•September 27, 2023•
by E. Scott England
The Sullivan Redskins XC teams took to the streets of St. Joseph, Illinois to compete in the St. Joseph-Ogden Spartan Classic last Saturday. Twenty-eight teams brought a total of 313 runners for the traditionally fast road course. It looked like a repeat for team results as the Tolono (Unity) girls once again took first in the meet while Tuscola again secured the win for the boys. Read More
•September 20, 2023•
by E. Scott England
Sullivan volleyball traveled to Broadlands last week for a conference match against Heritage. It only took two sets for the Lady Redskins to secure their victory over the Hawks 25-22, 25-15. Read More
photo by Greg Floyd
SOV’s Hayden Moody (25) completing one of his ten total tackles of the evening during the football game against Argenta-Oreana held at Okaw Valley High School for Homecoming.
•September 20, 2023•
by E. Scott England
Argenta-Oreana Bombers, coming off a win last week, stormed into Bethany looking to hand the Redskins their first loss of the season. A-O’s plan was diffused by Sullivan-Okaw Valley on Bethany’s homecoming, extending their record to 4-0.
Both teams came out with strong defensive stands, forcing each other to punt after a three and out. However, on the Bombers’ second possession, SOV’s defense stayed persistent, eventually forcing a failed fourth down attempt. The Redskins’ offense came alive on their second possession, driving 75 yards to set up Aiden Ballinger for an 8-yard touchdown reception.
The defense got back to work with senior Kaden Guest forcing a second A-O fumble. With the ball back in their possession, the Redskins only needed one play to extend their lead. Ballinger took a shovel pass 84 yards to the endzone. Junior signal caller Cooper Christensen completed 8 passes on 13 attempts for 231 yards. Senior kicker Easton England tacked on his second of three extra points for the evening. The Bombers attempted to close the gap in the second quarter with a touchdown run by senior running back Michael Spurling. The point after attempt was no good. Read More
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Johnathan Iacobazzi runs during the Tuscola Invite at Wimple Park in Tuscola. Iacobazzi brought home a trophy with a sixth place overall finish in a time of 16:25.
•September 20, 2023•
by E. Scott England
Over 300 total runners across 24 schools gathered at Wimple Park in Tuscola for the 46th Annual Tuscola Invite last Saturday. Tolono (Unity) won the girls meet while Tuscola secured the win for the boys.
Illness plagued the Lady Redskin runners as only two runners were healthy enough to compete. Senior Allison Cullen and Freshman Julia Moody both finished in the top half of the 136 runners in the girls meet. Moody led the pair, finishing 33rd overall. Cullen also secured a medal on the day. The girls did not receive a team score since they were short runners.
The boys ran second against a total of 195 runners. Sophomore Johnathan Iacobazzi brought home a trophy with a 6th place overall finish and a time of 16:25. Finishing behind him was Easton England, Davis Diepholz, Landon Jesse, Luke Waelde, Aston Martin, and Carson Swinford. Read More
•September 13, 2023•
by E. Scott England
Under the guidance of new head coach, Isaiah Plank, the Sullivan-Okaw Valley Cross Country team finally had the opportunity to get some meets in after the opening meet of the season was canceled during the heatwave in late August.
The new opening meet was the Cow Chip Classic held in Chrisman held on September 2. As if the name wasn’t unique enough, this meet featured a one-of-its-kind formatting where runners left in flights in 20-25 minute intervals. Meet organizers tout this atypical structure as an opportunity for runners to compete against other runners of similar ability. Jonathan Iacobazzi had the highest finishing place with 7th overall. Julia Moody led the Lady Redskins runners with a 31st place finish out of 97 runners. Read More
•September 13, 2023•
by E. Scott England
The Sullivan-Okaw Valley Redskins stormed into Cumberland last Friday looking to extend their winning streak to three. They knew it wasn’t going to be easy as the Pirates of Cumberland were looking to add to their undefeated record as well.
Containing two-way threat Cumberland Senior Blake McMechan was one of the main focus points in the Redskins’ preparation throughout the week. And McMechan proved why just 38 seconds into the game when he stole a pass from Senior wide receiver Kaden Guest. The Pirates couldn’t capitalize as a solid defensive stand from the Redskins forced a fumble, recovered by senior Hayden Moody. Read More
•September 6, 2023•
by E. Scott England
In the shadows of a beautiful three story high video scoreboard, Sullivan-Okaw Valley Redskins, looked to extend their week one momentum as the Purple Riders of Arcola rode into Sullivan with a like-minded goal. The SOV home opener on Victory Field was greeted with much milder temperatures than last week’s scorcher. Read More
photo by Greg Floyd
•August 30, 2023•
Sullivan, led by head coach John Bertetto, defeated Villa Grove 39-25 with a game that had a late start on Friday, August 25 at 8pm, due to excessive heat and then had to be postponed until Saturday at Noon due to strong thunderstorms.
•August 23, 2023•
The Sullivan Blue Dolphins swam their last two meets of Summer Long Course Season at the Capital City Classic in Springfield and at the Illinois Open in Champaign. The team brought home a 2nd place finish out of fifteen total teams in Springfield, and a 3rd place finish for men and 6th place finish for women out of 15 teams while competing in Champaign. Read More
•July 12, 2023•
by Jaime Perrott
The Sullivan Blue Dolphins traveled to Terre Haute, Indiana to compete at the THT Summer Steam Meet. They finished out the weekend with a whopping 1386 points bringing home 1st Place overall out of six teams. Awesome swimming SBD!
The following swimmers also earned high point awards: Read More