The Raiders travel to PORTA today for their invitational meet. The first HS race is scheduled for 10:00. Good Luck Raiders! Meet location: 17651 Bluejay Rd. Petersburg, IL 62675
Last night the Lady Raiders took on Illini Central. The JV team pulled together and won in 2 close fought sets (25, 22) and (25, 21) to end the week on a high note. Serving was key in helping the Raiders secure a victory. The JV heads to Pawnee for a tournament this weekend. First match is 9:15. Good luck ladies!
Varsity fell (21,25) (12,25). Amelia had 6 kills, 1 assist, and 5 digs. Addison had 4 aces and 2 digs. Kayleigh had 1 kill, 1 ace, and 5 digs. Maddie had 2 assists, 1 ace, and 1 block. Eliza had 4 kills and 2 digs. Emma had 1 kill, 7 assists, and 2 digs. Karallyn had 1 kill.
The Raiders travel to Illini Bluffs for a conference match Monday at 6:00 PM.
The Lady Raiders host IC tonight. JV match starts at 6:00, followed by V. Good Luck Ladies!
The MCHS Cross Country team competed at home on Thursday September 5th. Senior Ayden Forbis placed 5th with a time of 18:52 over 3 miles. Junior CJ Ballard was 13th in a time of 24:09 and Sophomore Dakota Piro placed 14th with a time of 24:33.
On Tuesday September 10th, the running Raiders traveled to the Rushville Invitational. Placing 5th in a time of 18:35 was Ayden Forbis. Placing 48th was CJ Ballard with a time of 23:26. And in 56th place was Dakota Piro in a time of 25:00. Both Ayden and CJ improved their time by over a minute compared to last years race. Dakota improved by over 8 minutes. The Raiders will next compete on Saturday at the Porta Invitational.
Today, and during the previous two Wednesdays, students in Mrs. Sarff’s health classes have had the opportunity to learn more about mindfulness.
THANK YOU to Emily Schoenfelder, our guest educator from the University of Illinois Extension!
Students made glitter jars and practiced writing a gratitude journal. The glitter jars are a strategy to help us to think about calming our minds and bodies and the gratitude journals allow us to think about things we are thankful for. The students did a great job creating their jars and took the time to put some real thought into their gratitude journals.
The Raiders travel today to Sunset Golf Course for a JV only match. Tee off is scheduled for 4:00. Good Luck Raiders!
Mrs. DeSutter's Anatomy and Physiology students are reviewing their knowledge of mitosis by using chalk markers to draw the cell and the organelles on their desks and then using pop beads to represent chromosomes and how they divide in each stage of mitosis
Mr. Servis’ Freshmen and Sophomore students at Midwest Central High School are wrapping up their introductory unit of the Scientific Method.
The Freshmen Physical Science classes are seen conducting a Senses Lab using an analytical approach to finding out which body sense will produce the quickest reaction time to catch a falling ruler. Students then collected their data and came to some interesting conclusions for the fastest reaction times.
As for the Sophomore Biology classes, we tested if a change in a person’s activity level will yield an increase in heart rate. As shown, these students had to get moving to produce an accelerated activity level. This integral “problem-solving process” is key to answering questions in the classroom and outside of the classroom.
The Lady Raiders volleyball team was treated to dinner after practice Monday night! We appreciate having great parents that support our programs!!
Congratulations to Lilla! She signed up for Interact Club and won a 2023/2024 yearbook!
The Midwest Central High School and Middle School marching bands marched in the Pekin Marigold Festival Parade last Saturday! Way to go Raiders!
The marching band has one more performance coming up on September 21st in the Petersburg Harvestfest Parade.
The Raiders brought home 2 wins yesterday at home.
Attention Juniors and Seniors - Eastern Illinois University will be at Midwest Central on Monday, September 16th. If you would like to meet with Eastern, you need to sign up in Mrs. Harbourn’s office by September 13th.
The Raiders host a meet tonight against IB and Peoria Christian. Races begin at 5:00. Good Luck Raiders!
Mason County Health Dept will hold a vaccine clinic at MCHS on October 10th for students. Flu vaccine and meningitis vaccines will be available. Every senior is mandated by the State of Illinois to have a meningitis vaccine by October 15th. Packets are available on the office ledge and must be filled out and returned by October 3rd.
The Lady Raiders travel to Brimfield tonight to play. JV match starts at 5:00, V to follow. Good Luck Ladies! Match location: 323 E Clinton St, Brimfield, IL 61517
The Raiders host a meet at Sunset today against Havana, Tremont, and Brimfield. Tee off time is set for 4:00. Good Luck Raiders! Meet location: Sunset Hills Golf Course 1620 Summit Dr, Pekin, IL 61554
The High School Cross Country team opened up the season this past Friday, August 30th with the IVC Invitational hosted at Three Sisters Park. In the Frosh/Soph 2 mile race, Sophomore Dakota Piro placed 21st overall with a time of 15:38.7 seconds. Right behind him in 22nd place was Freshman Devin Greiner with a time of 15:45.4. In the Varsity race, Senior Ayden Forbis ran up against some state quality runners and came away with a 21st place finish in 18:28.5 over 3 miles. Also placing for the Raiders was Junior CJ Ballard running a time of 22:38.6 and placing 51st.
On Tuesday Sept 3rd, the Running Raiders traveled to Havana for a quadrangular meet with Havana, Greenview, South Fulton and the Raiders. Senior Ayden Forbis came away with a first place win in a time of 17:46.7. In 9th place overall was Junior CJ Ballard running a time of 22:21.0. Sophomore Dakota Piro came in at 24:13.3 for a 13th place showing. “All of these times are over a minute and a half faster than they ran at this same meet last year.” says Coach Thompson. “ I’m very happy with the progress we have made through our summer running and our early season practices.”
The Running Raiders next meet is at Home on Thursday September 5th at 5:00.
Midwest Central Lady Raiders hosted Dee Mack Chiefs last night. The JV won in a thrilling 3 set match. The team rallied and worked together to end the match (25-21) (19-25) (17-15) Well done ladies! The varsity battled, but fell short in 2 sets (12, 25) (14,25). The Lady Raiders travel to Brimfield tomorrow night for a JV and Varsity match up starting at 5pm.
The golfing Raiders won their dual with Greenview convincingly yesterday at the first home match of the year.
