Photo by R.R. Best
Adam Collins (#18) makes a tackle.

•August 29, 2018•

By Jason Brown
NP Sports

The Sullivan/Okaw Valley football team was looking for its first win in nearly two years during its season opener at Nokomis/Ramsey Friday night.
SOV finished 3-6 in 2016 and winless in 2017, but despite playing a tough first three quarters, the Redskins could not overcome a strong 15-0 third quarter run in a 22-7 nonconference loss at Nokomis.
“Overall we did some good things but far too many mistakes on both sides of the ball,” Myers said. “On a positive note, our kids played their tails off. Would have been easy to let up once we got down two scores in the fourth, and they just kept battling. Couldn’t be more proud of their effort.”
Nokomis scored first on a 20-yard pass to Wayden Brown, who ran a cross-and-up route for the touchdown in the second quarter.
SOV answered later in the second quarter when sophomore Ian Plank caught a pass from junior Luke Harlin for a touchdown.
Plank kicked the extra point to tie the game at seven.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.