Milledgeville High School

Milledgeville High School
Address
100 East 8th Street, PO Box 69
Milledgeville, Illinois, Carroll County 61051
United States
Coordinates 41°58′01″N 89°46′20″W / 41.9670°N 89.7723°W / 41.9670; -89.7723Coordinates: 41°58′01″N 89°46′20″W / 41.9670°N 89.7723°W / 41.9670; -89.7723
Information
Type Comprehensive Public High School
School district Chadwick-Milledgeville Community Unit School District 399
Principal Mr. Brian Maloy
Grades 9–12
Enrollment 174
Average class size 11
Campus type rural
Color(s)           Orange, Black
Athletics conference Northwest Upstate Illini
Mascot Missiles
Website Official website

Milledgeville High School, or MHS, is a public four to five-year high school located at 100 East 8th Street in Milledgeville, Illinois, a village in Carroll County, Illinois, in the Midwestern United States. MHS serves the communities and surrounding areas of Milledgeville, Chadwick, Lanark, Mt. Carroll, Savanna, and Thomson.[1][2] The campus is located 13 miles north of Sterling, Illinois, and serves a mixed village and rural residential community.

Academics

Potential reference/citation:[3]

Athletics

Milledgeville High School competes in the Northwest Upstate Illini Conference and is a member school in the Illinois High School Association. Their mascot is the Missiles, with school colors of orange and black. The school has 1 state championship on record in team athletics and activities.[1][4]

MHS provides athletic opportunities for a variety of sports including: Football, Volleyball, Golf (coop with Eastland High School), Boys Basketball, Girls Basketball, Softball, Baseball, Boys Track and Field (coop with Eastland High School), and Girls Track and Field (coop with Eastland High School).[5]

Milledgeville High School won the IHSA 2013 Class 1A State Championship in girls softball. The team had a 28-3 record and won 19 straight games to win the title. Milledgeville was led in pitching by Emily Bush who was 17 and 1 her senior season and 33 and 2 her last two years in the circle. Morgan Adolph hit a 3 run home run in the championship game, Kelsey Hayen added a solo home run, and Allyson Bush had the game-winning hit in the 5 to 4 victory. This championship followed Milledgeville's 3rd-place trophy in 2012. Allyson Bush, Taylor Grenoble, Emily Bush, Kelsey Hayen, and Morgan Adolph all had 2 hits a piece in the title game.

History

Milledgeville High School consolidated with Chadwick High School starting with the 1989-1990 school year. Surrounding communities may have possessed high schools at some time which were consolidated into the current MHS. Potential reference/citation:[4][6]

References

  1. 1 2 "IHSA Milledgeville High School". IHSA. Retrieved 4 March 2010.
  2. ↑ "Milledgeville High School". Milledgeville CUSD. Retrieved 4 March 2010.
  3. ↑ http://iirc.niu.edu/
  4. 1 2 "IHSA Milledgeville High School Season Summaries". IHSA. Retrieved 4 March 2010.
  5. ↑ IHSA. "Cooperative Teams". Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  6. ↑ http://www.illinoishighschoolglorydays.com/

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