It was a tough night for the Hillsboro boys tennis team on Tuesday, April 12, as the Toppers fell to Greenville 9-0.
Dima Powell, Jordan Pierce, Elusha Golovay, Clayten Gan, Aidan Andris and …
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4/18/22
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Often baseball games are decided by dramatic blasts; some are decided in less active ways. Hillsboro pitching only walked five Knights when they visited Breese Mater Dei Thursday, April 14, but they …
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by Ron Deabenderfer
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4/18/22
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Hillsboro’s baseball’s win over Greenville High was the result of timely hitting, effective pitching, and sparkling defense as the Toppers broke a five game losing streak with a 9-3 South …
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4/18/22
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The Hillsboro High School softball team pulled out their first win of the year, doing so in dramatic fashion with a 2-1 victory over Vandalia in their South Central Conference opener.
The story of …
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4/14/22
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The Montgomery County track teams made a visit to county-adjacent foe Carlinville on Tuesday, April 12, for a South Central Conference triangular.
The three teams finished in the same order on …
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4/14/22
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Hillsboro’s baseball team was hopeful after the first inning of their game against Taylorville at the Sports Complex Monday, April 11; the cloudy skies seemed more of a threat than the visiting …
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by Ron Deabenderfer
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4/14/22
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Both of Montgomery County’s girls soccer teams found themselves on the wrong end of the scoreboard on Tuesday, April 12, after having games cancelled the day before.
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4/14/22
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Hillsboro's conference-opening baseball game scheduled for the city’s sport complex for last Friday, April 8, was postponed because of field conditions and cold temperatures; the first date set …
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by Ron Deabenderfer
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4/11/22
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The Hillsboro girls track team welcomed Taylorville and Effingham to Montgomery County on Thursday, April 7, for a three-team meet with the Tornadoes and Flaming Hearts.
The Toppers had 11 entries …
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4/11/22
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Damp, cold and windy conditions and a talented Pleasant Plains squad would have been tough for the Hillsboro girls soccer team to contend with on a day when they had a full roster. But with eight …
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4/11/22
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To paraphrase an old adage, sometimes you get the wolf, and sometimes the wolf gets you. The latter held true for Hillsboro’s baseball team Monday afternoon, April 4, when John Wolf mixed …
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by Ron Deabenderfer
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4/7/22
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On Saturday, March 26, Hillsboro Athletic Director and former Head Football Coach Aaron Duff and Hiltopper assistant football coach Bill Reed, father of Head Coach Joe Reed and Assistant Coach Zach …
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4/7/22
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“Suffering is the main condition of the artistic experience,” Samuel Beckett once said. The Hillsboro girls soccer team feels that quote after their South Central Conference opener …
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4/7/22
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As they are prone to do, Magnus Wells excelled at throwing heavy things and Tanner Clayton successfully used one pole to go over another as the two accounted for two of Hillsboro’s three wins …
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4/7/22
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The Hillsboro High School girls track team was in Gillespie on Tuesday, April 5, as the Miners hosted a three-team meet with the Toppers and Pana.
The home team would take the middle spot in the …
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4/7/22
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Mater Dei sophomore Audrey Clark threw a perfect game on Monday, April 4, as the Knights defeated Hillsboro 10-0 in five innings in Breese.
Clark struck out nine and did not walk anyone as she …
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4/7/22
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It was a long bus trip on a sunny afternoon sandwiched between a rainy morning and predicted storms for the nighttime hours, but the Toppers played baseball Tuesday afternoon, April 5. The …
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by Ron Deabenderfer
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4/7/22
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After a cold week plagued by rain, and sometimes sleet, the Hillsboro and Litchfield girls soccer teams received their payoff on Saturday, April 2.
The two rivals both made it through pool …
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by Kyle Herschelman
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4/4/22
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What was to be a double header for both Hillsboro’s varsity and junior varsity baseball teams became only a single game for the varsity Saturday, April 2, when the Toppers invaded Greenville; …
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by Ron Deabenderfer
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4/4/22
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After their first match of the season was rained out, the Hillsboro boys tennis team finally hit the courts on Tuesday, March 29, against Roxana.
Playing on their home court, the Toppers fell to …
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4/4/22
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