News & Announcements

Construction has begun on the Marquette Catholic Alumni Plaza! Barricades were recently set up blocking traffic on Easton Street as Alton street crews started demolition. The goal is to finish Alumni Plaza in time for start of the 2019-2020 school year.

Victory at the Triad Class 1A Sectional Tournament secures a trip to Chicago for MCHS's #1 Doubles team. Marquette ended the season with a 3rd place team victory the Traid Sectionals. The IHSA State tournament begins May 23rd in Chicago.

Meg Miller, the MCHS Alumni Relations Coordinator, hosted the first St. Louis Alumni Gathering at McGurk's Pub in Soulard on Thursday, May 9th. There was an excitement

This year's girls track team is the first to cross the Sectional Finish Line for MCHS and the first Riverbend team to win sectionals since 1993. The Explorers qualified for 9 events in the Illinois State Meet and finished with 83 points in the Carlinville Class 1A Sectional Meet.

The Explorers have added another varsity sport to the list. The 12 man JV boys volleyball team has proven that hard work and determination pays off. Congratulation on your inaugural season!

The MCHS softball team took another swing at fighting childhood cancer. This is the 2nd year the team has traveled to Peoria over prom weekend to participate in the "Hits for a Cure" fundraiser for St. Jude's Children's Cancer Research. There is still time to make a donation. https://pledgeit.org/for/hitsforthecure2019

Congrats to the entire MCHS World Wide Youth Science and Engineering (WYSE) team who competed at the State competition at Eastern Illinois. Special Congratulations to Frankie Grabowski and Grace Yost and their impressive achievement of 3rd and 4th place State metals in Biology!

Mrs. Michele Sands, Engineering Instructor, and MCHS students Evan Hendricks, Will Dixon, Joseph Grabowski and Elizabeth Wurth will head to Washington D.C. on April 7, 2019 as finalists in the SouceAmerica Design Challenge. This design team researched, designed and created the "Shell Shover" to help employees at Challenge Unlimited complete their job more efficiently.

Join us in congratulating MCHS's baseball coach, Tim Fahnestock, on his 100th career win. He is entering his 6th year at the helm of the Explorers and was named the Telegraph Coach of the year for the 2017-18 season.

As an Explorer, Meghan Schorman's pitching record made her an area standout.  She continues to be noticed as a University of Kentucky Wildcat.