Area Sports

Staunton’s Bodner, Meyer and Dunn of Carlinville among first team honorees By JACKSON WILSON Enquirer Democrat Reporter Staunton sophomore Aaron Bodner left a golden footprint for his future and the Carlinville senior duo of Will Meyer and Matt Dunn solidified their legacies with all three Macoupin County soccer stars taking center stage as All-SCC first…

By JACKSON WILSON Enquirer Democrat Reporter The Greenfield-Northwestern football Tigers made some costly mistakes that nearly doomed them in the second round of the Illinois High School Association Class 1A playoffs Nov. 4. Key word: Nearly. Senior power back Kohen Vetter gave away two rare fumbles, but head coach Joe Pembrook still felt confident putting…

  By JACKSON WILSON Enquirer Democrat Reporter The Staunton High School volleyball team made history twice on the same night Oct. 27. The Bulldogs added another regional championship plaque to their trophy case while giving their head coach Jeanene Lucykow the 200th victory of her storied head coaching career at Staunton. Lucykow, who played for…

  By JACKSON WILSON Enquirer Democrat Reporter In the first round of the Illinois High School Association football playoffs, Greenfield-Northwestern overpowered Nokomis at home while Carlinville and Southwestern fell well short of upsets on the road. GF-NW defends home field GF-NW 52, Nokomis 12 (1A) For the third straight year, everything was going Greenfield-Northwestern’s way…

  By JACKSON WILSON Enquirer Democrat Reporter Chaz Oberkfell and Emma Wyman punched their tickets to the Illinois High School Association Class 1A cross country state meet at sectionals last weekend. Oberkfell, who helped lead the Gillespie boys to a South Central Conference title three weeks prior, finished seventh overall in front of 150 runners…

  Greenfield-Northwestern undefeated for the first time since 2007 By JACKSON WILSON Enquirer Democrat Reporter Three Macoupin County teams will be playing in this year’s Illinois High School Association postseason. Each local representative has been assigned to its own respective class in either 1A, 2A or 3A. Greenfield-Northwestern Greenfield-Northwestern completed a perfect regular season last…

  The Illinois High School Association cross country postseason began last weekend. The Carlinville and Staunton boys advanced to team sectionals along with the Southwestern girls. The Carlinville girls, Southwestern boys, Staunton girls and Gillespie will have at least one representative taking the course at sectionals this weekend. WESCLIN REGIONAL Girls’ team results 1. Glen…

  By JACKSON WILSON Enquirer Democrat Reporter Southwestern clinched a playoff berth and Carlinville improved its overall seeding as the 2023 high school football regular season came to a close Oct. 20. Southwestern dominated Hillsboro in Piasa and Carlinville handled business against hapless Route 4 rival Gillespie on home turf. Southwestern 35, Hillsboro 7 Hillsboro…

  Southwestern needs Week 9 win to qualify By JACKSON WILSON Enquirer Democrat Reporter After being sidelined for the past six weeks with a broken arm, Carlinville senior captain Jack Rouse returned to the field and helped the Cavaliers seal up their program’s 17th consecutive Illinois High School Association postseason berth Oct. 13. Rouse, who…

  Emma Wyman becomes Southwestern’s first conference champion By JACKSON WILSON Enquirer Democrat Reporter It took a lot of hard work to rebuild and restore the Gillespie High School cross country program, but the Miners struck diamonds at the South Central Conference meet in Piasa Oct. 14. Led by Chaz Oberkfell (15:47; 2nd place) and…