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Litchfield's Rilynn Younker ran a personal best time of 21:32.4 at the Shelbyville Regional on Oct. 26, and earned a qualifying berth to next Saturday's sectional at Lake Land College in Matoon.

Personal-Best Time Earns Younker Shot At Sectionals

Litchfield sophomore Rilynn Younker ran a new personal best and finished 21st overall at the cross country regional at Forest Park in Shelbyville on Saturday, Oct. 26, earning a ticket to next … more

10/28/24

Litchfield senior Kenny Traylor ran a 17:10.14 at the regional in Shelbyville on Saturday, Oct. 26, to finish 18th overall and help the Panthers to a sectional qualifying spot for the Cumberland Sectional on Nov. 2.

Litchfield Boys Earn Spot In Sectional

The Litchfield boys cross country team put two runners in the top 20 at the Shelbyville Regional on Saturday, Oct. 26, and out-pointed South Central Conference foe Staunton for the seventh and final … more

10/28/24

Litchfield's Caiden Lamb hangs tight to Vandalia's Kohnor Depew, despite getting a helpful hand from the Vandal receiver during the game on Friday, Oct. 25, in Litchfield. DePew had six receptions for 162 yards and two touchdowns as the Vandals picked up a 54-25 victory over the Purple Panthers.

Vandals Push Past Panthers In Week Nine

Continued from 9A The defense was a bright spot throughout the quarter as they stood strong on several plays by the Vandals. Kayden Bergman was part of a few of those plays as he pulled down an … more

10/28/24

Litchfield seniors Elise Walch and Megan Lee go up for a block during the Panthers' senior night game against Gillespie on Thursday, Oct. 24. With the win, the Lady Panthers improved to 13-14-1 going into Monday's regional tournament, which they host.

Panthers Get Senior Night Win

After falling to Pana in the Reed sibling civil war (Litchfield Coach Alivia Reed’s sister Izzy is a senior for Pana) on Tuesday, Oct. 22, the Litchfield High School volleyball team needed a … more

10/28/24

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