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Hillsboro Girls Stymie Southwestern In Piasa
The Hillsboro girls basketball team held Southwestern to just five points in the second and third quarter as they beat the Piasa Birds 44-26 in the South Central Conference opener for both teams. The … more
Vandals Hand Hiltoppers First Loss In SCC Prequel
The Vandalia boys golf team handed Hillsboro their first loss of the season on Monday, Sept. 18, but the Toppers did manage to earn a share of medalist honors for the match. Shooting a 163, the … more
Hillsboro Seventh At Kaskaskian Classic
Perhaps because it was the earliest game on the last day of the Kaskaskian Classic in Carlyle on Saturday, Dec. 2, the crowd was more like a small gathering, but three firsts occured during the … more
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It's Hillsboro, It's Litchfield, It's Week Five For Football
Questions abound before the Hillsboro at Litchfield varsity football game tomorrow, Sept. 22; known answers aren’t as obvious. The weatherman Wednesday afternoon said rain was probable … more
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Lady Hiltoppers Score Victory Over Marquette
After a busy weekend at the Montgomery County Invitational Grace Tournament, the Hillsboro volleyball team was back at home on Monday, Sept. 11. Following their first loss of the season, the Toppers … more
Topper Fans Should Come Early
A word of advice to Topper football fans heading to Sawyer Field tomorrow night – Come early. The parking situation is the same as three weeks ago because of construction. Those with handicap … more
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Comets Win First Meeting With Hillsboro
The Toppers Boys’ basketball 2023 version finished Pool B play in the Kaskaskian Classic with their third loss Wednesday evening, Nov. 28, when the Greenville Comets held them to three points … more
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Hillsboro defender Kyle Holcomb (#6) and Litchfield forward Drake Gasperson battled throughout the match-up between the two rivals on Tuesday, Sept. 5, in Litchfield. Gasperson would score for the Panthers, but it was a defensive showcase throughout as the two teams were knotted at one after regulation and two overtime periods. The Panthers eventually handed Hillsboro their first South Central Conference loss since April 2021, winning in a penalty kick shootout 4-2.
Cardiac Cats Shoot Down Toppers
After 100 minutes of soccer against Hillsboro, Litchfield Head Coach Chris Bates was concerned that some of his regular co-workers might need to give him a hand. “They’re going to … more
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Hillsboro's Jesse Balla returns a shot during her match with Ellie Schaufelberger of Greenville on Tuesday, Aug. 29, at the Hillsboro Sports Complex. The team has been putting in work on the court in both the tennis sense and in sprucing up the courts, with new score boards, court numbers, a repainted backboard and shade sails among the improvements.
New Year, New Improvements For Topper Girls Tennis Team
The Hillsboro High School girls tennis team started off their season on Aug. 28, with four matches in four days, two of which they won. Their opening match of the season was on Monday, Aug. 28, … more
Nico Clark (left) had a pair of goals in the Toppers' 2-1 win over Greenville on Tuesday, Sept. 12, at the Hillsboro Sports Complex. The win evened the Toppers' record to 1-1 in the South Central Conference.
Soccer Toppers Grind It Out Against Comets
With several members of the Hillsboro High School boys soccer team also members of the choir and, as a result key pieces of the Operetta each spring, the orange and black are no strangers to … more
Litchfield senior Kendall Stewart tries to tip a shot over the top over Hillsboro blockers Addison Lowe (#14) and Ellie Miller (#12) during the regional semifinal game in Vandalia on Tuesday, Oct. 24. Despite the best efforts of the Panthers, who won game one 27-25, Hillsboro held off their intracounty rival 25-14, 25-18 in games two and three to advance to Thursday's regional championship game against Shelbyville.
Hiltoppers Hold Off Panthers To Secure Title Shot
For seniors, this time of year isn’t life or death, but it is a half step below that. The postseason is in full swing in several fall sports, including volleyball, where 12 seniors (four … more
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Toppers Welcome Rochester, Lutheran North To Town
After making a return to the football playoffs last year, the Hillsboro Hiltoppers got the opportunity to learn some lessons from two teams that know a thing or two about winning in the postseason on … more
Feeley Takes Medalist Honors
The Hillsboro girls golf team hosted Staunton, Carlinville and Mt. Olive on Tuesday, Sept. 5. None of the four teams had enough players for a full team score, which made the quad a race for medalist … more
Toppers Take Two At Taylorville
The Hillsboro High School wrestling team picked up two victories in their varsity opener on Tuesday, Nov. 28, defeating Springfield Southeast and Taylorville on the Tornadoes’ home mat. … more
Sixteen young athletes from Hillsboro Junior High will be in East Peoria on May 19-20 for the IESA State Finals track Meet after qualifying for state at the sectional in Gillespie on May 13. In front, from the left, are Aubrey Baldwin, Jaida Linn, Briley Kirby, Amya Greenwood and Kamdyn Putnam. In the second row are Kaelin Cress, Aubrey Huber, Bailey Chappelear, Sophia Watkins and Piper Walk. In the back row are Joseph Lanter, Hunter Davis, Jermaine DeClue, Tytin Wells and Sawyer Hindle. Not pictured is Elijah Patton.
Dragons Have Medals In Mind At State
Two relays and two high jumpers from the Hillsboro Junior High girls track team advanced to the IESA Class 3A State Finals after their success at the Gillespie Sectional on Saturday, May 13. The … more
Weiss Medals As Toppers Take Four Top Five Spots
The Hillsboro boys golf team picked up a pair of wins over Greenville and North Mac on Tuesday, Sept. 5, at Indian Springs Golf Course in Fillmore. The Toppers shot a 163 on the day to beat the … more
Staunton Next Up For Toppers
The Greenville/Hillsboro football story in Tuesday’s (Sept. 5) Journal-News contained at least two errors; the Topper pass interception credited to Dylan Lessman was made by Zander Wells, and … more
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Sixteen young athletes from Hillsboro Junior High will be in East Peoria on May 19-20 for the IESA State Finals track Meet after qualifying for state at the sectional in Gillespie on May 13. In front, from the left, are Aubrey Baldwin, Jaida Linn, Briley Kirby, Amya Greenwood and Kamdyn Putnam. In the second row are Kaelin Cress, Aubrey Huber, Bailey Chappelear, Sophia Watkins and Piper Walk. In the back row are Joseph Lanter, Hunter Davis, Jermaine DeClue, Tytin Wells and Sawyer Hindle. Not pictured is Elijah Patton.
Hillsboro Boys Send Five To State
The Hillsboro Junior High boys track team qualified for state in five events on Saturday, May 13 at the IESA Class 3A sectional in Gillespie. Four of the five events are on the eighth grade … more
Cougars Claw Their Way Past Hillsboro
Hillsboro’s boys basketball team traveled south on Rt. 127 to play SIUE EST CS (Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Charter School) Tuesday evening, Nov. 28; the SIUE team … more
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Bailey Leach of Pleasant Plains (#17) tries to shield Hillsboro's Sierra Compton from the ball during the first half of the sectional semifinal game in Riverton on Tuesday, May 16. Leach had one of the Cardinals' six goals in their 6-0 win over the Hiltoppers that moved them on to face Sacred Heart-Griffin in Friday's championship game.
Plains Ends Toppers Season In Sectionals
Suffocating. That was how the Hillsboro defense played on Tuesday, May 16, in the Riverton Sectional semifinal soccer game against Pleasant Plains, especially in the first half. Unfortunately, the … more
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