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Six A Serious Number For Lady Panthers

The Litchfield girls track team picked up six wins and six runner-up finishes, as they finished second at a quad meet in Vandalia on Tuesday, April 9. The Lady Panthers collected 62 points, 23 … more

4/15/24

Nokomis Boys Set New Personal Bests In Virden

The Nokomis boys track team set eight new personal records and had five top five finishes on Wednesday, April 10, as they competed at a six-team meet at North Mac High School. South County took … more

4/15/24

Relays Lead Lady Redskins At North Mac

The Nokomis Lady Redskins finished in the top three eight times on Wednesday, April 10, at a six-team meet in Virden. The host Panthers took the top spot on their home track, scoring 179 points. … more

4/15/24

Nokomis Sweeps Springfield Lutheran

Nokomis scored 11 runs in the second inning as they defeated Springfield Lutheran 18-0 in Springfield on Thursday, April 11. The Redskins scored in all four innings of the shortened game, … more

4/15/24

The College Report: Detmers, Janssen Come Up Big For Big Blue

Drew Detmers , a Chatham-Glenwood graduate and Nokomis native, deserved to earn a victory for the Millikin University Big Blue long before the 12-2 triumph over Elmhurst University. But, … more

by Dan Chamness | 4/15/24

Lincolnwood Folds Aces

The Lincolnwood-Morrisonville baseball team distributed 17 runs across five innings on Friday, April 12, as they defeated Mulberry Grove 17-4 to pick up their eighth win of the season. The … more

4/15/24

Hiltoppers Shut Down Cavaliers

Relying on Nathan Matoush’s left arm, Hillsboro downed Carlinville 11-1 in five innings of South Central Conference baseball action Friday afternoon, April 12. Partially because the Topper … more

by Ron Deabenderfer | 4/15/24

Hillsboro Rally Comes Up Just Short

One never knows. When rain fell Wednesday night, April 10, I for one assumed the Toppers game at Breese Mater Dei would be washed off the schedule. As the bus … more

by Ron Deabenderfer | 4/15/24

Pawnee Gets Round Two Over Lincolnwood

For the second game in a row, the Lincolnwood-Morrisonville baseball team finished seven innings with the same number of hits as Pawnee, but fell to the Indians in an MSM Conference game. With … more

4/15/24

The Litchfield Middle School track team won the team titles at the Indian Invitational in three of the four classes, setting several school records as well.

Beware Of Falling Records At Litchfield Middle School

The Litchfield Middle School track program is off to a great start to the season, with several new school records and some top finishes in the team results. In their first meet of the season, … more

4/15/24

Litchfield's Chloe Law hit the post on this shot late in the Panthers' home game against Metro-East Lutheran on Monday, April 8, but the sophomore made two other goals earlier as Litchfield came away with a 7-0 victory over the Knights.

Litchfield Blanks Knights 7-0

In their first six games of the season, the Litchfield girls soccer team had an unfortunate pattern going. The Panthers defeated Jerseyville, but then lost their next two games. Then they beat … more

4/11/24

Nokomis Girls Track Goes Back-To-Back

Two years into their new track program and the Nokomis Lady Redskins already have two MSM Conference titles. After winning last year’s event by seven points, the Nokomis girls track team … more

4/11/24

Litchfield’s Bella Lueken watches from third base as Lincolnwood pitcher Taryn Clarke prepares to bring her delivery to the plate in the sixth inning of the game in Litchfield on Monday, April 8. Clarke only allowed two earned runs in the game, but Litchfield picked up a 5-1 win over the visitors from Montgomery County’s panhandle.

Purple Panthers Hold Off Lincolnwood

Litchfield’s Laynie Wyatt struck out 10 and held Lincolnwood to three hits as the Lady Panthers scored a 5-1 win over the Lancers. The only blip for the Panthers came in the second inning, … more

by Kyle Herschelman | 4/11/24

County Tournament Set For This Saturday

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 … more

4/11/24

Newman Nokomis' First Boys MSM Track Champ

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 … more

4/11/24

Lady Hiltoppers Score Third SCC Win

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 … more

4/11/24

Lincolnwood’s Brodey VanHooser slides into home just underneath the tag of Pawnee catcher Griffin Boblitt in the first inning of the MSM Conference showdown between the Lancers and Indians on Tuesday, April 9. The run cut the Indians’ lead to 3-2 at the time, but the visitors managed to knock off the Lancers 11-3 in Lincolnwood’s conference opener.

Lancers Take Tough Luck Loss

It was an MSM Conference showdown on Tuesday, April 9, as the Lincolnwood-Morrisonville baseball team played host to Pawnee. The two teams had a combined record of 18-6 going into the game and the … more

4/11/24

Nine-Run Third Keeps Hawks Unbeaten

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, … more

4/11/24

Redskins Split With Rams, Hatchets

Offense was at a premium in Shelbyville on Monday, April 8, as the Rams hosted Nokomis. Four pitchers combined for just five hits allowed in a seven-inning affair that ended with the Redskins out in … more

4/11/24

Single Lets Piasa Birds Walk It Off Against Litchfield

A four-run fifth inning and a walk-off single in the seventh by Southwestern kept the Litchfield-Mt. Olive softball team from a win in their conference opener on Tuesday, April 9, as the Piasa Birds … more

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