lions Softball 2025 10-0 on Tuesday. Harper singled in the second inning, scoring two runs, and doubled in the fifth inning, scoring two.

Mt Carmel Jr Lady Aces got on the board in the first inning after Aveah M tripled, scoring one run.

Mt Carmel Jr Lady Aces added to their early lead in the bottom of the second inning when Brylee P singled, scoring one run, Harper singled, scoring two runs, and Aveah grounded out, scoring one run.

Brylee stepped in the circle first for Mt Carmel Jr Lady Aces. The starting pitcher allowed three hits and zero runs over five innings, striking out seven and walking two. Mia E led things off in the circle for AGS Lions Softball 2025. The hurler allowed 13 hits and 10 runs over four and two-thirds innings, striking out two and walking three.

Mt Carmel Jr Lady Aces collected 13 hits in the game. Aveah and Harper were a force together in the lineup, as they each collected three hits for Mt Carmel Jr Lady Aces while hitting back-to-back. Aveah and Harper were tough to handle back-to-back in the lineup, as each drove in four runs for Mt Carmel Jr Lady Aces. Olivia W, TaeLynn W, and Brylee each collected multiple hits for Mt Carmel Jr Lady Aces.

Ryleigh M, Ellie T, and Elise R each collected one hit for AGS Lions Softball 2025. AGS Lions Softball 2025 were sure-handed in the field and didn't commit a single error. Charlie H had the most chances in the field with five.

Mt Carmel Jr Lady Aces play at home on Thursday against Lady Bullpups in their next game.