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With Litchfield's Keeley Tabor looking on, Hillsboro's Sam Frailey chips out of the sand trap during the Toppers' season opener in Staunton on Tuesday, Aug. 15. Frailey shot a 53 to finish third individually behind Staunton's Breanna Feeley (48) and Lilly Bandy (49). Tabor carded a 62 in her debut, one of four Litchfield players playing their first varsity match.
Litchfield, Hillsboro Open Up Girls Season
Six of the 10 South Central Conference girls golf teams were in Staunton on Tuesday, Aug. 15, with both Litchfield and Hillsboro opening up their season at Timber Lakes Golf Course. The Lady Panthers … more
Litchfield senior A.J. Sypherd takes the handoff from quarterback Tate Dobrinich in the pouring rain during the second quarter of the Panthers' season opener against Carlinville on Saturday, August 26. Sypherd's run didn't stop until he hit the end zone as he scored the first of Litchfield's two touchdowns in a competitive 35-14 loss to the Cavaliers.
Panthers Put Up A Fight Against Cavies
Three unanswered touchdowns by the visiting Carlinville Cavaliers would break open a 14-14 contest as Carlinville spoiled the Litchfield Purple Panthers’ home opener with a 35-14 victory. … more
Kahoks Hold Off Lady Panthers
The Litchfield High School volleyball team started a busy final week of the season on the road as they played Collinsville on the Kahoks home floor on Monday, Oct. 16. The Panthers hung with the … more
The Litchfield High School boys golf team finished tied for fifth with a 318 at the Hickory Stick Invitational on Monday, Aug. 14, a score that would have tied for first last year. From the left are A.J. Odle, Ian Otto, Sam Schwab, Tug Schwab and Tucker Maguire. Tug Schwab finished tied for fourth individually with a 73, while Sam Schwab was tied for eighth with a 75.
Hickory Stick Tests Panthers, Toppers
Last year a 318 would have tied for first at the Hickory Stick Invitational, the annual 18-hole tournament hosted by East Alton-Wood River at Belk Park. This year, it was only good enough for a tie … more
Pressured by Arcola's Oden Barron (#7) and Anthony Garza (#54), Nokomis quarterback Brody Steele looks for an open receiver during the Redskins' season opener on Friday, Aug. 25, that extended into the following day thanks to a thunderstorm that pelted the Purple Riders' field just after halftime. Nokomis trailed 27-8 when the game was halted Friday, but played better a day later as Steele passed for 159 yards and a touchdown in the 34-16 loss. For more photos from the game, go to nokophoto.smugmug.com.
Day Two Better For 'Skins Than Day One
It took the Nokomis Redskins longer to get to Arcola on Saturday, Aug. 26, than it did for them to finish their game with the Purple Riders in week one of the prep football season. While it … more
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The College Report: Fenton Gets Go-Ahead Goal
Litchfield graduate Myka Fenton made it count when she was called upon to score. The Walshville resident, now a freshman soccer player at Principia College, scored Principia’s second goal … more
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Rams Keagy, Goodwin Earn Medalist Honors
The Ramsey-Nokomis co-op golf program picked up a pair of wins on Monday, Aug. 14, as the Rams opened their season at home against Sandoval. The Ramsey girls shot a 215 to win their match by 13 … more
Litchfield's Drake Gasperson (#27) and Lincolnwood's Maddux Himes (#15) are shoulder to shoulder in pursuit of the ball during their game in Virden on Saturday, Aug. 26. Himes, Reece Lohman (#20) and the rest of the Lancer defense hounded Gasperson and company to limit the Panthers to just one goal in a 3-1 win at the Kickoff Classic on Rt. 66 in Virden.
Lancers Outlast Panthers In Classic
For the second year in a row, the Lincolnwood and Litchfield boys soccer teams squared off at the Kickoff Classic on Rt. 66 in Virden. The result of the game on Saturday, Aug. 26, would be the same … more
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Litchfield junior drag racer Brayden Hearn made it to the winner’s circle at the Central Illinois Dragway in Havana on Oct. 7, beating out the competition in the 12.80 class. In front are Venice Harms and Brayden Hearn. In the middle are Michelle Hearn, Timothy Hearn and Brad Gebhardt. In the back are Will Rogers of Team Live On and David Hearn.
