Area Sports

  By JACKSON WILSON Enquirer Democrat Reporter The clock struck midnight on Litchfield-Mt. Olive’s Cinderella story in the IHSA Class 2A baseball Super Sectionals May 27. The Purple Panthers were able to make up some ground against eventual state runner-up Maroa-Forsyth down the stretch, but a 9-1 third inning deficit was simply too much to…

A large quantity of Macoupin County baseball players made this year’s South Central All-Conference roster, including six first team honorees. Bryce Buhs and Tristen Wargo closed their careers as first team members for the Gillespie Miners. The senior duo helped lead GHS to an undefeated 2023 regular season as well as two regional titles throughout…

    By JACKSON WILSON Enquirer Democrat Reporter Last weekend, Chaz Oberkfell of Gillespie and Mason Gilpin of Carlinville medaled at the IHSA Class 1A boys’ state track meet in Charleston. Oberkfell closed a storybook sophomore season with a seventh place finish in the 1600-meter run and 10th place ranking in the 3200-meter. Oberkfell, who…

  Purple Panthers defeat Pleasant Plains and Sacred Heart-Griffin By JACKSON WILSON Enquirer Democrat Reporter When this decade began, both the Litchfield and Mt. Olive High Schools had been written off and forgotten about when it came to athletics. Nobody outside of their community ultimately feared them, hope seemed lost and struggles had continuously re-surfaced…

By JACKSON WILSON Enquirer Democrat Reporter Greenfield-Northwestern’s memorable postseason run came to an end last weekend as the Tigers’ baseball team fell to Father McGivney in the IHSA Class 1A sectional championship game. The Tigers end the 2024 campaign with 23 wins and 13 losses overall. GF-NW 3, Waterloo Gibault 2 With sub-sectional top seed…

  By JACKSON WILSON Enquirer Democrat Reporter The Greenfield-Northwestern Tigers defeated Mulberry Grove May 15 and Lincolnwood May 18 to win an IHSA Class 1A regional title and advance to the Glen Carbon sectional. Greenfield-Northwestern, which finished runner-up only to Routt Catholic in the Western Illinois Valley Conference, entered the next tier with a record…

  The North Mac High School girls’ track team went down in history at the IHSA state meet last weekend in Charleston. Kaelyn Swift, Alexis Bowman, Addison Earley and Emma Crawford ran the fastest 4×100 Class 1A relay race of all-time, clocking 48.5 seconds for the title. They also set a new school record in…

  On May 14, the Carlinville High School softball team defeated Pleasant Plains, 9-4, in the semifinals of the IHSA Class 2A Pleasant Plains regional. The Cavaliers set a new school record in wins, reaching 20 victories. After losing 11-1 against top-seeded Auburn earlier in the year, Carlinville rematched the Trojans and took them to…

  North Mac still alive as of May 13 By JACKSON WILSON Enquirer Democrat Reporter In high school girls’ soccer, Staunton punched its ticket to the regional championship match while Carlinville and Southwestern bowed out in the first round of the IHSA Class 1A postseason last weekend. Staunton to the regional championship match Seven different…

  The Carlinville Middle School track team competed in the IESA Sectional track meet on Friday, May 10 at North Mac High School. The following athletes have qualified for the IESA State Track Meet on May 17 and 18 in East Peoria. 7th grade boys Drake Peterson, Pole Vault Andrew Konneker, Long Jump 8th grade…