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Lincolnwood’s Jonah Elvidge (left) battles for possession with Okaw Valley’s Chase Creviston during the Lancers’ home opener on Tuesday, Dec. 3. Elvidge had 14 points in the Lancers’ 56-52 victory over the Timberwolves, their third win in a row.

Lancers Win A Close One Over Okaw Valley

Since adding Okaw Valley to the schedule in 2021, the Lincolnwood boys basketball team’s annual meeting with the Timberwolves has turned into a great early test for the Lancers and one of the … more

12/5/24

Tucker Armentrout led the Lancers in scoring in three of their four games at the Gene Bergschneider Turkey Tournament in New Berlin, averaging 13.75 points in Lincolnwood's four games to earn all-tournament honors.

Lancers Off To Solid Start After New Berlin Tourney

If the Lincolnwood boys basketball team can play like they did on Saturday the rest of the season, the Lancers will win their fair share of games in 2024. With shutdown defense and balanced scoring, … more

12/2/24

County All-Stars Hit The Court At LLCC

Twenty-two volleyball players from 15 different schools hit the court once again as Lincoln Land Community College hosted its annual all-star match on Nov. 24. Hillsboro seniors Addison Lowe and … more

12/2/24

Free Throws Send Raiders Past Lancers

Monday’s was the Lincolnwood-Morrisonville girls basketball team’s final game before Thanksgiving, which turned out to be appropriate as there were more fouls than any turkey farm in the … more

11/27/24

Lincolnwood Girls Eighth At Nokomis Tournament

It was a frustrating weekend for the Lincolnwood-Morrisonville girls basketball team as they finished eighth in the Nokomis Tip-Off Classic, which wrapped up on Saturday, Nov. 23. After seeing games … more

11/25/24

Four Redskins, Five Lancers Land On MSM All-Conference Team

Four members of the Nokomis volleyball team and five members of the Lincolnwood/Morrisonville volleyball team earned all-conference honors for the 2024 season, with the two teams combining for five … more

11/21/24

Lincolnwood-Morrisonville’s Taylor Lush (#25) looks for help as the Bunker Hill defense swarms the Morrisonville senior in the post during the first half of the Lancers’ season opener in Raymond on Monday, Nov. 18. Both teams turned in solid defensive efforts as neither led by more than six points, with Lincolnwood earning a 30-26 victory to move to 1-0 overall and in the MSM Conference.

Lincolnwood Slips Past Minutemaids For 1st Win

It was opening night for the Lincolnwood-Morrisonville and Bunker Hill girls basketball teams as the Minutemaids traveled to Raymond to face the Lancers on Nov. 18. With a little rust and a lot … more

11/21/24

The Lincolnwood soccer team wrapped up its season with its annual banquet on Nov. 6. Pictured from the left are Head Coach Joe Webb and award winners Ian Keller (MVP), Carson Contreras (Leadership Award) and Maddox DeWerff (Most Improved Player).

Lancers Honor Award Winners, Coach Webb

The Lincolnwood soccer banquet on Wednesday, Nov. 6, was a celebration of all things Lancer soccer, not just for the 2024 season, but for the past 12 seasons as well. Per usual, Coach Joe Webb … more

11/14/24

Lincolnwood's Morgan Hampton receives a serve from Calhoun during the second set of the Lancers' regional championship match in Mt. Olive on Thursday, Oct. 31. Hampton and her teammates, including Tori Elvidge (#20) and Camryn Poggenpohl (#21), surprised the Warriors with their defensive efforts in the early going before falling to the visitors from Hardin 27-25, 25-19.

Warriors Survive Lancers' Best Shot

There are 230 teams in the IHSA Class 1A state series; all but one of them will lose before the state champion is crowned on Saturday, Nov. 16. With that in mind, it’s not as much … more

11/4/24

Win Over Tigers Sends Lancers To Title Game

The Lincolnwood-Morrisonville volleyball team picked up their 31st win of the season and advanced to the championship game of the Mt. Olive Regional by virtue of their victory over … more

11/4/24

After scoring a hat trick of his own in youth soccer, Cal Webb runs to congratulate his dad, Lincolnwood Soccer Coach Joe Webb after the Lancers’ regional win over Carlinville on Oct. 19. Webb resigned from coaching on Monday, Oct. 28, in part to spend more time with Cal and his younger brother Cohen, in the background.

