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Tennis Toppers Beat Rams

The Hillsboro High School boys tennis team improved to 4-3 on the season with an 8-1 victory over Shelbyville at the Hillsboro Sports Complex on Tuesday, April 25. The Toppers won five out of … more

4/27/23

Lady Lancers Take Top Spot At Timber Lakes

The Lincolnwood girls golf team picked up their 14th win of the season on Monday, Sept. 18, at Timber Lakes Golf Course in Staunton. The Lady Lancers shot a 210 as a team to beat the hosts from … more

9/21/23

Hillsboro's Tatum Christian (left) and Ella Greenwood (right) were named to this year's South Central Conference all-conference team, earning a second and third team nod respectively.

Christian, Greenwood Make All-SCC

With three 20-win teams and one of the closest championship races one could imagine, the 2023-24 girls basketball season was another great one in the South Central Conference. And with just four … more

2/29/24

Altamont Holds Off Redskin Comeback Bid

A late comeback bid by the Nokomis baseball team fell just short on Monday, April 24, as the Redskins lost to Altamont 6-4 in Nokomis. The meeting was the second of the year for the two teams, … more

4/27/23

Trevor Geggie, pictured with brother Takoma, mom Dana Geggie and grandfather Wayne Fenton, was smaller in stature but big in heart for Knox College, where he lettered in football and track four times in each sport.

College Report: Geggie Letters Four Times In Football

When asked what was the most important attribute that a college athlete brings to the table, without hesitation, Litchfield graduate Trevor Geggie answered “heart and determination”. … more

by Dan Chamness | 8/10/23

Pictured above, in front, is Kipley Lessman. In the first row, from the left are Coach Amber Connor, Skylar Scroggins, Addy Tyson, Ella Schaake, Nataleigh Jackson, Jade Reynolds, Lux Reynolds and Rylee Rogers. In back are Coach Heather Lessman, Lainey Lessman, Kylee Furness, Lily Bell, Hailee Redman, Raya Yount, Aubree Rogers, Piper Walk, Bailey Chappelear, Kaya Connor, Layla Spinner, Kaelyn Benning and Coach Morgan Meade.

Dragon Softball Team Wins Regional Title

The Hillsboro Junior High School girls softball team earned a back-to-back regional championship with a 11-3 win over Gillespie on Tuesday evening, Sept. 12 in Virden. They advance to the sectional … more

9/14/23

Lancers Answer After Close Call With Miners

The Lincolnwood High School volleyball team got a first set wake up call from Gillespie on Monday, Sept. 18, as the visiting Miners picked up a 25-23 win in the opening set. As it turns out, that was … more

9/21/23

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.

Five From County Make 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

Staunton A Triple Threat In Hillsboro

It was a combination of good news, bad news for the Hillsboro Hiltoppers when they hosted the Staunton Bulldogs in conference baseball action Tuesday evening, April 25; but the bad news prevailed. … more

by Ron Deabenderfer | 4/27/23

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

Nokomis Boys Track Sets Seven Personal Records

The Nokomis boys track team set seven personal records and finished in the top five five times as they traveled to Shelbyville to compete with the Rams and St. Anthony on Tuesday, April 25. … more

4/27/23

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