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Keenan Powell scored 19 points in the first half of Litchfield's 70-52 win over Gillespie on Thursday, Dec. 28, at the Carlinville Holiday Tournament. Powell needed 15 points to reach 1,000 for his career as he became the 16th Litchfield boys basketball player to reach the milestone.
Litchfield Boys Finish Second At Carlinville
After strolling through the pool play portion of the Carlinville Holiday Tournament, the Purple Panthers ran into a road block in the championship contest on Friday evening. Litchfield finished pool … more
Panthers Win Three In Springfield
It was a busy and competitive last few days of 2023 for the Litchfield High School wrestling team as they went. In their opening match, the Panthers scored a 48-33 win over West Frankfort, picking up … more
Litchfield's A.J. Odle works his way toward the top of the key after a pick by Carson Saathoff during the Panthers' opening game at the Carlinville Holiday Tournament on Tuesday, Dec. 26. Odle had 11 points in the Panthers' 70-36 win over Oilers, one of four Litchfield players to reach double figures in the game.
Panthers Too Slick For Oilers At Carlinville
The Litchfield Purple Panthers tipped off the 57th annual Carlinville Holiday Tournament on Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 26, against the one-win East Alton-Wood River Oilers. On paper, Litchfield would be … more
Litchfield Girls To Play For 11th
It’s been a tough road for the Litchfield girls basketball team this season, but the Lady Panthers still have a chance to go out on a win at the Riverton Christmas Tournament. The Lady Panthers … more
Litchfield’s A.J. Sypherd, shown here after receiving his all-state recognition at the IHSA football state championships, is one of just 126 senior football players in Illinois to be selected for this year Illinois Coaches Association Shrine All-Star Game, to be played June 15 at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington.
Sypherd To Play In Shrine All-Star Game
The 2024 Illinois Coaches Association 50th Shrine All-Star Game will be played on Saturday, June 15, at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington and one Litchfield High School senior will be … more
Third Quarter Pushes Nokomis Past Litchfield
A 20-7 third quarter advantage gave Nokomis a 55-48 win over Litchfield on Wednesday, Dec. 20, as the Redskins moved to 4-6 and Litchfield moved to 7-5. Both teams held leads in the third … more
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2023-24 Holiday Basketball Tournaments
Schedules and results from the Carlinville boys and girls, Riverton girls, Vandalia boys and Waverly boys basketball tournaments. more
Staggs Takes Top Spot At Cumberland
Six members of the Litchfield High School wrestling team medalled at the Skull and Crossbones Invitational on Saturday, Dec. 16, with five of the six winning their final match at the tournament at … more
Panthers Put 6 On The Podium At PORTA
The Litchfield High School wrestling team put six wrestlers in the top eight and took ninth in the overall standings at the 32-team Rex Avery Invitational in Petersburg on Saturday, Dec. 9. … more
Bonnell Picks Up First Win As Head Coach
In a blink of an eye the world can change and for the Litchfield High School boys basketball team, a major change occurred Thursday evening, Dec. 14. Just 24 hours before their South Central … more
Litchfield Girls Fall To South County
The Litchfield girls basketball team traveled to Waverly on Thursday, Dec. 14, to face the South County Vipers. The Panthers started out strongly, but fell to the home team 35-22 to fall to 2-11 on … more
Hillsboro's Amya Greenwood closely guards Litchfield's Kyndal Law during the match-up between the two Montgomery County foes on Monday, Dec. 11. Law and company gave Hillsboro all they could handle for three quarters, before the Toppers used a 17-0 fourth quarter to pull out a 49-24 win.
Hillsboro Tops LHS After Early Scare
At first glance, Hillsboro’s 49-24 win over Litchfield looks exactly like what you would have predicted if you just looked at the team’s records before the game. The Toppers were 5-5 … more
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County Dual Heads North To Mt. Zion
For several years, the annual regular season meeting between the Litchfield and Hillsboro wrestling teams took place in one of three places: Hillsboro, Litchfield or Mt. Olive, who was the customary … more
Highland Pulls Out Victory Over Litchfield
After falling behind 10-0 in the opening quarter of their game with Highland on Dec. 12, the Litchfield boys basketball team pulled within one point of the lead in the opening minutes of the third … more
Litchfield's Keenan Powell (#0) scored 22 points in the Panthers' 65-39 victory over Lincolnwood at the T. Todt Shootout on Saturday, Dec. 9, in Litchfield.
Fourth Quarter Pushes Panthers Past Lancers
The Litchfield boys basketball team has been a little bit like fireworks so far this season. When the Purple Panthers are on, it’s a thing of beauty. When they’re not? Things can blow up … more
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Litchfield's Chloe Law puts up a shot over Lincolnwood's Lilly Terneus during the T. Todt Shootout on Saturday, Dec. 9, in Litchfield. Law scored 13 points to lead the Lady Panthers to their second win of the season, 29-22 over the Lancers..
Litchfield Girls Beat Lancers For 2nd Win
While the Litchfield girls basketball team has been improving throughout the first part of the season, the improvement hadn’t yielded results in the winning column…yet. That ended on … more
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The Litchfield Middle School girls basketball program had made it to the IESA State Finals 10 times going into this season, but not since 2010. On Wednesday, Dec. 6, the eighth grade Lady Panther Cubs ended that drought with a 26-18 win over Auburn at the Vandalia Sectional. In front, from the left are Emma Estell, Charlotte Reyes, Jada Carroll, Lynzie Reid, Aida Melchert and Kayleigh Morgan. In the back are Head Coach Drew Logan, Samantha Rieke, Kinley Hemken, Allison Belusko, Jennah Longwell, McKenna Harmon, Emma Weidner, Sarah Rieke, Manager Halle Rogers and Assistant Coach Jennifer Flemming. Just making the tournament wasn’t enough for the Panther Cubs, though, as they will play for third place on Thursday, Dec. 14, at Germantown Hills Middle School.
Litchfield Girls To Play For 3rd
For the fifth time in the program’s history, a Litchfield Middle School girls basketball team will be bringing home a trophy from the IESA state tournament. The eighth grade Lady Panthers … more
Vandals Spoil Panthers Season-High
The Litchfield Lady Panthers continue to improve as the season progresses as they scored a season-high number of points, despite falling to Vandalia 61-45 on Thursday, Dec. 7. The bulk of the … more
Panthers Score Rare SCC Win Over Greenville
The Litchfield Purple Panthers opened up South Central Conference play on Friday night, Dec. 8, in Simmons Gym as they welcomed the Greenville Comets. Since 2006, the Comets have got the better … more
Panther Wrestlers Get Taylorville, MacArthur
The Litchfield-Mt. Olive wrestling team picked up a pair of victories in Taylorville on Monday, Dec. 4, beating the host Tornadoes 42-27 and Decatur MacArthur 42-34. In the match with MacArthur, both … more
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