Last week the Gillespie Cross Country team participated in an 11-team meet at Carlinville and the East Alton Wood River Invitational. The Lady Miners finished fourth in Carlinville behind Mater Dei 37, Rochester 41, and Litchfield 75. Gillespie finished with 104 points. Saturday’s event was individually scored and not team scored. CARLINVILLE MEET: Top placers […]
Girls cross country team wins 13-team invite
The Gillespie girls cross country team won a 13-team invitational at Southwestern last Saturday with most athletes running their personal bests. Top five team scores were Gillespie 9, Jerseyville 12, Litchfield 12, Marquette 17, Southwestern 25. Five Lady Miners received medals for placing in the top three of their flight competition. Eight flights were run […]
Girls cross country wins 5-team meet
The Gillespie Cross Country team ran at Litchfield on Tuesday in a five-team meet. Despite the heat, the girls prevailed over a tough Litchfield team 25 to 30 making it their third victory out of the first five meets of the season. Erika Gill led the Miners taking first overall with a time of 21:14 […]
Gillespie cross country team off to good start
Gillespie High School started cross country again with the Miner athletes competing very well despite being new to the sport. The girls’ team of seven athletes has achieved success by placing 3rd in the Carlinville opener competing against 14 teams. The next two weeks they placed 1st and 3rd in two smaller meets. Leading the […]
Carter places fourth in state
Several Gillespie High School athletes competed in the state track meet at Eastern Illinois University on Thursday, June 17 with Jake Carter earning the top finish among the group. Carter finished fourth in discus throw with a 47.40m, 3.25m behind first place. Other athletes competing included Chase Helvey in long jump, Ronnie Monke in 100m […]
Bires signs letter of intent to play collegiate softball
Sydney Bires, the daughter of Ann and John Bires, signed a letter of intent last week to play softball at the next level. In front of a small group of friends, family and staff, Bires committed to play collegiate softball at McKendree University in Lebanon, IL. Bires graduated from Gillespie High School last Sunday. At […]
Gillespie increases capacity for football games
Gillespie CUSD #7 announced they have increased capacity for the football season from 50 visitors to 600 visitors including 400 home spectators and 200 visitor spectators. In February, the school released a policy allowing just 50 home spectators to events which were all indoors at the time. Football season is slated to begin this Friday, […]
Gillespie releases policy for athletic events
Gillespie CUSD 7 announced on Tuesday their policies for athletic events following announcements made by IHSA and IESA that allow various athletic seasons. In a collaborative effort to navigate these unusual times related to athletics, activities, and COVID-19, the South-Central Conference members have developed some general guidelines all schools in the conference will be following. Guidelines and […]
Macoupin County track meet history covered in new booklets
The remarkable history of the Macoupin County Boys and Girls Track Meets is told in two new booklets that will benefit the high school track teams of the county. The 80-page booklets complete an ongoing project on the history of the meet, which is one of the oldest high school sporting events in the state […]
Gillespie basketball to celebrate 100 years on Feb. 21
Gillespie High School will be honoring 100 years of Gillespie Basketball on Friday, February 21. Festivities will take place between the junior varsity and varsity games. All former players and coaches in attendance will be invited to sign a banner that will be in the breezeway and will be invited to the court to be […]
Football team visits Heritage Health
The Gillespie High School football team visited Heritage Health in Gillespie on Saturday morning ahead of the team’s season slated to begin on August 30. Pictured include (back, L-R): Jack Herron, Mason Weller, Zach Reiniesch, Blake Zenner, Jake Carter, Seth Damm, Caleb Oberkfell, Collin Johnson, Tyler Watters, Joe Bertetto, Logan Simmons, Tom Johnson, Joseph Baglin, […]
Football team attends camp, volunteers time
The Gillespie High School football schedule will not get underway until August 30 when they host Vandalia but preparation is in full swing with practices, camp, and volunteering. The team traveled to Eastern Illinois University last week held on Monday, August 29 through Wednesday, August 31 to attend a team camp. The team rounded out […]
High school cheerleaders earn number of awards at stunt camp
The Gillespie High School Cheerleaders attended the Universal Cheerleader’s Association Stunt Camp at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville last Thursday through Saturday, July 11 and 13 and returned with number of awards including a superior rating blue ribbon for performance of the stunt sequence, superior rating blue ribbon for performance of the rally routine, 2019 camp […]
Roster set for 17th annual Carlinville Rotary Club all-star basketball classic
The top 58 boys and girls’ basketball seniors from South Central Illinois will be playing in the 17th Annual Carlinville Rotary Club All-Star Basketball Classic, presented by Country Financial on Sunday, March 24th at Carlinville High School. A total of 24 high schools will be represented in the event that includes 28 girls and 30 […]
Wildcats finish wrestling season
The wrestling Wildcats concluded their season on February 2 after not advancing anyone to the Class AA Sectional Tournament at Mahomet Seymour to be held on February 8 and 9. The Wildcats got just one wrestler into the third-place match, Kael Souter at 220. Souter wrestled for third place but lost by fall to finish fourth […]
Wrestling Wildcats dual meet record moves to 6-11
The Wrestling Wildcats moved their record to 6-11 this past week with a pair of wins and two losses. On Tuesday, January 8, the Wildcats lost to Jerseyville 72-18 and defeated Roxana 54 – 30. At 106 Amber Speitel lost by fall and won by forfeit. At 113 Tiffany Tiepleman lost by fall and won […]
Wrestling season underway in Ryan’s 50th season as head coach
The 2017-2018 Wrestling Wildcats began practice on November 5 with 16 athletes signed up in Coach Ron Ryan’s 50th season as head coach. Included in this year’s roster are four wrestlers from Mt. Olive, two from Gillespie, eight from Staunton, and two from Bunker Hill. Assisting Ryan with coaching include Don Harvill, Richard Carlile, Toby […]
Help needed for missing Macoupin County track records
Work is continuing on the second and third volumes of a history of the Macoupin County Track Meet that benefit high school track programs around the county. However, some information is missing on individual winners from some of the county meets, and track athletes, parents, coaches, and fans are being asked to help contribute information. […]
Wrestling sign-ups scheduled for Oct. 31
The sign up for the Mt. Olive/Gillespie/Staunton/Bunker Hill High School coop wrestling program will be held on Wednesday, October 31 at 6:30 p.m.. in the Mt. Olive High School study hall. Please enter through the front door of Mt. Olive High School. Athletes are reminded that they must have a current physical, a signed insurance […]
Football players volunteer on holiday
Area kids in the Gillespie school district were off from school on Monday for the Columbus Day holiday, but high school football players were at the school carrying cabinets, table tops, and storage units inside the new science lab being constructed inside the middle school. The community service activity is the latest performance from the […]
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