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Five Montgomery County boys basketball players earned all-conference recognition this year, three from Litchfield and two from Hillsboro. From the left are Hillsboro's Nathan Matoush and Litchfield's Victor McGill, who were first team selections, and Litchfield's Keenan Powell and A.J. Odle and Hillsboro's Jace Stewart, who were all third team all-conference.

Three players from the co-conference champion Litchfield boys basketball team and two players from Hillsboro were among the 18 players honored as all-conference selections by the South Central … more

2/29/24

Bond Shakes Things Up At EAWR Invite

Nokomis’ Bond Knodle picked up points in two different events on Saturday, April 6, as the Redskins participated in the East Alton-Wood River Invitational. Knodle secured two of Nokomis’ … more

4/8/24

Walker Tops Standings In NEPG

With six top five finishes in as many rounds, Morrisonville’s Jhak Walker is currently in first place in the National Enduro Promotions Group (NEPG) Series with nine races left on the 2023 … more

8/10/23

Litchfield's Camden Quarton finished second in this year's Dave Holden Open in Greenville, running a 17:17 to help the Panthers to a one-point win over East St. Louis on Tuesday, Sept. 12.

Panthers Run At Shelbyville, Greenville

The Litchfield High School cross country team added a new stop to their schedule this year as they made the switch from the PORTA Invitational to the Shelbyville Trail Invite, held Saturday, Sept. 9, … more

9/14/23

In front, from the left, are Tim Hopper, Mason Currie, Chanse Liebscher, Landon Bandy, Isaiah Hopley, Brennan Harston, Tony White, Izac Zerrusen, Nico Clark, Mitchell Cunningham, Abraham Putnam, Beto Quiroz, Noah Andrews and Quinn Hunt. In the back are James Hertel, Randy Leetham, Coach Jason Burke, Kaiden Brown, Dawson Guinn, Jozzie Pineda, Nykolas Pineda, Rhys Riggs, Blake Cullison, Hunter Payne, Mitchell Lowe, Lennon Guinn, Logan Murray, Jaxon Wittenmeyer, Brady Stritzel, Antonio Valentin, Brodie Clinard, Clayton Rufus, William Yeske, Aiden Meyers and Mark Mattson, Ed Kirby, Bill Clinard, Sharon Schoen, Earl Meier, Greg Schoen, Zian Ellis and Assistant Coach Matt Lentz.

Hillsboro Lions Club Donates $1,000 To Soccer Field

Players and coaches for the Hillsboro High School boys soccer team accepted a $1,000 donation from the Hillsboro Lions Club on Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 12, at the Hillsboro Sports Complex. With the … more

9/21/23

Ponies Proves To Be Tough Test

The South Fork-Edinburg girls basketball team improved to 7-1 on the season and 2-0 in the MSM Conference on Thursday, Nov. 30, at the expense of the Lincolnwood-Morrisonville girls. The Ponies, … more

12/4/23

Hiltopper Track Ready To Run (Indoors)

The temperatures may be going up and down outside, but the Hillsboro High School track team will be heating things up indoors on Saturday, March 2, as they open up their season at Illinois College in … more

2/29/24

Lady Toppers Score Win In SCC Opener

The Hillsboro High School softball team picked up their eighth win of the season as they opened up South Central Conference play with a 6-3 victory over Southwestern on Friday, April 5. The Toppers … more

4/8/24

Litchfield racer Bodee Everett picked up his first feature win of the season on May 6, at Coles County Speedway in Mattoon in the restricted winged micros class. Since then, Everett has battled back from engine issues and scored a second place finish at Wayne County Speedway on Aug. 4.

Everett Battles Back To Take Second

Some mechanical gremlins gave the Everett Racing Team some trouble in July, but those might be a thing of the past after driver Bodee Everett’s second place finish at Wayne County Speedway on … more

8/10/23

Hillsboro sophomore Colton Weiss was a sectional qualifier last year and picked up where he left off, taking 10th individually at the Toppers’ opening tournament, the Taylorville Invitational on Aug. 10.

