Two maroon-shirted Hillsboro Trojan defenders try to separate the football from their white-shirted Trojan teammate during in intrasquad scrimmage Saturday morning at Joel Wiens Stadium. The high school football season opens Friday night, but several other sport teams will have seen action by then, including volleyball, cross country and tennis. You can read previews of all your favorite area teams, […]

Sixteen people with Hillsboro ties traveled to Thailand this summer as part of MB Mission ACTION teams. Some taught English and VBS and others played basketball. Participants included, front row, from left: Mallory Zuercher, co-leader Leah Remboldt, Kayla Wilgers, basketball coach Katie Mount, Peyton Loewen, Emilio Martinez. Back row: Erin Winter, Tena Loewen, John Jedneak, Jeff Pritchard, David Loewen, Sierra […]

Fifteen of 18 Tabor College athletic teams have earned recognition as NAIA?scholar-teams. To be considered for the award, teams must have a minimum grade-point average of 3.0, including all eligible varsity student-athletes. With 15 teams recognized, Tabor placed fourth highest among NAIA schools. Following are the cumulative GPA for the men?s teams at Tabor: baseball 3.02, cross country 3.56, indoor […]

10-U girls? teams win local and state softball titles<p><p>The 10-and-under softball team from Hillsboro (top photo) completed a perfect 11-0 record this summer, including a Cottonwood Valley League tournament championship. Pictured are: first row (from left), Jasee Hamm, Tylee Miller, Ashlynn Larabee, Mia Duerksen, Jenna Jo Friesen, Faith Cummings, Emily Casey, Jill Hein; second row, Reese Hefley, Allie Stuchlik, Landry […]

Both Marion track and field teams won the Marion Relays hosted at Herington Friday. ?We had a great day at the meet,? coach Grant Thierolf said. ?Any time you can come out of a meet of this quality with two team championships is a pretty big deal. We will have to keep in mind that it is early April and […]

Marion County schools place 12 athletes on all-league basketball teams Wheat State League coaches have released all-league honors for the 2014-15 basketball season. Marion County athletes were well-represented with 12 players from Centre, Goessel and Peabody-Burns receiving recognition. For the Centre girls, three members of the Cougars? state-qualifying team received recognition. Senior Shelby Makovec and sophomore Shelby Pankratz were named […]

?Tabor College basketball teams celebrate twin KCAC titles Members of the Tabor College men?s basketball team celebrate their newly won Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference regular-season championship in social-media style by taking a team ?selfie? after an 87-73 win over Ottawa University Saturday night in Hillsboro. The Tabor women?s team secured their own KCAC championship earlier in the evening by beating […]