The Nokomis boys basketball team staved off a comeback bid from Father McGivney on Monday, Jan. 15, as the Redskins picked up a win in their first game at the 2024 Rick McGraw Memorial Invitational …
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1/18/24
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As the season gets later, the Lincolnwood-Morrisonville girls basketball team has gotten better and better as they picked up their second straight win on Friday, Feb. 2.
The Lady Lancers mixed …
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2/5/24
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After losing only one senior from last year’s nine-win season, experience may be the recipe for success for the Litchfield Purple Panthers baseball club.
Returning eight of their nine …
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3/11/24
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It was a fight to the finish in DuQuoin on Saturday, June 17, as the Progressive American Flat Track series invaded the “Magic Mile” in southern Illinois.
Hillsboro’s Chase …
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6/20/23
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The Toppers’ varsity football team travels to southwestern Macoupin County tomorrow, Friday, Oct. 20, for the last game of the 2023 season. If the 3-5 Toppers can defeat the 4-4 Piasa …
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by Ron Deabenderfer
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10/19/23
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The Hillsboro High School wrestling team picked up a pair of wins in Wood River on Tuesday, Jan. 16, as they defeated the host Oilers 46-27 and Red Bud 42-24 for their ninth and 10th victories of the …
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1/18/24
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The Greenville Lady Comets are one of three teams with just two losses in South Central Conference play, hoping that somehow the two one-loss teams, Carlinville and Staunton, stumble and open the …
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2/5/24
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The wrestling season came to an end for four members of the Litchfield Wrestling Club at the IKWF South Sectional in Highland on March 2, but not before the future Panthers picked up a few more wins.
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3/11/24
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Six Lady Redskins and five Lady Lancers were among those selected by the softball coaches of the MSM Conference for this year’s all-conference teams.
Both Nokomis and Lincolnwood had two …
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6/20/23
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While some of Father McGivney’s athletic programs have needed a few years to gather steam, but the Glen Carbon Catholic school’s girls basketball team isn’t one of them. Since the …
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1/18/24
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Walshville’s Travis Lentz finished in the top two five times and finished second in the Super Mini class in the Crossroads Racing Series in 2023, despite not competing in two races.
Lentz …
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3/11/24
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The Nokomis and Lincolnwood/Morrisonville baseball teams each had five honorees on this year’s MSM Conference all-conference list, including two first-teamers each.
Nokomis seniors Matthew …
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6/20/23
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The Hillsboro girls tennis team saw their season come to a close on Monday, Oct. 16, at the sectional tournament in Effingham.
The meet started on Friday, Oct. 13, at Effingham High School, but …
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10/19/23
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The Hillsboro Lady Hiltoppers saw their run at the Highland Tournament come to an end on Jan. 15, with a 53-33 loss to Triad. The Toppers were tied with Triad after the first quarter, but the Knights …
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1/18/24
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The Lincolnwood-Morrisonville boys basketball team held Carlinville to single digits in each of the first three quarters as they defeated the Cavaliers 45-37 on Saturday, Feb. 3.
The win marked …
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2/5/24
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It was a busy weekend for the Durbin brothers on June 2-4, as Huntley and Archer Durbin competed in the North/East Mini Major at Lincoln Trail Motosports in Casey.
The Hillsboro racers competed …
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6/20/23
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The volleyball season hasn’t gone as well as Southwestern would have hoped, but on Tuesday, Oct. 17, the Piasa Birds made Hillsboro work for every single point.
The Toppers were able to …
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10/19/23
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In just one week, the Lincolnwood-Morrisonville boys basketball team will take on Madison at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, IN, home of the Indiana Pacers, and one Raymond business is helping …
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1/18/24
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Litchfield junior drag racer Greyson Hopley, son of Terra Hamby and Dan Hopley, picked up a win in the season opener of the Midwest Juniors Super Series, held at Kil-Kare Dragway in Xenia, OH, on May …
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6/20/23
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It was the type of game that likely left both coaching staffs secretly happy, though Hillsboro’s 31-6 victory over the visiting North Mac Panthers no doubt had more smiles coming to the …
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by Ron Deabenderfer
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8/28/23
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