Four teams still undefeated as non-conference play ends
Little Illini Conference football schools finished non-conference play with a flourish over the weekend, with five more wins in Week 2 to bolster its’ total to 11 wins in two weeks. The collective celebrating won’t last long, though. Internal warfare begins this Friday in the form of conference games for the next seven weeks. Here’s […]
Best non-conference finish in years
The Little Illini Conference has just completed its’ most successful regular-season non-conference schedule in years. For the third straight season, the LIC has played all non-league games in the first two weeks of the season. That’s a front-loaded total of 16 games. This year’s non-league record was an impressive 11-5, a win total more than […]
Four LIC runners among state’s best
Four cross country runners from the Little Conference rank among the best in the state, according to the the latest rankings from Illinois Running News. On the boys side, Olney sophomore Quaid Berger moved up five spots in the rankings into eighth place in Class 2A. Tiger teammate Judah Dicks was 18th this week, his […]
Football Primer – Week 2
Updated weather information. As far as Massey is concerned, the Little Illini Conference is about to have another outstanding non-conference football weekend. The renowned company which predicts the score of every high school, college, and pro game in the U.S. has the LIC winning six of eight Week 2 games – which would match the […]
First LIC matchups of the season
Tuesday, all six Little Illini Conference girls tennis teams were on the courts, and it was the first time league schools faced each other in a dual setting. Casey-Westfield defeated last year’s tournament champion, Olney, 7-2, while Robinson won the last two doubles matches to edge past Newton, 5-4. In addition, Paris lost to a […]
Mt. Carmel sets another record
(Harrisburg) — Mt. Carmel set a new team record and tied an individual mark on Aug. 28th at Shawnee Hills Golf Course here. The Lady Aces set a new nine-hole team mark with an eight under par round of 136 in easily winning a five-team tournament. That total was 35 shots better than runner-up Harrisburg’s […]
Hays, Farrell lead LIC runners at major invite
This story has been updated. (Paris) — Little Illini Conference runners won both the boys and girls races at a prestigious early-season cross country meet in Paris on Saturday. There were five LIC teams in the 17-team boys field for the Doc Acklin Cross Country Invitational. Paris finished third, Robinson ninth, Marshall 12th, Casey-Westfield 13th […]
A strong start for the LIC
Last year, Little Illini Conference football teams won only five games against non-conference opponents. The league has already surpassed that total after going 6-2 in games played on the first weekend of the 2025 season. And, there is still one week to go in the non-league portion of the campaign. Here is a breakdown of […]
Four teams still unbeaten
It has been a busy start to the Little Illini Conference volleyball season. A total of 16 matches were played in the first four days alone. At this early juncture, four teams are off to undefeated starts. Paris, 14-22 last year, is already 3-0 after straight-set wins over Heritage, North Vermillion, Ind. and Charleston. Lawrenceville […]
Football Primer – Week 1
Scrimmages are over. From this point forward, everything counts. The Little Illini Conference football season kicks off this weekend with eight games around the state. Let’s get you set for the excitement with our Week 1 Primer. THE LINEUP Friday, Aug. 29 North Vermillion, Ind. at Paris, 6:30 p.m. Fisher at #9 1AÂ Casey-Westfield, 7:00 […]