It was a day of firsts for the Hillsboro girls soccer team on Friday, March 15. Not only was Friday their first game of the 2024 season, but it was also the first time they had ever played fledgling …
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3/18/24
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The Hillsboro High School boys tennis team started their season off with a win on Tuesday, March 12, as they defeated Metro-East Lutheran 6-3.
The two teams were tied at three wins each after …
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3/18/24
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The Hillsboro High School softball team split a pair of games with Granite City and Wesclin in Granite City on Saturday, March 16, as the Lady Hiltoppers moved to 2-1 on the season.
The win came …
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3/18/24
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When two teams enter any athletic competition, they face four possible outcomes, weather permitting; one team can dominate the other, one team can edge the other, one team can lose by a wide margin, …
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by Ron Deabenderfer
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3/18/24
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Thanks to the work of Bill Christian and Mike Cerutti, Hillsboro’s baseball and softball teams started their games on time Thursday afternoon, March 14, in spite of rain that morning. Sunshine …
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by Ron Deabenderfer
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3/18/24
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It’s usually a toss-up when it comes to early March weather in Illinois, but the Lincolnwood and Hillsboro softball teams had about as good of conditions as you can get for their season opener …
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by Kyle Herschelman
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3/14/24
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Six Nokomis pitchers combined for a two-hit shutout on Monday, March 11, as the Redskins defeated Staunton 5-0 in the season opener for both teams.
The combination of Ian Keller, Drake Taylor, …
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3/14/24
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When Hillsboro’s varsity baseball team opened their 2024 baseball season by hosting Rochester Monday afternoon, March 11, the weather, windy but in the 60s at game time, was better than one …
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by Ron Deabenderfer
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3/14/24
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The Nokomis Junior High eighth grade volleyball team moved a step closer to state on Thursday, March 7, as they captured the championship of the IESA Class 2A Central A&M Regional in Assumption.
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3/11/24
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The Hillsboro High School track team opened up the 2024 season with a bang on Saturday, March 2, at the Rushville-Industry Invite at King Fieldhouse on the campus of Illinois College in Jacksonville. …
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3/4/24
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The 2023-24 basketball season was one of contrasts-low points (the home 53-21 loss to Pana in the first conference game of the season) was the lowest to me because as the Panthers’ season …
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by Ron Deabenderfer
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3/4/24
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With three 20-win teams and one of the closest championship races one could imagine, the 2023-24 girls basketball season was another great one in the South Central Conference. And with just four …
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2/29/24
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Three players from the co-conference champion Litchfield boys basketball team and two players from Hillsboro were among the 18 players honored as all-conference selections by the South Central …
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2/29/24
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The temperatures may be going up and down outside, but the Hillsboro High School track team will be heating things up indoors on Saturday, March 2, as they open up their season at Illinois College in …
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2/29/24
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The Hillsboro High School Bass Fishing Club, established in 2019 by several students who sought and received board approval, has grown to have a dozen members, several volunteer coaches and many …
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2/26/24
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Sadly for Hillsboro coaches, players, and fans, the seedings for the North Mac Regional proved to be correct, at least during play Monday night, Feb. 19, when the eighth seeded Hiltoppers fell to the …
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by Ron Deabenderfer
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2/22/24
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Of the 116 wrestlers who started the Class 1A postseason in the 165-pound weight class, only 16 were able to make it to state. Of those 16, half lost, with half of that number losing for a second …
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By Kyle Herschelman
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2/20/24
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A strong start in both the first and second halves helped Gillespie score their first regional championship since 2012 on Friday, Feb. 16, as the Miners defeated Hillsboro 59-45 in the title game at …
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2/20/24
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Prior to the start of the Hillsboro at Greenville end-of-the-regular-season basketball game, the odds seemed stacked in the Comets’ favor. They had defeated the Toppers 51-39 in the Kaskaskian …
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by Ron Deabenderfer
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2/20/24
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The Auburn girls basketball program has had a fair amount of success in the past, including three 20-win seasons in the last seven years with an average of 18-wins per season (not including the COVID …
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by Kyle Herschelman
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2/15/24
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