A strong start in both the first and second halves helped Gillespie score their first regional championship since 2012 on Friday, Feb. 16, as the Miners defeated Hillsboro 59-45 in the title game at …
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2/20/24
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Prior to the start of the Hillsboro at Greenville end-of-the-regular-season basketball game, the odds seemed stacked in the Comets’ favor. They had defeated the Toppers 51-39 in the Kaskaskian …
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by Ron Deabenderfer
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2/20/24
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The Auburn girls basketball program has had a fair amount of success in the past, including three 20-win seasons in the last seven years with an average of 18-wins per season (not including the COVID …
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by Kyle Herschelman
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2/15/24
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It hadn’t happened before this season, so Feb. 13 was a red letter day for a Hillsboro’s boys’ basketball program as the young men swept a triple header from the visiting Piasa …
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2/15/24
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The COVID pandemic may keep Zander Wells from 100 wins in his prep wrestling career, but nothing was going to stop the Hillsboro High School senior from a trip to state.
On Saturday, Feb. 10, …
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2/12/24
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The regular season finale between Hillsboro and Greenville on Thursday, Feb. 8, is a pretty good example of what the South Central Conference has been in girls basketball any year. With four teams …
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2/12/24
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Litchfield may not have won on senior night, Thursday, Feb. 8, but it wasn’t due to a lack of effort or the performance of their lone senior.
Emma Diveley, daughter of Charles and Shannon …
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2/12/24
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If one likes a close athletic contest, the place to be on Friday night, Feb. 9, was in the North Mac Junior High gym (the Girard High School gym before Virden and Girard merged to form the …
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by Ron Deabenderfer
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2/12/24
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For whatever reason, the Hillsboro boys basketball team seems to play better when South Central Conference competion is on the other side of the court.
On Tuesday, Feb. 6, the Hiltoppers …
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by Kyle Herschelman
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2/8/24
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The Hillsboro girls basketball team overcame a slow start to pick up their sixth South Central Conference win of the season on Monday, Feb. 5, as they defeated Pana 54-26.
The Panthers scored …
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2/8/24
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It was a productive trip to Auburn for the Hillsboro High School wrestling team as the Toppers advanced three wrestlers on to the Vandalia Sectional on Feb. 9-10.
The top three finishers in each …
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2/5/24
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The theory that the 2023-24 version of the Litchfield Purple Panthers is better than the same vintage Hillsboro Hiltoppers was proven decisively Friday evening, Feb. 2, in Simmons Gym when Litchfield …
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by Ron Deabenderfer
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2/5/24
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A relatively warm late January/early February became a bit warmer in Hillsboro Saturday evening, Feb. 3, when the Nokomis Redskins and the Hillsboro Hiltoppers staged a barn-burner of a high school …
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by Ron Deabenderfer
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2/5/24
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Six teams were 4-2 or better in the South Central Conference girls basketball standings going into Thursday, Feb. 1. Two of those teams, Hillsboro and North Mac, faced off in Hillsboro that night, …
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2/5/24
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While the Hillsboro girls basketball team has shown the ability to hit from outside the three-point arc, the Lady Hiltoppers are at their best when they are on the run and turning steals into points …
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2/1/24
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The Hillsboro High School wrestling team picked up two final dual wins on Jan. 24 and Jan. 30, in meets in Carlinville and Pittsfield.
Both wins were against the Cavaliers as they defeated …
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2/1/24
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Hillsboro senior Zander Wells rallied back from a second round loss to win three straight matches and take fifth place at the Rich Lovellette Classic in Litchfield on Saturday, Jan. 27, as the …
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1/29/24
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What a difference a half makes; at least it did in Gillespie Friday night, Feb. 26, when the Hillsboro Hiltoppers converted a 9-0 start-of-the-game deficit into a 68-50 end-of-the-game win.
The …
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by Ron Deabenderfer
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1/29/24
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Fresh off a Macoupin County Tournament title and securing their first 20-win season since 2016, the Gillespie girls basketball team is in the midst of a memorable year. The Miners are also in the …
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1/29/24
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A strong second quarter helped Pana collect their second South Central Conference victory of the season on Thursday, Jan. 25, at the expense of the Litchfield Lady Panthers. Playing on their home …
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1/29/24
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