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Landon Stewart of the Jr. Toppers Wrestling Club finished second in the 60-pound novice boys class at the IKWF South Sectional in Highland on Saturday, March 2, good enough to earn him a qualifying …
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3/7/24
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Beckemeyer second grader Crosby Michaelis is headed to the IKWF State Tournament after finishing first in the South Sectional in Highland on Saturday, March 2.
Michaelis, the son of Chad …
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3/7/24
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There’s nothing like a sibling rivalry to add some motivation, or at least that’s the case for Litchfield Middle School fifth grader Jayse Ellinger.
“If you ask Jayse Ellinger …
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3/7/24
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Braxton Kieffer may have missed a trip to the IHSA State Finals by one win, but the Litchfield High School sophomore has made the most out of his second chance at state.
By virtue of a pair of …
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3/7/24
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Nokomis graduate Ryan Janssen has a streak going.
The Millikin University senior catcher has hit safely in five games in a row.
“Much of my early season success at the plate comes to …
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by Dan Chamness
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3/4/24
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The Litchfield High School track team made their 2024 debut on Saturday, March 2, at Lantz Fieldhouse on the campus of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, but one member of the team may …
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3/4/24
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The Hillsboro High School track team opened up the 2024 season with a bang on Saturday, March 2, at the Rushville-Industry Invite at King Fieldhouse on the campus of Illinois College in Jacksonville. …
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3/4/24
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It’s hard to imagine a ball club that has experienced as many ups and downs as the Litchfield boys basketball team has experienced in the last four years: four head coaches (including one that …
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3/4/24
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The 2023-24 basketball season was one of contrasts-low points (the home 53-21 loss to Pana in the first conference game of the season) was the lowest to me because as the Panthers’ season …
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by Ron Deabenderfer
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3/4/24
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Nokomis senior Reaghan Jonas already knew what she wanted to do after graduation. Now, she has the opportunity to do what she has done on the softball field for the last three years as well.
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by Kyle Herschelman
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2/29/24
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With three 20-win teams and one of the closest championship races one could imagine, the 2023-24 girls basketball season was another great one in the South Central Conference. And with just four …
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2/29/24
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Three players from the co-conference champion Litchfield boys basketball team and two players from Hillsboro were among the 18 players honored as all-conference selections by the South Central …
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2/29/24
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The temperatures may be going up and down outside, but the Hillsboro High School track team will be heating things up indoors on Saturday, March 2, as they open up their season at Illinois College in …
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2/29/24
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Five Litchfield Middle School wrestlers finished in the top three at the IESA Jerseyville Regional on Feb. 24, which earned them a spot in the sectional on Saturday, March 2, in Vandalia.
The …
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2/29/24
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Five members of the Hillsboro Jr. Toppers Wrestling Club made their way to the IKWF regional in Edwardsville on Saturday, Feb. 24. Four of the five finished in the top four to advance to the …
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2/29/24
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The Litchfield Wrestling Club took seven wrestlers to the IKWF regional in Edwardsville on Saturday, Feb. 24, and came back with four qualifiers for next weekend’s sectional in Highland.
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2/29/24
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After several months of training, Sophia Watkins of the Bulletproof Athletics Track and Field Club is ready to take on nationals.
Watkins, who is an eighth grader at Hillsboro Junior High, will …
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2/29/24
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For the third time this year, an 800 series was rolled at a Montgomery County bowling alley during league play.
Joey Hapner of Hillsboro rolled games of 289, 267 and 258 in the Thursday Night …
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2/29/24
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Farmersville junior drag racer Addy Beal has improved in each of her three point seasons in which she has raced, with her most recent season her best yet.
After finishing tenth in 2021 and …
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2/29/24
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In 2006, Chance Davidson became the first ninth grader to win a state medal for the Litchfield High School wrestling program. On Saturday, Feb. 24, he had a pretty good seat to watch the latest …
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2/26/24
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