<p>Trojan senior Sienna Kaufman is fouled as she drives the lane during the first half of Friday’s game at Sterling. Kaufman led the team with 11 points. Don Ratzlaff / Free Press The Hillsboro girls battled a talented and veteran Sterling team with a rotation comprised of a few upperclassmen mixed with a half-dozen or so freshmen and sophomores. Hillsboro […]

Hillsboro’s Darian Ratzlaff drives between Sterling’s Brady Myers and Lucas Briar for two of his nine points during the first half of Hillsboro’s 80-76 win to begin the season. Don Ratzlaff / Free Press” width=”600″ height=”900″ class=”alignleft size-full wp-image-77036″ /> The Hillsboro boys had to battle tooth and nail during their season opener to claim an 80-76 win against a […]

The Hillsboro High wrest­ling team opened its season Nov. 30 at the High School Double Dual at Min­neapolis. The Trojans lost to Hal­stead, 12-24, and lost to Min­neapolis, 6-59. Against Halstead, freshman Charlie Major, wrest­ling at 113 pounds, received a forfeit. “Charlie wrestled hard in his first high school varsity match,” said coach Scott O’Hare. “He was in it right […]

The Marion baseball team won a Class 3A regional championship Wednesday at Southeast of Saline. The No. 1 seed in the tournament, the Warriors received a first-round bye, then knocked off a pair of Trojan teams to win the title and earn a trip to state. The Warriors defeated Hillsboro in six innings in the semifinals, 13-3, then defeated Beloit […]

Travis King attempts to escape the grip of Wabaunsee’s Kolby Droegemeier in the first round of the state tournament Friday at 145 pounds. King lost by fall, then lost a 7-0 decision to conclude his senior campaign with a 28-18 record. Janae Rempel / Free Press Hillsboro’s lone qualifier at the Class 3-2-1A state wrestling tournament in Hays did not […]

The Hillsboro boys have received the No. 1 seed for the Class 2A sub-state tournament hosted by Canton-Galva next week. All first-round games will be played at the home site of the higher seed, with semifinal and final games played at Canton-Galva. The Trojan boys enter the tournament with a 14-6 overall record and will host No. 8 Herington (3-17) […]

Darian Ratzlaff splits two Swather defenders during Hillsboro’s game with Hesston Friday. Ratzlaff scored a team-high 16 points in Hillsboro’s 51-44 loss. The Hillsboro boys gave the top-ranked team in Class 3A a run for its money Friday, but the Swathers held off the Trojans’ upset bid, 51-44, at Brown Gymna­sium. Having lost to Hesston by 15 points in the […]

Travis King will be the lone wrestler representing Hillsboro when he returns to the Class 3-2-1A state wrest­ling tournament in Hays this weekend for the third consecutive year. The senior earned one more state berth by placing fourth in the 145-pound weight class with a 3-2 record at the regional tournament hosted by Jayhawk-Linn Friday and Saturday. King opened with […]

The Swather girls, ranked 10th in Class 3A, pulled away from the Trojans with a 57-22 victory Friday that ended with a running clock during the fourth quarter at Brown Gymnasium. Hillsboro played a competitive first quarter against the athletic visitors. When Mesa Merrell hit a three-pointer at the 4:19 mark the Trojans led 6-5. But Hesston finished the quarter […]

Hillsboro broke open a close game with a 24-8 fourth quarter for a 52-34 home-court victory over Kingman Friday. The win elevated the Tro­jans to 13-4 for the season and 6-1 in league play; King­man slipped to 4-12 and 2-5. For three quarters, Hills­boro played a perimeter game against Kingman’s stingy 2-3 zone defense. It almost opened the door to […]