Marian Central Friday Focus

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THE CHAMPS ARE HERE!

What a winter season it has been for the Hurricanes athletic teams! As the winter season came to a close, we went out with a BANG.. Your Marian Central Catholic Wrestling team won the IHSA 1A Team Dual State Championship! Its Marian Central's first team state championship in school history. With the season being long and challenging, it is easy to forget about other accomplishments this team has provided this year. The wrestling program won Abe's rumble down in Springfield early in the season and beat Coal City (the team we would wrestle for state). We then won the inaugural CCC conference championship back in January, and then went on to win the IHSA regional which qualified the team for sectionals. Before the team competed in sectionals, we had 8 individuals qualify for the individual state tournament. We had two win individual state championships, Jimmy Mastny and Brayden Teunissen. We had 6 total place at the individual state tournament; one 2nd place, one 3rd place, one 4th place, and one 6th place. Marian had 6 all-state performers this season. To finish the year, the boys went to Sterling Newman and handled Byron in the sectional dual sending them to state. We beat Leroy to send us to the semifinals of state and confirming a top 4 finish in state. We won a tough match up against Roxanna and put us up against the defending state champs Coal City. Marian won several big matches early in the dual that put us up for good and won their first state title as a team ever. The future is bright for this team and we look forward to continued success. Congrats men!

Not to be outmatched, but our girls basketball team continued a strong program run of success under coach Lee again this winter. Our girls had some big wins as a team throughout the year and even had an individual break the 1,000 point mark this season. Madison Kenyon became the fourth girl in school history to join the 1,000-point club. She will be missed greatly next season as she will be graduating this May. Our girls' team won the regional title in a barn burner game against Byron and advanced to sectionals. The girls came up short against Alleman but played tough till the end. The girls broke the single game wins record of 25 that they set last season by reaching 27 wins in the year. Our program is strong and coach Lee and his staff will be looking to get that title they are striving for soon.

Spring season has kicked off and the kids have hit the ground running. We have several new coaches this spring and are really looking forward to seeing the success from our winter sports carry over to the spring.

-Coach O’Neill

Please click below for the 2024-25 calendar. Events will be added to the website's calendar as they are confirmed.

Just a reminder we need a completed Proof of School Dental Examination Form for your Freshman student. These need to be turned into our office no later than May 15, 2024. The dentist visit must occur between November 15, 2022 and May 15, 2024. These forms are a requirement of the State of Illinois.

Please contact Kris Johnson at kjohnson@marian.com with any questions.

Attention students who registered for AP courses for the 24-25 school year. There is a mandatory $100 fee per course which covers the course and the exam. The fee is due no later than Friday, March 22, 2024. Please drop off your payment in the Guidance Office or pay online. Please note that there is a 4% additional fee if you submit payment online. If the payment is not received by Friday, March 22, your course will revert either to the honors level or to one of the alternate electives you chose at registration.

After March 22, there will be an additional $30 fee to re-register for the AP course(s).

For all students registered for dual credit courses for the 2024-2025 school year, McHenry County College charges $25 per dual credit course. That fee will be submitted through an online registration system called DualEnroll at the beginning of the school year for all first semester and year-long dual credit courses and in early January for 2nd semester courses.

Please contact Mrs. Hilton if you have any questions at khilton@marian.com or 815-338-4220, ext. 121.

JUNIORS/SENIORS INTERESTED IN MCHENRY COUNTY COLLEGE PCCS COURSES FOR 2024-2025

If you are a junior or senior interested in enrolling in any of the MCC Partnership for College and Career Success (PCCS) courses (see Curriculum Guide p. 54-57) for the 2024-2025 school year, please see Mrs. Diamond in Guidance ASAP to be certain that you're registered for a study hall as one of your electives and to receive the link from MCC to register for the course(s). Early registration helps to ensure that there are spaces available in the course(s) and helps to ensure that all of the programs will run as scheduled. Unfortunately, MCC had to cancel the Culinary Arts program last year due to lack of student registrations.

Spring Sport Pics

Higher Focus Photography will be back at Marian for Spring Team & Individual Sport pictures on Thursday, March 7. Check with your Coach after tryouts to confirm your team's Picture Time! Senior athletes will also be photographed for their Senior Banner on this day.

Winter Action Picture Fundraiser - Gallery Expires 3/16/23!

Don't miss the chance to purchase images of your Winter Athletes in Action - including Basketball, Cheer, Dance, Wrestling, & Fencing!! The Winter gallery expires soon to make room for Spring Action Pictures. View Winter photos at https://higherfocusphotography.gotphoto.com/jobs/game-coverage. All sales from this gallery support the Marian Central Athletic Booster Club.

Thursday 3/7: St. Ambrose University-4th Period

Every year, Marian Central Catholic High School serves as a test center for the ACT in April. This year, the test date will be Saturday, April 13th, 2024. Also know that while we serve as a test center, we are not able to reserve seats for our Marian Central Catholic students. If you are interested in signing up for the April 13th ACT (or the February 10th, June 8th or July 13th at other locations), please register on the ACT Registration website. For the April 13th test here, be sure to use our test center code: 174990.

Woodstock Youth Softball is looking for a few more players for their 6U division. If you or someone you know has a daughter who would be interested, please visit their website for more information. https://www.woodstockgirlssoftball.org/

Anyone who refers a friend who registers, will receive a WGSL t-shirt for them and their friend.