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The MMS Blue Steel Archery Team is selling Boston Butts. The price is $25.

The butts are fully cooked and seasoned. Deadline for pre-ordering is March 19th, the Friday before Spring Break. Delivery date will be Saturday, April 3rd, the day before Easter. Pick up time will begin around 3:30 p.m. at First Baptist Church. If you would like to pre-order, contact Sherry Knight, Archery Coach, by calling 367-4040. Please make check payable to MMS Blue Steel Archery Team. A receipt will then be given along with your pick up ticket.

Thank you for supporting our Blue Steel Archery Team which will be headed to Nationals in Louisville, Kentucky in May.

The Monticello Billies Football Boosters would like to invite all family, friends, and fans of the State Champion 2009 Monticello Billies Football Team to attend this year’s Football Banquet. The Boosters will honor all members of the 2009 Team and the Cheer, Pom, and Stat groups that supported the Billies this football season.

State Championship rings and the 2009 trophy will be formally presented to the team and coaches. In addition, graduating seniors who were members of the team and spirit squads will be honored. Special awards will be presented. The evening will begin with a Steak dinner and will end with the showing of this year’s 2009 Highlight Film.

Tickets will be available beginning March 22nd for only $10 each. The Boosters are announcing the banquet well ahead of time to allow interested fans to plan to attend. There will be limited seating. Tickets will be sold on a first come first serve basis, Read the rest of this entry »

Monticello High School will be hosting a junior varsity baseball jamboree Saturday, March 13, 2010 at Billie Field.

Games will be limited to 1 hour and 30 minutes or 5 innings and will begin at 9:00 a.m. Following is the game schedule:

9:00 – Monticello vs. White Hall
10:45 – White Hall vs. Dumas
12:30 – Dumas vs. Crossett
2:15 – Crossett vs. Watson Chapel
4:00 – Watson Chapel vs. Hermitage
5:45 – Hermitage vs. Star City
7:30 – Star City vs. Monticello

A portion of the proceeds will go to defer medical expenses for Advance Monticellonian sports editor Danny Scott.

The Monticello Lady Billies will open the season Saturday March 6 at 9:35 am in Little Rock. The lady Billies will face-off against either Clarksville or Central Arkansas Christian in a 14 team season opening tournament hosted by Sylvan Hills High School.

The Lady Billies first home opener will be against cross town rivals, Drew Central Lady Pirates at 4:30 Tuesday March 9, 2010.

The Monticello Lady Billies are Coached by Head Coach Chuck German and Asst. Coaches Mike Reed, Aaron Taylor, and Alex Fryer.

Monticello High School will hold a formal signing of Letters of Intent and Commitments to Play College Football on Wednesday February 3rd at 11am in the Monticello High School Library.

Please join us as we celebrate with these members of the 2009 State Championship Billies as they move on to their college careers.

Monticello Middle School’s “Blue Archers” are practicing in preparation for the Arkansas State Tournament on Saturday, February 6th, in Hot Springs, Arkansas.

Deseray Selzer is new to the team as a 7th grader and is doing extremely well. She had a “Robin Hood” moment at practice on recently, as she hit the bull’s-eye with her first arrow and split it with her second arrow.

The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission is very excited about the state tournament. A record number of students are expected to participate in the event. Monticello Middle School placed 2nd last year at state and had three students who qualified to go to National’s in Louisville, Kentucky.

Coach Sherry Knight and Assistant Coach Herman Fleming are anticipating that their team will score at least 2600 to qualify the entire team for National’s in Kentucky. The public is welcome to attend the ANASP (Arkansas National Archery in the Schools Program) in February in Hot Springs. Come out and support this great sport.

The board held a closed hearing for Amy Arrington, MES staff member, to discuss teacher recommendation for termination.

After the session was opened again, board members moved to accept the findings placed before them, and then moved to terminate Arrington’s contract.

Three attorneys and two local witnesses were present for the closed door hearing, and no comments were publicly made about the reason for Arrington’s dismissal.

Arrington had been arrested by the Drug Task Force on September 4, following an investigation that led agents to obtain an arrest warrant for Arrington on the charges of attempting to obtain a controlled substance by fraud, reportedly in reference to a  fraudulent prescription attempting to be passed at local pharmacy.

