The tandem of Kendall Stewart and Izabella Fenton led Litchfield at the Jersey Winter Thaw on Saturday, March 9, as both picked up top five finishes at the meet in Elsah.
Stewart finished third …
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3/11/24
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After losing only one senior from last year’s nine-win season, experience may be the recipe for success for the Litchfield Purple Panthers baseball club.
Returning eight of their nine …
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3/11/24
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Braxton Kieffer may have missed a trip to the IHSA State Finals by one win, but the Litchfield High School sophomore has made the most out of his second chance at state.
By virtue of a pair of …
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3/7/24
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The Litchfield High School track team made their 2024 debut on Saturday, March 2, at Lantz Fieldhouse on the campus of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, but one member of the team may …
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3/4/24
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It’s hard to imagine a ball club that has experienced as many ups and downs as the Litchfield boys basketball team has experienced in the last four years: four head coaches (including one that …
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3/4/24
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With three 20-win teams and one of the closest championship races one could imagine, the 2023-24 girls basketball season was another great one in the South Central Conference. And with just four …
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2/29/24
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Three players from the co-conference champion Litchfield boys basketball team and two players from Hillsboro were among the 18 players honored as all-conference selections by the South Central …
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2/29/24
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Five Litchfield Middle School wrestlers finished in the top three at the IESA Jerseyville Regional on Feb. 24, which earned them a spot in the sectional on Saturday, March 2, in Vandalia.
The …
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2/29/24
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In 2006, Chance Davidson became the first ninth grader to win a state medal for the Litchfield High School wrestling program. On Saturday, Feb. 24, he had a pretty good seat to watch the latest …
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2/26/24
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In the past 19 years the Litchfield Purple Panthers and the Greenville Comets have meet 33 times. On Wednesday evening, Feb. 21, the 34th meeting took place on neutral ground as the two teams squared …
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2/26/24
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In postseason play, it’s survive and advance. It doesn’t matter how pretty you look just as long as you have more points than your opponent when the final buzzer sounds.
In the …
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2/22/24
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For the second straight year, Litchfield's Vincent Moore went 1-2 at the IHSA State Wrestling Tournament, an awesome accomplishment, but one that the sophomore 106-pounder …
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By Kyle Herschelman
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2/20/24
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Heading into the postseason, what better way to prepare for the big games ahead than to have a big game to finish the season. For Litchfield, that big game took place in Piasa on Thursday, Feb. 16, …
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2/20/24
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After all the ups and downs for the Purple Panthers, it would not be complete without a speed bump in the last week of the season.
Needing just one win in their last two games to be the outright …
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2/15/24
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Saturday, Feb. 10, was the first day of the Lunar New Year and while the Chinese zodiac says that it’s the year of the Dragon, everyone in Peoria found out quickly that it is actually the year …
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2/12/24
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Vincent Moore got a taste of state wrestling last year, but this year, the Litchfield sophomore is ready for a whole meal.
Moore, whose two losses at state last year were to the fourth and …
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2/12/24
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The beauty of the postseason is that everyone starts with the same record: 0-0. Auburn found that out first hand on Saturday, Feb. 10, as the 16-win Trojans nearly lost to the three-win Litchfield …
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2/12/24
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The 2013-14 season was the last time Litchfield hoisted the South Central Conference crown in boys basketball as they shared the title with the Greenville Comets. Prior to that the Purple Panthers …
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2/12/24
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Litchfield and Gillespie would take part in a South Central Conference showdown in the Pit Tuesday night, Feb. 6, in Big Orange Country. Litchfield entered the contest with an unblemished conference …
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2/8/24
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A tough second quarter kept Litchfield from their first conference victory of the season as Southwestern claimed their first South Central win by a 32-24 final score.
The two teams were dead …
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2/8/24
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