•May 23, 2018•
Two athletes, sophomore Kenli Nettles and senior Hannah Wallen, from the Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond girls’ track and field team competed in the Class 1A State Track and Field meet at Eastern Illinois University’s O’Brien Field in Charleston. Read More
•May 23, 2018•
by Jason Brown
NP Sports
The Okaw Valley softball team’s season came to a heartbreaking end in the Class 1A Moweaqua Regional last Wednesday.
“Our season was streaky to say the least,” said OV coach Dave Benning. “At one point in the middle of the season, we lost five games in a row after winning four in a row. I believe we were playing our best softball at the time of regionals in that we had won seven of our last 10 games.”
The No. 5 Timberwolves headed into the bottom of the seventh inning up 4-2 against host Central A&M but could not hold on to the lead.
CAM tied the game at four when an OV error led to the winning run, 5-4.
OV opened the scoring in the first inning when Madison Voegel’s sacrifice fly scored a run. Read More
Photo by RR Best
The Okaw Valley High School baseball team celebrates its third Regional Conference title.
•May 23, 2018•
by Jason Brown
NP Sports
The Okaw Valley baseball team won its third regional title in four years with a 3-0 shutout of Argenta-Oreana at the IHSA Class 1A Meridian Regional championship in Macon Saturday.
Despite defeating AO twice this season 5-1 (April 25) and 18-0 (May 1), the No. 1 seeded Timberwolves were not taking anything for granted.
In last year’s regional championship, AO upset OV.
The Timberwolves, especially senior Garrett Fritz, were determined not to let that happen this season.
Fritz took the mound and shut down the Bombers in the top of the first inning.
In the bottom of the first, Fritz drove in two runs with a home run.
OV scored another run in the first, and that was all the run support he needed. Read More
•May 23, 2018•
The Sullivan softball team’s season came to an end in a gut-wrenching back-and-forth game against Shelbyville in extra innings in the Class 2A Tuscola Regional last Tuesday.
Sullivan scored three runs in the top of the first inning, but the Rams answered with two runs in the bottom of the inning.
Sullivan plated four runs in the second inning to take a 7-2 lead.
Shelbyville scored three runs in the third, and each team scored a run in the fourth inning for an 8-6 Sullivan lead.
The Rams scored two runs in the fifth inning to tie the game. Read More
Photos by Bridgette Cole
WSS Softball celebrating second straight Regional championship.
•May 23, 2018•
by Jason Brown
NP Sports
The Windsor-Stewardson-Strasburg softball team won its second-straight Class 1A Regional championship by shutting out host Nokomis 9-0 Monday evening.
The game was originally scheduled for Saturday but postponed because of rain which means the Hatchets will have to play back-to-back days.
WSS, who is ranked No. 7 in the state, took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning and took control of the championship game by scoring seven runs in the third inning.
Each team recorded six hits, but WSS also induced nine walks.
“Great team win, everyone contributed.” Coach Craig Moffett said. Read More
•May 23, 2018•
After beating Pana in the first round of the Class 2A Riverton Regional, the Sullivan baseball team’s season ended in the second round with a 6-1 loss to Williamsville.
Sullivan got on the board first with a run in the top of the third inning, but Williamsville countered with three runs in the bottom of the inning. Read More
•May 23, 2018•
The Sullivan boys’ track team placed ninth with 32 points in the IHSA Class 1A Shelbyville Sectional last Thursday.
Two Redskins advanced to the state track meet at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston. Read More
•May 23, 2018•
The Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond boys’ track and field team finished third in the Shelbyville Sectional last Thursday.
Four Knights earned a trip to the state meet at Eastern Illinois University’s O’Brien Field in Charleston this Friday and Saturday.
The Knights scored 73 points which was behind Tuscola’s 81 and winner Shelbyville’s 92. Read More
Photo courtesy Jeni Yantis
OVHS Baseball Seniors
OVHS recognized senior baseball team members: Front - Anthony Jones, Austin Harshman, Garrett Fritz, Hayden Francisco, Seth Bartimus. Back - Trey Yarnell, Ethan Macklin, Austin Hill, Tanner Coleman, Hutson Dickens, Cody Drake, Tyson Brown
R.R. Best photo
Redskin Esther Miller triple jumps.
•May 16, 2018•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports
Several area athletes advanced to the state track and field meet during the Sullivan Sectional last Thursday.
Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond placed third with a total of 63 points, Sullivan placed fifth with 45 points and Stewardson-Strasburg scored 22 points for 10th place.
For ALAH, sophomore Kenli Nettles qualified for state in four events.
She high jumped 5 feet 7 inches to win the sectional, and she ran the 300-meter low hurdles in 45.06 for second place.
She also placed second in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 15.26 and was second in the triple jump with a leap of 35 feet 2 inches.
Senior Hannah Wallen ran the 400-meter in 1:01.07 to take the sectional championship, and she long jumped 16 feet 11.5 inches for third place. Read More