On Tuesday, April 16, Hillsboro hosted the CKTL meet. Six schools in all competed and Hillsboro came in second for both girls and boys. For the field events, Jessica Saunders took first in discus throw at 118-05 and third in shot put at 34-09. Emersyn Funk took fifth in discus at 95-03. Iris Klein placed first in the girls high […]

The Marion baseball team recorded 21 hits in a doubleheader sweep of Council Grove Tuesday in the team’s only appearance last week. Marion used 11 hits to claim an 18-3 victory in four innings in Game 1. Council Grove took a 2-1 lead after one inning, but Marion scored four runs in the top of the second inning to jump […]

The Marion softball team suffered its first Heart of America league losses last week, losing two games to Hutchinson Trinity Tuesday in its only outing. Marion lost Game 1, 2-0. Grace Overton recorded Marion’s only hit, going 1-for-2 at-bat. Meanwhile, the Warriors committed four errors. Overton sustained the pitching loss. In seven innings, she gave up four hits and two […]

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Phillip Young (Peabody-Burns) assisting with a double play at second and first. Karrie Rathbone/Free Press The Hillsboro High School baseball team continues to work hard to improve their record. They played two days last week and were able to secure several wins. The played in Hillsboro on Tuesday and then traveled to Remington on Thursday. The Hillsboro Trojans snatched the […]

Gracie Mackey hands off the baton to Emma Soyez in the girls 4 x 100m relay on Thursday. Laura Fowler Paulus/Free Press The Marion track and field team competed at the Halstead Invitational Thursday. “We didn’t score as many points as we would have liked, but in many places we had a good day at Halstead,” coach Grant Thierolf said, […]

Reese Hefley preparing to slide into home with bases loaded for the Trojans. Karrie Rathbone/Free Press The Hillsboro Softball team had some tough competition and went 2-2 in their games last week against Halstead, 16-4 and 17-7 wins, and against Remington, 10-8 and 12-11 loses. Against Halstead, the Trojans were led by Dani Klein who had a single, a double, […]

The Hillsboro High School participated in the Sacred Heart Invitational Golf Tournament on Friday. It was originally scheduled for Thursday, but was postponed due to weather conditions. Only three golfers competed. Avery Unruh shot a 90 and placed 12th. He was one stroke out of the top 10. He improved by 14 strokes from his first tournament of the season. […]

The Marion track and field team competed at the Smoky Valley Invitational Friday. Anne Baliel paved the way for the girls’ team by placing second in the pole vault (10-0). Michaela Regnier was third in that event (8-6). Heidi Grimmett placed third in the 1600 (5:40.12) and anchored the third-place 4×400 relay with Baliel, Maria Stuchlik and Abigail Stuchlik (4:31.64). […]

The Marion baseball team improved to 4-0 in Heart of America competition, 9-1 overall with sweeps of Moundridge and Canton-Galva last week. “Outside of the first four and a half innings of the week, I thought we made some good strides again this week,” coach Roger Schroeder said. “I was pleased with the effort we put forth above all of […]