Photo by RR Best Redskin Caden Ellis brings the ball up against tight defense from Tuscola. Ellis finished with nine, including a free throw to ice the game with 11 seconds to play.

By Jason Brown
NP Sports

The Sullivan boys’ basketball team took care of Tuscola 40-32 in a Central Illinois Conference game at home Friday night.

The Redskins went on a 10-1 run in the first quarter and then took a 15-4 lead into half.

Tuscola battled back, outscoring Sullivan 19-9 in the third quarter to cut the lead to one.

In the fourth quarter, up five points, Sullivan scored underneath, and Caden Ellis stole the ball and was fouled during his drive to the hoop.

He made both free throws to extend the lead to 37-26. Read More

•January 10, 2018•

The Timberwolves’ Thursday night home game against Windsor/Stew-Stras was cancelled because of inclement weather and has been rescheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 23.

Monday night’s game against Cumberland also was cancelled and rescheduled for Saturday Jan. 27 at 10 a.m. in Bethany.

•January 3, 2018•

By Jason Brown
NP Sports

The Okaw Valley girls’ basketball team gave the fans a great Christmas gift by winning the 17th annual Okaw Valley Holiday Tournament Friday.

OV won two games Friday, defeating Decatur LSA and Martinsville.

In the championship game OV defeated Martinsville 59-24 to finish the tournament with a 5-0 record.

Paige Robinson scored a game-high 23 points including 15 points in the first quarter. Read More

•January 3, 2018•

By Jason Brown
NP Sports

The Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond boys’ basketball team finished 3-1 in the Tri-County Christmas Tournament Kansas this past week.

The Knights defeated Westville, Windsor-Stewardson Strasburg and Hutsonville/Palestine but lost to Paris.

“The tournament went very well for us, and we learned quite a bit about ourselves and made quite a bit of improvement over the course of the tourney,” said ALAH coach Dale Schuring. “We handled adversity very well.”

Against WWS, ALAH doubled its lead in the first quarter 12-6, but Windsor came back with a 24-10 run in the second quarter for a 32-22 halftime lead.

In the third quarter, ALAH held WWS to two points with a 2-3 zone defense that held WSS to 4-of-20 shooting in the second half. Read More

•January 3, 2018•

By Jason Brown
NP Sports

The No. 4 seeded Okaw Valley boys’ basketball team placed third in the 33rd annual Dieterich Holiday Tournament, and Jared Bunfill earned all-tournament honors this past week.

OV was in Pool A with Christ Our Rock, Cowden Herrick-Beecher City and Newton.

In the tournament the Timberwolves defeated Christ Our Rock Lutheran, Cowden Herrick-Beecher City and Arcola but lost to Newton.

To take third place, OV defeated Arcola last Thursday.

OV doubled Arcola in the first quarter 8-4, and then added four more points to its lead to take a 19-12 half time lead. Read More