10 Run 2nd Leads Aces Past Lions

From Coach Tyler Browning: Golden Aces improve their record to 6-3 on the season with the 16-1 victory over Cisne. Aces managed 13 total hits in the game, including hits by 10 different players! The slugger for the game was Asher Coston, who went 3-4 at the plate with 2 home runs. Coston also pitched a complete game on the mound with 8 K’s.

We get a couple days off before a big week next week, starting with conference play on Monday as we travel to Paris. Thanks to all who came out to enjoy some baseball today! Go Aces!

Lady Aces Soccer Report

From Coach Ed Berberich: The Lady Aces soccer team lost their first home match of the season Monday, hosting the Mt Vernon Lady Rams and losing 0-9. The Lady Aces also lost 2 matches in the Olney tournament, losing to Monticello 0-4, and to Olney 0-6.

 The Mt Vernon game was a rematch from our first game of the season, where we also lost 0-9, but outside of the final score this game looked quite different. The Rams are a good team but we held up better in the rematch whereas in the first game it was out of hand by the midway point of the first half. This game was tough as it was the Monday after spring break week, and you could see that in the players. It’s always a struggle for them to come back from the break and be ready for a match immediately, but they did their best to play through that against a strong opponent. We were a little disjointed defensively all over the field, but we looked a bit better on the offensive side. We were able to string some passes together and gave ourselves a few chances for goals, which were more limited for us in the first game. Unfortunately we came out of this game with a injury to one of our key starters, so it’s another thing we’ll have to work to overcome moving forward.

 We also played 2 tournament games back-to-back in Olney at the beginning of spring break after some players had already left for the week, so we had to play with 1 less player on the field than the other teams. At one point we were even playing with 2 less players for about 20 minutes, but the girls played extremely hard and held up particularly well in the 1st match. In the 2nd match we started to wear down but our effort never waned. It was a really impressive showing by these girls, going in knowing they had no subs and were going to be outnumbered.

 The Lady Aces next play against Centralia, also at home.

LADY ACES SECOND AT ROBINSON

Led by the first place finishes of Ellie Couch (Discus 87’4”) and Zoie Randall (High Jump 4’10”), the MCHS Lady Aces track team placed second at Robinson yesterday afternoon.

Robinson     185
Mt. Carmel   68
Cumberland 53
Red Hill.         33
OPH.                 4

Also scoring for the Lady Aces:
100 meters - 4th Hazel Earnest (13.8)
300 meters - 5th Linden Stevens (31.7)
800 meters - 2nd Zoie Randall (2:49.6)
1600 meters - 3rd Zoie Randall (6:43.7)
High Hurdles - 3rd Hazel Earnest (17.3)
Low Hurdles - 2nd Hazel Earnest (54.4)
Shot Put - 2nd Leila Sweeney (25’6”)
                  - 3rd Hazel Earnest (24’11”)
Discus - Madi Riggs (76’9”)
4x100 Relay - 3rd Mercedes Dillard, Kate Andrews, Ella Turner, Linden Stevens (58.9)
4x200 Relay - 3rd Linden Stevens, Ella Turner, Stella Woodcock, Kate Andrews (2:07.5)
4x400 Relay - 3rd Mercedes Dillard, Stella woodcock, Ella Turner, Zoie Randall (5:24.6)

Aces Bust Out Bats Early Against Wayne City

From Coach Tyler Browning: Another W for the Aces against Wayne City by the score of 12-0, improving our overall record to 5-3 on the season. A lot to like about today’s performance, including 5 players with multi-hit games (Smith, Coston, Sloss, Deisher, Bowser all with 2 hits). River Deisher goes 4 innings on the mound with 0 runs allowed, and Zander Warnken comes in to close it out with a clean inning.

Next game this Thursday at home against Cisne at 4:30 pm. Go Aces!

Aces Tennis Drop Match To Casey

Mt. Carmel - 2, Casey (C.-Westfield) [Coop] - 5,

Singles:
No. 1 - Isaiah Courter, Mt. Carmel def. William Cochonour, Casey (C.-Westfield) [Coop], 7-5 , 6-2 , -;
No. 2 - Wade Winnett, Casey (C.-Westfield) [Coop] def. Rhett Andrews, Mt. Carmel, 6-2 , 6-2 , -;
No. 3 - Will Hudson, Mt. Carmel def. Ronald Simmions, Casey (C.-Westfield) [Coop], 6-4 , 7-5 , -;
No. 4 - Gavin Ridge, Casey (C.-Westfield) [Coop] def. Ty Hipsher, Mt. Carmel, 6-2 , 6-1 , -;
No. 5 - Brycen Ridge, Casey (C.-Westfield) [Coop] def. Grant Lane, Mt. Carmel, 6-4 , 6-0 , -;

