After battling Mother Nature most of the year, the Lincolnwood/Morrisonville softball team had one of their busiest stretches of the season end last week as they played four games in three …
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4/25/22
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The Lincolnwood/Morrisonville baseball team evened their record to 8-8 on the season on Thursday, April 21, with a 3-2 win over Warrensburg-Latham.
The Lancers got a solid performance on the mound …
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4/25/22
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It was a beautiful morning for a baseball game in Hillsboro on Friday, April 22, but by the time Preston Lyerla threw his first pitch to Piasa Southwestern’s Rocky Darr at 4:30 p.m., a strong …
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by Ron Deabenderfer
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4/25/22
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The Southwestern Piasa Birds picked up their first South Central Conference win of the season on Friday, April 22, at the expense of the Hillsboro High School softball team by a 9-1 final …
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4/25/22
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Doing the most with a little.
Evan Herpstreith is doing just that. So far, Lincoln Land Community College pitcher has yet to taste defeat. The former Nokomis pitcher rolled to 3-0 on Thursday as …
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4/25/22
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The good news is that the Litchfield High School softball team held a lead over Pana on Friday, April 22. The bad news is that it only lasted a half inning and Pana went on to win 13-1 on their home …
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4/25/22
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Litchfield and Pana began a home and away baseball series on Thursday, April 21, welcoming the Panthers to Litchfield in a non-conference battle. Pana would hold on for the victory after a late push …
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4/25/22
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To most, FBI stands for the Federal Bureau of Investigations, but when it comes to racing, FBI means Fast Boys from Illinois.
That moniker fits perfectly for Walshville’s Travis Lentz and …
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4/25/22
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It was a good day for the trio from Turner Racing as Hillsboro’s Chase Saathoff competed in the Tom Cummings Memorial at the Barry Expo Center in Hastings, MI, on Sunday, April 10.
Joined by …
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4/25/22
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Panama motorcycle racer Gideon Cruthis had two solid outings in the first two rounds of the Crossroads Cross Country Series, which were March 12 and April 9.
Racing in the Intermediate Bikes …
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4/25/22
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The Everett Racing team made their way to Doe Run Raceway near Farmington, MO, on Sunday, April 10.
Racing in the winged micro sprint class, Bodee Everett started third in his heat and stayed near …
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4/25/22
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While many were hunting for eggs, one group of racers from the Journal-News Motorsports was hunting for speed in the first round of the Fly Racing Showdown Series at Lincoln Trail Motorsports in …
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4/25/22
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The Hillsboro High School softball team pounded out 14 hits, all of the one-base variety on Tuesday, April 19, to beat Litchfield 9-5 in Litchfield.
Five of those 14 singles came in the second …
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4/21/22
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When Hillsboro High’s baseball team invaded Litchfield Tuesday afternoon, April 19, a pitching duel began – until the top of the fourth. Then the Toppers broke the magic with two runs off …
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4/21/22
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The Litchfield High School track team finished second in both the boys and girls standings at the Pana Invitational on Saturday, April 16, but in this instance, it’s one of the few times that …
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4/21/22
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Two to one has quickly become Hillsboro’s favorite score line after the Toppers pulled off a pair of conference victories over Greenville and Carlinville on April 15 and 18.
Saturday’s …
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4/21/22
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Lincolnwood pitcher John Wolf struck out 11 and scattered four hits in seven innings to help the Lancers to an 8-1 win over Bunker Hill on Tuesday, April 19.
The only blemish on Wolf’s stat …
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4/21/22
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As the season goes on, Hillsboro’s Magnus Wells just keeps getting better and better in the discus. On Saturday, April 16, the Topper senior threw 139’ to claim the top spot at the Pana …
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4/21/22
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The Litchfield High School track team picked up a sweep at the Comet Open in Greenville on Tuesday, April 19, coming in first in the boys and girls team results in the six-team event.
The two …
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4/21/22
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The Hillsboro track team was in Carlinville on Tuesday, April 19, for the Carlinville Relays.
The six-team event was won by Pleasant Plains on both the boys and girls sides, with Carlinville …
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4/21/22
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