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A Good Week for ALAH Knight’s Basketball

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•January 24, 2018•

By Jason Brown
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The Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond boys’ basketball team finished one of its best stretches of the season this past week.

The Knights finished the week 3-0, including an opening win in the Little Okaw Valley Conference.

“It was a really good week for us,” said ALAH coach Dale Schuring. “We played probably our best two games of the season this week, and we were also able to pick up the win to start conference division play.”

The Knights knocked off Tri-County, Argenta-Oreana and Cerro Gordo-Bement.

ALAH defeated Tri-County 61-49 last Wednesday.  Read More

ALAH Girls Advance to OV Northwest Division Championship

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Knight Janette Comstock (#11) drives between Kate Jeffers (#22) and Bella Benning.

•January 24, 2018•

By Jason Brown
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Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond girls’ basketball team defeated Arcola to reach the Little Okaw Valley Conference Northwest Division championship but lost to Okaw Valley at Decatur LSA Thursday night.

ALAH lost the third-place game against Villa Grove/Heritage Saturday and then lost a rematch to OV Monday, Jan 22.

Wednesday, Jan. 17, ALAH knocked off Arcola 52-38 to send them to the LOVC NW Division championship game.

After falling behind a point in the first quarter, ALAH outscored Arcola 18-5 to pull away for a 30-18 halftime lead.

The Knights held on in the third and fourth quarters for the win. Read More

Okaw Valley Boys Top Sangamon Valley

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•January 24, 2018•

The Okaw Valley boys’ basketball team defeated Sangamon Valley 67-16 to advance to the semifinals game earlier this week.

The Timberwolves scored 27 points in the first quarter, led by Austin Hill who had 10 and held Sangamon Valley to five points.

OV outscored Sangamon Valley 15-3 to extend its lead and did not look back. Read More

Redskins Drop CIC Game to Bulldogs

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Redskin Josh Stutzman jumps for the ball against St. Teresa Friday night.

•January 24, 2018•

The Sullivan boys’ basketball team dropped a Central Illinois Conference game Friday night at home.

After a first quarter 10-10 tie, St. Teresa took advantage of an 18-6 second quarter run for a 28-16 halftime lead.

Sullivan stayed even in the third quarter, but the Bulldogs pulled away in the fourth for the 52-36 win.Freshman Dominick Kimberlin scored a team-high 10 points, and Josh Stutzman followed with nine points, including two 3-pointers.

Isaiah Plank recorded six points, and Caden Ellis had five.

Jacob White and Zach Sowers recorded four and two points, respectively, to round out the Redskins’ scoring.

Sullivan is set to enter the CIC Tournament with games scheduled for Saturday and Monday.[/s2If]

Sullivan Girls Defeat Shelbyville

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Sullivan’s Elizabeth Green drives to the basket against Shelbyville last Thursday.

•January 24, 2018•

By Jason Brown
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The Sullivan girls’ basketball team defeated Shelbyville last Thursday and won in the first round of the Central Illinois Conference Tournament Saturday to improve the teams’ overall record to 11-8.

Last Thursday in the Hoopin’ for a Cure game to help support Megan Buxton Thompson the Redskins defeated Shelbyville 73-16.

“It was a good win, and we were able to play all of the girls tonight,” said

Sheri McCain.

The Redskins did not allow the Rams to score a single point in the first quarter, while Sullivan scored 17. Read More

Sullivan Redskins Win CIC Opening Game

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•January 17, 2018•

The Sullivan boys’ basketball team defeated Cerro Gordo/Bement to win its Central Illinois Conference opener Friday night.

The game was close after the first quarter, 17-16, but Sullivan took its one-point lead and turned it into a double-digit lead at half, 28-18, by outscoring CBGD 11-2 in the second quarter.

Isaiah Plank hit the 2-pointer to grab the lead in the second quarter. Read More

Sullivan Girls Drop CIC Game to St. Teresa

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•January 17, 2018•

By Jason Brown
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The Sullivan girls’ basketball team dropped a Central Illinois Conference game against St. Teresa High School Thursday in Decatur.

“With only playing one game in 12 days we were a little stagnant offensively,” said Sullivan coach Sheri McCain

Down three 43-40 heading into the fourth quarter, Sullivan came close but could not close the gap and eventually lost 56-63. Read More

Strong Raider First Half Too Much for ALAH

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•January 17, 2018•

A poor second quarter doomed the Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond boys’ basketball team in a nonconference battle against Central A&M last Tuesday.

The Knights fell behind seven points in the first quarter, but it was a 20-8 second-quarter run for the Raiders that extended the lead to 39-20 at the half.

ALAH outscored A&M in the second half 28-26, but it wasn’t enough in the eventual 65-48 loss.

Colton Romine tallied a team-high 15 points, 14 rebounds and four blocks to lead the Knights. Read More

Knights Over Oblong by Three

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•January 10, 2018•

By Jason Brown
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The Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond boys’ basketball team rolled Oblong on the road Friday night.

In a back-and-forth game, each team traded 1-point quarter leads in the first half.

ALAH led by one after the first quarter, and Oblong led by one at half, 21-20. Read More

Sullivan Girls’ Basketball Knocks off Neoga

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•January 10, 2018•

By Jason Brown
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Sullivan girls’ basketball team knocked off Neoga in a non-conference game at home Saturday.

The Redskins took advantage of a 16-1 run to start the game and did not look back.

Sullivan enjoyed a 29-10 halftime lead and added in the third and fourth quarters for the eventual 51-25 victory.

“We have found a way to finally play together and distribute the ball,” Sullivan coach Sheri McCain said. “The girls played pressure defense and caused quite a few turnovers. We got the ball up the floor and looked to attack the basket.” Read More