- Metamora Township High School (MTHS) is a public high school which serves several townships in Woodford County, Illinois. The school is located in Metamora, Illinois.
- Metamora Township High School District 122 is a single-school district independent of the three grade school districts that feed into it: Metamora Community Consolidated School District 1, Germantown Hills School District 69 in Germantown Hills, and Riverview Community Consolidated School District 2 between East Peoria and Spring Bay.
- The high school was constructed in 1915. Another building was added to the school in 1971, and what was previously the gym became the study hall room. A newer gym was recently constructed.
- Sports
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The school colors are red and white. The mascot for the school is the Redbird.
- Athletics
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Each school year the Mid-Illini Conference Athletic Directors compile the All-Sports Standings based upon overall success in each sport. Metamora has won this trophy six years running (2003-2008). Mid-Illini schools compete for the All-Sports trophy in the following sports: Girls Golf, Boys Golf, Girls Tennis, Boys Soccer, Girls Cross Country, Boys Cross Country, Football, Volleyball, Wrestling, Girls Basketball, Boys Basketball, Girls Track & Field, Boys Track & Field, Girls Soccer, Boys Tennis, Softball, and Baseball.
- Metamora was also the proud home of 2007 Boys Cross Country Team Captains Sam Ingram and Beau Burdett.
- Track & Field
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The boys track and field program at MTHS has seen much success in the Mid-Illini Conference over the years under head coach Chuck Danner. The program is well-known as one of the best in the area, putting together very strong squads year after year. They have won the Mid-Illini Conference Championship several times over the past years, the most recent being 2009, in which they took home both the Freshman/Sophomore and Varsity titles.
- In the beginning of 2008, the team began to extend its dominance beyond their conference. In March, they won the Sterling-Newman Indoor Invitational against some of Illinois's premier track programs, many of the them bringing twice as many athletes to compete. The team was led to victory with event wins in the pole vault and by the 3200 meter relay team.On May 2, 2008, the MTHS track boys traveled to Geneseo, Illinois for the John McCormick Invitational. Although they came into the meet steep underdogs, the Redbirds were able to put forth their best team performance of the year and tie Dixon High School for first place, with the host school taking home third. Winners for Metamora included the 400 meter relay, the 400 meter dash, and the 200 meter dash. Other notable performances included second place in pole vault, second in the 400 meter dash, third place finish in the 1600 meter run, fourth in high jump, and a fourth place finish by the 3200 meter relay team. The Redbirds were represented in the 2008 IHSA State Track and Field Championships by its senior pole vaulter and junior hurdler.
- The girls track and field program has enjoyed huge successes over the past decade with 10 straight Mid-Illini Varsity championships. The girls also won the freshman/sophomore championship multiple times in that period. In 2009, the girls 4x100, 4x200, 4x400, 800 meter, triple jump, and pole vault athletes qualified for the class AA state track meet.
- Football
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The Metamora football program has arguably been the best in Central Illinois over the last fifteen years under head coach Pat Ryan. The highlights of the program have been Class 4A state championship game appearances in 1996, 1997, 1999, and 2000, 20069, all of which were losses. Metamora won eight straight Mid-Illini titles from 1995–2002 and has won six straight from 2004–2009. The team has also advanced to the quarterfinals of the IHSA state tournament 10 out of the last 12 years and has qualified for the state playoffs 13 seasons in a row.
- Despite reaching the state football championships regularly, Metamora was denied the state championship for 30 years, being defeated repeatedly in the top game. But in November 2007, Metamora won its first state championship since 1975, beating Morris High School 17–14 with a field goal kick by freshman, Brennan Van Miegham , to break the tie with 27 seconds left.
- The Metamora football program also owns several records in the IHSA record book, including most rushing yards by a team in a playoff game, with 633. This feat occurred in 2002 against Canton in the first round of the playoffs. The school also holds the IHSA record for most losses in the state championship game, with seven. Head coach Pat Ryan owns the individual coaching record for state championship game losses, with five.
- Metamora's championship drought was ended by winning the class 5A state championship vs. Morris High School in 2007.
- Music
- Marching band
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The school's marching band goes to several marching band competitions each year, as well as performing at either the Grand National Marching Band Competition in Indianapolis or the Marching Band Super Regional each year, sometimes both. The program is lead by Mr. Chris Render and Dr. Wally Parks.
- Wind ensemble
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Members are selected by audition and must keep up with a higher standard of musicianship, maturity, and responsibility. The group has played music with such as "A Movement for Rosa", "Mother Earth", and most recently "Testament" written by Masalanka. In accordance with a true wind ensemble format, the MTHS Wind Ensemble has only one or two people per part, keeping the size of the group down and raising the importance of each individual. The MTHS Wind Ensemble is directed by Dr. Wally Parks, but guest conductors like Eric Loring and Chris Render are not uncommon.
- FLO
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Certain members of the marching band are also members of the Fluorescent Light Orchestra — not to be confused with the more popular ELO (Electric Light Orchestra). The members of the FLO play such classics as "The Stripper" and "Ain't Misbehavin'". The band is directed by Mike Domico.
- Choral Program
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The choral program at MTHS is organized a bit differently this year. MTHS has some ongoing problems this year in attempting to find a new director. The man they brought in at the beginning of the year has been released as he was just not a good fit for the school. A new female director will be taking over for the remainder of the school year and possibly next year as well. It is unknown at this time if the choirs will be performing in the upcoming Winter Concert.
- As always, there is the Freshman Men's Choir as well as the Freshman Women's Choir. These groups perform at the Fall Concert, the Christmas Concert, as well as the Spring Concert. Chorale is an unauditioned sophomore through senior choir. They perform at the Christmas concert, a Winter Concert featuring Wind Ensemble and Chorale, as well as the Spring Concert. Also new last year is a group called Splendoris. Splendoris is an auditioned choir made up of numerous talented sophomores through seniors. Splendoris competes in many competitions around the area.
- The choral department is also involved with other activities throughout the year. Its most notable event is the annual madrigal dinner, performed on one of the first few weekends of December. Students perform throughout the night as guests are treated as guests in an old English castle. In similar form, the choral and drama departments team up to put on a Spring Musical each year. These shows have had a cast of up to sixty performers, and shows performed have included Little Shop of Horrors, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Guys and Dolls, The Pirates of Penzance, Beauty and the Beast, High School Musical, Peter Pan and in March 2009, The Sound of Music.
- Legal Trouble
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Metamora Township High School has been the subject of two recent notable legal disputes. The first being former Metamora coach and teacher Stephen Chromik's arrest in 2008 for criminal sexual abuse. The more recent dispute resulted from a student organized "food fight" which landed some students in suspension and what some deemed ludicrous punishment.
- External links
- Metamora Township High School — official site
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