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Litchfield pitcher Laynie Wyatt is one of the reasons the Lady Panthers are 2-0 to start the 2023 season as she put together two strong outings in the wins over Lebanon and Greenfield-Northwestern on March 15 and 16. Wyatt struck out eight and walked one in both games, allowing five earned runs on 12 hits.
Two Up, Two Down For Lady Panthers
Last year, the Litchfield High School softball team needed 18 games to pick up their second victory of the season. But with an influx of talent from new co-op partner Mt. Olive, the Lady Panthers … more
Panthers Bounce Back With Win Over Lebanon
After falling in their season opener, the Litchfield High School baseball team rebounded in their home opener with an 8-5 victory over the Lebanon Greyhounds on Wednesday, March 15. After holding an … more
Birds Hold Off Panthers
If you like to see a lot of offense in a baseball game then Thursday’s match-up in Piasa between the Southwestern Piasa Birds and the Litchfield Purple Panthers was your cup of tea. The … more
Powell 4th At EIU, 1st At Principia
Even though last year was Keenan Powell’s first as a triple jumper for the Litchfield boys track team, the junior has proven himself to be a quick study in that short amount of time. Powell … more
Nockman, Stewart Lead Litchfield
The goal for the Litchfield High School girls track team is to end the year in Charleston, at the IHSA Class 1A State Finals. Appropriately enough, the first step toward that journey also started in … more
Carlinville All-Star Game Set For March 26
The 59 of the top boys and girls basketball seniors from South Central Illinois will be playing in the 19th Annual Carlinville Rotary Club All-Star Basketball Classic, presented by Prairie Farms … more
Bluejays Slip Past Panthers In Opener
A four-run fourth inning spoiled the Purple Panther baseball team’s season opener as the host PORTA Bluejays defeated Litchfield 4-1 on Tuesday, March 14. After the season opener was cancelled … more
Litchfield Alum Ready To Lead Panthers
Litchfield High School will have a new, but familiar, face at the helm of their baseball team as Rocky Giannuzzi will be sitting atop the dugout stairs this season. Coach Giannuzzi, a 2012 … more
Litchfield Athletes Honored After Winter Sports Season
Student athletes in cheerleading, boys and girls basketball and wrestling from Litchfield High School received their athletic awards on Wednesday, March 8, in Simmons Gymnasium during Winter Awards … more
Christian, Powell, Odle Earn All-SCC
Three Montgomery County players were among the 20 who earned all-conference accolades for the South Central Conference in the 2022-23 season, which was completed on Wednesday, March 1, with … more
Junior Keenan Powell provided more than a quarter of Litchfield's offense in the 2022-23 season, scoring 467 of the Purple Panthers' 1,661 points.
Purple Panthers Survive To Get Back-To-Back Winning Seasons
A regional title, conference title and championships in every tournament they compete in this season were preseason goals set forth by the 2022-2023 Litchfield High School boys basketball team. Even … more
Litchfield Girls Basketball Coach Rob Corso looks on as senior Hailey Rentz defends Mt. Olive's Bella Lueken during the Purple Panthers' win over the Wildcats on Jan. 3, 2023. The Lady Panthers will lose both Rentz (to graduation) and Corso (to retirement) next season, along with Rentz's classmates Laura Boston and Emma Walch also set to graduate.
Panthers Bid Corso, Seniors Buena Suerte
After 28 games played during the regular season, the Litchfield School girls’ basketball season came to a close on Feb. 11 at home against Roxana in the IHSA Class 2A regional … more
Rupert, Frailey, Compton, Walch Make All-SCC
All 10 underclassmen who made all-conference for the South Central Conference last year were repeat selections in 2023 as this year’s honorees were announced … more
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Three Litchfield Middle School wrestlers finished in the top three at the IESA Jerseyville Regional on Saturday, Feb. 25, and punched their tickets to the next round of the postseason. From the left are Kohen Kieffer, third at 90 pounds; Rilynn Younker, first at 105 pounds; and Syon Jade, second at heavyweight.
Panther Cubs Send Three To Wrestling Sectionals
Three Litchfield Middle School wrestlers will compete for a shot at an IESA State Wrestling Finals berth on Saturday, March 4, at the Class 1A Auburn Sectional. Eighth graders Rilynn Younker and … more
It was a good day at regionals for the Litchfield Wrestling Club as four future Panthers advanced to next weekend’s IKWF sectionals via their finish in the regional at Edwardsville on Feb. 25. From the left are Meyer Ellis, Drake Beiermann, Kyson Hemken, Owen Pryor and Grayson Short. All five finished in the top five, with Ellis, Pryor and Short moving on to the sectionals, along with teammate Omarr Robinson (not pictured).
Litchfield WC Sends Six To IKWF Regional Tourney
The Litchfield Wrestling Club brought six wrestlers to the IKWF South Regional in Edwardsville on Saturday, Feb. 25, with four of those six advancing to sectional in Highland on March 4. Two of … more
Explorers' Road To Title Runs Through Litchfield
After pulling an upset victory in the first round of regionals, Litchfield would be back on the hardwood Wednesday night, Feb. 22, in the semifinals of the Litchfield Regional. The task on … more
Litchfield High School senior Owen Baugher recently made his college decision official as he signed to continue his football, track and academic career at Greenville University. Seated with Baugher are his parents, Mika and Chris Baugher. In the back are family members Michael Kozemczak and Eric and Karen Whitlock, Litchfield Head Football Coach Dan Carlson, Litchfield Head Track Coach Dan Newkirk, Owen’s brother Peyton Baugher, and Litchfield assistant football coaches Colton Faure, Shane Grammer, Billy Wyatt and Clay Murphy.
Journal-News On The Line: Owen Baugher, Litchfield
It was a big step in the progression of the Litchfield High School football program when they ended their 47-game losing streak in week two of the 2022 season with a 22-14 win over Staunton. On Feb. … more
With his brother Carter in his corner, Litchfield's Alex Powell works to break down Landon Dooley of Wilmington during their 113-pound preliminary match at the IHSA State Finals on Thursday, Feb. 16, in Champaign. Powell went on to win the match 9-2 en route to a second straight sixth place finish at the state tournament.
Six A Serious Success For Powell
Seventeen different Litchfield wrestlers have earned medals at the state tournament during their four years as Purple Panthers, but as exclusive as that list is, the one for multiple time medalists … more
Vandalia's Matthew Hagy (#14) tries to block Litchfield's Clayton Bishop from behind in the third quarter of the Purple Panthers' 69-59 overtime win over the Vandals. With the win, Litchfield moves on to the semifinals of the Litchfield Regional, where they will face Alton Marquette at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 22.
Panthers Get Vandals In OT
The year was 2005, and the Litchfield Purple Panthers wrapped up their regular season and headed into the postseason as the number one seed in the regional they hosted.   This was the last … more
Litchfield Falls To North Mac
On July 1, 2010, the Virden and Girard school districts consolidated their school districts, forming one district, North Mac. In 2013, Litchfield and North Mac met up for the first time on the … more
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