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Lincolnwood sophomore Gabe Armentrout drives to the baseline past Pawnee’s Tyler Surber during the Lancers’ home game against the Indians. Armentrout had a career-best 10 points, while freshman Jonah Elvidge added 15, another career-high to help the Lancers to a 52-37 victory.

The book on the Lincolnwood boys basketball team has been this year, if you can stop Whalen and Jenkins, most of the time you can stop the Lancers. Lincolnwood’s win over Pawnee on Tuesday, … more

by Kyle Herschelman | 1/27/22

Lancers Score Traveling Trophy At Tri-City

While most players aren’t happy with a traveling call on the basketball court, that wasn’t the case for the Lincolnwood boys’ basketball team on Friday, Jan. 21. The Lancers … more

1/24/22

Lincolnwood's Haelee Damm (left) tries to slow down Nokomis' Addison Dangbar during the MSM Conference game between the neighboring schools in Nokomis on Jan. 20. Dangbar had 14 points in the Redskins' 55-14 victory over the Lancers.

Redskins Perfect In MSM With Win Over Lancers

The Nokomis High School girls basketball team picked up an MSM Conference win on Thursday, Jan. 20, at the expense of their neighbors at Lincolnwood High School. The Lady Redskins held the Lancers … more

1/24/22

Warriors Come Out To Play Against Lincolnwood

Saturday wasn’t the first time that the Lincolnwood girls basketball team had seen Hardin Calhoun, but after games against the Warriors in two consecutive tournaments, the Lady Lancers may hope … more

1/24/22

As Lincolnwood student section members, from the left, John Wolf, Drake Germann, Cole Riemann, Eldon Brown and Trenton Hemann try to will a free throw through the hoop, Roxana’s Evan Wells (#31) boxes out the Lancers’ Gabe Armentrout (#22). Free throws would play a big factor late in the game as senior Will Jenkins hit 5-of-6 in the fourth quarter to help the Lancers to a 37-29 win over the Shells on Monday, Jan. 10.

Lancers Shut Down Shells For Seventh Win

They say that adversity makes strange bedfellows, which were the circumstances of the meeting between the Lincolnwood and Roxana boys basketball teams on Monday, Jan. 10. At 536 students, … more

by Kyle Herschelman | 1/13/22

Nokomis' Ryan Eisenbarth dives for a loose ball just ahead of Lincolnwood's Jonah Elvidge during the showdown between the two Montgomery County rivals on Friday, Jan. 7. Eisenbarth entered the game averaging seven points per contest but exploded for 22 points, 20 in the first half, in Nokomis' 64-25 MSM Conference win.

Redskins Post Win Over Lincolnwood

On a night where Nokomis honored one of the best post players in the program’s history, the Redskins dominated down low in a 64-25 victory over Lincolnwood. By the time the Redskins honored … more

by Kyle Herschelman | 1/10/22

Lady Lancers Claim Second Win

The Lincolnwood girls basketball program is still in its infancy, but the Lady Lancers took another baby step on Thursday, Jan. 6, in Pawnee. Lincolnwood came back from a deficit that was seven … more

1/10/22

Lincolnwood’s Taryn Millburg closely guards Litchfield’s Carly Guinn (#2) during the county squabble in Raymond on Monday, Jan. 3. Guinn scored seven of her nine points in the first half for the Panthers, who handed Montgomery County’s other LHS a 53-38 loss.

Strong Start Pushes Panthers Past Lancers

Two former co-op partners squared off at the Woodshed in Raymond on Monday, Jan. 3, as Lincolnwood welcomed Litchfield to town. For four years, between 2013 and 2017, the Lancers were part of the … more

1/6/22

Lancers Win Barn Burner...Again

On Dec. 18, Lincolnwood survived a battle with Southwestern at home to win 40-38. Three days later, the Lancers did it again, beating Bunker Hill in a 37-36 dog fight at the Woodshed in … more

1/6/22

Miners Beat Lancers For 7th

Both Lincolnwood and Gillespie entered the final day of the Carlinville Holiday Tournament in search of their first win at the annual event. The Lancers were 0-3 in a loaded Red Pool that saw the … more

1/3/22

2021-22 Holiday Basketball Tournaments

Wondering where your favorite high school team is hooping it up this holiday season? Don't worry. We have you covered below. Riverton Christmas Girls Tournament Pool A: Auburn, Mt. … more

1/2/22

Lincolnwood’s Sophia Foster wraps a pass around South County’s Caroline Peters during the Lancers’ opening game of the Carlinville Holiday Tournament on Monday, Dec. 27. The top-seeded Lady Vipers knocked off Lincolnwood 55-9 in the opening game, en route to a 2-0 start in pool play.

