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In its 10-year history, the TEAM Playday has raised more than $250,000 for Lincolnwood athletics, with the 2023 event raising a record $31,500. Proceeds from this year’s golf tournament were presented between the Lancers’ boys and girls basketball games on Saturday, Dec. 16. From the left are boys basketball coach Matt Millburg, volleyball coach Kimberly Denney, girls basketball coach Justin Millburg, Patty Clarke and Dana Pitchford from the TEAM Playday Committee, Lincolnwood Athletic Director Josh Stone, assistant volleyball coach Lesley Cowdrey and cheerleading coach Bev Lipe.
TEAM Raises Record Amount For Lancer Athletes
Lincolnwood’s boys-girls basketball doubleheader was a celebration of all things hoops on Saturday, Dec. 16, but it was also a celebration of what keeps Lancers of all sports at their best. … more
Lincolnwood's Jonah Elvidge hounds Bunker Hill guard Will Manar during the Lancers' home game against the Minutemen on Dec. 19. The Lancers' held Bunker Hill to seven points in the second half to score a 44-26 victory over the Minutemen.
Lancers Get Back To Even With Win
It's been a long way back to .500 for the Lincolnwood-Morrisonville boys basketball team, but after starting the season 0-4, the Lancers have reached that mark before Christmas. Since going … more
Four Toppers Finish In Top Eight At PORTA
The contingent from Hillsboro picked up 10 wins and had four wrestlers placing in the top eight for their weight class at the Rex Avery Invitational on Saturday, Dec. 9, as the Toppers made their … more
Panthers Put 6 On The Podium At PORTA
The Litchfield High School wrestling team put six wrestlers in the top eight and took ninth in the overall standings at the 32-team Rex Avery Invitational in Petersburg on Saturday, Dec. 9. … more
Cavaliers Win Despite Lancers’ Best Efforts
The points weren’t there, but the effort was for the Lincolnwood-Morrisonville girls basketball team as the Lady Lancers took on a talented Carlinville squad on Monday, Dec. 18. The … more
Lady Redskins Come Up Short Against Miners
A 22-point first quarter gave the Gillespie girls basketball team a strong start against Nokomis on Monday, Dec. 18, and never looked back as they knocked off the Lady Redskins 60-38 in Nokomis. … more
White Rolls 800 Series At Litchfield Bowl
For the first time in seven years, a 800-plus series was rolled at the Litchfield bowling alley. Bobby White of Litchfield, bowled a 258, a 279 and a 287 for an 824-scratch series on lanes five … more
Litchfield High School grad Trevor Geggie
College Report: Geggie Wraps Up Track Career At Knox
If you listed the qualities you wanted in a college athlete, in most cases, passion/intensity would be near the top of most people’s lists. It is for recent Knox College graduate Trevor … more
Cumberland's Kelby Bierman (left) and Hillsboro's Nathan Matoush fight for possession during the third place game of the St. Elmo Holiday Tournament on Saturday, Dec. 16. The pair led their respective teams in scoring, with Bierman scoring 13 and Matoush finishing with 15, as the Pirates escaped with a 53-46 come-from-behind victory over the Hiltoppers.
Toppers Can't Close Gap With Cumberland
Poor free throw shooting and eight fourth quarter turnovers were the primary reasons Hillsboro’s boys basketball team fell to the Cumberland Pirates 53-46 in the third place game at the St. … more
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Bonnell Picks Up First Win As Head Coach
In a blink of an eye the world can change and for the Litchfield High School boys basketball team, a major change occurred Thursday evening, Dec. 14. Just 24 hours before their South Central … more
Lincolnwood's Kennady Cook (#30) drives past Cason Robinson of Southwestern during the second half of the Lancers' home game against the Piasa Birds on Saturday, Dec. 16. Cook had seven points in the Lancers' 49-43 victory over Southwestern, which improved Lincolnwood's record to 5-6 on the season.
Lancers Bounce Back Against Birds
After an intense back-and-forth, two-point loss to South County the night before the Lincolnwood boys basketball team managed to avoid a letdown on Saturday, Dec. 16, as they gutted out a 49-43 … more
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Nokomis' Mason Stauder (#13) looks for a route around Auburn's Cooper Carter during the Redskins' home game against the Trojans on Saturday, Dec. 16. The Redskins outscored Auburn in three of the four quarters, but the exception proved to be costly as Auburn pulled out a 48-41 victory over Nokomis.
Auburn Steals Win Over Nokomis
The Nokomis boys basketball team outscored Auburn in three of the four quarters on   Dec. 16, and by a significant margin, 34-23. The exception, a 25-7 third quarter by Auburn, is what allowed … more
Salem Spoils Greenwood's 20-Point Game
A difficult third quarter spoiled a career night by Ella Greenwood as Hillsboro fell to Salem 57-51 on Saturday, Dec. 16, on the Wildcats’ home floor. Both teams entered the game with a … more
Hillsboro Boys Score First SCC Victory
The Hillsboro boy’s basketball team gave their fans an early Christmas present Friday evening, Dec. 15, by invading Vandalia to claim a 57-47 South Central Conference win over the Vandals. … more
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Vipers Nip Lancers In MSM Showdown
When Lincolnwood and South County in the first game of the season, the Lancers were just two points down with two minutes to play before falling to the Vipers by eight. Friday’s second meeting … more
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Southwestern's Vivian Zurheide (left) guard's Lincolnwood's Lilly Terneus during the second half of the Lancers' 39-26 loss to the Piasa Birds on Saturday, Dec. 16. After a slow start, Lincolnwood finished the game with some momentum as they outscored the Piasa Birds 20-16 in the final two quarters.
Birds Win, But Lancers Can Build Off 2nd Half
On paper, it was a 13-point loss, but in the grander scheme, Lincolnwood Head Coach Justin Millburg hopes it’s a turning point. After a tough first half against Southwestern in their TEAM … more
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Pretzels Win Defensive Showdown Over Skins
Nokomis and New Berlin entered their game on the Redskins’ home floor on Friday, Dec. 15, allowing an average of 38 and 37 points per game respectively, so the 39-36 final score in favor of the … more
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Hatchets Chop Down Toppers
Despite surrendering 31 points to Hillsboro in the first quarter of a winners’ bracket semifinal Thursday, Dec. 14, in the St. Elmo Christmas Tournament, the Windsor/Stew-Straws Hatchets came … more
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Litchfield Girls Fall To South County
The Litchfield girls basketball team traveled to Waverly on Thursday, Dec. 14, to face the South County Vipers. The Panthers started out strongly, but fell to the home team 35-22 to fall to 2-11 on … more
Hillsboro's Amya Greenwood closely guards Litchfield's Kyndal Law during the match-up between the two Montgomery County foes on Monday, Dec. 11. Law and company gave Hillsboro all they could handle for three quarters, before the Toppers used a 17-0 fourth quarter to pull out a 49-24 win.
Hillsboro Tops LHS After Early Scare
At first glance, Hillsboro’s 49-24 win over Litchfield looks exactly like what you would have predicted if you just looked at the team’s records before the game. The Toppers were 5-5 … more
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