Congratulations to Brishen Matthews for being named the 2009 State Farm 5A Defensive Player of the Year for the State of Arkansas and to Coach Van Paschal for being named the 2009 State Farm 5A Coach of the Year!

We also congratulate Joe Carmical for being named one of the top three 2009 State Farm 5A Offensive Players of the Year! He will always be our #1 Offensive Player of the Year!

Congratulations again to the 2009 Football Senior Billies on a great season!!

Monticello Billies quarterback Joe Carmical has been nominated for the “Lander’s Player of the Year” award on Channel 7.

Here’s more information from Channel 7.  You have to be registered with Channel 7 to vote.

Here’s the voting link.

You can vote once per hour.

The following Monticello Billies were recognized for their successful season and personal achievments by being listed on the All-Conference and All-State High School Football Teams. Read the rest of this entry »

The Monticello Football Boosters are proud to present the 2009 State Championship football T-shirt, now on sale.

This is a “Billie Blue” shirt featuring an all-new Championship design, with the scores of the play-off games and the names of all players on the back. Shirts are available in short-sleeve ($12), long-sleeve ($15), and sweatshirts ($20).

Order forms may be printed off MonticelloLive or picked up from any Monticello School campus. All orders must include payment and must be received at one of the Monticello Schools by noon on Friday, December 11th. We are unable to take any late orders. Read the rest of this entry »

The Monticello Sr. Billies completed their undefeated season with another impressive victory, this time by defeating the Camden-Fairview Cardinals in the State Championship Game at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock, Friday night.

The 38-7 victory earned the Billies their first State Championship title in 15 years.

Brishen Matthews was selected as the game’s MVP, for the 195 combined yards he gained. 

Monticello’s defense was outstanding, as well, holding Cardinal offense to only 67 yards in the first half.

The Billies had three different players with over 100 yards of offense in the victory.

Hooten’s Arkansas Football interviewed team members after the game.   Quarterback Joe Carmical commented on how familiar the team was with running the triple-option, stating that they’ve used that offense since the 8th grade.

Coach Van Paschal pointed out that the team had made a commitment to the FCA group, and had began each practice and game in prayer, and that he felt God had honored the team for that.

Photos by Marilyn Patrick

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The Monticello Football Boosters are selling a State Championship Shirt. We refrained from printing a shirt before hand…because the boys wanted to get the win in the record books before they did any celebrating. But, now they have won and and we, of course, look forward to celebrating.

Please look on MonticelloLive to see the all new State Championship Shirt Design and Order form, later this week. Order forms will be available on MonticelloLive and from Monticello Schools.

The Monticello Football Boosters will be ordering rings for the 2009 State Champion Billies Football Team and Coaches. Information concerning how individuals can help reach that goal will be available this week. The Boosters ask fans to wait for the official State Champonship Shirt and support the Billies with their purchase. As always our prices will be low. And, all moneys earned from the sale of shirts will go to the Monticello Football Team.

The Monticello Football Team appreciates your support. For information on Billie Football please call Bernadette Carmical @ 723-1234.

The Monticello Billies defeat the Camden Fairview Cardinals 38-7 to win the 5A championship.
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Monticello second string goes in with 5:25 left in the game. Still 38-7.
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Caleb Bryant carries the ball in to take the Billies 38-7 after a series of penalties against the Cardinals. Extra point is no good.
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Joe Carmical keeps the ball to take the Billies 32-7. Extra point no good again.
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Beginning of fourth quarter. Score unchanged. Billies will start 2nd & 6 on the Cardinals’ 11-yd line.
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Cardinals TD, extra point good. 26-7 with 4:04 left in 3rd.
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Billies TD, extra point good. 26-0 with 6:09 left in 3rd quarter.
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Billies TD, extra point no good. 19-0 with 10:02 left in the third.
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At halftime, Billies lead the Cardinals 13-0. Billies’ field goal attempt no good.
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After their second interception of the game, the Billies have the ball on the 21-yd line, 2nd & 9 with 3:47 to go in the second.
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Billies score with 11:29 left in second quarter. Extra point good. Billies 13-0.
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After the Billies intercept, they take it to the 20-yard line to end the first quarter.
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Billies score on the first drive of the game. Extra point no good. 6-0 with 7:32 left in first quarter.
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The Billies are practicing and warming up below the War Memorial lights. Game time in less than an hour!

