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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
Litchfield’s Madi Jenkins (left) and Daphney Hartel (right) battle for a rebound with Riverton’s Brandy Petit during the Purple Panthers’ home game on December 4. Despite eight points from Hartel, Riverton managed to sneak away with a 29-26 victory.
Lady Panthers Come Up Short Against Riverton
The middle quarters were the difference makers on Monday, Dec. 4, in Litchfield as the Lady Panthers hosted Riverton. A 9-2 second quarter run gave Litchfield an 18-11 lead at halftime, but the Hawks … more
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Litchfield Panthers Get Big Win Over Ramsey
Simmons Gym would be once again rocking boys hoops as the Purple Panthers entertained the Ramsey Rams in Litchfield's home opener on Tuesday, Dec. 5.  The Purple Panthers dominated the Rams from … more
Litchfield's Tristan Staggs peers under the knee of a prone Dane Jiannoni of PORTA during their 190-pound match at the Litchfield duals on Saturday, Dec. 2. Staggs went on to pin Jiannoni at the 2:37 mark of the match, one of three wins on the day for the Litchfield sophomore. As a team, Litchfield went 3-2, with wins over Roxana, Pinckneyville and Carlinville.
Panthers Pick Up Wins At Home Duals
The Litchfield High School wrestling team hosted their annual duals on Saturday, Dec. 2, with Roxana, PORTA, Pinckneyville, Auburn and Carlinville also in attendance. The Panthers went 3-2 on the … more
Panthers Pin Pirates At Shelbyville
In addition to their win over Shelbyville on Tuesday, Nov. 28 (see the Nov. 30 Journal-News), the Litchfield High School wrestling team alss picked up a 42-37 win over Cumberland at the meet in the … more
Purple Panthers Leave Lebanon In The Dust
After nearly a week since taking fourth place in the Bill Rucks Thanksgiving Tournament, the Litchfield Purple Panthers were back on the hardwood Friday night, Dec. 1 in Lebanon. In the past five … more
Salty Defense Pushes Pretzels Past Panthers
On Saturday, Dec. 2, the Capital City Showcase filled the BOS Center in Springfield, as several area basketball teams hit the hardwood in the nearly 8,000 capacity venue. Litchfield would look … more
Lady Bulldogs Win SCC Opener Over Litchfield
With four straight conference titles under their belts, Staunton has been a force on the courts the last several years in volleyball. As it turns out, the Bulldogs are nearly as good when the nets … more
Panthers Take Down Rams
The Litchfield High School wrestling team picked up a victory over Shelbyville on Tuesday, Nov. 28, in a meet on the Rams’ home mats. The Panthers picked up 10 wins in the 14 matches with … more
Williamsville’s Tori Zobus (#35) and Mia Root (#24) try to catch up with Litchfield’s Madi Jenkins as she goes up for a shot during the Panthers’ game with the Bullets on Nov. 28. Jenkins had four points in the game, which Williamsville won 52-22.
2nd Half Sends Bullets Past Purple Panthers
The Litchfield girls basketball team trailed by just six points at halftime before the Bullets from Williamsville wore the Panthers down and came away with a 52-22 victory on Tuesday, Nov. 28, on … more
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