After having a pair of matches canceled last week due to the heat, the Litchfield boys golf team hit the links on their home course on Tuesday, Aug. 29, with Vandalia, Gillespie, Taylorville and …
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8/31/23
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After a hard fought tilt against the Greenville Comets on Tuesday that took just about all of the allotted 80 minutes to decide, the Hillsboro High School boys soccer team traveled to North Mac …
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9/18/23
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It hadn’t happened before this season, so Feb. 13 was a red letter day for a Hillsboro’s boys’ basketball program as the young men swept a triple header from the visiting Piasa …
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2/15/24
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A nine-run third inning blew open a one-run game as the Carrollton Lady Hawks defeated Lincolnwood-Morrisonville 13-0 on Tuesday, April 9.
Lincolnwood was down just 1-0 going into the third, …
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4/11/24
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Defensive coordinators on all levels of football know its imperative to have two cornerbacks who can “set the edge,” keep the opposing players from breaking down …
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by Ron Deabenderfer
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9/18/23
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Doug Taylor took the win in the inaugural Litchfield Country Club senior club championship on Tuesday, Oct. 17, beating out John Martin for the top spot.
Taylor and Martin competed in an 18-hole …
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11/2/23
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Thirteen different players combined for 70 points when the Litchfield and Nokomis girls basketball teams opened up the 2022-23 season on Nov. 15 in Nokomis. One year later, just three of those …
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by Kyle Herschelman
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11/16/23
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The Lincolnwood-Morrisonville boys basketball team held Greenfield-Northwestern to almost half of its scoring average as they beat the 18-win Tigers 38-27 on Tuesday, Feb. 13, in Raymond.
With …
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2/15/24
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All eight Montgomery County baseball and softball teams will be in the same locale on Saturday, April 13, as the Hillsboro Sports Complex hosts the Montgomery County Baseball and Softball …
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4/11/24
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Soccer was always Grace and I’s thing. Her Uncle Daniel got her first soccer ball for her just a few days after she was born. She used to dribble around the ottoman in our living room, with …
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by Kyle Herschelman
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9/18/23
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After all the ups and downs for the Purple Panthers, it would not be complete without a speed bump in the last week of the season.
Needing just one win in their last two games to be the outright …
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2/15/24
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Last year, the Nokomis boys track team competed in their first MSM Conference Meet. This year, the Redskins secured their first conference champion.
Senior Saint Newman ran a season-best 11.4 in …
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4/11/24
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The Nokomis Lady Redskins continued their strong start to the season with a pair of wins over St. Elmo/Brownstown and Gillespie on Aug. 28 and 29.
Both wins were in two sets as the Lady Redskins …
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8/31/23
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Three weeks into the 2023 season, Nokomis wasn’t where they wanted to be. So going into week four’s game against Cerro Gordo-Bement, Coach Paul Watson took a step back. “After three …
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by Kyle Herschelman
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9/18/23
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The Lincolnwood-Morrisonville girls basketball team held Bunker Hill to just five field goals in the season opener for both teams on Monday, Nov. 13, as they defeated the Minutemaids 33-24.
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11/16/23
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The good news for Tri-City was that they were able to take advantage of the opportunities that the Nokomis defense gave them on Feb. 13, and hit seven threes against the Redskins.
The bad news …
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2/15/24
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The top of the food chain in the South Central Conference still awaits, but for now, it’s so far, so very good for the Hillsboro girls soccer team.
For the third straight game, Hillsboro …
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4/11/24
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The Hillsboro High School volleyball team hadn’t started the season with back-to-back wins since 2016, but three straight wins? It’s been even longer.
The Toppers’ got to 2-0 …
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8/31/23
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The year was 2003 and Litchfield and Greenville would be set for a week eight match-up. Litchfield suffered their first loss of the season the week before and carried a 6-1 record into the contest, …
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9/18/23
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The Hillsboro girls basketball team faced a tall order, literally and figuratively, in their season opener on Monday, Nov. 13, as the Lady Hiltoppers welcomed Breese Central to town.
The Cougars …
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by Kyle Herschelman
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11/16/23
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