The Litchfield Purple Panthers soccer team (Litchfield, IL), was nipped 1-0 in Saturday's non-league outing with the visiting Hillsboro Hiltoppers (Hillsboro, IL)

With the win, Hillsboro advances its record to 5-0 on the campaign. The Hiltoppers host Gillespie (Gillespie, IL) to battle the Miners in a South Central outing on Tuesday, April 5. The Miners go into the outing with a record of 1-5. Gillespie lost 6-0 in their recent league outing against Southwestern (Piasa, IL)

In their next game, the Purple Panthers battle the Highland Bulldogs (Highland, IL) in a non-league outing, on Monday, April 4. Litchfield will attempt to advance on its 2-3 season record. The Bulldogs go into the outing with a 0-7 record after their 4-1 league loss to Civic Memorial (Bethalto, IL).