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The Nokomis freshman/sophomore boys basketball team took first in the 2024 Lincolnwood JV Boys Basketball Tournament, which was held from Jan. 13-31. In front, from the left, are Blain Goodwin, Kannon Jonas, Kadynn Petty and Glavine Himes. In the back are Griffin Engelman, JJ Denby, Daryl Evans, Konnor Reynolds, Ari VandenBergh, Braydon Cachera and Halen Barnes.

The Nokomis freshman/sophomore boys basketball team took first place in the 2024 Lincolnwood JV Boys Basketball Tournament, which wrapped up on Wednesday, Jan. 31, and was sponsored by Miller … more

2/8/24

Lincolnwood Improves To 1-0 In MSM Conference

The Lincolnwood-Morrisonville boys basketball team held Mt. Olive to two points in the first quarter on Friday, Dec. 1, as they rolled to a 59-16 win over the Wildcats in MSM Conference play. Six … more

12/7/23

Lady Wilcats Outlast Lady Lancers Monday

The Lincolnwood-Morrisonville girls basketball team outscored Mt. Olive in three of the four quarters in their game on Monday, Dec. 4, but that one exception was enough to push the Wildcats past the … more

12/7/23

Lincolnwood-Morrisonville Camp To Be Held May 22-25

The Lincolnwood-Morrisonville basketball program will hold their annual summer camp on May 22 through May 25 at the Lincolnwood High School gym and Raymond Grade School multi-purpose gym, from 3:30 … more

5/4/23

Lincolnwood’s Brayden Morris (#24) and Tucker Armentrout (#12) work together to keep Gillespie’s 6’5” 235-pound forward Bryce Hohnsbehn off the boards during a free throw attempt in the second half of the Lancers’ home opener on Tuesday, Dec. 12. The hosts held Gillespie to single digits in each of the first three quarters and hit 10 threes on the night to beat the Miners 59-41.

Lancers Lights Out In Woodshed Opener

After eight games away from the Woodshed to start the season, the Lincolnwood-Morrisonville boys basketball team returned to their home court on Tuesday, Dec. 12, to face the Gillespie Miners. … more

12/14/23

Lancers Can’t Weather Four-Run Fourth

Tornadic activity is rarely a good thing and Monday night in Raymond was no exception for the Lincolnwood-Morrisonville softball team. A four-run fourth inning by Taylorville broke up a 2-2 tie … more

4/20/23

Lincolnwood Falls To Aces, Indians

Prior to their third place finish at the Montgomery County Baseball Tournament, the Lincolnwood-Morrisonville baseball team dropped a pair of games to pawnee and Mulberry Grove on April 13 and 14 by … more

4/20/23

Lincolnwood Girls Fall To Hawk Invite Hosts

The Lincolnwood-Morrisonville girls basketball team had the misfortune of playing the host school in the Lady Hawk Invitational as they faced off against Carrollton, who was 15-6 entering the game. … more

1/22/24

Lancers Get Second Win Over Litchfield

One of the few good things about the Litchfield-Gillespie soccer team being relegated to Class 2A is that the Panthers won't have to see Lincolnwood any more in the 2023 season. In the final … more

10/10/23

Beating the throw from the outfield to Lincolnwood-Morrisonville catcher Kaci Bethard, Hillsboro’s Audrey Shultz slides into home plate for the Lady Hiltoppers’ eighth run of the game. Hillsboro went on to score two more after Shultz’s sprint to the plate as they defeated the Lady Lancers 10-5 in Hillsboro on Monday, March 11.

Hillsboro, Lincolnwood Square Off In Softball Season Opener

It’s usually a toss-up when it comes to early March weather in Illinois, but the Lincolnwood and Hillsboro softball teams had about as good of conditions as you can get for their season opener … more

by Kyle Herschelman | 3/14/24

With one out in the bottom of the 10th inning, Brody Lush sent the fans from Lincolnwood and Morrisonville home happy Tuesday, March 12, as his single to center scored the go-ahead run and ended the Lancers’ season opener with a 3-2 walkoff victory over Taylorville. Lush got a hero’s welcome after touching first base as the Lincolnwood-Morrisonville dugout emptied to celebrate with Tuesday’s hero.