Hillsboro Boys Pick Up Where They Left Off

The Hillsboro High School boys golf team started off the 2023 season with a pair of tournaments on Aug. 10 and 11 in Taylorville and Fillmore. The team returns four starters from last year and showed … more

8/14/23

Greenville was in full bloom for Litchfield's Caitlyn Travis (left) and Greenville's Katrina Campbell as the two competed in the Dave Holden Open on Tuesday, Sept. 12. Campbell finished second in the race that honors the late founder of the Greenville cross country program, but Travis and the Panthers took the top team spot, with six runners finishing in the top eight.

Litchfield Girls Off To A Quick Start

East St. Louis and Greenville took the top two individual spots in the Dave Holden Open on Tuesday, Sept. 12, in Greenville, but everything else belonged to the Litchfield Lady Panthers. Zhakeya … more

9/14/23

Dragon Softball Players Win Sportsmanship Award

Two Hillsboro Junior High School softball players have been awarded Outstanding Sportsmanship pins by the Illinois Elementary Schools Association for postseason play. Awards were based on overall … more

9/21/23 | 1 comment

Toppers Fall To PORTA, Jacksonville

While Hillsboro’s opening wins over Taylorville and Southeast on Nov. 28 gave the wrestling program some momentum to start the season, their next match on Wednesday, Nov. 29, showed the Toppers … more

12/4/23

Litchfield Middle School seventh grader Kohen Kieffer took first the IESA Jerseyville Regional on Feb. 24, and advanced to this Saturday’s sectional in Vandalia.

Litchfield Qualifies Five For IESA Sectional

Five Litchfield Middle School wrestlers finished in the top three at the IESA Jerseyville Regional on Feb. 24, which earned them a spot in the sectional on Saturday, March 2, in Vandalia. The … more

2/29/24

Panthers Have A Field Day At Plains

The Litchfield boys track team took home four wins from the Pleasant Plains Invitational on Saturday, April 6, plus 10 other podium finishes as they finished the day with 73 points. The seven-team … more

4/8/24

New Look Lancers Third At Moweaqua

The Lincolnwood boys golf team finished third at the Meridian Earlybird Invite for the second year in a row on Thursday, Aug. 10, but with a vastly different lineup than the 2022 version. With … more

8/14/23

The Litchfield High School boys golf team finished fourth overall and posted the best second day score of the 32-team Craig Dixon Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 9, in Mattoon. From the left are Tucker Maguire, A.J. Odle, Sam Schwab, Ian Otto, Brawly Jacobs and Tug Schwab.

Litchfield Boys 4th At Mattoon Invite

Thirty-two thousand five hundred and twenty-seven. That’s how many strokes were counted at this year’s Craig Dixon Invitational in Mattoon. And by the time all 185 players from 32 … more

9/14/23

After 90 minutes of soccer that personified the intensity of the Hillsboro/Lincolnwood soccer rivalry, the two teams came together for a photo with the Herschelman family at the inaugural Grace Cup in Hillsboro on Monday, Sept. 18. Named after the late Grace Herschelman, who passed away from infantile neuroaxonal dystrophy in May 2021, the game raises awareness of INAD and helps continue Grace’s legacy. The game ended in a 0-0 tie, meaning that the traveling trophy will spend the next year with the Herschelman family.

CENTER AND GUARD • Grace Wins

A few hours before the Grace Cup on Monday, Lincolnwood boys basketball coach Matt Millburg texted me, “Enjoy your evening! Grace wins!” I don’t think either of us thought that … more

by Kyle Herschelman | 9/21/23

Panthers Pin Pirates At Shelbyville

In addition to their win over Shelbyville on Tuesday, Nov. 28 (see the Nov. 30 Journal-News), the Litchfield High School wrestling team alss picked up a 42-37 win over Cumberland at the meet in the … more

12/4/23

Hillsboro’s Hudson Wright won the championship in the novice 93-pound class at the IKWF regional in Edwardsville on Saturday, Feb. 24, to advance to the sectionals in Highland.

Jr. Toppers Compete At IKWF Regional

Five members of the Hillsboro Jr. Toppers Wrestling Club made their way to the IKWF regional in Edwardsville on Saturday, Feb. 24. Four of the five finished in the top four to advance to the … more

2/29/24