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For the first time in eight years the University of Tennessee softball team is playing in the Women’s College World Series and one couple with Montgomery County ties is going along for the … more
On April 22-23, 67 athletes from Hilltop Elite Academy of Tumbling and Trampoline, Inc. (HEAT) traveled to Pana, for the Southern Illinois State Competition to compete against other … more
Even after 31 years of making the trek from Litchfield to Charleston, no matter how hard Dan Newkirk tried to think otherwise he knew that this year was different. “My thought was to keep … more
Brayden Fowler, Tanner Clayton and Blaze Helton knew their track season was going to come to an end last week, but the question for the three Hillsboro High School seniors was whether it would be the … more
Every athlete in the world would like to exit the sport they love on top. Tess Saathoff , a Hillsboro graduate and Blackburn College golfer, knows exactly how that feels. Going out a winner? … more
When a team in any sport on any level wins only 10% of their games, multiple reasons come together, and all are hard to separate. The physical, statistical reasons are easier to sniff out than the … more
For the second year in a row, the Litchfield Middle School girls track team is coming home with a championship from the IESA Class 3A State Finals, but this year, the four young athletes get to … more
For the fifth time since 1985 and the first time since 2017, Hillsboro Junior High is the home of an IESA track state champion. Hillsboro eighth grader Jaida Linn cleared a 5’1” in … more
Feel free to pick a highlight from the Litchfield Middle School boys’ track team’s trip to the IESA State Finals on May 19-20. You could go with the 4x400 relay, which finished … more
The goal going into the 2023 track season was simple for Litchfield’s Kendall Stewart. On Saturday, May 20, that goal was accomplished as Stewart finished second in the 300 meter hurdles at the … more
“I was hoping to have fun.” That was Irene Vandenbergh’s goal going into the IHSA Class 1A State Finals track meet on May 18 in Charleston. Two days later, Vandenbergh got that … more
Carrollton sophomore Lauren Flowers was impressive in the circle and at the plate on Saturday, May 20, as the Hawks ended Nokomis’ season with a 10-2 win in the regional championship in … more
The Pawnee Indians escaped with a 5-4 victory and a regional championship on Saturday, May 20, in Nokomis as Nick Rice singled home the game-winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning to beat the … more
There is a lot of young talent on the Hillsboro boys track team, but on Thursday, May 18, at the Gillespie Sectional, the night belonged to the three seniors on the Hiltoppers’ roster. … more
If you were asked to predict three members of the Litchfield High School boys track team to qualify for state, Camden Quarton and Keenan Powell would probably be your first two guesses. And they … more
The Nokomis boys track team competed in their first IHSA sectional in nearly 40 years on Thursday, May 18, in Gillespie as the Redskins continue to add to their experience in the track … more
A seven-run fourth inning broke open a tied game as the Lincolnwood-Morrisonville baseball team defeated Nokomis 10-3 on Thursday, May 18, in the semifinals of the Nokomis Regional. The Redskins … more
In the 1970s, Yankee slugger Reggie Jackson earned the nickname “Mr. October”. Hillsboro graduate Kaili Hanner might just follow in the legendary slugger’s footsteps in earning … more
The Bottomley-Ruffing-Schalk Baseball Museum in Nokomis was recently the venue chosen as the meeting site for a joint venture between two chapters of the Society for American Baseball Research, … more
East Peoria will be a sea of purple this weekend as the Litchfield Middle School girls track team invades the EastSide Centre for the IESA State Finals track meet. The Lady Panthers have 14 … more
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