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Abby Brockmeyer, a Lincolnwood graduate and Southern Illinois University-Carbondale junior, showed in the first two SIUC games, she is just as determined to score her second 500 points as …
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11/14/19
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Kevin Arnold picked up a win by rear naked choke in his first match at the IMMAF-WMMAA Amateur MMA World Championships, which are being held in Bahrain between Nov. 11 and Nov. 16.
Arnold, …
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11/12/19
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At 5'5", Marke Freeman's presence on stage at the Lincolnwood High School auditorium on Wednesday, Oct. 30, wasn't overwhelming, but the former Lanphier and Northern Illinois University standout's …
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by Kyle Herschelman
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11/7/19
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Some athletes simply have a taste for the position they play.
Kenny Lauderdale, a Rockford University junior soccer player and Litchfield graduate, would be one such player.
"I love …
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by Daniel Chamness
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11/4/19
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The second annual First Noelle Memorial 5K is set to be held at St. Louis Catholic School in Nokomis on Saturday, Dec. 7. The yearly 5K is held in memory of Ayden Noelle O'Malley, the daughter …
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10/28/19
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Victories have not been easy to come by for the Blackburn College women's soccer team this year.
But, in their three victories thus far this year, it seems like a Hillsboro graduate has …
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by Dan Chamness
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10/21/19
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Long-time player Keith Phillips was 6-0 and was the closest on the tie-breaker to earn the victory in week eight of the Country Financial Prep Pick 'Em contest.
Phillips, Ed Holcomb and Harold …
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10/21/19
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For the first time this year, all 12 entries in the Country Financial Prep Pick 'Em Contest were flawless, meaning that the winner was decided by the tiebreaker of closest to the total points in the …
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10/15/19
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The Illinois College football team is back on the winning track.
IC, who lost a 25-20 decision to Nebraska Wesleyan University in the second week of the season, defeated Ripon College …
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by Dan Chamness
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10/7/19
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There were two winners in this week's Country Financial Prep Pick 'Em Contest as both Ben Schwab and Josh and Alisha Laurent both went 6-0 in week six.
The two entries also both picked 58 points …
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10/7/19
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For the first time this season, there is a repeat winner in the Country Financial Prep Pick 'Em contest. Bruce Gunn guessed all six games correctly and hit the tiebreaker (points for the …
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9/30/19
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Lexi Lusk, a Hillsboro graduate, is only a freshman, but she is already making herself well known to Blackburn College women's soccer fans.
Lusk assisted the first goal of the Beavers' game …
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by Dan Chamness
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9/26/19
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Eleven-year-old Jacob Volentine has fished often in his family's pond north of Litchfield, but on Sunday, Sept. 8, something special caught Litchfield sixth grader's attention.
"I was fishing …
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by Kyle Herschelman
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9/12/19
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Tess Saathoff and Lexi Lusk, both Hillsboro graduates, were each only one goal from a hat trick against Lincoln Christian University.
In the 8-0 Greenville win, Saathoff, a freshman …
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by Dan Chamness
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9/12/19
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Something was definitely working for Litchfield's Rich Komor on Saturday, Aug. 24, at the inaugural Working Man’s $10 Grands at Wagler Motorsports Park in Lyons, IN. Komor not only piloted his …
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9/9/19
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The Lynch Motorsports team made stops in Macon and Brownstown over the last few weeks as the racing season continues for the brothers from Hillsboro.
Brady Lynch would race in the pro-modified …
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9/5/19
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A rain delay and a power outage didn't stop the sixth edition of the Arrowhead Open from being another win for Nokomis athletes on Saturday, Aug. 17.
The annual golf tournament, held at Indian …
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8/26/19
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The I-57 Dragstrip in Benton has been pretty good to Dustin Bryant over the last few weeks.
After winning the footbrake division at the track's weekly bracket racing series on July 27, Bryant has …
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8/15/19
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The Hearn Motorsports team was in Byron on Aug. 9-11, as ten-year-old Timothy Hearn competed in the Midwest Junior Super Series event at the Byron Dragway.
Going into the race, Hearn was third in …
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8/15/19
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The Lynch Motorsports team continued its season on Aug. 3 and Aug. 10, as brothers Nathan and Brady Lynch raced in Brownstown and Macon.
On Saturday, Aug. 3, Nathan Lynch overcame a tough setup in …
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8/15/19
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