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It was senior night for the Lincolnwood-Morrisonville-Pawnee golf team on Friday, Sept. 22, as the Lancers celebrated the six soon-to-be graduates of the program. From the left are Brady Schmedeke, Zach Waldeck, Lance Weitekamp, Patrick Lipe, Kaylee Gerlach and Griffin Boblitt.

The Lincolnwood-Morrisonville-Pawnee boys golf team celebrated its seniors on Friday, Sept. 22, as they collected their 31st win of the season. The lineup showed that while the name on the shirt says … more

9/25/23

Maryville Christian Clips Shorthanded Lancers

A good team and a bad break kept the Lincolnwood soccer team from improving their record on Tuesday, Sept. 19, as the Lancers fell to Maryville Christian by a 3-2 final score. Break is fortunately … more

9/21/23

Lady Lancers Take Top Spot At Timber Lakes

The Lincolnwood girls golf team picked up their 14th win of the season on Monday, Sept. 18, at Timber Lakes Golf Course in Staunton. The Lady Lancers shot a 210 as a team to beat the hosts from … more

9/21/23

Lancers Answer After Close Call With Miners

The Lincolnwood High School volleyball team got a first set wake up call from Gillespie on Monday, Sept. 18, as the visiting Miners picked up a 25-23 win in the opening set. As it turns out, that was … more

9/21/23

Castleberry Medals Twice For Lancers

Zeke Castleberry earned medalist honors in both of Lincolnwood’s matches to start the week as the Lancer boys golf team improved their record to 28-8 this season. Castleberry shot a … more

9/21/23

CENTER AND GUARD • The Grace Cup Returns

Soccer was always Grace and I’s thing. Her Uncle Daniel got her first soccer ball for her just a few days after she was born. She used to dribble around the ottoman in our living room, with … more

by Kyle Herschelman | 9/18/23

Lancers Bounce Back, Get Denney's 300th

The Lincolnwood-Morrisonville volleyball team saw their season-long 12-game winning streak come to an end on Friday, Sept. 15, at the Ray Long Volleyball Classic in New Berlin, but came back with a … more

9/18/23

Eagles Land Lancers In Second

It was a good day for eagle watching on Sept. 14, as the Lincolnwood boys golf team scored not one, but two eagles in their match at the Pana Country Club on Thursday. Bryce Cowdrey and Zeke … more

9/18/23

Lancers Tie Springfield Lutheran

Carson Contreras had one save and recorded his seventh shutout of the season on Friday, Sept. 15, as the Lincolnwood soccer team tied Springfield Lutheran 0-0. The Lancers were supposed to play … more

9/18/23

Lincolnwood Girls Break 200 For First Time In '23

The Lincolnwood girls golf team broke 200 as a team for the first time this year as the Lady Lancers improved to 13-3 with a second place finish in the triangular at Pana Country Club on Thursday, … more

9/18/23

Lincolnwood’s Kaylee Gerlach watches her shot during the Lancers’ match in Staunton on Tuesday, Sept. 12. Gerlach shot a 49 on the day to help Lincolnwood score a win over Ramsey-Nokomis and South County, their 11th and 12th victories of the year.

Lincolnwood Girls Win, Keagy Medals At Staunton

It was a good day for Montgomery County in Macoupin County on Tuesday, Sept. 12, as the Lincolnwood and Ramsey-Nokomis girls golf teams played South County at Timber Lakes Golf Course in Staunton. … more

9/14/23

Lincolnwood’s win over Father McGivney in the gold bracket semifinal at the Montgomery County Invitational Grace Tourament on Saturday, Sept. 9, not only put the Lancers in the championship game for the trophy, but it was thought to be the program’s 1,000th victory. Despite the best efforts of Head Coach Kimberly Denney and Journal-News Sports Editor Kyle Herschelman to nail down the win total in advance, the victory was actually Lincolnwood’s 1,002nd, with the milestone coming the day before against Mt. Olive. In front, from the left, are Taryn Millburg, Taryn Clarke, Morgan Hampton and Camryn Poggenpohl. In the back are Head Coach Kimberly Denney, Zaragoza Guzman, Morgan Cowdrey, Tori Elvidge, Kierstyn Denney, Jazmin Seaton-Hobson, Ella Jenkins and former head coach and program founder Mary Hammersley.

