Mount Carmel High School is a public high school in Mt. Carmel, Illinois. It is a part of Wabash Community Unit School District 348. It is the only high school in Wabash County, Illinois, which is in southern Illinois, just across the Wabash River from Gibson and Knox Counties of Indiana.

The district (of which this is the sole comprehensive high school) includes the vast majority of the county, and has Mount Carmel, Bellmont, and Keensburg. - Text list Allendale students, within Allendale Community Consolidated School District 17 (PK-8), move on to Mount Carmel High. Other towns that send students to MCHS include Patton and Friendsville. Enrollment is also possible for residents of Cowling, although their students are usually sent to the nearby school in Grayville.

Athletics

Teams Mt. Carmel's athletic teams are nicknamed the Golden Aces and the school's colors are maroon and gold. The school received the nickname during the 1915-1916 basketball season. Before then, the school's athletic teams were called the Maroon & Gold. The boys' basketball team participated in a tournament in the Wood River area and won the tournament championship. A sportswriter for the area said that the team played like "Five Golden Aces." The players and students like it and teams have competed as the Golden Aces ever since.

The Aces have been competing in the Little Illini Conference since 2021, after departing the Indiana based Big Eight Conference which has since folded. In the years between leaving the Big Eight Conference and joining the Little Illini Conference, Mount Carmel competed as an independent school following the disbanding of the North Egypt Conference. Mount Carmel competes in the following sports in the Little Illini Conference:

Boys Basketball Girls Basketball Football Softball Baseball Volleyball Wrestling Boys Tract Girls Track Cross Country Boys Golf Girls Golf Boys Tennis Girls Tennis Boys Soccer Girls Soccer Marching Band

State championships

Basketball 1927 State Champions

Football 1981 3A State Champions

Boys Golf 2010 1A State Champions

Girls Golf 2021 1A State Champions 2022 1A State Champions 2023 1A State Champions

Wrestling 2011 1A Tanner Crum Heavyweight State Champion 2016 1A Andrew Wise 220 State Champion

Notable alumni Gil Mains, NFL player Luke Drone, football player

See also Wabash Valley College

References

External links Statistics from the Illinois Interactive Report Card, hosted at Northern Illinois University Illinois K12 District 348 Mount Carmel High School