The Litchfield Purple Panthers soccer team (Litchfield, IL), was nipped 1-0 in Thursday's non-league outing with the visiting Athens/PORTA Warriors (Athens, IL)

With the win, Athens/PORTA advances its record to 5-0 on the campaign. The Warriors host Gillespie (Gillespie, IL) to play the Miners in a non-league outing on Monday, March 27. The Miners go into the outing with a record of 1-0. Gillespie won 3-1 in their recent non-league outing against North Mac (Virden, IL)

In their next game, the Purple Panthers play the Taylorville Tornadoes (Taylorville, IL) in a non-league outing, on Monday, March 27. Litchfield will attempt to advance on its 0-3 season record. The Tornadoes go into the outing with a 0-6 record after their 8-0 non-league loss to Riverton/Tri-City (Riverton, IL).