The Gillespie High School girls’ basketball team (7-8) finished out 2017 with a fifth-place finish in the annual Carlinville Holiday Tournament by defeating Greenfield and setting a new tournament record for free throw percentage. In 2018, the team is 1-1 with a win over Roxana and a loss to Hillsboro. The Miners will play two […]
Mt. Olive wrestling finishes third in 12-team tourney
The Mt. Olive Wrestling Wildcats finished third with 152.5 points in the 12-team Mt. Olive Invitational on Saturday, January 6. The Wildcats finished behind Wood River (182) and Edwardsville JV (169). Finishing behind Mt. Olive was Pinckneyville 152, Thomas More 125, Carlinville 118.5, Carlyle 91, Clayton, Missouri 66, Hillsboro 54, Red Bud 30, Metro East […]
Mt. Olive wrestling co-op places seventh in 25-team tournament
The Wrestling Wildcats finished in seventh place with 109 team points in the 25-team Porta Invitational Tournament on Saturday, December 9. The Mt. Olive co-op finished behind Litchfield (213), Porta (155), Tremont (145), Beardstown (140), Auburn (125), St. Jo-Ogden (117) and Kewanee (113). The Wildcats had one champion: Jonny Darrah at 160. He won the […]
Macoupin County Courthouse News
Date range: November 28-December 5, 2017. Visit the “Court News” category under the “Community News” tab for other editions. LAWSUITS Amanda Ratcliffe, Bunker Hill, is suing Daniel Komnick, also of Bunker Hill, for damages in excess of $50,000 for injuries she allegedly sustained in a traffic crash involving the vehicle she was driving and a […]
Wrestling co-op loses two
The Wrestling Wildcats, a co-op between Mt. Olive, Gillespie, Staunton and Bunker Hill, defeated Triad 43-42 and lost to Mascoutah 54-28. The Wildcats won seven in Triad to tie with Triad and end the score 42-42 before winning the tiebreaker having 12 first points to Triad’s 6. Two of Mt. Olive’s first year wrestlers at […]
Boys basketball picks up first win at MEL tourney
The Gillespie High School boys’ basketball team (1-3) picked up their first win of the 2017-2018 season at the Edwardsville Metro-East Lutheran Turkey Tip-Off Tournament on Saturday with a 56-39 win over Dupo. After dropping the first three games of the tournament to Marissa, Lebanon and Litchfield, the Miners ended the tournament with a victory […]
Clay, Henrichs commit to collegiate softball at Lewis & Clark
Ronda Roberts and the Lewis and Clark Community College softball team will receive two star softball players from Gillespie High School next season after Ally Clay and Sydney Henrichs committed to the team this month. GHS head softball coach Michelle Smith made the announcement saying the two seniors will continue their softball tenure nearby in […]
Indians win regionals, advance to sectionals on Wednesday
The Gillespie Middle School basketball program continued its success once again with a regional championship victory last week where the Indians advanced to the sectionals with a 25-6 victory over Staunton. After receiving a bye to start the regional tournament that was played at Ben-Gil Elementary School, the Indians (1st seed) advanced to the regional […]
Kasarda commits to collegiate softball at Columbia College
Gillespie High School head softball coach Michelle Smith announced the commitment of Mackenzie Kasarda to play collegiate softball at Columbia College. Kasarda is a senior at Gillespie and the daughter of George and Amy Kasarda. “Very proud of [Kasarda] who has worked hard and received a wonderful scholarship,” Smith said of Kasarda before saying she […]
Gillespie soccer team wins 2017 CIYSA north division
The fifth and sixth-grade girls’ Gillespie Elite soccer team are the new 2017 CIYSA North Division champions. The team plays in a tournament on October 22 and 29th for another chance to medal. The team is coached by TJ and Suzi Robbins. Participants on the team include: Mia Brawner, Aliyah Smith, McKenna Montoro, Lauren Bertagnolli, […]
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