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One of the Panthers' aces during last year's postseason run, Litchfield-Mt. Olive will look to Ethan Saathoff to help lead the way at this year's regional tournament in Auburn.

Battle-Tested Panthers Ready For Regionals

One way to prepare for the postseason is to play the best competition. In the last week of the regular season that is what the Litchfield-Mt. Olive baseball club has done. On Saturday, May 17, … more

5/19/25

Eagles Land Win Over Purple Panthers

With the postseason right around the corner the Litchfield-Mt. Olive baseball team finalized their regular season with a few tough challenges. One of those challenges would come on Wednesday, May 14, … more

5/19/25

Hillsboro's Anika Camp tossed a one-hitter to lead her team to a 6-0 victory over Litchfield on Tuesday, May 13, a preview of the first game of the postseason for both clubs. Camp, pictured above during the Toppers' game against Staunton on May 12, and the Lady Toppers will head to Litchfield on May 19, for the first round of the postseason, with the winner playing Greenville on their home field in the semifinals.

Camp Handles Lady Panthers In Preview Of Regional Opener

However you looked at it, by record, by regional seeding, by roster makeup, not much seemed to separate the Hillsboro and Litchfield/Mt. Olive softball teams going into their South Central Conference … more

5/15/25

Toppers, Matoush Knock Off Litchfield In Pitchers' Duel

by Ron Deabenderfer Those fans who appreciate snappy, well-pitched baseball games came away from the Hillsboro/Litchfield non-conference contest played at the Hillsboro Sports … more

5/15/25

Litchfield Girls Take Top Spot At Pana

The Litchfield girls track team set seven new personal records and placed 12 entries in the top six on Saturday, May 10, to take the top spot in the girls standings at this year’s Pana … more

5/15/25

Litchfield Scores Four Wins At Pana Invite

The Litchfield boys track team took home the runner-up spot at the Pana Invitational on Saturday, May 10, picking up 12 top six finishes, including four wins and eight personal records. Alec … more

5/15/25

Litchfield Gets Second Straight Revenge Win

After scoring a revenge win over Gillespie on Friday, May 9, the Litchfield/Mt. Olive baseball team overcame another early season loss on Monday, May 12, as they defeated Pana 10-1 in their South … more

5/15/25

Backed up by fellow senior Kristin Gruelle, Litchfield's Ava Ballard cuts in front of Gillespie's Sloane Brawner (#9) and Elissa Cline (#4) to snuff out the Miners' attack during Litchfield's 10-0 victory in Gillespie on Wednesday, May 7. Ballard, Gruelle and the rest of the Purple Panther defense have 14 shutouts on the year, including seven straight as they enter the postseason this Saturday, May 17, against East Alton-Wood River.

Panthers Claim SCC Title

It’s hard to determine what has been more impressive this year, the Litchfield girls soccer team’s offense, which has scored 133 goals in just 22 games (just over six goals per game) or … more

5/12/25

Litchfield's Izabella Fenton stretches out her team's lead over Nokomis (anchor Chloe Smoot) and Pana (anchor Lilly Jostes) as she closes in on the finish line for the 4x100 meter relay at the Panthers' home meet on Friday, May 9. Fenton and the Panthers won the race with a time of 53.6 seconds.

County Teams Hit The Track Before Rain Does

It was a perfect day for a track meet on Friday, May 9, in Litchfield as the Purple Panthers hosted Nokomis, South County, Pana and Jacksonville’s Illinois School for the Deaf... at least it … more

5/12/25

Litchfield Girls Pick Up Second SCC Win

The Litchfield/Mt. Olive softball team built up an early lead and managed to get enough innings in on Thursday, May 8, to take a 10-3 victory over Vandalia for their second South Central Conference … more

5/12/25

Purple Panthers Shut Down Miners

On Friday, May 9, the Litchfield/Mt. Olive baseball team avenged an early season loss to the Gillespie Miners with a 3-1 South Central Conference victory. The win would be the 19th win of the season … more

5/12/25

The seventh grade girls track team from Litchfield Middle School took first in the team standings at the SCC Junior High Invite on Saturday, April 26, in Carlinville, scoring 113 points to beat Gillespie by six. Hillsboro took eighth at the meet with 27 points.

Future Panthers, Toppers Compete In Junior High SCC Meet

The future of the South Central Conference was on the track in Carlinville on Saturday, April 26, as nine of the ten SCC schools were in attendance for the annual junior high invitational. … more

5/12/25

Litchfield senior Harrison Thomas prepares to uncork his final attempt at the shot put during the South Central Conference meet on Tuesday, May 6, in Carlinville. Thomas finished second in the shot put with a throw of 14.47 meters, helping Litchfield take second as a team.

Panthers Second At South Central Meet

Everything had to go right for the Litchfield boys track team to take home a South Central Conference title on Tuesday, May 6, and 18 events and nearly six hours, almost everything did. With two … more

5/8/25

Litchfield freshman Jennah Longwell picked up points for the Panthers in the discus with a seventh place finish and threw a personal best of 22.47 meters in the shot put at the South Central Conference track meet on Tuesday, May 6, in Carlinville.

Lady Panthers Own SCC 4x400

As they had done for each of the last five South Central Conference championships, the Litchfield girls track team saved the best for last. The foursome of Gracie Boden, Kilee Hoover, Brooke Braasch … more

5/8/25

Litchfield Girls Wrap Up Unbeaten SCC Season

The Litchfield/Mt. Olive girls soccer team finished off a perfect 8-0 record in South Central Conference play on Wednesday, May 7, with a decisive 10-0 victory over the Gillespie Miners. The … more

5/8/25

Litchfield Tops North Mac For 1st SCC Win

Lili Anne Readenour homered in the first inning and had a solid showing on the mound for the Litchfield/Mt. Olive softball team as the Purple Panthers defeated North Mac 7-2 on Monday, May 5. … more

5/8/25

North Mac Out-Duels Litchfield For SCC Win

After a big conference win on Friday afternoon, the Litchfield/Mt. Olive baseball team looked to carry that success over as they traveled to Virden on Monday, May 5. Both Panther ball clubs looked to … more

5/8/25

With Litchfield's David Schoen glued to first base, Hillsboro's Joel Malloy peers in at Panther starting pitcher Max Leitschuh as he takes a trepidacious lead during the South Central Conference clash on Friday, May 2, in Litchfield. Baserunners were at a premium in the game, which Litchfield won by a 4-2 final score.

Purple Panthers Hold Off Toppers

Two young baseball teams were involved in a well-played, albeit delayed by weather-related field conditions, Friday evening, May 2, when Hillsboro invaded Litchfield for their first meeting of the … more

by Ron Deabenderfer | 5/5/25

Litchfield First At Carlinville

Anchored by the trio of Martavious Jones, Harrison Thomas and Alec Roach, the Litchfield boys track team brought a little extra baggage home from this year’s Jokisch-Grandone Invitational in … more

5/5/25

Fenton Triples Up At Taylorville Triangular

The Litchfield girls track team finished third at the Taylorville quad on Tuesday, April 29, with Pleasant Plains (83) and Taylorville (78) taking the top two spots. Individually, Litchfield had nine … more

5/5/25