Nokomis senior Reece Lohman played in the All-Star Bird Cage Classic on Sunday, March 17, at Warrensburg-Latham High School. The game consisted of players from all over Central Illinois in Classes …
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4/1/24
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Nokomis junior Bond Knodle won three events and set two new personal records to help the Redskins to a third place finish at a five-team meet in Gillespie on Thursday, April 25.
The Redskins …
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4/29/24
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The Staunton Bulldogs improved to 15-2 on the season and handed Litchfield its first loss of the season on Wednesday, Sept. 6, at the Vandalia Country Club. The Bulldogs shot a 161 to edge Litchfield …
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9/11/23
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The football Toppers face the same uphill battle to reach the playoffs as they did last season when they were also 2-3 after five games. To be playoff eligible, they need to win three of the next …
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by Ron Deabenderfer
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9/28/23
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After more than three weeks and eight straight road games, the Hillsboro girls basketball team returned home for the first time since Dec. 9. In celebration of their return, the picked up their 10th …
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1/4/24
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The Nokomis girls track team took top five finishes in four different events as the Lady Redskins competed against Mattoon, Patoka and Shelbyville on the Rams’ home track. On the track, Irene …
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4/1/24
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The Lincolnwood-Morrisonville softball team managed to get a game in on Friday, April 26, but fell to Pleasant Plains by a 12-2 final score in six innings.
The Cardinals chipped away at the Lady …
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4/29/24
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With an 0-2 record the Litchfield Purple Panthers may have been singing the same old tune from years past, but this Purple Panthers football squad is different than the past squads. The first two …
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9/11/23
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by Ron Deabenderfer
The bus ride for the Hillsboro teams trip to downtown Alton to play the Marquette Catholic Explorers in any contest is always a long voyage, which is a major …
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by Ron Deabenderfer
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1/4/24
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After picking up two hard fought wins to end last week, the Litchfield/Mt. Olive baseball club was back on the diamond on Wednesday afternoon, March 27, as a road trip to Ramsey to battle the 0-4 …
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4/1/24
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After taking one on the chin at the hands of the Litchfield Purple Panthers and dropping their first conference game in two calendar years, the Hillsboro High School boys soccer team returned to the …
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9/11/23
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The Mt. Olive girls basketball team held a 19-5 advantage in free throws over Litchfield on Tuesday, Jan. 2, as the Lady Wildcats held off the Panthers 41-31 in the first game of the new year.
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1/4/24
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The Nokomis High School Boys Basketball program held their awards banquet on Saturday, March 16, at The Depot in Nokomis. The following received recognition by the team for their efforts. Reece …
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4/1/24
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The Hillsboro High School volleyball team picked up their first South Central Conference win of the season and improved to 5-0 with a gutty three-set win over Vandalia on Thursday, Sept. 7. The …
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9/11/23
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At the end of 2023, the Litchfield boys basketball team began to create a monster that dominated their opponents in the first half. That monster would not go away as the calendar turned, as the …
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1/4/24
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Finishing a high school baseball season in Illinois undefeated is a very taunting task, almost unthinkable. In Illinois since 1950, there have only been three high school baseball teams who have …
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4/1/24
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In a match characterized by good competition and some long rallies, the Hillsboro girls tennis team picked up their third victory of the season on Thursday, Sept. 7, with an 8-1 win over Vandalia at …
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9/11/23
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On Nov. 30, 1962, the newly formed Lincolnwood High School boys basketball team picked up its first win with a 68-37 victory over Pawnee on the Indians’ home court. Sixty-one years, one …
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by Kyle Herschelman
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1/4/24
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Saturday, Feb. 10, was the first day of the Lunar New Year and while the Chinese zodiac says that it’s the year of the Dragon, everyone in Peoria found out quickly that it is actually the year …
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2/12/24
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After starting the season 8-0, a target has begun to form on the Litchfield/Mt. Olive baseball team. On Thursday evening, March 28, the Staunton Bulldogs looked to strike that target at Grizzlies …
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4/1/24
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