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Seven Hillsboro players and three Litchfield players earned all-conference accolades from the girls soccer coaches of the South Central Conference by virtue of their play this past season.
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6/1/23
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Brayden Fowler, Tanner Clayton and Blaze Helton knew their track season was going to come to an end last week, but the question for the three Hillsboro High School seniors was whether it would be the …
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by Kyle Herschelman
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5/30/23
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When a team in any sport on any level wins only 10% of their games, multiple reasons come together, and all are hard to separate. The physical, statistical reasons are easier to sniff out than the …
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by Ron Deabenderfer
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5/30/23
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For the fifth time since 1985 and the first time since 2017, Hillsboro Junior High is the home of an IESA track state champion.
Hillsboro eighth grader Jaida Linn cleared a 5’1” in …
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5/25/23
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There is a lot of young talent on the Hillsboro boys track team, but on Thursday, May 18, at the Gillespie Sectional, the night belonged to the three seniors on the Hiltoppers’ roster.
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Two relays and two high jumpers from the Hillsboro Junior High girls track team advanced to the IESA Class 3A State Finals after their success at the Gillespie Sectional on Saturday, May 13.
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5/18/23
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The Hillsboro Junior High boys track team qualified for state in five events on Saturday, May 13 at the IESA Class 3A sectional in Gillespie.
Four of the five events are on the eighth grade …
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5/18/23
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Suffocating. That was how the Hillsboro defense played on Tuesday, May 16, in the Riverton Sectional semifinal soccer game against Pleasant Plains, especially in the first half. Unfortunately, the …
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5/18/23
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It took a few innings, but once the Litchfield-Mt. Olive softball team got rolling on Monday in Greenville, they were hard to stop.
The Panthers overcame an early 1-0 deficit to score seven runs …
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5/18/23
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An old fashioned pitcher’s duel erupted Monday afternoon, May 15, in Roxana when Hillsboro’s baseball team traveled there to face the Shells in the opening game of the Breeze Central …
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by Ron Deabenderfer
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5/18/23
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The Hillsboro girls track team wrapped up their season on Thursday, May 11, at the Class 2A Carlinville Sectional. The Lady Hiltoppers finished 11th in the 18-team sectional, with nine finishes in …
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5/15/23
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In certain soccer circles, mainly those inhabited by fans of the Men In Blazers podcast, there is a theory that scoring early can actually be bad for teams. While the result of a game depends on …
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5/15/23
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With 11 personal records and a third place finish as a team despite some missing pieces, the Gillespie Invitational was great warmup for sectionals for the Hillsboro boys track team.
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5/15/23
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It was a busy last week of the regular season for Hillsboro as the Lady Hiltoppers wrapped things up with four games in four days. After beating Litchfield on Tuesday, May 9, Hillsboro fell to South …
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5/15/23
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The Hillsboro baseball Toppers’ 17-7 six-inning loss at Gillespie means that unless the Hiltopppers win the state title in their classification, they will finish with a 20 loss season. …
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by Ron Deabenderfer
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5/15/23
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“Go win it.”
Those were the last words Hillsboro Girls Soccer Coach Dave Mattson said as he walked off the field after consulting with officials and Greenville’s head coach, …
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by Kyle Herschelman
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5/11/23
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Litchfield High’s baseball team faced Hillsboro three times in the 2023 baseball season – once in the county tournament, once in conference play and Tuesday, May 9, in Litchfield as the …
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by Ron Deabenderfer
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5/11/23
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After falling to the Panthers 5-2 on April 28 in the South Central Conference match-up between the Hillsboro and Litchfield softball teams, the Hiltoppers were looking for a little revenge going into …
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5/11/23
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The Hillsboro boys tennis team picked up a pair of wins over Roxana and Granite City on May 8 and 9 to improve to 9-4 on the season.
The Toppers won five of the six singles matches on Monday, …
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5/11/23
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A grand slam by Delaney Kopp capped off a seven-run third inning by Vandalia as the Vandals defeated Hillsboro 12-1 on Tuesday, May 2.
The homer was one of two for Vandalia, who also got a solo …
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5/8/23
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