Hearn Earns Win At CID
Nine-year-old Brayden Hearn of Litchfield has a little extra spending money after taking the win in his junior dragster class at Central Illinois Dragway in Havana on Oct. 7. Hearn, the son of … more
Lance Weitekamp shot a 51 for Lincolnwood on Monday, Aug. 21, at Shoal Creek as the Lancers finished second to South County by 11 strokes in their home opener.
Lincolnwood Boys 2nd At Shoal Creek
Just six strokes separated the four scoring rounds put up by the Lincolnwood boys golf team on Monday, Aug. 14, as the Lancers finished second at their first home meet of the season. The … more
Toppers Off To Strong Start At Kickoff Classic
Tom Petty said it best when the legendary rocker sang, “the waiting is the hardest part,” and for the Hillsboro High School boys soccer team, wait was about all they could do last week as … more
Jenna Matli (left) was Lincolnwood’s number two scorer with a 55 and helped the Lady Lancers to a second place finish at their home meet on Monday, Aug. 14.
Lincolnwood Girls Golf Runner-Up At Home Meet
The Lincolnwood girls golf team hosted their first home match of the season on Monday, Aug. 14, shooting a 220 to finish second. North Mac and South County would be on either side of the Lady … more
Litchfield's Annika Rhodes goes up for a kill against the block of Addison Glenn (#10) and Becca Hill (#15) during the Lady Panthers' game against Nokomis on Thursday, Aug. 24, in Litchfield. Rhodes led the Panthers with nine kills, but the Redskins were able to collect their second victory of the year in a three-set thriller.
Redskins Take Out Panthers In Three
Had there been a marquee outside Simmons Gymnasium on Aug. 24, it would have read, “Sit back and enjoy the ride” as two Montgomery County volleyball rivals traded blows in a roller … more
Lutheran Beats Lincolnwood To Create Log Jam Atop MSM
There was a three-way tie atop the MSM Conference volleyball standings after the games on Oct. 12, as Springfield Lutheran knocked off a shorthanded Lincolnwood squad in three games. Playing at … more
Fans To Get First Look At Toppers
High school football season is here, almost. Hillsboro’s sports drink game is tomorrow, Friday, Aug. 18, at Sawyer Field. Introduction of the 61 players on the roster begins at 6 p.m. (an … more
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New Look Lady Lancers Down Bunker Hill
After the heat forced the postponement of their opening game against Edinburg on Tuesday, the Lincolnwood-Morrisonville volleyball team finally got the chance to open up their season on Thursday, … more
Schwab Siblings Take Top Honors At Litchfield C.C.
Litchfield held the top three spots individually and picked up the team win in their home opener on Tuesday, Aug. 15, as the Panthers shot a 146 at the Litchfield Country Club. It was a case of … more
Hillsboro native Scott Ettling, now of Bloomington, will be fighting in the main event at Shamrock FC 349 as he takes on Dustin Lampros for the promotion’s featherweight title.
Ettling Gets Title Shot At Shamrock FC 349
Scott Ettling will be in the main event of Shamrock FC 349 on Sept. 16, at the Ameristar Casino in St. Charles, as the Hillsboro native looks to hand Shamrock FC featherweight champion Dustin Lampros … more
Lincolnwood Fifth At Waverly Tourney
The Lincolnwood volleyball team will be running in missing man formation for the rest of the year thanks to injuries to several key players, but last weekend’s showing at the Waverly Volleyball … more
Hunter Sarver of Rosamond and his passenger bail out of their car after a fuel leak burst into flames in the bone stock compact class of the Montgomery County Fair demolition derby on Saturday, June 24, at the fairgrounds in Butler. Volunteer firefighters from Hillsboro, Taylor Springs and Fillmore sprang into action to dowse the blaze, preventing any injures. Fifteen vehicles competed in that class alone, as well four other classes.
Fair Demo Derby Draws 50-Plus
More than 50 drivers competed in four classes at the Montgomery County Fair demolition derby on Saturday, June 24, at the fairgrounds in Butler. The drivers of the last three vehicles running in … more
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