Scores will be updated regularly throughout the game.

The Sr. Billies bus pulled in at Ray’s on their way home from “Practice Day at War Memorial Stadium,” and were greeted with a pep-rally, including cheerleaders, band, students, and community members.

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The Billies Booster Club will be live-streaming the game Friday night at ustream.tv/channel/gobillies.

The broadcast will be live during the game, and is expected to begin around 7 pm.

You will be able to chat and view the game.  Also, when you move your mouse across the “broadcast screen,” you will likely see a button that will enlarge the view to full screen. However, this will block your view of the chat-box.

It is definitely not as good as being there, but if you can’t go, you can still be a part of it.

Last week, there was a viewer limit of just over 50 at a time, but we believe that this has been fixed to allow everyone to participate.

Last week there folks on line from Monticello missionaries serving in Brazill, as well as viewers from Alaska, Houma LA, Jackson MS. Little Rock, Houston TX, Blacksburg VA, Naples FL, Hot Springs, Warren, Kansas City, and Dallas.

KHBM at 93.7 and 103.7 will broadcast on the radio, so listeners can hear the broadcast in Monticello, and statewide.

The Monticello tennis team recently competed in the District Tournament.

Those competing were Tim West in Boys Singles, Adam Todd in Boys Singles, Gena Johnson in Girls Singles, Bethannee Horn in Girls Singles, Tyler Doss and Jeremy Russell in Boys Doubles and Dani West and Beth Thomasson in Girls Doubles.

Tim West finished 3rd out of 7 and earned a trip to State as did Gena Johnson who finished 1st out of 10. Tim and Gena went on to compete in State in Hot Springs. Tim lost in round one; 0-6, 1-6 and Gena lost in round one; 6-4, 2-6, 4-6.

Photos by Marilyn Patrick.

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There is only one thing better than seeing the Monticello stands overflowing with fans Friday night for the semi-finals of the state play-offs. And, that’s cheering with all those fans as the Monticello Billies took the game. Thanks Billie Fans. You were on your feet, loud, and cheering and we all appreciate your support. Read the rest of this entry »

After taking the opening drive 65 yards for a touchdown, the Billies led the Pulaski Academy Bruins by a halftime score of 20-14.

With around 9 minutes left in the 4th quarter, the Billies scored another touchdown, followed by a 2 point conversion.

The Bruins then scored a touchdown and went for two, but failed on the conversion.

 The Billies held on to their lead, and won by a final score a score of 34-20.

Next Friday, the Billies will travel to War Memorial Stadium to take on Camden Fairview (who beat Greenbrier 49-28), to determine the State Champion.

Please tell all your friends, fans, and family who live too far away to get to the Billie game to turn their internet to www.livestream.com/gobillies

We are attempting to broadcast the game over a the internet tonight. This is a new thing for us but we are trying so if you have family elsewhere…tell them to log on to www.livestream.com/gobillies

The stream should begin shortly before game time.

Kick-Off is at 7:30. tonight

Monticello –vs- Pulaski Academy
Tailgate 6:30pm
Pregame 6:50pm
Kick-off 7:30pm

The Monticello Billies moved another step closer to the State finals last week by defeating the Greene County Tech Eagles 54-22. This Friday night the Billies will take on the Pulaski Academy Bruins in the semi-final round of the play-offs at home on Hyatt field.

It is Thanksgiving weekend and family and friends are joining together to celebrate the holiday. There is no better setting than a Friday night Billies’ game. The Monticello Football Boosters will be sponsoring a tailgate in the parking area behind the home press box. Everyone is invited and admission is free. Chili will be served. Anyone wishing to bring a pot of chili to share should contact the boosters as soon as possible. The boosters will provide paper goods and “the fixins” to go with the chili. Fans are asked to bring a dessert or drinks to share.

