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The regular season finale between Hillsboro and Greenville on Thursday, Feb. 8, is a pretty good example of what the South Central Conference has been in girls basketball any year. With four teams …
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2/12/24
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Hillsboro’s baseball team played a pitching-staff-testing five games in four days as Easter approached ( a sixth game was played on Monday, March 25; it was a win over Staunton reported in …
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by Ron Deabenderfer
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4/1/24
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The Ramsey-Nokomis boys golf team picked up a victory over Altamont on Tuesday, Sept. 5, at the St. Elmo Golf Club. The Rams shot a 182 on the day to beat the Indians by five strokes, with the two …
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9/11/23
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Litchfield may not have won on senior night, Thursday, Feb. 8, but it wasn’t due to a lack of effort or the performance of their lone senior.
Emma Diveley, daughter of Charles and Shannon …
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2/12/24
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Heading into the postseason, what better way to prepare for the big games ahead than to have a big game to finish the season. For Litchfield, that big game took place in Piasa on Thursday, Feb. 16, …
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2/20/24
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Carly Armentrout continued her run of strong play as she took medalist honors and led Lincolnwood to a win at a quad meet at Lakeshore Golf Course in Taylorville on Sept. 7. Armentrout shot a 49 on …
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9/11/23
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On Nov. 1, 2007, the Nokomis and Valmeyer volleyball teams met up in the semifinal of the Trico Sectional in Campbell Hill. Both teams were under .500 at the time, but records don’t mean as …
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by Kyle Herschelman
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11/2/23
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The 2023-24 season is going to be a learning process for the Litchfield girls basketball team and their new head coach, Evan Malloy. While the Panthers are still in search of their first win this …
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11/20/23
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Donnellson brothers Zach and Cooper Duff kicked off the 2024 racing season at Woods Night at Megatraxas indoor course in Mendota on Jan. 20.
Cooper Duff took the top spot in the 85cc/Super Mini …
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2/12/24
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Prior to the start of the Hillsboro at Greenville end-of-the-regular-season basketball game, the odds seemed stacked in the Comets’ favor. They had defeated the Toppers 51-39 in the Kaskaskian …
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by Ron Deabenderfer
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2/20/24
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In their first six games of the season, the Litchfield girls soccer team had an unfortunate pattern going. The Panthers defeated Jerseyville, but then lost their next two games. Then they beat …
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4/11/24
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The Hillsboro girls basketball team nearly picked up their first win of the season on Saturday morning, Nov. 18, in the Toppers’ second game of the Taylorville Thanksgiving Tournament.
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11/20/23
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The Nokomis boys basketball team split their final two games of the next-to-last week of the regular season as they defeated Bunker Hill 45-25 on Feb. 8, in Nokomis, then fell to St. Anthony 43-30 on …
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2/12/24
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The WFO Hare Scramble Series will start its 2024 season on March 3, in Keithsburg, and if the 2023 season is any indication, chances are that someone from the Journal-News Motorsports area will be …
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2/20/24
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The Lincolnwood and Litchfield girls golf teams competed in the 2023 Lady Viper Invite at Terry Park Golf Course on Saturday, Sept. 9. The Lady Lancers finished second on the day with a 415, while …
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9/11/23
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If one likes a close athletic contest, the place to be on Friday night, Feb. 9, was in the North Mac Junior High gym (the Girard High School gym before Virden and Girard merged to form the …
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by Ron Deabenderfer
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2/12/24
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Isaiah Atkins, a Hillsboro graduate and Greenville University middle-distance runner, did double duty at the Illinois College-hosted Snow Bird Invitational. It was held at King Fieldhouse in …
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2/20/24
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Two years into their new track program and the Nokomis Lady Redskins already have two MSM Conference titles.
After winning last year’s event by seven points, the Nokomis girls track team …
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4/11/24
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The Lincolnwood boys golf team was lights out on Thursday, Sept. 7, in Carlinville as they turned in one of their best rounds of the season to win a five-team meet at the Carlinville Country Club. …
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9/11/23
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A round of penalty kicks was the only difference between the Litchfield and Hillsboro boys soccer teams in conference play so it was fitting that the two teams tied for the most players on this …
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11/2/23
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