Gillespie High School will be honoring 100 years of Gillespie Basketball on Friday, February 21. Festivities will take place between the junior varsity and varsity games. All former players and coaches in attendance will be invited to sign a banner that will be in the breezeway and will be invited to the court to be […]
Football team visits Heritage Health
The Gillespie High School football team visited Heritage Health in Gillespie on Saturday morning ahead of the team’s season slated to begin on August 30. Pictured include (back, L-R): Jack Herron, Mason Weller, Zach Reiniesch, Blake Zenner, Jake Carter, Seth Damm, Caleb Oberkfell, Collin Johnson, Tyler Watters, Joe Bertetto, Logan Simmons, Tom Johnson, Joseph Baglin, […]
Football team attends camp, volunteers time
The Gillespie High School football schedule will not get underway until August 30 when they host Vandalia but preparation is in full swing with practices, camp, and volunteering. The team traveled to Eastern Illinois University last week held on Monday, August 29 through Wednesday, August 31 to attend a team camp. The team rounded out […]
High school cheerleaders earn number of awards at stunt camp
The Gillespie High School Cheerleaders attended the Universal Cheerleader’s Association Stunt Camp at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville last Thursday through Saturday, July 11 and 13 and returned with number of awards including a superior rating blue ribbon for performance of the stunt sequence, superior rating blue ribbon for performance of the rally routine, 2019 camp […]
Wildcats finish wrestling season
The wrestling Wildcats concluded their season on February 2 after not advancing anyone to the Class AA Sectional Tournament at Ma亚洲真人娱乐视讯homet Seymour to be held on February 8 and 9. The Wildcats got just one wrestler into the third-place match, Kael Souter at 220. Souter wrestled for third place but lost by fall to finish fourth […]
Wrestling Wildcats dual meet record moves to 6-11
The Wrestling Wildcats moved their record to 6-11 this past week with a pair of wins and two losses. On Tuesday, January 8, the Wildcats lost to Jerseyville 72-18 and defeated Roxana 54 – 30. At 106 Amber Speitel lost by fall and won by forfeit. At 113 Tiffany Tiepleman lost by fall and won […]
Wrestling season underway in Ryan’s 50th season as head coach
The 2017-2018 Wrestling Wildcats began practice on November 5 with 16 athletes signed up in Coach Ron Ryan’s 50th season as head coach. Included in this year’s roster are four wrestlers from Mt. Olive, two from Gillespie, eight from Staunton, and two from Bunker Hill. Assisting Ryan with coaching include Don Harvill, Richard Carlile, Toby […]
Wrestling sign-ups scheduled for Oct. 31
The sign up for the Mt. Olive/Gillespie/Staunton/Bunker Hill High School coop wrestling program will be held on Wednesday, October 31 at 6:30 p.m.. in the Mt. Olive High School study hall. Please enter through the front door of Mt. Olive High School. Athletes are reminded that they must have a current physical, a signed insurance […]
Football players volunteer on holiday
Area kids in the Gillespie school district were off from school on Monday for the Columbus Day holiday, but high school football players were at the school carrying cabinets, table tops, and storage units inside the new science lab being constructed inside the middle school. The community service activity is the latest performance from the […]
Gillespie football team continues community service
The Gillespie High School football team continued its community service in the Ben-Gil area in addition to preparing for the upcoming season that begins August 24 in Vandalia. The team’s first 亚洲真人娱乐视讯home game is scheduled for Friday, August 31 when they host Carlinville. Most recently, the team picked up trash at the Dorchester 亚洲真人娱乐视讯homecoming Picnic […]
GHS spring athletes earn all-conference honors
A number of spring athletes from Gillespie High School are among honorees of the South Central Conference (SCC) to earn all-conference honors according to an announcement released by Gillespie CUSD 7 Athletic Director Mike Bertagnolli on Monday. Athletes receiving the awards received the most votes from the coaches in the SCC. SOFTBALL 1st team: Sydney […]
GHS baseball to host alumni day, plaque dedication
Gillespie Miners Baseball will be hosting an Alumni Day and Plaque Dedication on Saturday, April 28 at the High School Baseball Field. The Miners will be playing in a 3-team round robin with Southwestern and Calhoun. Miners play at 10:00 a.m. versus Southwestern, Calhoun versus Southwestern at noon, and Gillespie versus Calhoun at 2:00 p.m. […]
Four Gillespie basketball players compete in All-Star game
The East Girls and West Boys were victorious at the 16th Annual Carlinville Rotary Club All-Star Basketball Classic, sponsored by Country Financial. The West led the east by as many as 26 points (36-10) in the first half, but the East battled back cutting the lead to 100-96 in the fourth quarter. The East now […]
Fritz, Darrah each win one, drop two at State Wrestling Tournament
Maxx Fritz wrestling in the 152-pound weight class and Jonny Darrah wrestling at the 160-pound weight class each won one and lost two matches at the 81st IHSA State Wrestling tourney held at the State Farm Center in Champaign over the three day weekend of February 15 through the 17. Fritz defeated Ryan Dickson of […]
Fritz, Darrah advance to State Wrestling Tournament
For the first time since the formation of the two-class system in 1975, the Mt. Olive Wildcats participated in the 2A sectional tournament in Lincoln. Gillespie’s Maxx Fritz placed second and Jonny Darrah placed third, both advancing the State Wrestling Tournament in Champaign set for February 15-17. Fritz at 152-pound weight class received a bye […]
Miners head to county title game
The Gillespie girls basketball team (10-8) has their sights set on an eighth Macoupin County title and will vie for the first place finish Saturday night against Piasa Southwestern (10-11) at North Mac’s Girard campus with action scheduled to start at 6:30 p.m. It will be the first time Gillespie will meet Southwestern this season. […]
Girls basketball sets record at holiday tournament, beats Roxana
The Gillespie High School girls’ basketball team (7-8) finished out 2017 with a fifth-place finish in the annual Carlinville Holiday Tournament by defeating Greenfield and setting a new tournament record for free throw percentage. In 2018, the team is 1-1 with a win over Roxana and a loss to Hillsboro. The Miners will play two […]
Mt. Olive wrestling finishes third in 12-team tourney
The Mt. Olive Wrestling Wildcats finished third with 152.5 points in the 12-team Mt. Olive Invitational on Saturday, January 6. The Wildcats finished behind Wood River (182) and Edwardsville JV (169). Finishing behind Mt. Olive was Pinckneyville 152, Thomas More 125, Carlinville 118.5, Carlyle 91, Clayton, Missouri 66, Hillsboro 54, Red Bud 30, Metro East […]
Mt. Olive wrestling co-op places seventh in 25-team tournament
The Wrestling Wildcats finished in seventh place with 109 team points in the 25-team Porta Invitational Tournament on Saturday, December 9. The Mt. Olive co-op finished behind Litchfield (213), Porta (155), Tremont (145), Beardstown (140), Auburn (125), St. Jo-Ogden (117) and Kewanee (113). The Wildcats had one champion: Jonny Darrah at 160. He won the […]
Wrestling co-op loses two
The Wrestling Wildcats, a co-op between Mt. Olive, Gillespie, Staunton and Bunker Hill, defeated Triad 43-42 and lost to Mascoutah 54-28. The Wildcats won seven in Triad to tie with Triad and end the score 42-42 before winning the tiebreaker having 12 first points to Triad’s 6. Two of Mt. Olive’s first year wrestlers at […]
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