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With Litchfield/Mt. Olive catcher Marissa Bono’s throw from the plate to her sister, shortstop Charlie Bono, passing in front of her, Lincolnwood’s Morgan Cowdrey begins her slide into second with a stolen base in the first inning of the Lancers’ home game against the Purple Panthers. Cowdrey went 3-for-4 for the day, with two two-run singles in the Lancers’ ten-run fifth inning, which gave them a 10-0 no-hit victory over the visitors from Litchfield.

Lincolnwood Roars Past Litchfield In Fifth

Some mercy rule shortened games are a trickle, one run here, two or three there, until one eventually hits the magic number. Others are a roar. The latter was the case in Raymond on Monday, April 14, … more

4/17/25

Lancers Roll Minutemen For Third MSM Win

The Lincolnwood/Morrisonville baseball team rebounded from a close loss to Vandalia on April 14, as they scored their third MSM Conference victory in as many chances with a 16-1 victory over Bunker … more

4/17/25

Lancers Compete For Pawnee

In addition to the Nokomis contingent, two Lincolnwood seniors, Morgan Hampton and Jared Klein, competed in the meet via the Lancers’ co-op with Pawnee. Klein finished second in the triple … more

4/17/25

Aces Deal Lady Lancers A Loss

After knocking off Litchfield at home on Monday, thanks in part to eight unearned runs, the Lincolnwood/Morrisonville softball team was bit by the same bug that helped them the day before. Playing on … more

4/17/25

Lancers Complete Rare Sweep Of Pawnee

The Lincolnwood/Morrisonville baseball team entered their game on Thursday, April 10, with the opportunity to do something they hadn’t done since 2018. After beating Pawnee 4-1 two days earlier … more

4/14/25

April’s Dark Cloud Continues To Hang Over Lady Lancers

April hasn’t been the Lady Lancers’ month so far as the Lincolnwood/Morrisonville softball team fell to 6-9 overall and 1-4 on the month with a pair of losses to Pawnee and Auburn on … more

4/14/25

Hillsboro outfielder Clayton Rufus climbs the left field fence in an effort to snag Jhude Walker’s high fly ball in the second inning of the Toppers’ game against Lincolnwood-Morrisonville on Monday, April 7. Walker also scored one of four Lincolnwood runs in the first as the Lancers came away with a 9-3 victory over the neighboring Hiltoppers.

Early Runs Lift Lancers Over Hillsboro

The Lincolnwood-Morrisonville baseball team built a four-run first inning into a 9-3 victory over visiting Hillsboro Monday afternoon, April 7; the Lancers moved to 3-4, while the Toppers fell to … more

by Ron Deabenderfer and Kyle Herschelman | 4/10/25

Lancer Baseball Hands Pawnee First MSM Loss

The first three batters in the Lincolnwood-Morrisonville line-up were tops in more ways than one on Tuesday, April 8, as the Lancers opened up MSM Conference play in Pawnee. The trio of Jonah … more

4/10/25

Lincolnwood Falls Despite One-Hitting Lady Indians

Lincolnwood sophomore Tori Elvidge had the definition of a tough luck loss on Tuesday, April 8, as the Lincolnwood/Morrisonville softball team fell to Pawnee 6-2, despite Elvidge tossing a … more

4/10/25

Panthers 'Leits' Out Against Lincolnwood

Max Leitschuh did everything but sell hot dogs in between innings for the Litchfield-Mt. Olive baseball team on Tuesday, April 1, as the Panthers defeated Lincolnwood-Morrisonville 7-0 in Raymond. … more

by Kyle Herschelman | 4/3/25

Lady Lancers Rally To Beat Greenville

The Lincolnwood-Morrisonville softball team picked up their sixth win of the season on Tuesday, April 1, as they defeated Greenville 5-4 in Raymond. The Lancers launched the first salvo in a … more

4/3/25

Lancers Bear Down At Grizzlies Ballpark

The Lincolnwood-Morrisonville baseball team picked up a major league win in a minor league park on Friday, March 28, as they defeated Gillespie 8-5 at Grizzlies Ballpark in Sauget. Both teams scored … more

3/31/25

Lancer Basketball Hands Out Year-End Awards

The Lincolnwood-Morrisonville boys basketball team held its annual awards banquet on Wednesday, March 19, at the Lincolnwood High School cafeteria. Award winners, from the left, were Cooper … more

3/31/25

Lincolnwood Girls Climb Above .500 Mark

The Lincolnwood-Morrisonville softball team picked up a pair of wins to end the week as they defeated New Berlin and Riverton on the road to push their record over .500 for the first time this … more

3/31/25

Lincolnwood-Morrisonville starter Brodey VanHooser was phenomenal against Carlinville on Tuesday, March 25, allowing just five hits and a walk, while striking out 12 batters in seven innings. VanHooser got an assist from his defense to secure the 1-0 win as Cody Ganther gunned down Drew Quarton at home plate for the final out in the seventh inning.

Late Run Gives Lancers First Win

After three losses against tough competition to start the season, the Lincolnwood/Morrisonville baseball team broke into the win column on Tuesday, March 25, beating Carlinville 1-0 thanks to a … more

3/27/25

Lady Lancers Beat Vandalia, Fall To Athens

The Lincolnwood-Morrisonville softball team picked up their third win in four games as they defeated Vandalia 7-3 in Raymond on March 24. Both teams threatened in the first two innings, but the … more

3/27/25

Lincolnwood Hires New High School Soccer Coach

A new face will be leading the Lincolnwood co-op soccer program when the 2025 season begins as the Panhandle School Board approved the hiring of Sam Kratochvil as the new head coach of the Lancer … more

3/27/25

Elvidge Strikes Out 15, No Hits Taylorville

After starting the week off with a pair of losses, the Lincolnwood/Morrisonville softball team ended it on a much better note. The Lady Lancers played three games in three days and scored two … more

3/24/25

Cardinals Hold On To Beat Lincolnwood

Warrensburg-Latham withstood a late rally from Lincolnwood-Morrisonville to hand the Lancers their second loss of the season on Saturday, March 22, in Warrensburg. The two-teams traded runs in … more

3/24/25

Toppers Bump Off Lancers With 12-Run Fourth

With less than ideal weather conditions and limited practice time outdoors, the start of the softball season always has a few bumps in it. With 11 errors between the two teams, that was the case for … more

by Kyle Herschelman | 3/20/25