Bronco Express Junior - March 6, 2023

Going into the VEX Robotics State Championships (March 11th and 12) Montini Catholic’s Bronco varsity team (above) is currently ranked #1 in State and our JV team is ranked #8th. Our Varsity team has also earned both the Create Award and the Amaze Award for outstanding team performance during their last two competitions!

This is now the fourth straight year in a row that Montini Catholic's Varsity Robotics Team has qualified for State (and a first for JV). Last season they were the highest ranked private high school in the state of Illinois. The team was two spots shy of qualifying for the 2022 World Tournament, but they are very optimistic about 2023.

robotics ranked #1 in IL

This February we were so excited to host over 120 7th graders for our annual 7th Grade Step Up Day! Future Broncos were invited to visit us and find out what a day in the life of a Bronco is really like!

If you’re a Broncowannabe, it’s never too late to schedule your own ‘step-up’ shadow day! Scan the code to the left to register!

&we’re looking forward to the VEX State Competition!

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Two Broncos carved out their spots in Bronco history this season!

BASKETBALL HEADLINERS mathletes enjoy regional championship

NIU commit, senior guard forward, Shannon Blacher, was thrilled to sink her 1,000th point during an already special 'senior night' game on January 27th. "It was really cool to be able to score my 1000th point on my home court - I am so grateful to my teammates because I would have not been able to reach this point without each and every one of them sharing the ball with me and cheering me on!"

On the 2 week anniversary of Shannon's success, junior guard forward Victoria Matulevicius made her 1000th career point in front of a packed gymnasium at the Bronco's Hoops for Hope game! "In the moment I didn’t know I reached my 1000th point, but when the game was over I was surprised with screaming and cheering! It was a really great moment and I felt very special."

Both Shannon and Victoria were most recently honored as IHSA All Conference athletes (along with Alyssa Epps) and both were recognized as standouts by the Illinois Basketball Coaches AssociationShannon as First Team All State 3A and Victoria Third Team All State 3A!

Members of our Math Team, under the direction of moderator, Mrs. Christine McManus, made history in February by bringing home our first ever ICTM Regional Championship trophy. Mrs. McManus and her team went into the competition focused on succeeding and were very optimistic about their chances of qualifying for State. Her Bronco team is the only Catholic school in Division 2A to qualify for State every year since 2002 (as a wildcard team) - but this year was different. "They are the first Bronco team ever to win the Regional Championship. It was a total team effort," said Coach McManus, who's been coaching the team throughout her thirty year career at Montini Catholic. "There have been so many times over the years that we've come close. Finally!! I am so very proud of these young people."

Next up for the Broncos is the State Competition to be held on Saturday, April 22nd, 2023. Go Broncos!

STUDENTS ENJOY TACOS & TRIVIA

Students matched wits with their peers (and teachers) during our fourth annual Tacos &Trivia event. It was an afternoon of food, fun and friends as teams of four fueled up on tacos before the fact-filled competition.

athletic

Baseball

Girls Basketball

Boys Basketball

Broncettes

Cheerleading

Girls Cross Country

Boys Cross Country

Football

Golf

Lacrosse

Soccer

Softball

Speed & Agility

Girls Volleyball

Boys Volleyball

Small Fry Intro to Sports

Wrestling

academic

X-Treme Science

Reading

Steam technology

Video Gaming Coding

Lego Robotics

art/hobby

Beginning Painting

Beginning Ceramics

Christmas in July Arts & Crafts

Theatre

Graphic Novels

Baking

Lego Workshops

Vacation Bible School