The tailgate will be a great place to prepare for the game. There will be games to play and Pauline Baptist will be bringing their blow up bouncy houses for the kids to play in. A great game of catch will be going on and a big screen will be set-up with Billies highlights playing. The food will be delicious; the fellowship, the best in the world. Don’t miss the opportunity to share your Billie spirit with other Billie fans. Tailgate opens at 6pm. Be there by 6:30 to register for prizes and get some great chili.

The tailgate will draw to a close about 6:50. Billie fans will move to the stands to watch pregame. Don’t miss a great pregame show followed by Kick-off promptly at 7:30. Read the rest of this entry »

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The Monticello Billies will be at home again Friday night for the semi-finals in the 5A State Championship. Tailgate is 6pm and Kick-off is set for 7:30pm. The Boosters would like Monticello to show their support for the Billies by tying blue ribbons up for the Billies.

Everyone can be a part of welcoming the Monticello Billies home for the Thanksgiving holidays by buying blue ribbon and tying bows on their mailboxes, trees, front doors and car antennas. Businesses are urged to put blue ribbons on their signs and doorways, also.

Area stores and florists will be selling Billie Blue bows this week, so that everyone can be part of the “Billie Experience”.

In addition, Billie fans are asked to wear a blue ribbon to show their Billie pride and support.

Thanksgiving is a wonderful time to spend with your family and friends. Come be part of the Billie family and support the Billies as they work their way toward a State Championship.

If you need information on the Billies, please contact Bernadette Carmical @ 723-1234

The Monticello Sr. Billies defeated Greene County Tech, Friday night by a score of 54-22.

The Billies led 14-0 at the end of the first quarter, after a fumble recovery and an interception by Marcy Robinson.

The second quarter featured a 92 yard touchdown run by Joe Carmical, and led to a halftime score of 34-0.

The emotional second half was filled with penalties, and showed both teams scoring, including a good performance by Monticello second team.

The Billies will host Pulaski Academy Bruins (who defeated Greenwood 21-14) next Friday to decide which team will travel to War Memorial Stadium to compete in the State Championship game.

The Billies will be at home this Friday night for the 2nd round of the Arkansas State Play- Offs. The Boosters are planning on celebrating the evening and the Billies beginning with a tailgate at 6pm Friday Night. This week the tailgate will be set up by the player’s gate to allow fans to enjoy the tailgate while cheering the players on to the field for warm-ups. The player’s gate is located on the south end of the field by the pool. Look for the large crowd beginning at 6pm.

Everyone in the community is invited to the free pregame tailgate. Fans are asked to bring a dish to share in a disposable container. Billie Fans who get to the tailgate before 6:30 will be able to pick up a free ticket for drawings that will take place throughout the game. Start your evening with the tailgate and then stay for some great football.

Kick-Off is schedule again this week for 7:30pm at Hyatt Field. The Billies will take the field against the Greene County Tech Eagles for the privilege of moving on to the State Semi-finals.

Immediately following the game Billie fans will gather in the South end zone. The after the game celebration will feature pizza donated by Larry’s. But, fans are encouraged to bring a dessert or snack to share. The Monticello Football Boosters encourage fans to come early-stay late-and enjoy the “Billie Experience”.

When you are getting ready for the game Friday night be sure to pack lots of Billie Spirit and your best noise makers. Friday night at Hyatt field is the best place to be. So load up your family and friends and join us for a memorable evening featuring the All that Arkansas has to offer. For information on Billie Football contact Bernadette Carmical @ 723-1234.

Dedicated Billies, parents & fans are shown, pitching on a project not seen much in southeast Arkansas.

The Monticello Billies supporters were removing tarps from Hyatt Field.

The Billies tarped the field over the weekend to prevent rain from soaking the playing surface.

Photos by Marilyn Patrick.

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The Sr. Billies held on to defeat the North Pulaski Falcons by a final score of 41-8, as the “sportsmanship timing” rule once again came into play during a Billies’ game.

The Billies end the season with an undefeated 10-0 record, and a 7-0 conference record against teams in the 5A Southeast division.

The Billies will welcome their undecided playoff opponent to Hyatt Field next Friday, with a game starting time set for 7:30.

Congratulations Billies!!!