Good luck to the 6th grade boys’ basketball team playing in the Illini Bluffs tournament this weekend!
7th grade volleyball regionals start tomorrow here at MCMS, our #1 seeded 7th grade girls have a by tomorrow but will play their first game in the semi-finals on Tuesday!
LET'S GO RAIDERS!!!!
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Eighth graders were challenged to model the "slope-intercept" form of a linear equation in math today. Do you remember it??? If you said "y=mx+b," then you can thank your math teacher! They had a lot of fun learning kinesthetically. Who says math isn't fun??
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MCMS had a lot to celebrate last night! Both the 7th & 8th grade teams won in 2 sets against the Illini Central Cougars AND we got to celebrate the accomplishments of the 8th grade volleyball team and 8th grade pep band members! We are so proud of all our Raiders and their many talents! #MCRaiderNation
Coach Servis and Coach Madero can’t wait to see you at track practice on March 3rd from 3:00-4:15 PM.
A PARENT MEETING will follow practice at 4:15 PM. Important dates, full schedule, and everything you need to know for the season.
Check out the 2025-26 school calendar.
One item to note is that we will have to add a 1/2 day next April when we find out the date of the ACT test. The state doesn't publish that date until later in the year.
It's chocolate chip cookie time for our IESA Sportsmanship Pin recipients!
Regional Championship-Noah Coffey
Sectional Championship-Jase Canada
Final Four State Game- Breckin Guy
Playing at high level competition for titles that every team dreams of emotions can run high from players, fans and coaches. In intense moments, Midwest Central continues to keep their game level headed and show respect for opponents, teammates, coaches and officials while bringing home the hardware! Congratulations to these young men and thank you for representing MCMS!
On Sunday Connor Coile (2nd place), Griffin Tudela (1st place), Colton Hill (1st place) and Odysseus Hale (2nd place) earned enough team points to place 2nd as a group in their division at regionals!
The club placed 4th overall in a 24 team regional.
Midwest Central Youth Club will be sending 15 wrestlers to Sectionals this weekend!
Good luck to the volleyball team playing against Illini Central on their home court tonight at 5:30!
Tonight is also 8th grade recognition night celebrating our 12, 8th grade volleyball players, Nevaeh, Emma, Kallie, Alyssa, Julia, Tailer, Elizabeth, Sophia, McKenzie, Nora, Kenzie, and Kendall and our 2 pep band 8th graders Cozette and Madison!
Sixth Graders experienced a theatrical production of Lois Lowry's "The Giver" at the Performing Arts Center in Springfield. Students spent the third quarter reading and analyzing theme, imaginary and word choice in the text. Students were excited and grateful to see the book come to life. It's a great day to be a Raider!
Sorry for any inconvenience with the change for pizza pick up!
Pick up will now be Thursday, 3/13/25 at 3:00 PM at the MCHS Cafeteria.
Goooooo Raiders!
MS VB @ Hollis – 5:00; Bus leaves MS @ 3:50; 5613 W Tuscarora Rd, Peoria, IL 61607
We are #MCRaiderNationProud!!!!!
Congrats to the volleyball team defeating Rankin Saturday in both 7th and 8th grade games!
Congratulations to the Forman Center 6th grade basketball team, they brought home the 4th place trophy in the very competitive Farmington Tournament this weekend!
Our youth wrestling club had an eventful weekend with numerous students qualifying for Sectionals!
• Eliza Junkin - 3rd place
• Connor Coile - 2nd place
• Odysseus Hale - 2nd place
• Colton Hill - 1st place
• Griffin Tudela - 1st place
• Mason Crockett - 1st place
• Kaiden Hill - 1st place
Let's go ladies!
MS VB @ Rankin – 10:00; Bus leaves MS @ 9:00; 13716 S. 5th St. Pekin, IL 61554
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The boys capped off a record-making season with an IESA 2A State Tournament matchup with Oglesby Washington. The boys played exceptionally hard, overcoming an early double-digit deficit. Jase Canada led all scorers with 24 points on 9-13 shooting and tied an IESA state record for made three pointers with 6. Ultimately, the Raiders fell in a hard-fought battle 45 - 37 to capture the fourth-place trophy!
Coach Thompson had this to say after the game: “This team was such a blessing to coach. We had two mottos this year, team over me and winners never quit! These young men held true to these words. I am beyond proud to be a small part. Raider Nation is Back!!!!!”
The Raiders 8th Grade Boys Basketball team ended their historic middle school careers with back-to-back regional championships, back-to-back sectional championships, and a school record 24 wins.
Raider Nation is very proud of your accomplishments and can't wait to see that you do in your High School years!
MWC Transportation Department is so excited to be able to support our MCMS Boys Basketball Team! LETS’s GO RAIDERS! We can’t wait to celebrate that 3rd place state title!
Some BIG Raider Nation fans will be driving the buses this evening… Dean (Pic 3) is driving the team bus and Ron (pic 4) is the fan bus driver.
Our smaller group (out-of-district staff) and larger group (route transportation staff) will be cheering you on back at home!
For the first time in MCMS history our 8th Grade Boys’ Basketball Team will be playing in the IESA STATE FINAL FOUR game tonight at 6:00 PM! Raider Nation is so proud of this team and its coaches! Good luck tonight; bring home that 3rd place title!
Can't make it to see the Raiders play in person, join us in the live stream to cheer on your favorite team! GOOOOOOOOOOO RAIDERS!
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