Lady Lancers To Play For 7th At Carlinville

To say that Lincolnwood’s group at the Carlinville Holiday Tournament was going to be a challenge may have been an understatement for the Lady Lancers. Of the three other teams in the Red … more

12/30/21

Lincolnwood’s Braden Whalen brings the ball down the court for the Lancers during their opening game at the 71st annual Waverly Holiday Tournament, with four defenders from Jacksonville Routt surrounding the junior guard. The Rockets’ defense suffocated the Lancers on Monday, Dec. 27, holding them to just 17 points, but Lincolnwood played better on Tuesday, before taking a tough 50-44 loss to Carrollton to end their time at the tourney.

Rockets, Hawks Ground Lancers At Waverly

The Waverly Holiday Tournament ended much sooner than hoped for the Lincolnwood boys basketball team, who ran into a tough draw at the 71st edition of the annual event. The Lancers fell to the … more

12/30/21

Charity Tosses Put Lancers Ahead Of Bunker Hill

Braden Whalen hit a pair of free throws in the final 10 seconds of the Lincolnwood boys basketball team’s home game on Tuesday, Dec. 21, to put the Lancers ahead for good as they defeated … more

12/23/21

Lady Lancers Rally But Fall To Bullets

A slow start put the Lincolnwood girls basketball team in an early hole against Williamsville on Tuesday, Dec. 21, one that the Lady Lancers weren’t able to climb out of despite one of their … more

12/23/21

Lincolnwood's Trenton Watson provided a spark for the Lancers in the second half as he scored six of his career-high eight points after halftime of Lincolnwood's 40-38 overtime victory over Southwestern on Saturday, Dec. 18.

Lancers Score Much Needed Win In OT

It’s hard to call a game 10 games into the season a “must win” but a victory on Saturday, Dec. 18 against Southwestern would go a long way toward boosting the confidence of the … more

by Kyle Herschelman | 12/20/21

Lady Lancers Fall To Toppers, Tigers

The Lincolnwood-Morrisonville girls basketball team took on a pair of one-loss teams to start the week as they hosted Mt. Pulaski (8-1) on Monday and traveled to Greenfield-Northwestern (5-1) on … more

12/16/21

Sandwiched by Lincolnwood defenders Trenton Watson (#40) and Gabe Armentrout (#22), Litchfield sophomore Keenan Powell (#22) works to get a shot off during the county clash at the T. Todt Shootout on Saturday, Dec. 11. Powell had 14 points in the Panthers' thrilling 58-56 win over the Lancers at the 16-team event in Nokomis.

Purple Panthers Battle Back To Sink Lancers

You could almost hear the voice of the late Terry Todt rising in excitement as the Litchfield and Lincolnwood boys basketball teams squared off in the shootout that bears his name. The fifth game … more

by Kyle Herschelman | 12/13/21

Litchfield's Elise Walch and the rest of the Panthers had their hands full in guarding Hillsboro guard Layne Rupert on Saturday, Dec. 11. Rupert poured in 30 points in the Toppers' 52-26 win over Litchfield, a new girls' record for points scored at the T. Todt Shootout.

T. Todt Notes: Thoughts On The 3rd T. Todt Shootout Vs. Cancer

It was a great day of basketball in honor of one of the great people from Montgomery County on Saturday, Dec. 11, as 16 teams participated in the third T. Todt Shootout vs. Cancer, which benefitted the Montgomery County Cancer Association. more

by Kyle Herschelman | 12/13/21

Lancers Improve In Loss To MSM Foe South County

After picking up their first win of the year on Monday against Mt. Olive, the Lincolnwood girls basketball team entered their home game on Dec. 9 with some momentum. While they wouldn’t pick up … more

12/13/21