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The Hillsboro/Rochester basketball game played in Hillsboro last evening, Nov. 23, ended close to press time, with Rochester winning 60-45 over the Toppers. A recap of that game will appear in the …
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by Ron Deabenderfer
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11/23/22
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After a 0-4 start to the season, against a quartet of teams already a combined 10-1 on the season, the Hillsboro High School girls basketball team were able to shake off some of their early season …
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11/21/22
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Almost eight years after their last win over Hillsboro, the Nokomis High School girls basketball team ended a nine game losing streak against the Toppers on Wednesday, Nov. 17, with a 50-48 victory …
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11/21/22
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One sure sign of the end of the fall and the beginning of the winter is colder weather; another is the return of the high school basketball season. The fans of Hillsboro boys’ basketball will …
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by Ron Deabenderfer
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11/21/22
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If fans of the Hillsboro girls basketball program were expecting an easy opponent to open their season, they soon found out that wouldn’t be the case when the Lady Hiltoppers tipped things off …
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11/17/22
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Summarizing the 2022 Hillsboro football season isn’t an easy task. They started in late August by beating Greenville, never an easy task, despite not having two starters; and two weeks later …
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by Ron Deabenderfer
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11/10/22
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Twenty-eight of the area’s best volleyball players will participate in the Central Illinois All-Star Match on Sunday, Nov. 20, at Cass Gym on the campus of Lincoln Land Community College in …
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11/7/22
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The Hillsboro and Litchfield high school volleyball teams each landed three players on this year’s South Central Conference All-Conference list after finishing second and third respectively in …
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11/3/22
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The Hillsboro High School boys soccer team was rewarded with a conference-best 10 honorees on this year’s 34-member South Central Conference all-conference teams, while Litchfield added in four …
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11/3/22
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Football can be a tantalizingly cruel sport for a fan to follow. The “We were so close” syndrome clearly applied to Hillsboro when the eighth-seeded Hiltoppers fell to the visiting …
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by Ron Deabenderfer
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10/31/22
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In 2002, the phrase “You come at the king, you best not miss,” was introduced into the lexicon by the character Omar from the HBO series The Wire. In essence, the meaning behind those …
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by Kyle Herschelman
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10/27/22
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In a game with more pivotal moments than a marching band provides during a halftime performance, Hillsboro outlasted an outmanned (in terms of number of available players) Litchfield Purple Panther …
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by Ron Deabenderfer
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10/24/22
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A lot rode on the Hillsboro volleyball team’s game on Thursday, Oct. 20. With a 15-14 overall record, a win would guarantee that the Toppers would finish over .500 for the seventh time in eight …
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10/24/22
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The Hillsboro High School girls tennis team ended the season with a 7-9 record, a second place finish at the South Central Conference Tournament, and an eighth place finish at sectionals. A buffet …
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10/24/22
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The Hillsboro girls tennis team traveled to Centralia on Oct. 15, for the Class 1A girls tennis sectional. The Toppers finished eighth at the tournament, with the day highlighted by a victory from …
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10/24/22
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The Hillsboro High School volleyball team kept themselves in the hunt for a second place finish in the South Central Conference on Tuesday, Oct. 18, by virtue of their two-game win over Southwestern …
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10/20/22
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Ready. That’s how you could describe both Lincolnwood and Hillsboro as they stepped onto Terry Todt Field in Raymond for the championship game of the Class 1A Regional on Saturday, Oct. …
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by Kyle Herschelman
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10/17/22
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Hillsboro’s 28-14 win over the visiting Piasa Southwestern Birds at Sawyer Field Friday evening, Oct. 14, wasn’t as dominant as the statistics indicate it should have been, but the …
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by Ron Deabenderfer
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10/17/22
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The Hillsboro High School volleyball team continued their run of good play in conference on Thursday, Oct. 13, as they scored a three-set win over Gillespie to improve to 5-2 in the South Central …
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10/17/22
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The Hillsboro High School girls tennis team took second place in this year’s South Central Conference Tournament on Friday, Oct. 7, in Greenville, picking up six points and a second place …
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10/17/22
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