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Staunton’s Reese Bohlen will graduate this May and for at least one South Central Conference team the Bulldog pitcher’s trip across the stage couldn’t come soon enough.
After no-hitting …
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4/2/26
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The Hillsboro High School softball team improved to 6-0 on the season with a pair of wins on Wednesday and Thursday, as they defeated Ramsey 11-7 on March 25, and Mulberry Grove 21-0 on March 26. The …
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3/30/26
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The Hillsboro girls soccer team won their fourth straight game and picked up their third shutout of the season on Thursday, March 26, with an 8-0 victory at East Alton-Wood River. The Lady Hiltoppers …
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3/30/26
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The Hillsboro boys tennis team improved to 2-0 on the season with a convincing 9-0 victory over the Bunker Hill/Staunton co-op team on March 24, at the Hillsboro High School tennis courts.
Four …
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3/30/26
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Taylorville High’s Tornadoes swept onto the varsity baseball field at the Hillsboro’s Sports Complex on the warmest day of the spring (Thursday, March 26) and left with a 19-2 mercy rule victory …
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by Ron Deabenderfer
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3/30/26
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All high school baseball teams tend to be inconsistent; Hillsboro’s Toppers modeled that behavior Saturday, March 28, when they hosted a baseball jamboree including themselves and two other teams …
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by Ron Deabenderfer
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3/30/26
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The Hillsboro girls soccer team picked up a pair of shutout wins to start the week as they defeated Metro-East Lutheran 4-0 on March 23, and Taylorville 6-0 on March 24. The Hiltoppers launched …
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3/26/26
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One outdoor meet into her first high school season and Hillsboro freshman Kaelin Cress has already made enough memories to last her entire career. Running the 33-inch 100-meter hurdles for the first …
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3/26/26
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Vandalia’s Jack Lewis “had a day” on the mound and at the plate when the Vandals came to the Hillsboro Sports Complex Tuesday afternoon, March 24; the right-hander surrendered only one hit, a …
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by Ron Deabenderfer
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3/26/26
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The Hillsboro High School softball team pounded out 15 runs on 13 hits and benefitted from eight Shelbyville errors as they knocked off the Rams 15-2 on Tuesday, March 24. Shelbyville starter Karli …
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3/26/26
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The Hillsboro boys track team racked up 192 points to take the top spot in the team standings at their first outdoor meet of the season on Tuesday, March 24, in Virden. The Toppers finished 20.5 …
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3/26/26
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The Hillsboro High School boys tennis team opened up their season and christened the school’s new tennis courts with a win on Thursday, March 19, as they defeated Collinsville 6-3. The Toppers won …
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3/23/26
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When East Alton-Wood River scored one run on two errors and a single with two outs in the first inning, it could have been a bad omen for the Hillsboro High School softball team. Instead, it was just …
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3/23/26
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Hillsboro High’s first outing under Topper head coach James Hertel can be judged a success as the young team downed another extremely young team, the East Alton Wood River Oilers, 11-1 in a five …
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by Ron Deabenderfer
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3/23/26
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After opening up their season against a tough Highland squad, the Hillsboro High School girls soccer team scored their first victory of the season on Friday, March 20, as the Toppers defeated …
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3/23/26
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Hillsboro and Brownstown/St. Elmo traded a pair of runs in the seventh inning as the Bombers edged the Toppers 3-2 on Friday, March 20.
Hillsboro starter Eli Zaidi turned in five stellar innings …
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by Kyle Herschelman
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3/23/26
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The scoreboard at the end of the game may have shown Highland ahead 6-2 in the Hillsboro girls soccer team’s opening game of the 2026 season on Tuesday, March 17, but for the majority of the game, …
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3/19/26
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This year marks the centennial of the South Central Conference, and Hillsboro has been a member twice. The city was also the birthplace of the conference.
March 23 marks 100 years since the …
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by Tom Emery
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3/19/26
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One Hillsboro and three Litchfield wrestlers were among those who earned all-conference honors for the 2025-26 season.
Kohl Fuller received all-conference honors in his second year at Hillsboro …
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3/19/26
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Litchfield High School seniors Ethan Saathoff and Max Leitschuh were among the 20 players selected by the boys basketball coaches of South Central Conference for this year’s all-conference teams.
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3/19/26
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