Walk-Off Single Gives Lancers Opening Win

It was just the first game of the season for both teams, but the March 12 tilt between Taylorville and Lincolnwood-Morrisonville will be hard to top. A one-out, bases-loaded single by Brody Lush … more

3/14/24

Lincolnwood Folds Aces

The Lincolnwood-Morrisonville baseball team distributed 17 runs across five innings on Friday, April 12, as they defeated Mulberry Grove 17-4 to pick up their eighth win of the season. The … more

4/15/24

Lincolnwood-Morrisonville's Lance Weitekamp went 2-for-4 with an RBI in the regional championship game against Pawnee on Saturday, May 20, in Nokomis. The Lancers gave the Indians all they could handle before falling to the regional's top seed 5-4 in nine innings.

Indians Get Past Lancers In Extra Innings

The Pawnee Indians escaped with a 5-4 victory and a regional championship on Saturday, May 20, in Nokomis as Nick Rice singled home the game-winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning to beat the … more

5/22/23

Lincolnwood's Kennady Cook (#30) drives past Cason Robinson of Southwestern during the second half of the Lancers' home game against the Piasa Birds on Saturday, Dec. 16. Cook had seven points in the Lancers' 49-43 victory over Southwestern, which improved Lincolnwood's record to 5-6 on the season.

Lancers Bounce Back Against Birds

After an intense back-and-forth, two-point loss to South County the night before the Lincolnwood boys basketball team managed to avoid a letdown on Saturday, Dec. 16, as they gutted out a 49-43 … more

by Kyle Herschelman | 12/18/23

TEAM Night To Feature Triple Header, Pork Patties

On Saturday, Dec. 16, the Lincolnwood boys and girls basketball will be back at the Woodshed to face the Southwestern Piasa Birds in a celebration of all things pertaining to Lancer … more

12/14/23

Lady Lancers Sink Storm To Snap Skid

A strong defensive effort in the second quarter of the Lancers’ match-up with Sangamon Valley gave the Lincolnwood-Morrisonville girls their fourth win of the season as they stopped the Storm … more

12/14/23

Pawnee Gets Round Two Over Lincolnwood

For the second game in a row, the Lincolnwood-Morrisonville baseball team finished seven innings with the same number of hits as Pawnee, but fell to the Indians in an MSM Conference game. With … more

4/15/24

Jhude Walker jarred the ball loose as he slid into home for one of Lincolnwood's runs in their seven-run fourth inning on Thursday, May 18, at the Nokomis Regional. The Lancers used the big inning to break a 1-1 tie with Nokomis, en route to a 10-3 regional semifinal win over the Redskins.

Fourth Inning Pushes Lancers Past 'Skins

A seven-run fourth inning broke open a tied game as the Lincolnwood-Morrisonville baseball team defeated Nokomis 10-3 on Thursday, May 18, in the semifinals of the Nokomis Regional. The Redskins … more

5/22/23

Lincolnwood-Morrisonville starter Mason Tryon held Carlinville to one hit and struck out 15 batters in seven innings as the Lancers beat the Cavies 9-0 on Tuesday, March 19.

Tryon Strikes Out 15 In Shutout

Mason Tryon struck out 15 and allowed just one hit in Lincolnwood’s 9-0 victory on Tuesday, March 19, as the Lancers improved to 3-0 on the season. Tryon struck out three batters in the … more

3/21/24

The Nokomis Lady Redskins claimed their first volleyball regional championship since 2007 on Thursday, Oct. 26, beating Lincolnwood in three games in Raymond. Team members, in front, from the left, are Camryn Engelman, Maddison DeWerff, Grace King, Presley Mehochko, Reaghan Jonas and Becca Hill. In the back row are Head Coach Megan Mehochko, Kinley Stolte, Mackenzie Mehochko, Addison Glenn, Remi Tester, Lizzy Hill, Natalie Brownback and Assistant Coach Amy Stolte.

It's Nokomis' Turn For A Title

Nokomis Head Coach Megan Mehochko remembers the last time that the Lady Redskins won a volleyball regional championship, or at least the part she shared with her oldest daughter. “Presley … more

by Kyle Herschelman | 10/30/23