So far this season, winning has been less of a problem for the Hillsboro High School girls tennis team than actually getting the opportunity to play. In between picking up their fourth victory of the …
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9/25/23
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The Hillsboro girls basketball team overcame a slow start to pick up their sixth South Central Conference win of the season on Monday, Feb. 5, as they defeated Pana 54-26.
The Panthers scored …
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2/8/24
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Anyone who went to the Hillsboro/Litchfield South Central Conference football game held on the Purple Panthers’ home field Friday night, Sept. 22, expecting to see offensive plays up and down the …
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by Ron Deabenderfer
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9/25/23
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It was senior night on Thursday, April 27, for the Hillsboro High School boys tennis team as Kyle Butler, Ethan Schreiber and Izac Adams were honored prior to the Toppers’ 8-1 win over Mt. …
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5/4/23
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The Hillsboro boys tennis team picked up their third win of the season on Thursday, April 13, defeating Metro-East Lutheran 9-0 at the tennis courts at the Hillsboro Sports Complex.
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4/20/23
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Wednesday was senior night for the Hillsboro High School wrestling team as the Toppers faced off against Highland in their final home meet of the season. Zander Wells, Ian Anderson and Treyton Kuhl …
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1/22/24
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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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For four and a half innings in Vandalia Tuesday afternoon, May 2, the Hillsboro Hiltoppers baseball team held an impressive 10-5 lead over the Vandals. The Toppers hit total (10) was high and the …
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by Ron Deabenderfer
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5/4/23
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Taylorville, a team showing improvement as injured players return, won their fourth game of the season and second in the Rick McGraw Memorial Invitational Tournament held in Litchfield for the 56th …
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by Ron Deabenderfer
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1/22/24
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The theme of the 2023 season for the Hillsboro girls track team has been quality over quantity as the Lady Hiltoppers are still working on building up numbers in the program. The team’s …
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5/4/23
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Hillsboro and Litchfield both landed three players on the South Central Conference volleyball all-conference team, which was released last week.
Hillsboro’s Kennady Clayton and Addison …
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11/6/23
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For now, Hillsboro will take second, but don’t expect the Hiltoppers to be content with that for long as the boys track program continues to improve.
The Hiltoppers finished in the runner-up …
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5/4/23
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It takes a special person to fill the minor but still important roles on a basketball team: play defense, don’t turn the ball over, help the shooters score …
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by Ron Deabenderfer
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1/22/24
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The Hillsboro High School track team competed in the Carlinville Relays on Tuesday, April 18, and picked up four event wins and seven second place finishes.
Three of the wins came on the …
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4/20/23
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At first glance, Hillsboro’s 49-24 win over Litchfield looks exactly like what you would have predicted if you just looked at the team’s records before the game.
The Toppers were 5-5 …
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by Kyle Herschelman
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12/14/23
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The Hillsboro High School softball team fell to Pana 11-1 in five innings on Tuesday, April 18, in a South Central Conference clash on the Lady Hiltoppers home field.
Things looked ok for …
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4/20/23
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The Toppers versus Pana game in Hillsboro last Friday, Sept. 29, had the Hillsboro fans at least mildly depressed at halftime but enthused by the end of the game. That enthusiasm carried over through …
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by Ron Deabenderfer
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10/10/23
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For several years, the annual regular season meeting between the Litchfield and Hillsboro wrestling teams took place in one of three places: Hillsboro, Litchfield or Mt. Olive, who was the customary …
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12/14/23
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Poor free throw shooting and eight fourth quarter turnovers were the primary reasons Hillsboro’s boys basketball team fell to the Cumberland Pirates 53-46 in the third place game at the St. …
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by Ron Deabenderfer
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12/18/23
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As the top seed in the St. Elmo Christmas Tournament, the Hillsboro Hiltoppers had two distinctions; they were selected to play the opening game on Tuesday, Dec. 12, and they were pitted against the …
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by Ron Deabenderfer
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12/14/23
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