•August 29, 2018•
The Sullivan boys’ golf team won two meets and placed third in the 15-team John Macek Invitational this past week.
Thursday (Aug. 23), the Redskins defeated Arcola, Shelbyville and Meridian with a low score of 149.
Caden Ellis was medalist with a score of 33 (3 under).
Leighton Burcham followed with a 36, and Drew Rogers, Tim Lawyer and Logan Westjohn each shot a 40.
Leyton Ellis rounded out the Redksins’ scoring with a 41. Read More
•August 29, 2018•
The Okaw Valley boys’ golf team placed second in a triangular at Woodlawn Country Club in Farmer City last Thursday
Blue Ridge won with a score of 174, and OV shot a 216. Read More
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. Read More
•August 29, 2018•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports
The Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond volleyball team returned five seniors to this year’s squad, but the Knights are a relatively short team.
“It will be hard for us to overpower some teams with our small size,” said ALAH coach Emily Crossman. “We will have to use our block to funnel the ball, as the first line of defense, rather than depending on the stuff block. Our hitters have to be smart and play with a purpose.”
But one thing that Crossman can count on is that she has a smart team.
“We have a strategy and know where to place the ball,” she said. “The girls work together tremendously well and support one another in everything.”
For the last few weeks, the team has been trying to perform every play with a purpose. Read More
•August 29, 2018•
The Sullivan girls’ golf team has started the season undefeated at 3-0 this year.
The Redskins knocked off St. Teresa at Southside Country Club. Read More
•August 29, 2018•
The Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg volleyball team won its season opener against Central A&M last Thursday.
WSS won in straight sets, 25-19, 25-18.
Megan Schlechte led the Hatchets with 10 kills, and Calla Roney had six. Read More
•August 22, 2018•
The SMS Baseball team defeated Clinton 13-1. Chase Eller went the distance in the six inning game. He used only 56 pitches to dispatch the Maroons. Jackson Matheson provided the spark at the plate with a double and a triple. Wyatt Poynor had three hits. Tristan Ruppert and Jake Stewart had two hits. Aiden Ballinger came off the bench to provide a pinch hit double.
•August 22, 2018•
The SHS Varsity boys golf team finished 3rd at the John Macek Invitational at the orange course in Champaign. We shot a 325 as a team falling behind Charleston with a 297 and St. Anthony with a 319. Caden Ellis got 2nd place overall with a 3 under 69 for the day!
Scoring: Caden Ellis 69, Leighton Burcham 82, Drew Rogers 85, Leyton Ellis 89, Logan Westjohn 89, Tim Lawyer 100.
•August 22, 2018•
Okaw Valley’s Case Crawford has started his senior year with three medalist honors in his first three golf matches.
This past week, OV split a pair of matches, defeating Pana but losing to Villa Grove.
Last Thursday, the Timberwolves lost to Villa Grove 203-198 at Eagle Creek.
Crawford was medalist with a low score of 40. Read More
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SOV coach Jeff Myers has 15 returning lettermen.
•August 22, 2018•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor
Usually, a high school football coach does not return youth and experience in the same year.
But that was exactly what Sullivan-Okaw Valley football coach Jeff Myers inherited in his first year as head coach.
Myers returns 15 lettermen but only six seniors.
This leaves the Redskins little room for injury this season.
“Without question the biggest weakness we have is depth,” said Myers. “Staying healthy will be a key to our success.”
Even with a young squad that has learned three offense and defenses in the last three years, Myers believes his varsity experience will help provide a balanced offense in terms of run to pass.
His expectations are pretty simple.
“We expect to win football games,” he said, “compete for a CIC championship and be a playoff team.”
For this to happen, the Redskins’ quarterback Luke Harlin will have to play a huge role for the offense to be successful.
“We require a lot of the quarterback in this system” said Myers. “He has to be a thrower, a runner, a leader, an orchestrator, and a coach on the field. This far Luke has exceeded my expectations in all those areas, and I am really excited to see what kind of season he puts together.” Read More