Raiders HS Girls Wrestling
📅 Saturday, January 24, 2026
🤼♂️ vs Olympia Trny
🎴 Tournament Matches
🚌 6:30 A.M. MC
⏰ 9:00 A.M.
📌 7832 North 100 East Rd Stanford, IL 61774
Prior to the Mt. Pulaski home basketball game on Friday night, Midwest Central celebrated their former players by hosting the annual alumni basketball game. Players from 1995-2024 participated in a well played game with over 60 points being scored.
Players Left to Right are as follows:
Brady Askins, Andy Battey, Michael Berg, Peyton Little, Ian Gaskill, Jason Proehl, Brody Bernshausen, Dustin Friedrich, and Drew Canada.
🚨 No School Tomorrow (1/23) 🚨
School is cancelled for tomorrow, January 23. Please stay home, stay safe, and stay warm, Raiders! ❄️💙
The MCHS athletic department is very proud of our student athletes and the success that they have achieved this fall in the classroom. The girl's basketball team carried a 4.02 GPA in the fall semester! Four other Raider teams achieved a GPA over 3.5.
Dedication to their Raider Pride. In and out of the classroom!
The Midwest Central Freshman Raiders picked up a strong 45–33 road win over Dee-Mack on Thursday night. The Raiders jumped out early with a 16–4 first quarter and never looked back, holding the lead in every period. Midwest Central’s defense set the tone, forcing turnovers and limiting Dee-Mack’s scoring chances. Jake Hunter led the Raiders with 12 points, while Evan Schmidt added 9 and Colton Watts chipped in 8. Balanced scoring and steady defense helped Midwest Central control the game and close out a solid victory.
🎓 Mark your calendars! Graduation 2026 is officially on the books. We’re looking forward to celebrating our graduates and this unforgettable milestone together. Stay tuned for more details! 🎓
Raiders HS Boys Wrestling
📅 Thursday, January 22, 2026
🤼♂️ vs Farmington, Knoxville, Rockridge
🎴 Regular Season Matches
🚌 2:4 P.M. IC
🚌 3:15 P.M. MC
⏰ 6:00 P.M.
📌 300 N. Lightfoot Rd Farmington, IL 61531
Raiders HS Scholastic Bowl
📅 Thursday, January 22, 2026
🔮 vs Delavan, IC, Mt. Pulaski
🎴 Regular Season Match
🚌 4:15 P.M.
⏰ 5:00 P.M.
📌 208 North West Ave. Mason City, IL 62664
Raiders HS Freshman Basketball
📅 Thursday, January 22, 2026
🏀 @ DeeMack Freshman
🎴 Regular Season Game
🚌 3:45 P.M.
⏰ 5:00 P.M.
📌 401 E 5th St, Mackinaw, IL 61755
Lady Raiders HS Basketball
📅 Thursday, January 22, 2026
🏀 vs IC (V only)
🎴 Tomahawk Conference Game
⏰ 6:00 P.M.
📌 910 S Washington St, Manito, IL 61546
🎥 https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/midwest-central-high-school-manito-il/gam0f54aa427b
Midwest Central Alum Spotlight - Allissa Busch
Allissa, a 2021 graduate of MCHS, recently graduated from Bradley University with a Bachelors in Environmental Science. During her time at Bradley, Allissa participated in research studies involving Illinois ecosystems. Her most recent work involved moth identification and moth development within urban and natural sites. The information that she obtained in her research gained recognition when she was asked to present her findings at the 2025 meeting of the Illinois State Academy of Science.
As Allissa continues to be an at-large graduate student researcher and lab technician at Bradley, she fills in her spare time with her other jobs. She is a wildlife keeper and education intern at Wildlife Prairie Park. Here she enjoys caring for a variety of animals like bison and river otters. Most importantly, she has the opportunity to get up close to what she loves most: bugs and reptiles. Allissa also works at Obed and Isaac’s Microbrewery and Eatery. She recently accepted a position to work for the USDA Lab where she is excited to begin other research projects.
Allissa is currently researching graduate schools where she hopes to achieve a masters degree in either entomology or zoology.
Allissa, a 2021 graduate of MCHS, recently graduated from Bradley University with a Bachelors in Environmental Science. During her time at Bradley, Allissa participated in research studies involving Illinois ecosystems. Her most recent work involved moth identification and moth development within urban and natural sites. The information that she obtained in her research gained recognition when she was asked to present her findings at the 2025 meeting of the Illinois State Academy of Science.