Lancers Celebrate 1,000 Wins... A Day Later

In addition to winning the Montgomery County Invitational Grace Tournament for the second year in a row, the Lincolnwood volleyball team also made a little history over the weekend as they picked up … more

9/14/23

Lancers Win 3-Set Thriller

The Lincolnwood-Morrisonville volleyball team had a pair of three set games on either side of their victory at the Montgomery County Invitational Grace Tournament, including a dramatic comeback … more

9/14/23

The Lincolnwood boys golf team had five rounds in the mid-to-low 40s on Tuesday, Sept. 12, at Timber Lakes Golf Course in Staunton, including a 44 by Zach Waldeck (above). Waldeck would have had a scoring round for each of the other four teams at the meet, but was the Lancers’ fifth man as they shot a 167 to improve to 21-6 on the season.

Lincolnwood Finally Tops South County

Three times this season the Lincolnwood and South County boys golf teams had been on the same course, and three times the Vipers finished ahead of the Lancers. On Tuesday, Sept. 12, that streak came … more

9/14/23

Lancers Take Top Team, Individual Spots At Auburn

The Lincolnwood boys golf team picked up a pair of wins and had medalist honors on Monday, Sept. 11, at Edgewood Golf Course in Auburn. The Lancers shot a 182 as a team, beating North Mac by … more

9/14/23

Lincolnwood Girls Top Litchfield At Carlinville

The Lincolnwood and Litchfield girls golf teams were in Carlinville on Monday, Sept. 11, to face off against the host Cavaliers. Lincolnwood shot a 201 at the Carlinville Country Club to … more

9/14/23

Nico Clark (left) had a pair of goals in the Toppers' 2-1 win over Greenville on Tuesday, Sept. 12, at the Hillsboro Sports Complex. The win evened the Toppers' record to 1-1 in the South Central Conference.

Soccer Toppers Grind It Out Against Comets

With several members of the Hillsboro High School boys soccer team also members of the choir and, as a result key pieces of the Operetta each spring, the orange and black are no strangers to … more

9/14/23

Keller Keeps Scoring As Lancers Get 7th Victory

It’s just ten games into the 2023 season and Ian Keller has already surpassed his goal total from last year for the Lincolnwood High School soccer team. The junior from Nokomis picked up … more

9/14/23

The Lincolnwood-Morrisonville volleyball team celebrates as senior Taryn Millburg receives the championship trophy for the Montgomery County Invitational Grace Tournament from Charley Herschelman, the sister of the tournament's namesake, the late Grace Herschelman. The Lancers won the tournament for the second year in a row, defeating Hillsboro 25-19, 23-25, 25-19 to improve to 10-0 on the season.

Lancers Repeat At Grace Tourney

What has been a banner year for Montgomery County volleyball got even better over the weekend as Lincolnwood, Hillsboro and Nokomis took the top three spots at the Montgomery County Invitational … more

9/11/23

The Lincolnwood-Morrisonville-Pawnee boys and girls golf teams competed in the MSM Conference Tournament on Wednesday, Sept. 6, at Edgewood Golf Course in Auburn. The Lincolnwood girls won this year’s tournament with a 418, while the Lincolnwood boys shot a 356 to finish second behind South County. From the left are Rian Deardorff, Brady Schmedeke, Kaylee Gerlach, Lance Weitekamp, Bryce Cowdrey and Luke Pope. In the back are Jenna Matli, Zeke Castleberry, Carly Armentrout, Anna Jones, Kennady Klinger and Jared Klein. Armentrout was the girls individual medalist, while Gerlach, Matli, Jones and Klinger joined her on the all-conference team. Cowdrey, Castleberry and Weitekamp all made all-conference on the boys’ side.

Lady Lancers Score MSM Tourney Title

Last year, the Lincolnwood girls golf team won the MSM Conference Tournament by a little. By three strokes over South County to be exact. This year, the Lady Lancers won by a lot. On Wednesday, Sept. … more

9/11/23