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The football team that emerged from the Carlinville busses Friday evening, Oct. 13, wasn’t the one local fans in Hillsboro were expecting. The Cavies were 4-3 with a formidable offense, but …
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by Ron Deabenderfer
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10/16/23
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For the third straight year, no one in the South Central Conference was faster than Camden Quarton in the world of cross country.
Quarton, who also finished second in his freshman year, earned …
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10/16/23
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One of the most successful seasons in the history of the Litchfield boys soccer program came to a close on Saturday, Oct. 14, as the Purple Panthers fell to Jerseyville 4-3 at Lloyd Hill Field. While …
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by Kyle Herschelman
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10/16/23
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The Nokomis High School volleyball team picked up their fifth win in a row and their 22nd of the regular season with a decisive two-set victory over Mulberry Grove on Thursday, Oct. 12. It’s …
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10/16/23
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It was a busy but productive end of the week for the Litchfield High School volleyball team as the Lady Panthers played five games in three days. Game one of the five was on Thursday, Oct. 12, in …
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10/16/23
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The Hillsboro High School boys soccer team punched its ticket to its fifth straight IHSA regional title game Friday, Oct. 13, as the orange and black took on the Robinson Maroons at St Anthony and …
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10/16/23
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The Hillsboro volleyball team went on a 12-point run to end the first set of their conference game with Gillespie on Thursday, Oct. 12, then rolled to a second set win to improve to 21-7 overall and …
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10/16/23
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The Hillsboro High School girls tennis team hosted the South Central Conference Tournament on Friday, Oct. 6, and were rewarded with a doubles championship and a third place finish in singles.
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10/12/23
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The first nine days of October felt like a full month for the Hillsboro High School volleyball team as the Lady Hiltoppers sat stuck on 19 wins since the final day of September.
The …
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10/12/23
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Friends of the Harris family of Kincaid adopted the rallying cry, “Nobody Fights Alone” after Kathy Harris was diagnosed with stage four breast cancer in May, and throughout the …
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10/12/23
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Coming into the 2023 season, the Lincolnwood-Morrisonville volleyball team had four players on their roster with varsity experience. Now, with just two weeks until the postseason, the Lancers are …
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10/12/23
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The Hillsboro girls tennis team guaranteed themselves a winning record on Thursday, Oct. 5, with a 9-0 victory over Shelbyville on senior night for the Tennis Toppers.
Seniors Jesse Balla, Ryder …
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10/12/23
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The football seniors who will be introduced to the home crowd Friday evening, Oct. 13, will have more on their minds than surviving the ceremony honoring their last battle on Sawyer Field. Uppermost …
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by Ron Deabenderfer
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10/12/23
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After weathering the storm literally and figuratively on day one of the IHSA Class 1A State Finals Golf Tournament, the Litchfield boys golf team found themselves somewhere in between where they …
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by Kyle Herschelman
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10/10/23
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When Presley Mehochko and Reaghan Jonas were freshmen on the Nokomis High School volleyball team, the Redskins were at the end of a four-year run in which they had won 20 games total. On Wednesday, …
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10/10/23
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It’s been a while since playoff fever has invaded Panther Country, but the possibility for postseason football for the first time since 2005 has fans in Litchfield on the edge of their seats.
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10/10/23
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The Toppers versus Pana game in Hillsboro last Friday, Sept. 29, had the Hillsboro fans at least mildly depressed at halftime but enthused by the end of the game. That enthusiasm carried over through …
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by Ron Deabenderfer
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10/10/23
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The most frustrating thing about the Nokomis football team being 3-4 this season may be just how close the Redskins are to being 7-0.
Their two biggest losses have been by 20 against …
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by Kyle Herschelman
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10/10/23
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Few were faster at the East Alton-Wood River Invitational on Saturday, Oct. 7, than Litchfield’s Camden Quarton and Darby Braasch as the pair of Panthers finished second overall at the 5,000 …
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10/10/23
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One of the few good things about the Litchfield-Gillespie soccer team being relegated to Class 2A is that the Panthers won't have to see Lincolnwood any more in the 2023 season.
In the final …
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10/10/23
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