The Hillsboro and Nokomis softball teams entered the Montgomery County Softball Tournament on Saturday, April 13, with quite a few similarities. Both teams were floating around .500 for the season, …
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4/15/24
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The Lincolnwood-Morrisonville baseball team plated six runs in the first inning of their May 1 game against Central A&M and made it stick as they took a 7-5 victory over the Raiders in …
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5/4/23
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Anyone who went to the Hillsboro/Litchfield South Central Conference football game held on the Purple Panthers’ home field Friday night, Sept. 22, expecting to see offensive plays up and down the …
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by Ron Deabenderfer
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9/25/23
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A 19-5 second quarter advantage paved the way for a 19-point win by Nokomis on Tuesday, Feb. 6, as they improved to 5-2 in the MSM Conference with a 60-41 win over Pawnee.
The Indians were 3-3 …
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2/8/24
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It took three overtimes, but somehow the Carrollton Hawks ended the Lincolnwood-Morrisonville boys basketball team’s season on Wednesday, Feb. 21.
Playing on their home court, the Hawks …
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2/26/24
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Because not many high school baseball games evolve into a pitcher’s duel, county baseball fans who came to Hillsboro’s Sports Complex for the Nokomis Hillsboro semi-final game witnessed a …
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by Ron Deabenderfer
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4/15/24
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It was senior night on Thursday, April 27, for the Hillsboro High School boys tennis team as Kyle Butler, Ethan Schreiber and Izac Adams were honored prior to the Toppers’ 8-1 win over Mt. …
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5/4/23
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Five plays into their first offensive series against Tri-County on Friday, Sept. 22, Nokomis had four first downs and a touchdown. That’s a pretty difficult pace to keep up, but for all intents and …
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by Kyle Herschelman
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9/25/23
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The Lincolnwood-Morrisonville boys basketball team held St. Elmo/Brownstown to 16 points under their 60-point-per-game average, but couldn’t hand the Eagles their seventh loss of the season as …
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2/8/24
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Nokomis knew that it was going to take everything they had and then some to knock off top-seeded Effingham St. Anthony in the regional semifinal game in Bethany on Feb. 21. While they didn’t …
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2/26/24
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Making the trip to Miami from central Illinois by way of Rapid City, SD, isn’t really the most efficient route, but it worked out pretty well for Litchfield High School grad Jeremy …
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5/4/23
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The Litchfield-Gillespie boys soccer team split a pair of games to end the week, but both the win against Athens and the loss to Civic Memorial showed just how far the Panthers have come this …
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9/25/23
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Wednesday was senior night for the Hillsboro High School wrestling team as the Toppers faced off against Highland in their final home meet of the season. Zander Wells, Ian Anderson and Treyton Kuhl …
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1/22/24
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A tough second quarter kept Litchfield from their first conference victory of the season as Southwestern claimed their first South Central win by a 32-24 final score.
The two teams were dead …
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2/8/24
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The Hillsboro High School Bass Fishing Club, established in 2019 by several students who sought and received board approval, has grown to have a dozen members, several volunteer coaches and many …
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2/26/24
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Litchfield’s Tate Dobrinich pitched a seven-inning, two-hit shutout to help the Panthers pick up a 3-0 win over Lincolnwood in their opening game of the Montgomery County Baseball Tournament on …
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4/15/24
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For four and a half innings in Vandalia Tuesday afternoon, May 2, the Hillsboro Hiltoppers baseball team held an impressive 10-5 lead over the Vandals. The Toppers hit total (10) was high and the …
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by Ron Deabenderfer
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5/4/23
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Quincy University head baseball coach Matt Schissel has completed his staff for the 2024 season, adding three coaches with NCAA Division II or minor league experience who will help the Hawks maintain …
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9/25/23
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The Nokomis freshman/sophomore boys basketball team took first place in the 2024 Lincolnwood JV Boys Basketball Tournament, which wrapped up on Wednesday, Jan. 31, and was sponsored by Miller …
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2/8/24
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The Staunton Lady Bulldogs snapped Litchfield’s two-game win streak on Tuesday, May 2, as they handed the Lady Panthers a 16-0 loss in five innings.
The Bulldogs were clicking on all …
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5/4/23
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