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Check out the progress our Raiders have made in their Strength and Conditioning classes during the 1st semester! The Strength and Conditioning staff is proud of their hard work and looking forward to seeing the continued growth and the impact it brings to our athletes and their teams. 

The Midwest Central freshman Raiders picked up a 50-33 win over PORTA tonight, pulling away after a strong second quarter and never looking back. Midwest Central used balanced scoring and relentless defense to control the game, forcing 23 PORTA turnovers while winning the rebounding battle 28-12. Jake Hunter led the Raiders with 15 points, knocking down 5 three-pointers, while Evan Schmidt added 9 points and 7 rebounds. Tyler Byrd filled the stat sheet with 8 points, 5 steals, and strong defense, helping fuel a dominant team effort. Midwest Central outscored PORTA in three of four quarters and closed the game with a steady fourth quarter to seal the win.

The Lady Raiders started off the New Year with the home win over the Spartans of Bushnell-Prairie City, 43 to 32. Cally DeSutter had a nice all around game with 14 points, 8 rebounds, 5 steals and 4 assists. Mackenzie Doty had 9 points and 10 rebounds. Eliza Kerley had 5 points and 7 rebounds. Amelia Meeker led the team with 6 steals to go along with her 8 points. Emma Junkin had 7 points as well. Nora Jockisch and Ayla Charlton gave excellent effort and defense in their minutes and Kally Richardson had 2 big late 4th quarter rebounds to help finish off the win as the Lady Raiders turned a 2 point lead going into the 4th quarter into the 11 point win.

The Raiders Wrestling squad headed to Metamora last night to take on powerhouses Metamora and Peoria Notre Dame. Cole Beebe and Kamden Merrill secured wins to help the team out. Kaci Eller had a win and a win by pin! Maddie Moore wrestled hard and secured a win. Bocephus Schnoor added another win by pin for the season. Mason Coile pinned his opponent making it his first career pin! Richard Gilmore did what he does best and pinned his opponent! Raiders will return next Tuesday at home for Senior Night!

The Raiders defeated Olympia in thrilling fashion on Tuesday night as a midrange fadeaway from Freshman Joe Proehl was nothin’ but net as time expired in overtime. With the bucket, the Raiders escaped with an 86-85 victory over the Spartans. Shots were falling all night for both teams in the back-and-forth affair with Malachi Carroll leading the Boys in Black with 27 points. Proehl kicked in a career high of 22 points, 7 of them coming in Overtime, to go along with 5 assists, and Junior Brenden Carton was lethal from deep with 4 huge 3 pointers to finish with 14 points. Josh Dawe and Blake Molitor also both reached double figures for the Raiders balanced scoring attack. With the win, the Raiders are now 7-6 on the season and have a tough task ahead as 10-3 PORTA/AC Central comes to Manito on Friday night.  Be sure to come out and see what is building in the program.

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CONGRATS to our 1st semester honor roll students!!!

High Honor Roll:
Thurston Baker, Thomas Berndt, Kinley Biggs, Alexia Burgess, Abrahm Busch, Houston Butler, Ayla Charlton, Luke Charlton, Maci Coile, Nevaeh Cunningham, Leelinn Danner, Leyla Danner, Lillian Danner, Cally DeSutter, Max Dierker, Mackenzie Doty, Brooklyn Edenburn, Connor Egli, Molly Egli, Jonah Evans, Addison Friedrich, McKenzie Gale, Alyssa Gauwitz, Hillary Gregory, Breckin Guy, Madison Hackney, Gavin Hardwick, Hayden Hasty, Kayleigh Herrman, Zayne Hill, Sophia Huff, Nora Jockisch, Lillian Jones, Emma Junkin, Eliza Kerley, Jodan Kraft, Audrey Lapsley, Nathaniel Lapsley, Emma Markle, Cozette Marte’, Sabrina Martin, Mackenzie Maslana, Jordan McCain, Amelia Meeker, Blake Molitor, Shylo Monroe, Trenity Oertle, Katie Parkin, John Payne, Kade Pfanz, Carter Pherigo, Dakota Piro, Collin Price, Jason Proehl, Joseph Proehl, Grant Rasmussen, Julia Rasmussen, Maya Reynolds, Karallyn Richardson, Kayla Richter, Eliya Sansom, Evan Schmidt, Rhiannon Sigmon, Lilla Simer, Khloe Tribbett, Jenna Tucker, Elise Tumilty, Audrie Walker, Ava Warner, Mia Warner, Ashley Watkins, Vera Weers, Alexcia Wood, Emalyn Wooding, Madison Wyman

