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A defensive-minded Pana team applied enough pressure to force Litchfield into numerous turnovers in a South Central Conference match-up at Litchfield on Tuesday, Jan. 26. The miscues allowed the …
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1/30/23
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In their first meeting, the Litchfield Purple Panthers and the Calvary Saints put on a show for fans at the Riverton Thanksgiving Tournament in the second game of the season for both teams. Nearly …
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1/26/23
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It was going to be a tall task for the Litchfield Lady Panthers to stay with Taylorville on their home court on Tuesday, Jan. 24, and Coach Hayden Eldred’s Lady Tornadoes didn’t waste any …
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1/26/23
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Playing in the 11th place game was not the spot Litchfield wanted to be to end the Rick McGraw Memorial Invitational, but after dropping their first three games, that’s where the Purple …
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1/23/23
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If there was a reset button on the Litchfield boys basketball season, that button would have been pushed in the first few weeks of 2023.
After finishing the 2022 portion of their season at …
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1/23/23
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The Litchfield Lady Panthers have begun the new year with wins in four of their last five games, the latest being a 40-37 road win over East Alton-Wood River on Jan. 19.
Coach Rob …
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1/23/23
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All three Montgomery County boys basketball teams who participated in the 2023 Rick McGraw Memorial Invitational won their final games at the 12-team Litchfield tournament, so it was only appropriate …
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by Kyle Herschelman
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1/23/23
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Hosting a party is not always a fun time for the host, and that falls true when it comes to the annual Rick McGraw Memorial Invitational Tournament.
It has been nine years since Litchfield has …
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1/19/23
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After dropping a heartbreaker on Monday night, the Litchfield boys basketball team continued action in the the Rick McGraw Memorial Invitational Tournament on Tuesday night, Jan. 17, as they would …
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1/19/23
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The Litchfield High School wrestling team split a pair of duals with Vandalia and Highland on Thursday, Jan. 12, beating the Bulldogs 37-29, then losing to Vandalia 54-15.
In the win over …
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1/17/23
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It was senior night at North Mac High School and in keeping with small-school tradition, three senior members of the North Mac Lady Panthers, Linda Gambucci, Olivia Thoromon and Natalie Moriconi, …
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1/17/23
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“Teamwork makes the dream work,” and Litchfield’s 50-29 home win over Springfield Lutheran was indeed a team effort that will hopefully provide a “shot in the arm” to …
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1/12/23
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Monday night was a roller coaster for the Lincolnwood girls basketball team, and while it didn’t end in a victory, the ride definitely gave the Lancers something to build on.
Playing in …
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1/12/23
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A 17-point second half would be the downfall for Litchfield Tuesday night, Jan. 10, in Simmons Gym. The visiting Oilers of East Alton-Wood River would out score the Purple Panthers 29-17 in the …
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1/12/23
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The Litchfield High School wrestling team brought seven wrestlers to the Princeton Invitational on Jan. 6-7. Three of those wrestlers came home with top eight finishes, including senior Alex Powell, …
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1/12/23
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In the Taylorville Shootout on Saturday afternoon, Jan. 7, the Litchfield Purple Panthers would get back in the win column with a 52-49 victory over the South County Vipers.
It would take a …
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1/9/23
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Fresh from their fourth place finish in the Carlinville Holiday Tournament, the Gillespie Miners used a hounding press to defeat Litchfield 43-33 in a South Central Conference game played in Simmons …
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1/9/23
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The Litchfield High School wrestling team spent the last few days of 2022-23 at one of the biggest dual team wrestling tournaments in the country, the sixth annual Abe’s Rumble at the Bank of …
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1/9/23
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Playing on the road in the South Central Conference has been a tough task this season. There have been 15 road games in the first three weeks of the South Central Conference action and only four …
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1/9/23
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In a rare occurrence, fans of high school basketball were treated to a doubleheader on Jan. 3 featuring the varsity girls’ and boys’ basketball teams playing at home in the same gymnasium …
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1/5/23
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