•June 13, 2018•
The Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond softball team announced its 2018 award winners last week.
Junior Taylor Powell won the MVP, and junior Maria Garza won the most improved award.
Junior Reagan Miller won the offensive player award while sophomore Kirsten Corum won the defensive player award.
Freshman Makenzie Brown won the rookie of the year award, and Maddie Snyder took home the Knights award. Read More
•June 13, 2018•
The Moultrie-Douglas Legion baseball junior and senior teams competed this week, but neither team could find a win.
The Moultrie-Douglas Legion junior (prep) team dropped three games to Effingham, Mattoon and Decatur Gold.
Friday, June 8, Effingham defeated MDL 16-1 in the second game of a doubleheader, and Mattoon defeated MDL 8-1 in the morning game. Read More
•June 6, 2018•
The Central Illinois Conference announced its all-conference teams this past week.
Three Sullivan players earned honors.
Sophomore earned second team honors, and junior Irie Dulin and senior Madison Wall were named to the honorable mention team.
The Sullivan softball team finished 2-12 in the CIC.
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ALAH Volleyball Camp
The ALAH volleyball program hosted camp for third graders through freshmen last week.
•June 6, 2018•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports
Area’s top track and field athletes competed in the News Gazette Honor Roll Meet Monday in Urbana.
For the Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond boys’ track team, Logan Hall took second in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:57.96, and Layton Hall took second in the 3,200-meter run at 10:14.95.
Kobe Wells placed second in the high jump at 6 feet 5 inches and in the triple jump at 42 feet 2.5 inches.
Austin Romine placed sixth in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:05.82. Read More
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St. Jude 3 on 3 Winners
Winners of the St. Jude Dash n Bash 3 on 3 basketball tournament were the Ball Hogs” L to R: Kyle Corkill, Brett Bushue, Owen Hussong
•June 6, 2018•
The Post Moultrie Douglas Sr. and Jr. Legion teams competed last week.
The Post Moultrie Douglas Jr. team split two games with a win against Alton and a loss to Charleston.
Against Alton, PMD Jr. Legion scored two runs in the second inning to take a 2-1 lead.
PMD tacked on a much needed insurance run in the fifth, because Alton scored a run in the seventh. Read More
2018 IHSA Class 1A State Champions
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor
The Windsor-Stewardson-Strasburg softball team made school history with its first trip to the IHSA Class 1A State Softball tournament at the Eastside Centre in East Peoria Friday and Saturday.
And they made the most of it, winning both games to capture their first ever state championship softball trophy.
Friday the Hatchets traveled nearly two hours to play Argenta-Oreana, a team less than 35 miles away, then took on the Goreville Blackcats for the state championship game Saturday.
The game against Goreville, originally scheduled for the afternoon, was changed to 9 a.m. because of incoming storms predicted for later in the afternoon.
The quick turnaround did not affect WSS.
The Hatchets scored three runs in the top of the first inning to take control of the game early.
Junior Carson Cole bunted for a single to start the inning, and junior Megan Schlechte sacrificed Cole to second.
Junior Calla Roney homered to right center for the quick 2-0 lead. Read More
Photo by Jason Brown
High fives all around from OV catcher Garrett Fritz following Sectional Championship win.
•May 30, 2018•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports
The Okaw Valley baseball team finished a roller coaster of a week by winning the Class 1A Danville Sectional in extra innings Saturday and losing a heartbreaker in the super-sectional, Monday, May 28.
Super-Sectional
At the super-sectional game against Ottawa Marquette in Bloomington’s Jack Horenberger Field on the campus of Illinois Wesleyan, the Timberwolves were two outs away from advancing to the Final Four for the second time.
“We didn’t make it to state, but we belonged at state,” said OV coach Andrew Hagerman. “You have to earn it, and we didn’t quite earn it. I have coached for 12 years, and I can say that about two teams.”
In heat that reached mid-nineties and following a nearly 90-minute lightning delay, OV let its one-run lead slip away and lost 10-9 on a walk-off hit in the bottom of the seventh inning.
The Timberwolves scored first by taking advantage of a Crusaders’ error for a run, then Camden Coleman singled in a run with two outs to take a 2-0 first inning lead. Read More
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SEA Track Meet Gives Back
The annual track meet for Sullivan Elementary School students sponsored by Sullivan Education Association was held May 17.
The first SEA track meet was held during the 1985-1986 school year. The SEA president at the time was Carolyn Boblitt (grade school teacher) who helped create this event as a way to give back to the students.
The entire SEA came together to make this year’s competition happen, working all the events and cheering on the kids. A photo collage of the meet: Top left: Will Miller, Kent Lehman, Liam Crouch, Liam Cole, Charlie Conlin and Teagan Born; Top Right: Kiely Grooms, Mackenzie Cole and Tenley Campbell: Middle left: Landon Jesse, Colten Wilson, Kaylee Smith, Navaeh Wilson, Kharli Kelly, Shaolin Hunter and Khyli Kelly; Third row of the middle pic: Joshua Cremeens, Katilyn Kirby, Jade McKee, Mason Booker, Devon Richardson and Emerson Risley; fourth row of middle pic: Brighton White, Caleigh Dyer, Linnea Graham and Amya Dyer; Bottom left: Collin Shain; Middle bottom: Colten Wilson and Rikki Ray; Bottom right: Drew Campbell and Rowdy Fayhee.