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SMS Hosts Tournament

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•August 22, 2018•

Sullivan hosted a round robin tournament with Teutopolis and Taylorville Saturday. Sullivan took second place. Teutopolis defeated Sullivan 4-1 and Sullivan defeated Tayorville 11-1. Teutopolis also defeated Taylorville 14-13.
Individual results are Rylee Roehrs- one hit, one RBI, one run; Chloe Smith-three hits, one RBI, one run; Bella Brownlee-one B, two RBIs; Izzy Hay-two hits, 1 RBI; Kylie Dyer-one B.
Maddie Probus-Winning pitcher against Taylorvile, one single, two doubles, two runs; Lexie Hay-three hits, two RBIs, three runs; Alaina Moore-three B, one HR, four RBIs, four Rs; Ava Shriver-one R.

OV Golfer Shoots 78 at Meridian

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OV Golfer Shoots 78 at Meridian
Okaw Valley golfer Case Crawford kicked off his season in style.
The senior golfer won the Meridian Hawk Invite with a score of 78 August 9.
The Timberwolves’ team finished third in the seven-team invite with a score of 409.
Maroa-Forsyth/Warrensburg-Latham won the tournament with a score of 369.
Okaw Valley golfer Hayden Carlson shot a 108, and Addison Webner finished with a 111.
Myles Harlin followed with a 112.
The Timberwolves are scheduled to travel to Arcola to take on Arcola and Clinton Tuesday, Aug. 21 and then to Blue Ridge at Woodlawn Country Club Thursday.

Sullivan Golf Tees off At St. Anthony Invite

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•August 15, 2018•

The Sullivan boys’ golf team teed off its season with a third place finish at the St. Anthony Invite Thursday and finished with a team score of 321.
Caden Ellis was Sullivan’s top scorer, placing third with a 73.
Leighton Burcham scored an 80 for ninth place. Read More

Wine Tours To Help Fund Bethany Gymnast’s Trip To Russia

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Reese Nichols is Russia bound.

•August 8, 2018•

By Ellen Ferrera
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Reese Nichols is a diminutive 12-year-old gymnast with big dreams and high hopes of participating in an international gymnastics competition in Russia in November.
Reese is the daughter of Bethany Police Chief Chris Nichols and his wife Bethany who is a nurse. Reese has a brother, sister and a dog named Theo.
Besides gymnastics she plays on a softball team, and her favorite subject in school is science.
She recently won first place in all-round competition at a national meet in North Carolina. All-round is the most difficult because she must compete in all events: floor exercises, vault, parallel bars and beam. Read More

Defensive Player

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Defensive Player of the Year for the Moultrie-Douglas Junior American Legion baseball team is Ian Hill. Ian is the son of Chad and Jennifer Sutton of Sullivan and great-grandson of Sharon and Jim Daniels of Sullivan.

SOV Football Team Official Practices Begin

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•August 8, 2018•

By Jason Brown
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The Sullivan-Okaw Valley football team kicked off the 2018 season with its first official practice at the high school Monday.
But for SOV head coach Jeff Myers the first day was just a continuation of the two-straight camps the Redskins had before last week’s IHSA dead week.
Overall, the first day was a good one.
Myers was also pleased to see athletes whom he had not seen during the summer because of summer jobs and other responsibilities.
“We slowed the pace slightly just to get some kids brought up to speed somewhat,” said Myers. “Tuesday, which is another day in just helmets, will be more of the same.” Read More

Knights Volleyball

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The Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond volleyball team competed in the St. Thomas More League for the last three weeks of July. The Knights’ first match of the year is scheduled for Aug. 23 in Tuscola.

SHS Hosts Player/Parents

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•August 1, 2018•

Sullivan High School is scheduled to host a mandatory player and parent meeting for football, golf, cheer, cross country, volleyball and swimming members at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 6 in the high school gym. Read More

Blue Dolphins Compete At Regional Championship

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Johnathan Iacobazzi celebrates win with his parents Sam and Nikki Iacobazzi.

•August 1, 2018•

By J.D. Graham
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The Sullivan Blue Dolphins finished out the summer season with championship meets.
For the 14th year in a row the Dolphins have continued to compete at the higher levels. Eleven swimmers competed in the Regional Championship meet in Peoria July 20-22.
Swimmers representing SBD are Natalie Drury, Anna Wooters, McKenna Kull, Brodie Goss, Calista Clark, Gabrielle Spain, Mackenzie Erixon, Ethan Schmohe, Emily Crosier, Johnathan Iacobazzi and Isaac Chambers.
Johnathan Iacobazzi went on the represent the Dolphins at the 10 and under age group championship meet in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Iacobazzi competed for the first time at a state level meet in the 100 backstroke and 50 backstroke. There were more than 200 swimmers entered in the meet for the weekend in 10 and under, 11-12 and 13-14 age divisions.
The Dolphins are now gearing up for the 2018-2019 season with tryouts set for Saturday, August 25.[/s2If]

Five Decades is Quite a Start for Jud Cameron and Family

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Track and Field is a family affair for the Cameron family Jacob, Laine, Kurt and Jud. This was Laine’s last year to participate at Sullivan High School.

•July 25, 2018•

By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor

For five decades, one staple of Sullivan track and field meets has been Jud Cameron.
Jud has been a high school track and field official for 36 years and had been a volunteer at Sullivan home meets for almost 15 years before that.
When Jud started teaching at Sullivan, he was asked to help out at the track meets as a volunteer.
“I enjoy doing it,” said Jud. “So it just grew and grew from there.”
Jud, who retired from teaching social studies at SHS in 1994, did not stop officiating track and field meets.
“Back then I just did Sullivan’s track,” Jud said. “Now, I do a lot of other schools.”
He has been a starter who shoots the gun, a referee who helps with logistics and an official at the State Track and Field meet at Eastern Illinois University’s O’Brien Field in Charleston.
For this season and previous seasons, Jud has not been the only Cameron at the meet. Read More