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County Boys Soccer Teams Ready To Kick Off Classic
All three Montgomery County boys soccer teams will be competing in the Kickoff Classic on Route 66, an early season tournament hosted by Carlinville and North Mac on Aug. 26-30. Hillsboro is in … more
Toppers Drop Two Tight Ones
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, … more
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Comets Knock Off Toppers
When Greenville came to Hillsboro for a South Central Conference baseball game Friday afternoon, April 19, it became a pitching duel between two lefthanders, the Comets’ Cohen Alstat and Topper … more
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Rain Puts A Halt To Hillsboro Games
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 … more
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Chase Knetzer (#9) drew the starting nod at quarterback for Hillsboro on Friday, Oct. 20, due to injury to Jace Stewart. Southwestern defenders made that assignment less than pleasurable as the Toppers fell to the playoff-bound ‘Birds 35-7.
Hillsboro Season Ends At Southwestern
The Piasa Southwestern Birds thumped the visiting Hillsboro Hiltoppers 35-7 at their place Friday evening, Oct. 20, to propel themselves into the first round of the football playoffs which begin this … more
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Sectionals for the three Montgomery County girls track teams were on Thursday, May 11, in Carlinville as Hillsboro, Litchfield and Nokomis all invaded Cavalier Country. Above, from the left, Hillsboro's Layne Rupert, Riverton's Brandy Petitt, Nokomis' Irene Vandenbergh and Litchfield's Gracie Boden go around the final turn into the backstretch of the "fast heat" in the 400 meter run at the sectional. The quartet took the top four spots in the race, all running personal records, as Vandenbergh took first, followed by Petitt, Boden and Rupert.
Toppers Just Miss Moving On To State
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 … more
Members of the Hillsboro High School soccer team celebrate with their regional championship trophy after defeating Litchfield 9-1 in Greenville on Friday, May 12. The Lady Hiltoppers will now play Pleasant Plains on Tuesday, May 16, at 6:30 p.m. at the Riverton Sectional.
Hillsboro Beats Litchfield For Regional Title
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 … more
Eight seniors and their families were honored on Thursday, Oct. 19, during senior night for the Hillsboro High School volleyball team. From the left are Sophia Blankenship with dad Gabe Blankenship and mom Cody Hodges; Kinley Richardson with dad Chad Richardson and mom Aimee Klump; Hanna Hughes with mom Audra Moore and uncle Mark Hughes; Maycie Fuller with parents Schylar and Mandy Fuller; Leah Satterlee with parents Trevor and Melissa Satterlee; Emoree Shepard with mom Samantha Shepard; Ellie Miller with parents Tisha and Carl Miller; and Tyler Beard with mom Patricia Beard.
Eight Honored On Hillsboro Volleyball Senior Night
It was senior night for the Hillsboro High School volleyball team on Thursday, Oct. 19, and eight members of the 2023 team were honored along with their families. It was bittersweet for two of the … more
Hilsboro senior Brayden Fowler picked up one of the Toppers' two wins at the Gillespie Invitational on Friday, May 12, winning the 300 meter hurdles in a time of 42.25.
Toppers Third At Gillespie
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. The Toppers … more
Hilsboro Wrestling Coach Garrett Young congratulates Zander Wells after the Topper senior won the regional title at 165 pounds in Auburn on Saturday, Feb. 3.
Topper Trio Goes 1-2-3 To Sectionals
It was a productive trip to Auburn for the Hillsboro High School wrestling team as the Toppers advanced three wrestlers on to the Vandalia Sectional on Feb. 9-10. The top three finishers in each … more
Hughes, Linn, Smith Get Wins In Opener
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. … more
Lady Hiltoppers Knock Off Alton Marquette
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 … more
Soccer Toppers Fall in Regional Final
The 2023 season ended in heartbreak for the Hillsboro High School boys soccer team Tuesday, Oct. 17, at the Effingham St Anthony IHSA regional final as the Toppers fell to the Newton Eagles by the … more
Hillsboro's Jace Stewart slams on the brakes as Litchfield's Keenan Logan (#1) goes up for the block during the game between the two rivals on Friday, Feb. 2. After a close first half, Litchfield pulled away from the Toppers for a 61-36 win, their fifth in as many opportunities in South Central Conference play.
Purple Panthers Get Toppers In Round 2
The theory that the 2023-24 version of the Litchfield Purple Panthers is better than the same vintage Hillsboro Hiltoppers was proven decisively Friday evening, Feb. 2, in Simmons Gym when Litchfield … more
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Nokomis Edges Hillsboro In Barn-Burner
A relatively warm late January/early February became a bit warmer in Hillsboro Saturday evening, Feb. 3, when the Nokomis Redskins and the Hillsboro Hiltoppers staged a barn-burner of a high school … more
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2023-24 Hiltoppers Grew As Season Went On
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 … more
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Gillespie Stays Unbeaten With Win Over Toppers
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. … more
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The Nokomis eighth grade volleyball team improved to 19-4 on the season with a three-set win over South Central at the Central A&M Regional on Thursday, March 7. In front, from the left, are Ripley Goodwin, CJ Yeske, Brooklyn Marley, Hannah Tarter, Quincee Riebe, Carsyn Bertolino, Lily Broers, Ilexia Doyen, Alaina Bugg, Haylie Spinnie, Camille Bertolino. In the back row are Coach Rebecca West, Lauren DeWerff, Addilynn Cress, Leni Johnston, Madilyn Marshall, Kennedi Aumann, Lexie Smith, Avry West, Rainee Linn, Laurelie Hill and Coach Krystal West.
Lady Braves Move On To Sectionals
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. … more
Lady Toppers Beat North Mac In OT
Six teams were 4-2 or better in the South Central Conference girls basketball standings going into Thursday, Feb. 1. Two of those teams, Hillsboro and North Mac, faced off in Hillsboro that night, … more
Loss Sends Toppers To Ninth Place Bracket
Sixth-seeded Bethalto Civic Memorial raced to an early 11-2 advantage to open the Rick McGraw Memorial Invitational's second round Pool C game against the … more
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