Area Sports
Carlinville Girls Basketball Opens 2025-2026 Season
The Carlinville High School girls basketball team opened the season with a 54-36 loss at Williamsville on Tuesday. Carlinville trailed 10-9 after the first quarter, 27-19 at halftime and 38-28 after three quarters. Ruthie Reels led Carlinville with 19 points. Kaitlyn Reels had nine points. Sylvee Gibbs had four points. Addison Starr and Blakely…
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Oberkfell Repeats as XC State Champ for Gillespie
By: RUTH GILL Enquirer~Democrat Reporter The State Championship for Cross Country was held Saturday November 8 in Peoria at Detweiler Park. This park has been the focal point for Illinois High School Athletes for State Championships since the 1970s. For the Men’s team, there were 257 runners and for the Women’s team, there…
Read MoreFour Carlinville Volleyball Athletes Named All Conference
Carlinville High School volleyball was one of only two teams in the South Central Conference to have four players earn all conference honors. They include Madeline Murphy- First Team; Rowan Nepute- Second Team; Ruthie Reels- Second Team; and Kaitlyn Reels- Third Team.
Read MoreBoys Soccer South Central Conference All-Conference
1st Team Tanner Kolsto – Carlinville Auggie Rowe – Carlinville Aaron Bodner – Staunton Kaleb Buckellew – North Mac 2nd Team Pierce Rovey – Carlinville Vandon Sproull – Carlinville CJ Matthews – Carlinville Jude Ramirez – Staunton Logan Fester – North Mac 3rd Team Keagan Brown – Carlinville Ian Ronald – Carlinville Greyson…
Read MoreCavaliers fall to Du Quoin in IHSA Playoffs
By Tim Tarter The Cavaliers had a rough start on Saturday as Du Quoin scored 28 points in the first quarter. After that, the Cavaliers played the Indians even the rest of the game, but the damage was done. Du Quoin used a big play scoring on a 53-yard run on their first…
Read MoreCarlinville HS Cross Country Season Ends at Sectional
The Carlinville High School cross country season ended at the Class 1A Toledo Cumberland Sectional at Lake Land College. On the girls side, Carlinville freshman Halle Bredel placed 40th with a time of 20:33.1. On the boys side, Carlinville sophomore Henry Truax placed 84th with a time of 17:49.2. Samuel Norris placed 124th…
Read MoreOberkfell won individual Conference Championship
By RUTH GILL Enquirer Democrat Reporter The South Central Conference Cross Country meet was held Oct. 20 at Loveless Park in Carlinville. There were seven schools participating. For the Men’s varsity race, Chaz Oberkfell from Gillespie won the individual Conference Championship with the time of 15:37.30. Thor Springman from Piasa Southwestern came in…
Read MoreCarlinville Cavaliers headed to IHSA Class 2A Playoffs
Carlinville dropped down to 7-2 on Oct. 24, ending the team’s seven-game streak of wins losing 43-26 to the Pana Panthers. Tate Duckels and Triston Thompson had big receiving games with Duckels making 9 catches for 150 yards and Thompson 5 receptions for 140 yards. Both players also eclipsed 1,000 total all-purpose yards…
Read MoreCarlinville JV Volleyball team finish season
The Carlinville Cavalier JV squad went 3-1 and finished in third place at the Raymond Lincolnwood Tournament, defeating Riverton, Lincolnwood, and Tri City, and losing to Greenville. Sylvee Gibbs, was named to the All Tournament Team. The Varsity team begins Regional play on Oct. 28 against Riverton at Rochester. The Varsity team ended…
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