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Cavies Knock Off Lady Lancers Again
Lincolnwood’s first opponent after Christmas was their last one before the holiday as the Lady Lancers played Carlinville in their opening game of the Carlinville Holiday Tournament on Dec. 26. … more
Bombers Beat Nokomis Before Break
After falling to Gillespie by 22 on Dec. 18, the Nokomis girls basketball team dropped their second straight game for just the second time this year as they fell to Brownstown/St. Elmo 47-28 on the … more
Litchfield’s A.J. Sypherd, shown here after receiving his all-state recognition at the IHSA football state championships, is one of just 126 senior football players in Illinois to be selected for this year Illinois Coaches Association Shrine All-Star Game, to be played June 15 at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington.
Sypherd To Play In Shrine All-Star Game
The 2024 Illinois Coaches Association 50th Shrine All-Star Game will be played on Saturday, June 15, at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington and one Litchfield High School senior will be … more
Nokomis’ Brody Steele and Reece Lohman try to wrestle the ball away from Wyatt Hildebrandt of Okaw Valley during the Redskins’ opening game at the Vandalia Holiday Tournament on Tuesday, Dec. 26. Lohman had 24 points for the Redskins helping them to a 63-54 victory over the Timberwolves.
Nokomis Boys Split First Two Games At Vandalia
The Nokomis boys basketball team jumped out to a big lead, then withstood a three-point barrage by Okaw Valley to come away with a 63-54 win in their opening game of the Vandalia Holiday Tournament … more
Third Quarter Pushes Nokomis Past Litchfield
A 20-7 third quarter advantage gave Nokomis a 55-48 win over Litchfield on Wednesday, Dec. 20, as the Redskins moved to 4-6 and Litchfield moved to 7-5. Both teams held leads in the third … more
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2023-24 Holiday Basketball Tournaments
Schedules and results from the Carlinville boys and girls, Riverton girls, Vandalia boys and Waverly boys basketball tournaments. more
The Litchfield Middle School eighth grade girls basketball team finished with a record of 21 wins and just five losses on the year as the took fourth at the IESA Class 3A state tournament. In front, from the left are Emma Estell, Jada Carroll, Lynzie Reid, Aida Melchert, Sarah Rieke and Kayleigh Morgan. In the back row are Head Coach Drew Logan, Kinley Hemken, Samantha Rieke, Charlotte Reyes, Allison Belusko, McKenna Harmon, Jennah Longwell, Emma Weidner, Manager Halle Rogers and Assistant Coach Jennifer Fleming.
Litchfield Eighth Grade Fourth At State
"It was a season that we didn't want to see come to an end," Coach Drew Logan said. But like all good things, that was the case for the Litchfield Middle School eighth grade girls basketball team, … more
Hillsboro Girls Pick Up Win Over Auburn
After their six-game win streak was snapped on Saturday, the Hillsboro girls basketball team picked up their seventh win of the season on Monday, Dec. 18, with a 56-50 victory over Auburn. Ella … more
Staggs Takes Top Spot At Cumberland
Six members of the Litchfield High School wrestling team medalled at the Skull and Crossbones Invitational on Saturday, Dec. 16, with five of the six winning their final match at the tournament at … more
In its 10-year history, the TEAM Playday has raised more than $250,000 for Lincolnwood athletics, with the 2023 event raising a record $31,500. Proceeds from this year’s golf tournament were presented between the Lancers’ boys and girls basketball games on Saturday, Dec. 16. From the left are boys basketball coach Matt Millburg, volleyball coach Kimberly Denney, girls basketball coach Justin Millburg, Patty Clarke and Dana Pitchford from the TEAM Playday Committee, Lincolnwood Athletic Director Josh Stone, assistant volleyball coach Lesley Cowdrey and cheerleading coach Bev Lipe.
TEAM Raises Record Amount For Lancer Athletes
Lincolnwood’s boys-girls basketball doubleheader was a celebration of all things hoops on Saturday, Dec. 16, but it was also a celebration of what keeps Lancers of all sports at their best. … more
Lincolnwood's Jonah Elvidge hounds Bunker Hill guard Will Manar during the Lancers' home game against the Minutemen on Dec. 19. The Lancers' held Bunker Hill to seven points in the second half to score a 44-26 victory over the Minutemen.
Lancers Get Back To Even With Win
It's been a long way back to .500 for the Lincolnwood-Morrisonville boys basketball team, but after starting the season 0-4, the Lancers have reached that mark before Christmas. Since going … more
Four Toppers Finish In Top Eight At PORTA
The contingent from Hillsboro picked up 10 wins and had four wrestlers placing in the top eight for their weight class at the Rex Avery Invitational on Saturday, Dec. 9, as the Toppers made their … more
Panthers Put 6 On The Podium At PORTA
The Litchfield High School wrestling team put six wrestlers in the top eight and took ninth in the overall standings at the 32-team Rex Avery Invitational in Petersburg on Saturday, Dec. 9. … more
Cavaliers Win Despite Lancers’ Best Efforts
The points weren’t there, but the effort was for the Lincolnwood-Morrisonville girls basketball team as the Lady Lancers took on a talented Carlinville squad on Monday, Dec. 18. The … more
Lady Redskins Come Up Short Against Miners
A 22-point first quarter gave the Gillespie girls basketball team a strong start against Nokomis on Monday, Dec. 18, and never looked back as they knocked off the Lady Redskins 60-38 in Nokomis. … more
White Rolls 800 Series At Litchfield Bowl
For the first time in seven years, a 800-plus series was rolled at the Litchfield bowling alley. Bobby White of Litchfield, bowled a 258, a 279 and a 287 for an 824-scratch series on lanes five … more
Litchfield High School grad Trevor Geggie
College Report: Geggie Wraps Up Track Career At Knox
If you listed the qualities you wanted in a college athlete, in most cases, passion/intensity would be near the top of most people’s lists. It is for recent Knox College graduate Trevor … more
Cumberland's Kelby Bierman (left) and Hillsboro's Nathan Matoush fight for possession during the third place game of the St. Elmo Holiday Tournament on Saturday, Dec. 16. The pair led their respective teams in scoring, with Bierman scoring 13 and Matoush finishing with 15, as the Pirates escaped with a 53-46 come-from-behind victory over the Hiltoppers.
Toppers Can't Close Gap With Cumberland
Poor free throw shooting and eight fourth quarter turnovers were the primary reasons Hillsboro’s boys basketball team fell to the Cumberland Pirates 53-46 in the third place game at the St. … more
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Bonnell Picks Up First Win As Head Coach
In a blink of an eye the world can change and for the Litchfield High School boys basketball team, a major change occurred Thursday evening, Dec. 14. Just 24 hours before their South Central … more
Lincolnwood's Kennady Cook (#30) drives past Cason Robinson of Southwestern during the second half of the Lancers' home game against the Piasa Birds on Saturday, Dec. 16. Cook had seven points in the Lancers' 49-43 victory over Southwestern, which improved Lincolnwood's record to 5-6 on the season.
Lancers Bounce Back Against Birds
After an intense back-and-forth, two-point loss to South County the night before the Lincolnwood boys basketball team managed to avoid a letdown on Saturday, Dec. 16, as they gutted out a 49-43 … more
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