Webb Steps Down As Lancer Soccer Coach

After 12 years at the helm of his alma mater’s soccer program, Joe Webb is stepping down as head coach at Lincolnwood High School. Webb, who is the Principal at Raymond Grade School, was an … more

10/31/24

Lincolnwood’s Jazmin Seaton-Hobson goes up for a tip at the net during the Lancers’ regional quarterfinal against Bunker Hill on Oct. 29, in Mt. Olive. The Lancer senior had seven kills, matching Kierstyn Denney for the team lead in Lincolnwood’s 25-15, 25-17 victory.

Lancers Win Battle Over Bunker Hill

The last time the Lincolnwood-Morrisonville volleyball team didn’t advance to the regional championship game, the current crop of seniors were in sixth grade. On Wednesday, the Lancers extended … more

10/31/24

Plains Slips Past Lincolnwood

Lincolnwood's bid for the program's third regional championship came up just short on Wednesday, Oct. 23, as the Lancers fell to Pleasant Plains in the championship game of the Carlinville Regional. … more

10/24/24

The Lincolnwood-Morrisonville volleyball team honored four of its own on Thursday, Oct. 17, prior to the Lancers’ three-set win over Springfield Lutheran. From the left are Jazmin Seaton-Hobson, with parents Amanda and Travis Hobson; Morgan Hampton, with parents Cassandra and Phil Hampton; Kierstyn Denney, with parents Zach and Kimberly Denney; and Morgan Cowdrey, with parents, Lesley and Scott Cowdrey.

Lancers Beat Lutheran On Senior Night

With 120 wins, just 25 losses and two regional titles under their belts thus far, the Class of 2025 has accomplished a lot for the Lincolnwood High School volleyball program. What the four seniors … more

10/24/24

County Trio Wrap Up Season At Golf State Finals

High school golfers from all over the state descended on the Bloomington-Normal area this past weekend as the state tournaments for all three IHSA classes teed off on Friday, Oct. 18, followed by … more

10/21/24

Players from Mt. Olive/Litchfield, Morrisonville/Lincolnwood and Hillsboro joined players from Edinburg to make up the South Central squad in the eighth grade girls Junior High All-State Showcase at the Future Champions Sports Complex in Jacksonville on Oct. 5-6. From the left are Libby Knes and Koralyne Jones of Mt. Olive/Litchfield; Kinlee Paprotth, Karissa Ferrill and Brianna Boyd of Morrisonville/Lincolnwood; Gracelynn Crayne of Hillsboro; and Reagan Swinger, Daisy Shanks, Paige Lareau, Cally Cooper and Keely Westenhaver of Edinburg/South Fork.

Junior High Softball, Baseball Wraps Up

IESA Class 1A Baseball Morrisonville Regional Tuesday, September 24 • (4) Springfield St. Agnes 7, (5) Jerseyville St. Francis Holy Ghost 0 • (2) Morrisonville-Lincolnwood 16, (7) Bunker … more

10/21/24

Third Time The Charm For Lancers

After falling to Carlinville 4-0 and 3-0 during the regular season, the Lincolnwood High School soccer team got the better of the Cavaliers when it mattered most. On Saturday, Oct. 19, the fifth … more

10/21/24

Lincolnwood Gets Past Wildcats In MSM Win

At 8-20 overall and 2-5 in the MSM Conference, the Mt. Olive High School volleyball team is on the opposite side of the standings of Lincolnwood, who is 24-4 and 6-1 in the MSM, but that didn’t … more

10/17/24

Lincolnwood Shuts Out North Mac 7-0

The Lincolnwood High School soccer team ended up on both sides of a pair of shutouts to keep their record at .500 for the year, going into the final regular season game on Oct. 14. After falling … more

10/15/24

From the left, Montgomery County golfers Tucker Maguire, Sam Schwab and Bryce Cowdrey will compete in the IHSA Class 1A State Golf Tournament on Oct. 18-19, at Prairie Vista Golf Course in Bloomington after finishing in the top ten at the Ziegler-Royalton Sectional in West Frankfort on Oct. 7.

County Trio Are Statebound

There may have been just six Montgomery County golfers playing at Ziegler-Royalton Sectional on Monday, Oct. 7, but the group definitely made their presence felt at the Franklin County Country Club … more

10/10/24