It started with a “Fight” turned into “Havoc” and ended up with the Midwest Royals collecting their second straight world championship from the Allstar World Championships in …
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4/25/24
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An old coach once said, your baseball team is as good as your last three batters. On Monday the Litchfield/Mt. Olive baseball club proved this theory as there last three batters would combine 4-7 at …
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4/25/24
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The Lincolnwood-Morrisonville baseball team picked up their 12th win of the season on Monday, April 22, with a 6-2 victory over Staunton.
The visiting Bulldogs got a single run in the first and …
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4/25/24
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It wasn't a win, but it wasn't 8-1 either as the Litchfield-Mt. Olive softball team fell to Carlinville for the second time this year, this time by a 7-3 final score.
The non-conference bout on …
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4/25/24
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Lincolnwood wasn’t able to defeat Gillespie on Monday, April 22, in Raymond, but the Lady Lancers did manage to spoil Emma Gipson’s perfect game in the final inning of the 9-0 loss to the …
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4/25/24
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Litchfield senior football player AJ Sypherd has received an invitation to participate in the Illinois High School Shrine All Star Football Game this upcoming summer. Sypherd is excited for the …
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4/25/24
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The Lincolnwood-Morrisonville basketball program will hold their annual summer camp on May 20 through May 23 at the Lincolnwood High School gym and Raymond Grade School multi-purpose gym, from 3:30 …
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4/25/24
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Five rounds into the Grand National Cross Country series and two Journal-News Motorsports racers are already poised to make a run at the title.
Walshville’s Travis Lentz and …
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4/25/24
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Bracket racing was back in Benton on Saturday, April 6, at I-57 Dragstrip, which meant that the Bryant family was back in the finals. In the footbrake class, Dustin Bryant picked up the first win of …
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4/25/24
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In a game where hits were a plenty, runs were at a minimum as Southwestern and Litchfield/Mt. Olive would square off in a non-conference affair Wednesday on the campus of Litchfield High School. The …
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4/25/24
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The Nokomis Redskins came within a strike of handing Altamont their seventh loss of the season on Monday, April 22, but the Indians proved there is a reason they’ve won 16 games this year.
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4/25/24
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On Monday, April 22, the Nokomis Lady Redskins fell to Auburn 16-1 on the Trojans’ home field. The game was closer early on, but a ten-run fourth inning gave Auburn the mercy rule win.
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4/25/24
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However long it has been since Nokomis had a state qualifier in track, that streak could very well come to an end in a few weeks.
On Wednesday, April 19, in Gillespie, Nokomis junior Irene …
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4/23/24
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The Hillsboro boys track team finished third at the Comet Relays on Friday, April 13, coming within two points of second at the 40th annual meet in Greenville.
The Toppers finished the day with …
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4/22/24
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The Hillsboro girls track team picked up a pair of wins at the Greenville Comet Relays on Friday, April 19, as they went on to finish third in the team ranks.
As a team, Hillsboro finished with …
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4/22/24
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In one of the longest rain delays possible, the Litchfield-Mt. Olive Purple Panthers took down the Pana Panthers 6-2.
The contest that began on Thursday, April 18, in Pana would finally come to …
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4/22/24
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Five days after facing off in the Montgomery County Softball Tournament, the Nokomis and Hillsboro softball teams met up again on Thursday, April 18. The game was moved up an hour to try to beat the …
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4/22/24
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Different dates but same teams equals same result, at least in high school baseball. That theory was tested and proven true Saturday morning, April 20, when the Lincolnwood-Morrisonville co-op team …
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by Ron Deabenderfer
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4/22/24
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It took two towns, two days and the hospitality of a Montgomery County gas station, but Litchfield and Pana finally got their non-conference game in the books on April 19.
The two Panther …
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4/22/24
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It was a rematch of the championship game of the Montgomery County Softball Tournament on Wednesday, April 17, as the Nokomis Lady Redskins hosted Litchfield as they faced the Purple Panthers for the …
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4/22/24
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