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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Death, taxes and the Hillsboro High School boys soccer team playing for a regional title. Those are the only certainties in life, or at least it seems that way as the Hiltoppers punched their ticket …
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10/13/22
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The Litchfield and Hillsboro volleyball teams met for the third time this season on Tuesday, Oct. 11, with each team having won once earlier in the year.
The Panthers won the first game …
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10/13/22
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Before entering the postseason,the Hillsboro High School boys golf team wrapped up their regular season at the Carlinville Country Club on Tuesday, Sept. 27.
The Toppers finished second in the …
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10/13/22
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Two significant happenings Friday night, Oct. 7, set the stage for a showdown game this Friday, Oct. 14, when the Piasa Southwestern Birds upset Vandalia in a home game while the Hillsboro Hiltoppers …
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by Ron Deabenderfer
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10/11/22
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The Litchfield and Hillsboro girls cross country teams were at Loveless Park in Carlinville on Tuesday, Oct. 4, for this year’s Carlinville Invitational.
The meet was dominated by Class 2A …
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10/11/22
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“There’s always next year.”
It’s a phrase that gets thrown out often in sports, when a team, say the Chicago Cubs, sees their postseason prospects dissipate and eventually …
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by Kyle Herschelman
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10/6/22
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With Lincolnwood and Hillsboro trading in their orange and black gear for purple “Grace” jerseys, and with more than $5,000 raised for INAD research by the two teams, there was no doubt …
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10/6/22
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At the beginning of the season, the Hillsboro High School boys soccer team sat down and created a list of team, as well as personal goals, the squad wanted to accomplish.
The personal goals …
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10/6/22
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It was senior night for the Hillsboro High School girls tennis team on Wednesday, Sept. 28, as the Lady Hiltoppers welcomed Mt. Vernon to town.
While the bigger school took an 8-1 win in the …
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10/6/22
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Anyone who claims to be a fan of offensive football should have been at Sawyer Field Friday night, Sept. 30, because the game went on and on and... Hillsboro accumulated 568 yards in total offense …
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by Ron Deabenderfer
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10/3/22
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All season long Hillsboro senior Alex Frailey and her sister, junior Sam Frailey, have led the Topper girls golf team. On Thursday, Sept. 29, they did so once again and came within a whisker of both …
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10/3/22
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