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Hillsboro’s baseball team played the last two games of the sixth week of the 2024 season on the road, traveling east on R. 16 Thursday, May 2, to Pana for a make up conference game before …
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5/6/24
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On Saturday, May 4, the Nokomis baseball team picked up their fourth win in as many games in the month of May. Of those four wins, three have been come-from-behind victories in the final inning, …
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5/6/24
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Emily Senjan , a Maryville University pitcher, has worked many, many games and did not get a decision.
But, the Litchfield graduate, a Mount Olive resident, was in the right place at the right …
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by Dan Chamness
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5/6/24
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Two days after Lincolnwood fell to Nokomis on the Lady Redskins’ home field, the Lancers returned the favor with a 10-0 win in Raymond on Thursday, May 2.
Lincolnwood committed three …
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5/6/24
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The Litchfield-Mt. Olive softball team picked up their first South Central Conference win of the season on Friday, May 3, as they defeated Vandalia 7-4 on the Vandals’ home turf.
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5/6/24
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Central A&M defeated Lincolnwood-Morrisonville 11-1 in six innings on Friday, May 3, scoring 11 unanswered runs to pick up the win.
The Lancers scored first as Kirsten Pope singled with two …
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5/6/24
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It was a tough end to the second to last week of the regular season for the Hillsboro High School softball team as they fell to Father McGivney and Pana by a combined score of 24-7 on May 1 and 2.
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5/6/24
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The Litchfield Country Club will host it’s annual Youth Golf Program for players six and up from May 23 through June 27.
The instructional program will begin at 8:30 a.m. and go through 10 …
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5/6/24
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Last year, the 4x400 meter relay was a Hail Mary for the Litchfield boys track team at the South Central Conference Championships. On Tuesday, April 29, it was a victory lap.
After losing by …
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5/2/24
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“If we had a standout distance girl, they may have been close to second.”
Coach Zach Reed was right in his analysis of the Hillsboro girls track team at the South Central Conference …
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5/2/24
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A few scratches cost the Litchfield girls track team some points at the South Central Conference Championships on Tuesday, April 30, but the defending champions still made quite the impact on the …
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5/2/24
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The Hillsboro boys track team set eight new personal records and finished in the top five in the team standings at the South Central Conference Championships on Tuesday, April 30, in Virden.
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5/2/24
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The Hillsboro girls soccer team was back at home on Monday, April 29, as they braved the soupy conditions at the Hillsboro Sports Complex to hand the Gillespie Miners a 4-2 loss.
Despite a …
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5/2/24
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The Nokomis Lady Redskins snapped a six-game losing streak at the expense of county rival Lincolnwood on Tuesday, April 30, beating the Lancers 8-3.
The Redskins went down in order in the first, …
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5/2/24
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Litchfield Middle School eighth grader Ryker Witt ran a 54.2 in the 400 meters during the Panthers’ home meet on April 24, breaking a 44-year-old school record. The son of Jon and Kelsey Witt …
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5/2/24
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Baseball games can be exciting, even though the eventual result should never have a lasting effect on a person, a team, or a community. Most are brief chances for competition, to be enjoyed by …
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by Ron Deabenderfer
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5/2/24
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After wet field conditions kept Hillsboro and Vandalia from playing on Monday, the two teams were able to get their game in on Tuesday, April 30, as the Lady Vandals came to Hillsboro looking for …
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5/2/24
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Tuesday’s game in Springfield was one of those that the Litchfield-Mt. Olive baseball team knows will make them better in the future, even if they don’t get the win.
Taking on …
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5/2/24
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Pitching took center stage on Monday, April 29, in Buffalo as Tri-City edged Lincolnwood-Morrisonville in MSM Conference play 2-1, with just five hits allowed between the two teams in the game.
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5/2/24
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A five-run fourth inning by Greenville erased a 2-0 Litchfield-Mt. Olive advantage on Tuesday, April 30, as the Lady Comets held on for a 6-3 win in Bond County.
Despite playing on the road, the …
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5/2/24
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