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Center & Guard: A Spring Season 'Sidelined'
With everything under the sun cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic (and rightfully so), you can’t help but see signs of people mourning the loss of events that they were looking forward … more
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Litchfield track coach Dan Newkirk talks strategy with Bailey Powell (385) from the stands at the 2018 IHSA State Track Meet in Charleston. Newkirk, who is in his 30th year of coaching, said that he has never encountered a season like the 2020 campaign, which has seen more than a third of the team's meets cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with more cancellations expected.
‘Hopefully, We Will Never See Anything Like It Again’
For the first time since 1979, Dan Newkirk has had the spring off, but it’s definitely not by choice for the veteran coach of the Litchfield High School boys track team. “This is year … more
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It’s been a tough stretch for Lincolnwood Head Coach Greg Neisler (far right), whose team ended their season early after the death of a fellow student in 2019, followed by a delay to the 2020 campaign due to the COVID-19 virus. Still, Neisler and the Lady Lancers have tried to focus on the positive and “leave it all on the field,” both literally and figuratively.
Lady Lancers Keep Focus On The Positive
“Warm sunny days, missing time spent with the players, and just not able to play this great sport has been very difficult,” said Lincolnwood softball coach Greg Neisler, in regards to … more
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New Challenges Appear For New Look Hiltoppers
Things were already going to be different in the 2020 season than in Dave Mattson’s first five years as coach of the Hillsboro High School girls soccer team, even before the COVID-19 pandemic … more
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Delay Tough On Buerkett, Toppers
If you know Hillsboro tennis coach Dyke Buerkett, you know that the shelter-in part of the COVID-19 outbreak has hit the avid cyclist hard. "The hardest thing, not just for me but for those of us … more
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IHSA Addresses Stay-In Extension, Playing In June
On Wednesday, April 1, IHSA Executive Director Craig Anderson released a statement regarding COVID-19 and its effect on high school sports in Illinois. “First and foremost, the IHSA … more
Litchfield High School graduate Victoria Francis (back row, second from right) had hopes to see her teammates from the U.S. national wrestling team in State College, PA, this coming weekend, but the Covid-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of the U.S. Wrestling Olympic Trials on April 4-5. A few days after the trials were postponed, the Olympic Committee did the same to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, pushing them back to 2021.
Covid-19 Delays Francis’ Olympic Hopes
While it didn’t become official until March 24, Victoria Francis wasn’t surprised when the decision was made to postpone the 2020 Tokyo Olympics until 2021. more
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Olympics, Real World On Hold For Held
When the Covid-19 outbreak first hit, 2016 Olympic gold medalist Ryan Held feared the worst. “In my mind, I thought postponement equaled cancellation,” said Held, a graduate of Sacred … more
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IHSA Considering Extension For Spring Sports
Things are still at a standstill in the world of high school sports, and in the world in general, but IHSA Executive Director Craig Anderson hinted on March 25 that the governing body may be willing … more
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Lincolnwood grad Abby Brockmeyer averaged 10 points and 7.6 rebounds per game as a junior forward for the Southern Illinois University Salukis this past season, which was cut short by the Covid-19 pandemic. Brockmeyer currently sits at 915 points in her collegiate career.
College Report: Brockmeyer Chases Improvement, Title
Had Abby Brockmeyer’s season not been ended early due to the Coronavirus, she would have gotten even closer to 1,000 points.  But, as the sun set on the third year of her career, the … more
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Six Nokomis basketball players were named to the Prairie State All-Conference basketball teams. Clockwise, from the top left, are Macee Eisenbarth, Audrey Sabol, Mia Fesser, Evan Herpstreith, Carter Sabol and Alex Tosetti.
Redskins Put Six On Prairie State All-Conference Lists
Six Nokomis High School basketball players earned all-conference honors from the coaches of the Prairie State Conference, with three on the girls team and three on the boys team. For the second … more
This year's seniors, from the left, Rylee Schmollinger, Chloe Beck, Emily Reynolds and Kayli Ward, have been around for the resurgence of Hillsboro volleyball over the last several years. The class of 2020 finished their careers with 78 wins, the most in a four-year span since the Lady Hiltoppers won 79 between 1995 and 1998.
Hillsboro Volleyball On The Right Path
It’s been 15 years since Hillsboro’s last regional title in volleyball, but slowly the Lady Hiltoppers have become a consistent threat to bring home some hardware. After accumulating … more
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Backed by an enthusiastic fan base at the Woodshed in Raymond, Lincolnwood senior Kyra Shull serves one up for the Lady Lancers on senior night. Shull and classmate Maddie Krager are Lincolnwood’s only two losses to graduation from this year’s 28-8-1 squad.
2019 Another Banner Year For Lancer Volleyball
Under Head Coach Kimberly Denney, 20-win seasons have been as certain as death and taxes for the Lincolnwood High School volleyball program. In Lincolnwood’s 295 games under Denney, which … more
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Center & Guard: Rock, Newspaper, Scissors
I’ve sat here for 15 minutes trying to describe what happened on the JNSports Twitter last week and I can’t find the words. So... I guess I’ll forget about being clever and just say … more
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Center & Guard: Time To Make Up For Lost Time
Call it making up for lost time. While we have a few weeks off (or more) from the regular spring high school sports schedule, I want to go back a few months and finish up something that got away … more
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2019 Nokomis Football Statistics
2019 A Return To Glory For Redskins
With the entire sporting world shut down, the Nokomis Football Twitter account came rushing to the aid of those in need of something to quell their lust for competition. “Need a sports fix? … more
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2019 Litchfield Football Statistics
Purple Panthers Gut Out 2019 Season
Thirty-seven losses seems like a lot, and it is, especially when you are experiencing every single one of them first hand the way the Litchfield High School football team and their fans have. But … more
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For the third time in his high school career, Nokomis' Carter Sabol earned a spot on the IBCA boys basketball all-state team, taking first team honors during his senior season.
Sabol A First Team Pick On IBCA All-State Team
Nokomis High School senior Carter Sabol was one of ten players selected by members of the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association for this year’s Class 1A all-state first team. Sabol, who … more
The College Report: Greenville Tops SLIAC Meet
Greenville University, coached by Hillsboro native Brian Patton, simply does not have a peer in track and field in the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.  And Litchfield graduate … more
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Litchfield Middle School sixth grader Vincent Moore gets a lift from teammate, eighth grader Hunter Hancock, after the pair qualified for the IESA State Tournament by both finishing third at the sectional in East Peoria. Unfortunately, the state tournament was cancelled due to concerns over the coronavirus and the health of the wrestlers and spectators.
Coronavirus Tech Falls State Tournaments
The good news for Vincent Moore and Hunter Hancock is that they both qualified for the IESA State Wrestling Tournament and made it through this past weekend undefeated. The bad news is that they also … more
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