As Allissa continues to be an at-large graduate student researcher and lab technician at Bradley, she fills in her spare time with her other jobs. She is a wildlife keeper and education intern at Wildlife Prairie Park. Here she enjoys caring for a variety of animals like bison and river otters. Most importantly, she has the opportunity to get up close to what she loves most: bugs and reptiles. Allissa also works at Obed and Isaac’s Microbrewery and Eatery. She recently accepted a position to work for the USDA Lab where she is excited to begin other research projects.
Allissa is currently researching graduate schools where she hopes to achieve a masters degree in either entomology or zoology.
Midwest Central High School is excited to announce the formation of a Competitive Bass Fishing Team.
To provide important information regarding the program, a mandatory parent meeting will be held on Wednesday, January 28, at 5:30 p.m. in the MCHS Cafeteria. A parent or guardian must attend this meeting in order for a student to be eligible to participate on the team.
The meeting will outline program expectations and provide families the opportunity to ask questions. Coach Matt Molitor and Mr. Welch will be available to address any questions or concerns.
If you have questions prior to the meeting, please contact Mr. Welch at the high school.
The Lady Raiders erase a 7 point 4th quarter deficit last night to beat East Peoria by 3 in overtime, 58 to 55. Cally DeSutter had 18 points including the reverse layup to tie the game in the last 30 seconds of regulation to send the game to OT. Cally added 8 rebounds and 6 assists. Eliza Kerley added in 15 points and a team high 9 rebounds on the night. Amelia Meeker had 8 points and 3 steals. Mackenzie Doty had 9 points and 7 rebounds. Emma Junkin had 5 points. Emma and Mackenzie both had 3 assists. Nora Jockish had 2 points and 2 rebounds, Kally Richardson had 1 point and 2 rebounds. Ayla Charlton had 1 steal as well. Lady Raiders showed poise late and came back to bring home the, win on their own court. Home game this upcoming Thursday versus Illini Central.
The Raiders took their show on the road Tuesday night to Athens and for the first time in 13 years came home a winner against the Warriors by a score of 57-53. Brenden Carton lead the way again with 6 3 pointers and 21 points. Malachi Carroll poured in 20 points and Josh Dawe also had a solid night with 11 points and 5 assists. The display of ballhandling and teamwork throughout the night was impressive as the Boys in Black only had 7 turnovers in extending their win streak to 4 games. The Raiders now move to 11-7 on the season and lead the Tomahawk with a 5-0 record. The Raiders also gave coach Gerndt the gift he most wanted on his birthday, his 20th victory as the head coach of the Raiders!
On Saturday, the teams travel to Princeville for a triple header of Freshman, JV, and Varsity games beginning at 3:00.
The wrestling squad headed to Monmouth United for a dual last night!
It was a close match the whole night with Monmouth United in the lead 35-30 until the last match where Kaiden Hill battled for a pin to help the Raiders win 36-35!!
Both varsity and exhibition matches the team put on a pinning clinic as Kaci Eller, Molly Egli, Mason Coile, John Payne, Cole Beebe, Kaiden Hill, Kamden Merrill, and Richard Gilmore all secured one pin for the night.
Bocephus Schnoor and Liam Zimmerman each pinned two!
The wrestling squad headed to Monmouth United for a dual last night!
It was a close match the whole night with Monmouth United in the lead 35-30 until the last match where Kaiden Hill battled for a pin to help the Raiders win 36-35!!
Both varsity and exhibition matches the team put on a pinning clinic as Kaci Eller, Molly Egli, Mason Coile, John Payne, Cole Beebe, Kaiden Hill, Kamden Merrill, and Richard Gilmore all secured one pin for the night.
Bocephus Schnoor and Liam Zimmerman each pinned two!
Join our team!
Raiders HS Basketball
📅 Tuesday, January 20, 2026
🏀 @ Athens
🎴 Tomahawk Conference Game
🚌 4:30 P.M.
⏰ 6:00 P.M.
📌 1 Warrior Way, Athens, IL 62613
Raiders HS Boys Wrestling
📅 Tuesday, January 20, 2026
🤼♂️ @ Monmouth United
🎴 Regular Season Matches
🚌 2:00 P.M. IC
🚌 2:30 P.M. MC
⏰ 5:30 P.M.
📌 1905 100th St. Monmouth IL 61462
Lady Raiders HS Basketball
📅 Tuesday, January 20, 2026
🏀 vs East Peoria (V only)
🎴 Regular Season Game
⏰ 6:00 P.M.
📌 910 S Washington St, Manito, IL 61546
🎥 https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/midwest-central-high-school-manito-il/gam9e4a116248