Doubles:
No. 1 - Kellen Sullivan, Casey (C.-Westfield) [Coop] - Alex Hancock, Casey (C.-Westfield) [Coop] def. Will Hudson, Mt. Carmel - Isaiah Courter, Mt. Carmel, 6-2 , 6-0 , -;
No. 2 - Wade Winnett, Casey (C.-Westfield) [Coop] - Gavin Ridge, Casey (C.-Westfield) [Coop] def. Rhett Andrews, Mt. Carmel - Ty Hipsher, Mt. Carmel, 7-6 (4), 6-4 , -;

Aces Tennis Wins Against Fairfield

Mt. Carmel - 6, Fairfield - 1,

Singles:
No. 1 - Isaiah Courter, Mt. Carmel def. Nick Munoz, Fairfield, 6-1 , 6-2 , -;
No. 2 - Rhett Andrews, Mt. Carmel def. Jed Wellen, Fairfield, 6-3 , 6-2 , -;
No. 3 - Will Hudson, Mt. Carmel def. Aiden King, Fairfield, 6-4 , 7-6 (4), -;
No. 4 - Ty Hipsher, Mt. Carmel def. Kale Gregory, Fairfield, 6-0 , 6-0 , -;
No. 5 - Tomas Cidoncha, Fairfield def. Ronnie Berberich, Mt. Carmel, 6-3 , 6-2 , -;

Doubles:
No. 1 - Will Hudson, Mt. Carmel - Isaiah Courter, Mt. Carmel def. Nick Munoz, Fairfield - Aiden King, Fairfield, 6-4 , 3-6 , 10-8 ;
No. 2 - Rhett Andrews, Mt. Carmel - Ty Hipsher, Mt. Carmel def. Kale Gregory, Fairfield - Tomas Cidoncha, Fairfield, 6-1 , 6-0 , -;

Lady Aces Track Opens Season At Lawrenceville

LADY ACES TRACK OPEN SEASON
The Mt. Carmel Lady Aces Track Team opened their season Wednesday at Lawrenceville.

Fairfield.        146
Olney              138
Flora                  75
Rivet                  65.5
Mt. Carmel.     42
Lawrenceville 40.5

Hazel Earnest led the Lady Aces with 2nd place finishes in the 100 meter high hurdles (16.73) and 300 meter low hurdles (52.74).

Also scoring for the Lady Aces:
Zoie Randall - 800 meter 5th (2:51.3)
Zoie Randall - High Jump 3rd (5’0”)
Ellie Couch - Discus 5th (79’6”)
100 meter relay 4th (Mercedes Dillard, Ella Turner, Kate Andrews, Hazel Earnest) 57.84
200 meter relay 3rd (Mercedes Dillard, Ella Turner, Linden Stevens, Kate Andrews) 2:05.81
400 meter relay 4th (Stella Woodcock, Macey Glenn, Mercedes Dillard, Zoie Randall) 5:04.84

2026 Golden Aces Football Schedule Revealed On Morning Show

MCHS Athletic Director Kyle Buss and football coach Michael Brewer joined us on Friday’s Morning Show to reveal the 2026 football schedule and discuss the expanded playoffs and revised summer calendar.

Two schedule notes:

#1) This is the last year Mt. Carmel will play DuQuoin in the season opener. In 2027, the Golden Aces will resume their rivalry with Harrisburg in week 1.

#2) This is the last year Mt. Carmel will Effingham in week #2. The Aces are currently seeking an opponent to fill that opening.

Aces Tennis Shut Out By Flora

Mt. Carmel - 0, Flora - 9,

Singles:
No. 1 - Kyler Dennis, Flora def. Isaiah Courter, Mt. Carmel, 6-2 , 6-0 , -;
No. 2 - Luke Powless, Flora def. Rhett Andrews, Mt. Carmel, 6-1 , 6-1 , -;
No. 3 - Dulaney Bullard, Flora def. Will Hudson, Mt. Carmel, 6-1 , 6-0 , -;
No. 4 - Mikolai Strzala, Flora def. Ty Hipsher, Mt. Carmel, 6-2 , 6-4 , -;
No. 5 - Gabriel Calheiros, Flora def. Ronnie Berberich, Mt. Carmel, 6-2 , 6-3 , -;
No. 6 - Matei Iuhasz, Flora def. Grant Lane, Mt. Carmel, 6-2 , 6-2 , -;

Doubles:
No. 1 - Kyler Dennis, Flora - Luke Powless, Flora def. Isaiah Courter, Mt. Carmel - Will Hudson, Mt. Carmel, 6-0 , 6-0 , -;
No. 2 - Dulaney Bullard, Flora - Matei Iuhasz, Flora def. Rhett Andrews, Mt. Carmel - Ty Hipsher, Mt. Carmel, 6-1 , 6-0 , -;
No. 3 - Mikolai Strzala, Flora - Carson Hackney, Flora def. Grant Lane, Mt. Carmel - Ronnie Berberich, Mt. Carmel, 6-2 , 6-2 , -;