Area Sports

  Staunton dethrones Gillespie; Lilly Bandy reaches 1,000 career points By JACKSON WILSON Enquirer Democrat Reporter The Carlinville High School girls’ basketball team won its program’s sixth Macoupin County title under the leadership of Darrin DeNeve in front of a packed Big House on West Main last Friday, Jan. 23. Coming into this season, DeNeve’s…

  By JACKSON WILSON Enquirer Democrat Reporter The Bunker Hill boys’ basketball team exceeded expectations at the Macoupin County Tournament. The Minutemen were picked to finish fifth but, instead, pulled two upsets and left Carlinville with a third place plaque. With two seconds remaining in the third place game, Cole Yates nailed a go-ahead jumper…

  Last week, the Carlinville basketball program recognized Blakely Swan and Sofia Simone as the newest members of its 10,000 Shot Club. Swan and Simone are pictured with Carlinville High School athletic director and girls’ basketball coach Darrin DeNeve. Photos provided.

Cavaliers remain in pursuit of outright SCC title By JACKSON WILSON Enquirer Democrat Reporter The Carlinville High School girls’ basketball team picked up another trifecta of wins last week. The Cavaliers whacked Riverton, Litchfield and Lincolnwood, and remained on course for an outright South Central Conference title. Carlinville 57, Riverton 21 Carlinville surged to a…

By JACKSON WILSON Enquirer Democrat Reporter The Staunton High School boys’ basketball team annihilated the Mt. Olive Wildcats on home hardwood Jan. 16. The Bulldogs, the top overall seed in this year’s county tournament, showed their neighbors why as they rolled to a 67-14 victory. Staunton rebounded from a tough 48-39 loss at Civic Memorial…

  By JACKSON WILSON Enquirer Democrat Reporter The seniors of the Carlinville High School girls’ basketball team had never tasted victory against their arch-nemesis Staunton… until Jan. 9. With complete control of their destiny in terms of clinching an outright South Central Conference title, the Cavaliers picked the perfect time to end that drought and…

By JACKSON WILSON Enquirer Democrat Reporter Carlinville had its hands full in the first round of a loaded Winchester Invitational bracket last weekend. The Cavaliers drew 1A heavyweight Calhoun and got off to a slow start. The Warriors overwhelmed the Cavaliers with a 25-7 surge in the first quarter and kept command, 42-15, heading into…

  By JACKSON WILSON Enquirer Democrat Reporter The Staunton High School basketball team got back to its hot shooting ways with 13 three-pointers en route to a 69-42 trouncing of North Mac that elevated the Bulldogs to 13-3 overall and 3-0 in South Central Conference action last weekend. Bryce Coalson led the offensive barrage with…

Panthers meet Gillespie in key SCC game Jan. 9 By JACKSON WILSON Enquirer Democrat Reporter On Jan. 3, the North Mac and Bunker Hill girls’ high school basketball teams arrived back from their holiday breaks early and faced off in a non-conference battle in Virden. The Panthers rebounded from a tough 44-42 Dec. 27 loss…

Staunton boys and Carlinville girls receive top seeds By JACKSON WILSON Enquirer Democrat Reporter Pairings have been released for the Macoupin County basketball tournament, which is scheduled for Jan. 20-24 at Carlinville High School. Boys After living up to expectations as a top seed in winning the Carlinville Holiday Tournament, the Staunton boys are also…