- Monticello High School (Minnesota)
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Monticello High School Location Monticello, Minnesota, United States of America Information Type Public Principal Joel Lundin Number of students 1,098 Color(s) Red and Black
Athletics conference Mississippi 8 Mascot Magic Website http://monticello.k12.mn.us/ Monticello High School is a public high school located in Monticello, Minnesota, United States. The principal is Joel Lundin. The current high school was constructed in the late '90's and opened in September 1999. Monticello High School (enrollment 1,098) is Wright County's third largest school. The nickname for the school's athletic teams is the Magic.
Monticello residents appreciate and expect a high level of service from their Community Education Department and school recreation programs. Community demand for recreation opportunities is high.
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Athletics
Monticello competes in the Mississippi 8 Conference, consisting of 8 other central Minnesota schools. Prior to the formation of the Mississippi 8 Conference, the Magic competed in the North Suburban Conference, and at one time the Wright County Conference. For a majority of the schools history Monticello High School's nickname was the Redmen, and for a brief two week period the Wildcats, before settling on the Magic.
Boys' basketball is the most notable MHS athletic program. The team made several trips to the state tournament in the 1990s and from 2004 to 2006. The team's highest tournament finish is 4th place, igniting theories of a possible "4th place curse." Two Minnesota high-school basketball Players of the Year have come out of Monticello: Nate Holmstadt and Joel Pryzbilla. The 7-foot Pryzbilla went on to play for the University of Minnesota and is now a center in the NBA for the Portland Trail Blazers.
The Monticello Boys Soccer Team is a perennial powerhouse winning the Mississippi Conference Championship five years straight from 2004-2009. During that same five year period period on three separate occasions, the team lost the section championship game in shoot-outs and has thus yet to succeed in gaining a bid to the State Tournament. In 2006, Boys Soccer Team ranked second in the State in total goals scored.
In Monticello 2006 homecoming game against Rogers High School, Monticello won 21-0, it was their first homecoming win since 1989.
The Monticello Girls Lacrosse team, also known as the Montiquois have successfully won the state league tournament for four consecutive years now. However, the school will not allow the team to become a school sport despite their success.
The Monticello boys cross country team were Mississippi 8 Conference Champions in 2011, destroying rival team Buffalo by 12 points at the Championship Meet.
In 2011 the girls hockey team, the North Wright County Riverhawks, a co-op of STMA, Annandale and Monticello High Schools, qualified for the state tournament for the first time, after defeating Roseau High School in the 8AA section finals.
In 2011 the girls cross country team won the state cross country championship in class AA.
Facilities
The Moose Sherritt Ice Arena, attached to the Middle School, was completed in 2005 due to the efforts of the Monticello-Annandale-Maple Lake Youth Hockey Organization, community members, the mayor, the city council, the school board, businesses and the Sherritt family. The arena is named in honor of Gordon "Moose" Sherritt who played for the NHL's Detroit Red Wings and the USHL's Minneapolis Millers among other teams in the 1940s, and was a long time Monticello resident.
The Field House is attached to the High School and conatains a 200 meter indoor track and basketball courts. The main court has been used to host Minnesota State High School League section semifinals and finals.
Coordinates: 45°17′12″N 93°46′41″W / 45.2866811°N 93.7780077°W[1]
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Categories:- High schools in Minnesota
- Buildings and structures completed in 1999
- Schools in Wright County, Minnesota
- Minnesota school stubs
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