PANA — Each team had plenty on the line for Friday’s South Central Conference football finale. Pana was looking for an 8-1 finish to the regular season and a share of the SCC title; Staunton needed a ...

PANA — Beating Vandalia is never a small feat. Especially under pressure. But the Pana football team avenged last year’s season-opening loss to the Vandals with a defiant 46-34 South Central ...

PANA — The Pana defense suffocated the Carlinville offense for much of the Panthers’ 26-14 South Central Conference football victory on Friday. The Carlinville run game was limited to 56 yards, one ...

DECATUR — After scoring 68 points in its Round 2 playoff game, Pana football's offense was slowed down and kept scoreless in the second half by St. Teresa's defense, as the Bulldogs advanced to the ...

PANA — Greenville and Pana have been two of the South Central Conference's premier football teams for quite a while. The Comets have qualified for the postseason 20 times in the last 22 playoffs.

(This story has been updated with quotes from Mark Ramsey.) Mark Ramsey, who is fifth all-time in Illinois football coaching wins, is returning to the sidelines to take over the Pana football program.

The Pana Panthers head to Hillsboro to take on the Hillsboro Hiltoppers on Friday, Aug. 29. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. Central in Hillsboro; fans can follow live updates on the game page linked above.

PANA — Pana football’s Week 1 performance wasn’t the way the Panthers wanted to start off the 2022 season. Facing their top conference rival Vandalia to open the season, the Vandals won 34-10 as ...

Pana's senior quarterback ran for 274 yards and four touchdowns, passed for another score and came up with an interception of Auburn quarterback Talin Kern in Pana’s Class 2A first round 59-30 win at ...