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Kahoks Slip Past Lady Panthers In Three

Litchfield’s game against Collinsville on Monday, Oct. 21, was one of those games that “should” make the Lady Panthers stronger down the road, as long as the home team put up a good … more

10/24/24

Crusade Continues For Althoff

Althoff Catholic looked every bit like a team that brought home hardware from the state tournament in two of the last three years on Tuesday night, Oct. 22, as the Crusaders defeated Litchfield 7-1 … more

10/24/24

County Trio Wrap Up Season At Golf State Finals

High school golfers from all over the state descended on the Bloomington-Normal area this past weekend as the state tournaments for all three IHSA classes teed off on Friday, Oct. 18, followed by … more

10/21/24

Litchfield eighth grader Maggie Schwab took tenth overall at the IESA Class 2A Cross Country State Finals on Saturday, Oct. 19, in Normal.

Schwab Medals At IESA State

Litchfield eighth grader Maggie Schwab had a day for the record books at the IESA Class 2A State Finals Cross Country Meet on Saturday, Oct. 19, and picked up a little souvenir in the process. After … more

10/21/24

Litchfield goalkeeper Cooper Martin comes out of the box to prevent Jerseyville's Dax Goetten (#21) from a scoring opportunity in the first half of the Panther versus Panther regional semifinal in Litchfield. Martin and the Litchfield defense, including Braden Alexander (#13) kept it a 0-0 game at halftime, allowing the Panther offense to find another gear in the second half for a 5-0 victory.

Second Half Sends Panthers To Semifinal

A tale of two halves is cliche in the sports world, but in the case of Litchfield’s regional opener against Jerseyville on Friday, Oct. 18, it fits the bill perfectly. After a 0-0 first half … more

10/21/24

Four members of the Litchfield High School cross country team earned all-conference recognition by finishing in the top 11 at the South Central Conference Meet in Gillespie on Saturday, Oct. 19. Pictured above, from the left are all-conference runners Rilynn Younker, Nolan Engstrom, Coach Jeremy Palmer, Darby Braasch and Kenny Traylor.

Litchfield Boys Second At SCC Meet

The Litchfield boys cross country team snagged second place in the team ranks and put two runners on this year’s all-conference list at the South Central Conference Meet, held Saturday, Oct. … more

10/21/24

Litchfield Goes For Quality Over Quantity

The Litchfield girls cross country team may not be blessed with numbers this season, but what they lack in quantity, the Panthers more than make up for in quality. Rilynn Younker, Darby Braasch and … more

10/21/24

Three's A Bummer For Litchfield Volleyball

They say that good things come in threes but that wasn’t the case for the Litchfield volleyball team last week. After falling to South Central Conference co-leader Carlinville on Tuesday, the … more

10/21/24

Pana Puts Litchfield Playoff Plans On Hold

The Litchfield football team traveled to Pana on Friday evening, in a must win contest for the Purple Panthers, who entered the contest with three wins, needing two more for a chance to make the … more

10/21/24

Players from Mt. Olive/Litchfield, Morrisonville/Lincolnwood and Hillsboro joined players from Edinburg to make up the South Central squad in the eighth grade girls Junior High All-State Showcase at the Future Champions Sports Complex in Jacksonville on Oct. 5-6. From the left are Libby Knes and Koralyne Jones of Mt. Olive/Litchfield; Kinlee Paprotth, Karissa Ferrill and Brianna Boyd of Morrisonville/Lincolnwood; Gracelynn Crayne of Hillsboro; and Reagan Swinger, Daisy Shanks, Paige Lareau, Cally Cooper and Keely Westenhaver of Edinburg/South Fork.

Junior High Softball, Baseball Wraps Up

IESA Class 1A Baseball Morrisonville Regional Tuesday, September 24 • (4) Springfield St. Agnes 7, (5) Jerseyville St. Francis Holy Ghost 0 • (2) Morrisonville-Lincolnwood 16, (7) Bunker … more

10/21/24

Cavaliers Extend Streak With Win Over Panthers

The Litchfield High School volleyball team had their hopes of extending their three game win streak derailed on Tuesday, Oct. 15, as the Lady Panthers fell to Carlinville on the road 25-13, 25-16. … more

10/17/24

Pictured above are individual state qualifiers Madison Betz and Maggie Schwab (#897), who will be making their second straight trip to state.

Next Stop... State!

Nine members of the Litchfield Middle School cross country team will be running at state on Saturday, Oct. 19, after qualifying from the IESA Class 2A sectional in Shelbyville on Oct. 12. Last year, … more

10/15/24

Litchfield's Matthew Bywater (via co-op partner Mt. Olive) looks for some running room during the Panthers' week seven home game against Staunton on Friday, Oct. 11. Bywater caught Ethan Saathoff's pass for a 22-yard touchdown in the second quarter to give Litchfield a 13-0 lead, but Staunton rallied back to win 14-3 and drop the Panthers to 3-4 on the season.

'Dogs Block Panthers' Path To Fourth Win

Litchfield and Staunton left everything on the field Friday night, Oct. 11, when the Purple Panthers and Bulldogs squared off at Lloyd Hill Field. The Friday night showdown had playoff implications … more

10/15/24

Night Race Suits Panthers Just Fine

The Litchfield High School cross country team stayed up a little later on Saturday, Oct. 12, as they participated in their lone night meet of the season, the 30th annual East Alton-Wood River … more

10/15/24

Litchfield Avenges Loss To Vandals

So far this season, the sequel has been better than the original for the Litchfield High School volleyball team. In early September, the Lady Panthers fell to Hillsboro in their first game, but … more

10/15/24

Litchfield Soccer Wins Last Game Before Regionals

The Litchfield-Gillespie boys soccer team ended the regular season on a high note on Thursday, Oct. 10, as they defeated East Alton-Wood River 6-2 to snap a two-game losing streak. With the … more

10/15/24

From the left, Montgomery County golfers Tucker Maguire, Sam Schwab and Bryce Cowdrey will compete in the IHSA Class 1A State Golf Tournament on Oct. 18-19, at Prairie Vista Golf Course in Bloomington after finishing in the top ten at the Ziegler-Royalton Sectional in West Frankfort on Oct. 7.

County Trio Are Statebound

There may have been just six Montgomery County golfers playing at Ziegler-Royalton Sectional on Monday, Oct. 7, but the group definitely made their presence felt at the Franklin County Country Club … more

10/10/24

Litchfield, Nokomis Run At Southwestern

The Litchfield and Nokomis cross country teams competed in the Southwestern Cross Country Invitational on Saturday, Oct. 3, at Southwestern High School in Piasa. The meet is scored by position, … more

10/10/24

Panthers Win 2 In-A-Row

The Litchfield High School volleyball team picked up their third South Central Conference win of the season on Thursday, Oct. 3, as they defeated North Mac 25-17, 25-18. Senior Elise Walch … more

10/10/24

With sirens’ wail and flashing lights, the Litchfield High School football team had nothing better to do on a Saturday night than pick up their third victory of the season, evening their record to 3-3. After leading the Panthers onto the field during First Responder Appreciation Night, Kayden Bergman and the Litchfield defense ran the Miners into the ground, holding them to just one offensive touchdown in a 42-9 victory at Lloyd Hill Field.

Panthers Back To .500 With Third Win

Lloyd Hill Field was lit up on Saturday night, Oct. 5, as the Gillespie Miners and Litchfield Purple Panthers squared off in a South Central Showdown. Not many South Central Conference games are … more

10/7/24