Looking back and ahead: South Central Conference

Throughout the next week we will take a look back at the conferences in southern Illinois and  the results of the 2017-2018 season. We will look at the standings and the All Conference/Top players that will return for the 2018-2019 season. we will share a little insight and then later on in the summer/fall we will get more in depth by team in a full preview of next season. <span style="font-size: 12pt">The next conference to discuss is the South Central Conference. The final standings for last year were:</span> 1. Greenville 8-1 2. Hillsboro 7-2 3. Pana 6-3 4. Carlinville 5-4 5. Gillespie 5-4 6. Staunton 4-5 7. Piasa 4-5 8. Vandalia 4-5 9. Litchfield 2-7 10. Roxana 0-9 &nbsp; Greenville has had a run of the success the past two years after the conference being dominated by Piasa for a few years in a row. Greenville returns 3 All Conference players and looks to make a strong run at another conference championship in 2018-2019. Hillsboro returns one of the top players in the 2019 class in Sammi Matoush and will look to take a run at a championship. All Conference players returning for the 2018-2019 season include: <ul> <li>Nancy Fritzsche 5'11 Senior Greenville</li> <li>Sammi Matoush 5'11 Senior Hillsboro</li> <li>Shania Schoonover 5'6 Senior Pana</li> <li>Ally Countrill 5'8 Senior Greenville</li> <li>Megan Halleman 6'4 Junior Greenville</li> <li>Aubrey Rupert 5'8 Senior Hillsboro</li> <li>Madison Ashcraft 5'4 Senior Pana</li> <li>Savannah Bruhn 5'5 Senior Staunton</li> <li>Lizzy Luttrell 5'5 Senior Litchfield</li> <li>Lanee McNary 5'3 Junior Vandalia</li> <li>Molly Novack 5'6 Senior Piasa</li> <li>Rachel Olroyd 5'9 Senior Carlinville</li> </ul> There should be a strong battle in the conference next year as Greenville, Hillsboro and Pana all return top talent from their strong teams last year. In addition, Piasa, who used to be the top team in the conference consistently, upset Hillsboro in the regionals last year and expect to carry that over to the 2018-2019 season. Expect some battles next year in the South Central conference. We will issue a more detailed preview later in the summer/fall breaking down the strengths of all of the teams and our predictions for the season. &nbsp; &nbsp;