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For the third year in a row, the Nokomis girls basketball team took home the championship plaque in their home tournament with a strong defensive effort that yielded just 66 points in three games.
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11/24/25
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The Hillsboro High School girls basketball team snapped a five-game losing streak against Taylorville on Friday, Nov. 21, as the Lady Hiltoppers defeated the Tornadoes 51-36 at the Taylorville Girls …
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11/24/25
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After falling to Nokomis the night before for their first loss of the season, the Lincolnwood-Morrisonville girls basketball team was looking to bounce back in a big way on Saturday, Nov. 22, in the …
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11/24/25
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The Litchfield girls basketball team had a solid start to the Waverly Thanksgiving Tournament on Friday, Nov. 21, but ran into a buzzsaw in their second game up north.
Litchfield drew Triopia …
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11/24/25
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A high school basketball team will start the season with a mixture of skill, knowledge and attitudes. The coach will have the opportunity to mold the skill and the knowledge into hopefully what the …
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11/24/25
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It was eighth grade night for the Nokomis Lady Braves on Wednesday, Nov. 19, as the Nokomis Junior High Girls Basketball program honored its six eighth graders prior to their 27-21 win over …
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11/24/25
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Six different players scored in double figures on Tuesday, Nov. 18, at Simmons Gym in Litchfield as the Lady Panthers hosted Nokomis for the season opener for both teams. Four of those six players …
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11/20/25
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Hillsboro outscored South County 16-3 in the third quarter to break a halftime tie and pick up win number one on the season as the Lady Hiltoppers defeated the Vipers 48-40 in Hillsboro.
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11/20/25
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They may be small in numbers, but the Lincolnwood-Morrisonville girls basketball team showed in their opener on Monday, Nov. 17, that the Lady Lancers can also be fierce.
Getting six …
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by Kyle Herschelman
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11/20/25
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Ron Deabenderfer has been many things since coming to Illinois from his home state of Pennsylvania in the early 1960s. He’s been a teacher, a coach, a scorekeeper, a journalist, a rambler, a …
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11/20/25
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The old athlete adage of “Iron sharpens iron” isn’t always true; depending upon the nature of a team, it can be true, but it can be detrimental too. The 2025 version of the …
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by Ron Deabenderfer
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11/20/25
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Six seniors, three juniors, and three sophomores make up the varsity roster of the Hillsboro Hiltopper male basketball team as they prepare for the 2025-26 season under the guidance of Coach Corbin …
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by Ron Deabenderfer
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11/20/25
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“There’s something special about playing for your small town and knowing the whole community is behind you and your best friends.”
That’s how volleyball has been for …
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11/20/25
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The first shot of the season for the Lincolnwood-Morrisonville boys basketball team was taken well before any of this year’s Lancers hit the hardwood and it happened nowhere near a basketball …
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by Kyle Herschelman
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11/20/25
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Six brand new tennis courts, located between Hillsboro Junior High School and Hillsboro High School, are officially open to the public. Both the HHS boys and girls tennis teams, along with …
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11/17/25
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After working on their “Mamba Mentality” last year, about 110 campers hit the hardwood in an effort to “Be Like Mike” at the Hillsboro Sports Association youth basketball camp …
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11/17/25
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The Litchfield boys soccer team has scored 42 goals in their last six games, but the other side of the scoreboard has been just as impressive for the Panthers during that stretch.
With a 7-0 …
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11/14/25
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Hillsboro High School junior Luci VanGiesen represented the Hiltoppers at the IHSA Girls Swimming Sectional in Edwardsville on Saturday, Nov. 8, putting in two impressive performances at the meet. …
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11/13/25
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Hillsboro sophomore Owen Fuller was named Most Valuable Player for the Topper boys golf team during the team’s annual post-season banquet. Fuller, who finished 31st at the IHSA Class 1A State …
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11/13/25
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