The East Girls and West Boys were victorious at the 16th Annual Carlinville Rotary Club All-Star Basketball Classic, sponsored by Country Financial. The West led the...
By Tom Emery Freshman Brianna Henke of Mount Olive saw a lot of action in two sports at Blackburn College this year. In the fall, Henke,...
By Tom Emery Gillespie High School graduate Shelsie Timmermeier enjoyed an excellent season for the Blackburn College volleyball team last fall. A 6’0” middle blocker, Timmermeier...
Maxx Fritz wrestling in the 152-pound weight class and Jonny Darrah wrestling at the 160-pound weight class each won one and lost two matches at the...
For the first time since the formation of the two-class system in 1975, the Mt. Olive Wildcats participated in the 2A sectional tournament in Lincoln. Gillespie’s...
The wrestling Wildcats advanced four individuals last weekend to the Class AA Sectional Tournament scheduled to be played in Lincoln on February 9 and 10. Champions...
The Gillespie girls basketball team (10-8) has their sights set on an eighth Macoupin County title and will vie for the first place finish Saturday night...
A reticent Gillespie City Council on Monday night concurred with Police Chief Jared DePoppe’s recommendation to make Laurie Gerdes’ assignment as detective a permanent position, and...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The sign up for the Mt. Olive, Gillespie, Staunton and Bunker Hill High School coop wrestling program will be held on Wednesday, November 1 at 6:30...
The young Gillespie Miners football team (0-2) will return to the Schmidt Complex this evening searching for their first win of the season after dropping their...