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Most college freshmen need time to adjust to the college game. But, that is not true about three Litchfield grads, namely Liv Mitchell, Myka Fenton and Owen Baugher and Hillsboro grad Blaze Helton. …
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by Daniel Chamness
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10/2/23
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The good news for the Hillsboro girls basketball team is that they no longer have to go to Highland, at least not until next year maybe.
The Lady Hiltoppers played on the Bulldogs’ home …
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1/25/24
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After a four-year hiatus, due primarily to the pandemic, the Litchfield High School senior sports banquet made a welcome return on Sunday, April 30, as high school senior athletes, parents, coaches, …
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5/8/23
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The Hillsboro boys soccer team improved to 11-3-2 on the season with a pair of wins over Pana and Riverton to end the week. On Thursday, Sept. 21, the Toppers beat Pana 4-0 to improve to 5-1 in the …
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9/25/23
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The Hillsboro High School wrestling team was in Auburn on Thursday, Jan. 18, for a four-team meet with the Trojans, Shelbyville and Beardstown. While the Toppers didn’t come away with any dual …
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1/25/24
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With ceremonial shovels, hard hats and an artistic rendering, Blackburn College students, faculty, staff, alums, trustees and guests assembled on Friday, April 28, to officially break ground on the …
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5/8/23
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The Litchfield girls golf team saw plenty of their South Central Conference cohorts to end the week as they played Pana and North Mac on Wednesday, Sept. 20, then took on Vandalia on Thursday, Sept. …
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9/25/23
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Perhaps it was the larger than normal full moon over Sawyer Field, but more likely the Hillsboro Hiltoppers second half performance that became a 28-21 Topper overtime victory over the Pana …
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by Ron Deabenderfer
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10/2/23
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After finishing fourth in the Super Mini class in 2023 in the ExtremeXC series, no one was better on four wheels than Briar Kuhl this past year as the Butler quad racer took the top spot in the same …
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1/25/24
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For the second year in a row, the Litchfield girls track team ran away from the competition at the South Central Conference Championships, both literally and figuratively.
Staunton hosted the …
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5/8/23
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The Junior High Intro To Tennis clinic sponsored by the Hillsboro High School girls tennis team and Coach Marian Williams will continue on Tuesday, May 9, for all junior high boys and girls …
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5/8/23
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Sam Schwab was medalist for the second time in three matches as the Litchfield boys golf team improved to 22-1 on the season. Schwab, who shot a 35 at Indian Springs to take the top spot …
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9/25/23
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A week ago the Purple Panther defense put together their best game of the year, but this week Litchfield’s offense would click on all cylinders. The offensive fire power led the Purple Panthers …
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10/2/23
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In 2022, Travis Lentz and Jhak Walker both won national titles in the Grand National Cross Country (GNCC) Series. In 2023, they nearly did it again.
Lentz, who won the 65cc (10-11) class last …
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1/25/24
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The Hillsboro Lady Hiltoppers finished in the points nine times at the South Central Conference Championships on Tuesday, May 2, in Staunton, as they posted their best finish at the meet in five …
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5/4/23
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The Pana High School volleyball team handed Litchfield their first South Central Conference loss of the season on Thursday, Sept. 21, beating the Panthers in two close games, 25-22, 25-18. The loss …
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9/25/23
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The roller coaster continued for the Nokomis High School football team on Friday, Sept. 29, as the Redskins took on the Knights of Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond (ALAH).
Nokomis overcame a …
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by Kyle Herschelman
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10/2/23
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After finishing seventh in his rookie year of 2022 in the Parts Unlimited American Flat Track (AFT) Singles series, Hillsboro’s Chase Saathoff took a big step forward in 2023 with a top five …
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1/25/24
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It was a little different, but that didn't make this year's Lincolnwood Volleyball Dig For A Cure Clinic any less special. With the Lancers' homecoming scheduled for the regular Saturday date of the …
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9/25/23
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After missing the cut by 11 strokes as a sophomore and five strokes as a junior, Nokomis High School senior Coree Keagy saved the best for last.
Playing on Sept. 28, at the Effinham Country …
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10/2/23
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