•September 21, 2016•
Arcola-Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond varsity golf won a triangular match Sept. 19 at Kaskaskia Country Club.
Arcola posted a score of 167. Sullivan placed second with a 188 and Altamont with a 196.
Clayton Miller was the medalist shooting a one over par 36. Shandon Herschberger was runner up with a 37. Arcola’s record now stands at 17-1 Read More
•September 14, 2016•
Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond Knights volleyball improved their record to 5-0 with a Tuesday win over Martinsville.
Arthur started with a 25-26 first game win, followed by a 20-25 loss. In the final game ALAH won the set with a 25-19 game. Read More
•September 14, 2016•
Kirk Whitaker
NP Sports
It was a tough week for the Okaw Valley Lady Timberwolves volleyball team.
Tuesday started off with a non-conference loss to Central A&M, 25-13, 25-10, with several unforced errors in both sets, in which head coach Jay Potter said, “Our hitters didn’t really get started, and against a good team like A&M that has to happen. I thought we would compete a little better, but our leaders didn’t perform as expected, and that was the key.” Read More
•September 14, 2016•
Sullivan varsity men’s golf record is 7-3 following a Tuesday match with Maroa Forsyth.
Varsity golf team’s total was 183 with the Maroa Forsyth team scoring 186 in the match. Read More
•September 14, 2016•
A long trip home from Oblong Sept 10 allowed the Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond football Knights to reflect on what could have been in their 40-12 loss to the Panthers.
“There were just too many mistakes in scoring situations,” head Knight coach Dale Schuring said. “It would not have changed won/loss outcome, but it should have been closer game.”
Oblong had the ALAH team down 13-0 at the end of the half. The Knights put six on the scoreboard in the third quarter with the Panthers adding 20 points to the lead.
Fourth quarter led to another Knight touchdown with Oblong scoring seven. Read More
•September 14, 2016•
Sullivan varsity golf won the home quad match Sept. 8 with a 174 team score.
Caden Ellis was medalist shooting a 37.
Okaw Valley’s team was second with a 187; Shelbyville shot a 205 and Meridian 238. Read More
•September 14, 2016•
Arcola Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond golf team won a triangular match against Tuscola and Charleston JV September 6.
Arcola placed first shooting a 172 followed by Tuscola and Charleston tied with 180 a piece. Read More
Photo by Mike Brothers
It was tough making ground but Luke Bowman leaves Shelbyville’s defense plowing through for a modest gain.
•September 14, 2016•
Kirk Whitaker
NP Sports Reporter
Friday night Shelbyville honored 2013 graduate and former quarterback Tucker Schwengel, even painting a 15-yard line for the game in his memory.
Sophomore quarterback Turner Pullen put on his own impersonation of the former Shelbyville signal-caller.
Pullen torched the Redskins all night long--with the climax being his 85 yard touchdown scamper in the third where he started behind a wall of Rams in the middle of the field before bouncing out to his own sideline to go untouched, out-running Sullivan’s Luke Bowman-- with 168 yards passing and three scores through the air to go with 200 yards on just 14 carries and three more touchdowns. Read More
•September 14, 2016•
Okaw Valley golfers placed second in a triangular match at Fox Prairie Tuesday, Sept. 6.
St Anthony won the match with a 155; Okaw Valley 174 and Shelbyville 188.
Medalist was Mitch Cremer LSA 35; Dylan Ferguson, St. Anthony 36. Read More
•September 14, 2016•
The Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond-Arcola boys’ golf team improved their record to 11-1 during the week, taking a triangular match between Oblong and Villa Grove at their home course at Kaskaskia Country Club, before having their tournament at Blue Ridge cancelled. Read More