Golf Update
This is our first boys/girls golf update of the season, covering the period from Aug.14-23. BOYS Last year, the top three teams at the Little Illini Conference tournament were separated by only six shots. If early-season returns this year are any indication, it may be another wide-open field that gathers on Sept. 24 at Richland […]
It’s Opening Night for Volleyball!
Little Illini Conference volleyball teams are not wasting any time getting the 2025 campaign started. Five teams make their debut on Monday, Aug. 25, the first day of the season in Illinois. Here’s the lineup for Day One (All times CST): Mt. Carmel at Carmi, 5:00 p.m. Teutopolis at Casey-Westfield, 6:00 p.m. Lawrenceville at Red […]
Final football tune-ups this weekend
It is the final tune-up before the start of the football season, one week hence. Welcome to Week 0 on the schedule, filled with pre-season scrimmages. The Illinois High School Association introduced scheduled scrimmages in 2024, which replaced many local team affairs. However, certain aspects of those public events, such as other fall team and […]
Welcome to the new LittleIllini.com
Welcome to the all-new LittleIllini.com — a complete reimagining of the digital home for the Little Illini Conference, one of Illinois’ most competitive and tradition-rich high school athletic leagues. For the past 12 years, this site served an important purpose: listing scores and standings for our member schools across various sports. It was the very […]
Mt. Carmel shooting for a 5-peat
MT. CARMEL — Mt. Carmel continues to build on its’ girls golf dynasty. How long will it last? One year ago, coach Karin Kelsey’s Lady Aces won their fourth straight IHSA Class 1A state title by an eye-popping 48 shots, over two 18-hole rounds played at Red Tail Run in Decatur. Five of the six […]
The hunter becomes the hunted
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. —Â From the ashes of a winless season in 2023 came an attack mindset for the Olney Tigers football team heading into 2024. “Last year, we took the mentality that we were going on a ‘revenge tour’ after going 0-9,” said coach Luke Carmody of the way an almost unheard-of turnaround campaign […]
Newton always figures into title talk
NEWTON – When talk turns to Little Illini Conference volleyball, the conversation usually begins with the Newton Lady Eagles. More often than not, it ends with them, too. In eight of the last nine seasons, Newton has either shared or won outright the LIC championship, interrupted only in the COVID-delayed 2020 season played in the […]
New non-conference opponents dot LIC football schedules
Last year, Little Illini Conference football teams finished 5-11 against non-conference opponents in the first two weeks of the regular season. This year, lots of new faces dot team schedules as the league looks to better that mark. However, a glance back at 2024 showed LIC teams were more than willing to schedule larger, playoff-caliber […]
Year of celebrations ahead for three LIC schools
There will be a lot to celebrate at Little Illini Conference schools during the 2025-26 school year. Three different conference schools will be honoring a total of six state championship teams from five different sports. Casey-Westfield takes the cake, though. Three of those six state championship trophies belong to Warrior Nation. This is the 40th […]
Basketball Capital Classic pairings released
The pairings have been released for the 2025 Basketball Capital Classic, to be played in Lawrence County on Nov. 28-29. Three teams from the Little Illini Conference are in the eight-team field: Lawrenceville, Mt. Carmel and Olney. Again this year, the tourney will be co-hosted by Lawrenceville and Red Hill. Four teams are assigned to […]