•September 11, 2024•

Bringing everyone together once again is the 29th Annual Arthur Alumni golf outing on Saturday, September 28th at the Kaskaskia Country Club, 450 E Co Rd 300 N in Arthur. The Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond Athletic Boosters announced this years annual outing with the outing of course fundraising for the ALAH student-athletes. With all high school graduates from the participating communities, spouses or parents of graduate and even staff for the athletic students eligible to participate. Tee time starts at nine with a cost of $70 for non-member players and $50 for members, with a meal included in ticket cost. Each team will consist of four players, in a scramble format-teams are also to form themselves, teams will not be picked. Single players can either be put into a group by organizers or will create their own group of single players. All teams need to be signed up with a roster including all team members names, teams must be signed up before September 15th. All team information and roster can be done by contacting shellybrough1973@gmail.com or through calling the clubhouse at (217)268-3001.

Photo by Mikaela Moore
Cooper Christensen (7) tucks the ball for a quarterback keeper. The senior signal caller had 88 rushing yards in addition to his 318 passing yards.

•September 11, 2024•

by E. Scott England

The SOV Redskins continued their winning momentum from week one with their first road win of the season. The team traveled to Arcola to face the struggling Purple Riders. At the end of the game, Sullivan’s offense eclipsed 600 total yards as they proved to be an equal threat on the ground and in the air. “Our run game and pass game were working well for us, and we were able to vary our formations and spread the ball around to different guys that can all be playmakers, which is something we hope we can keep doing this season to keep defenses from being able to lock in on just one or two guys.” The final score was 49-14.

First half

The Purple Riders started the game with the ball. Read More

•September 4, 2024•

by E. Scott England

It’s not how any team wants to start—and Sullivan volleyball is no exception—but the first three opponents the Redskins have faced have easily handed Sullivan another tally in the loss column.

The team traveled to Macon for their season opener against a tough Meridian Hawks team. Sullivan knew the key would be to get hands up in front of Hawk senior Ella Woolington. Unfortunately, as a team, Sullivan only had one block on the night while Woolington has nine kills. Sullivan also recorded only three aces in the two sets, with senior Emily Miller owning two of them. Senior Mayci Strauf led the team in kills with three. The team had only ten kills to Meridian’s twenty. Sullivan fell in two sets, 13-25; 20-25. Read More

•August 21, 2024•

by E. Scott England

Head XC coach Isaiah Plank now has a full year under his belt. And it was a relatively successful year that saw several PRs throughout the season for several runners and even concluded with sending one runner to Peoria for state finals. Now he looks to his sophomore year of coaching as one to continue to build. Read More

•August 21, 2024•

by E. Scott England

Last year, the Sullivan Golf team advanced both a boy golfer and girl golfer to the two-day state golf tournament. Brett Bushue earned 50th place in the tournament. Shae Ellis placed 38th. Bushue has graduated, Ellis is returning for her senior year.

Bushue wasn’t the only senior to vacate a spot on the course. Daniel Downs and Maverick Palmer have also graduated. Hannah Righter, Ava Shriver, and Ruby Haegen did as well. Haegen’s absence will definitely be noticed as she helped the team to several key wins including a conference title and a regional championship. 

Despite all that, head coach Andy Wagner is excited. “The SHS Golf Program is getting ready to go for the season, with a great staff in Assistants Nathan Becker and Hannah McMahan,” he says. But both the boys’ and girls’ teams are boasting a healthy lineup this year.  Read More