Honor Roll:
Mylie Adkison, Charles Bailey, Kylie Bailey, Cole Beebe, Nathenual Bice, Tailer Boley, Gage Brackney, Darius Burwell, Trenton Butler, Brooklynn Byrd, Tyler Byrd, Malachi Carroll, Brenden Carton, Noah Coffey, Garrett Colson, Joshua Dawe, Joslyn Dawe, Alanna Dupoy, Lynsey Fisher, Albrie Fleming, Jaden Flores, Kamden Garman, Madelynn Goza, Bryson Gray, Chance Gray, Loralie Hackman, Korbin Hardwick, Kaiden Hill, Madison Hony, Nora Huff, Jakob Hunter, Dalton Johnson, Aidan Lee, Ellie Logue, Jacob Markham, Keira Markham, Abigail Markle, Johnny McFarland, Grace Meeks, Ashe Miles, Rylee Miles, Jaylen Passmore, Dakoda Pulfrey-Holmes, Brayson Purdy, Aaliya Ritchie, Madeleine Roberts, Madelyn Rogers, Lucian Seymour-Shurtz, Morgan Short, Jackson Smith, Isabelle Sondag, Jeremy Spires, Haiden Suprunowski, Hailey Thomas, Jaxon Tumilty, Thomas Weers, Chance Whisler, Edward Witt, Calvin Young

On Saturday, the Raiders traveled to Springfield to the 57th annual Jack Gardner Memorial Tournament. 25 teams entered this tournament from all over the state. You could even find UFC legend Matt Hughes in the stands! Kaci Eller fought hard against the boys and earned a win. Bocephus Schnoor was on a pinning spree! He pinned three opponents and placed 3rd! Liam Zimmerman added another pin to his season. Cole Beebe had two wins one of them being his first pin of the season. He finished at 6th place. Kaiden Hill added four more wins with two of them pins, he placed 3rd!

MCHS will be hosting an alumni basketball game at 5:00 on Friday, January 16, 2025, prior to the boys home basketball games vs. Mt. Pulaski.  If you earned a varsity letter playing basketball for Midwest Central, Green Valley, or Forman, please attend for recognition of your contribution by the basketball program.  Following the announcement of our former varsity players, there will be a semi competitive (with hopefully no injuries) game held between any alumni that can still hoop it up and get up and down the hardwood.  We are looking forward to great evening of community and school pride!

Here's to a fresh start, new adventures, and wonderful memories ahead. Happy New Year!

The Raiders boys basketball team had a busy weekend ahead of Christmas break. On Friday night, the Raiders went to Normal Calvary and took care of business with two blowout wins. The JV team headed to break with a 6-0 record with no games closer than 15 points, but the bigger tests will be in January as the schedule toughens up. Then on Saturday, the Varsity Raiders won 64-40 over Dunlap’s JV with a balanced scoring attack and stifling defense. In the nightcap, Stark County came out on fire making 9 of their first 10 3 pointers and built a large halftime lead. The boys in Black battled back to bring the game within 1 with a minute to go, but eventually came up short 66-62. The Raiders sit at 6-5 on the season and get a much needed break until they travel to Lexington on January 3. The support and enthusiasm from the community has been felt by the players and coaches and through more hard work and practice, big things are to come from the program later this winter.