•December 13, 2017•

By Jason Brown
NP Sports

The Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond girls’ basketball team ended this past week with a 1-2 record, a win against Villa Grove and losses to Mattoon and Kansas/Shiloh/Oakland.

“We can’t expect to step on the floor and think we will be able to compete,” said ALAH coach Mac Condill. “We need to establish ourselves at tipoff or else we should continue to expect to start slowly.”

Against Villa Grove Thursday, the Knights took a 2-point lead into the second quarter where they outscored Villa Grove 21-12.

The Blue Devils battled back in the third to outscore ALAH 16-9, but the Knights were able to hold off Villa Grove for a 54-51 win. Read More

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ALAH Knight Kobe Wells had a good game with 13 points, nine rebounds, two steals and two blocks.

•December 13, 2017•

By Jason Brown
NP Sports

The Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond boys’ basketball team split a pair of games this past week.

The Knights defeated Tuscola last Tuesday but lost to Toledo-Cumberland Friday.

Against Tuscola, ALAH had to outscore the Warriors 12-9 in overtime to win a close 50-47 game.

“We did a fantastic job rebounding on both ends of the floor,” said ALAH coach Dale Schuring. “We competed well and handled adversity when it came our way.”

The Knights out-rebounded Tuscola 53-42.

ALAH shot only 33 percent from the field and 22 percent from behind the arc but was able to finish on top at the end of the back-and-forth game.

“We were able to get good shots but shot very poorly all night,” said Schuring.

Will Cohan led the team with 15 points, four assists and four steals. He also had three rebounds. Read More

Hope Snyder

Hope F. Snyder, 91, of Bethany passed away at 3:04 p.m. Saturday, December 9, 2017 in Aspen Creek in Sullivan.

Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, December 17 in McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Bethany. Visitation will be from 1–3 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home in Bethany. Burial will be in Marrowbone Township Cemetery in Bethany.  Read More

•December 13, 2017•

By Jason Brown
NP Sports

The Sullivan girls’ basketball team picked up two Central Illinois Conference wins this past week.

Monday night the Redskins toppled Meridian and Thursday defeated Warrensburg-Latham.

Against Meridian, Sullivan took a 13 point lead into the second quarter and extended that lead to 19 points at the half.

The Redskins continued extending the lead in the second half, including a 20-5 third-quarter run, to eventually win 59-20.

Sullivan totaled 35 total team rebounds and 26 steals.  Read More

•December 6, 2017•

By Jason Brown
NP Sports

Last Tuesday Villa Grove and Heritage entered withdrawal letters to exit the Little Okaw Valley Conference.

Like pulling a thread, by the end of week 15 out of the 19 LOVC schools submitted withdrawal letters, unraveling the conference.

Okaw Valley and Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond were among the schools that withdrew from the league following the 2018-19 season.

“At this time, there is a restructuring of the conference, and schools are doing what they feel is in the best interest of their students and communities,” said OV principal Matthew Shoaff.

For now many administrations from the departing schools are reportedly in talks for a solution which could include starting a new conference, but nothing has been confirmed. Read More