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SOV Cross Country Wins Home Meet

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•August 31, 2016•

Sullivan Okaw Valley cross country team won the quad meet held at Tabor Park Aug 25.

SOV runners were first with a 54 followed by the ALAH coop in second with a 58. Tuscola was third with 59, Teutopolis finished fourth with 59 and Bement fifth with 67 points.

Individual boys’ cross country results: Logan Hill, Arthur 11:37; Trent Ponder, Tuscola 11:54; J.T. Bland SOV 12:10; Luke Brewer, Bement 12:14; Logan Pedigo, SOV 12:20; Ian Copple, Teutopolis 12:22; Jordan Schumacher, Teutopolis 12:22; Justin Laughlin, Arthur 12:36;  Isaiah Plank, SOV 12:36; Austin Romine, Arthur 12:47. Read More

OV Golfers Improve Record at LSA

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•August 31, 2016•

Okaw Valley golfers beat Lutheran School Association at Hickory Point Golf Course in Forsyth August 25.

Okaw Valley shot a team total of 175, LSA had three players and no team total. Okaw Valley’s record is 4-1 following the match. Read More

OV Golfers Improve Record at LSA

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•August 31, 2016•

Okaw Valley golfers beat Lutheran School Association at Hickory Point Golf Course in Forsyth August 25.

Okaw Valley shot a team total of 175, LSA had three players and no team total. Okaw Valley’s record is 4-1 following the match. Read More

Tri County Over Okaw Valley Volleyball

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•August 31, 2016•

“Overpowered by a team with more guns,” was how coach Jay Potter described Okaw Valley volleyball’s first match with Tri County on Aug. 23.

The Tri County team scored 25 to Okaw Valley’s 23 to win the first set and 25-23 to take the match. Read More

Redskins Run Through and Over South Fork, Start Season with 42-0 Beat Down

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Photo by Darian Hays Defense was a big part of keeping the South Fork team from scoring Friday in Sullivan. SOV senior Drew Hubbard stops this runner in his tracks.

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Defense was a big part of keeping the South Fork team from scoring Friday in Sullivan. SOV senior Drew Hubbard stops this runner in his tracks.

•August 31, 2016•

By Kirk Whitaker
NP Sports Reporter

Things couldn’t have gone much better to start the season for the Redskins.

From start to finish the Redskins’ running attack featuring quarterback Brett Tuttle and running back Ty Nichols, made gash after gash in the South Fork defense with a 100 yard run touchdown and two 64 yard touchdowns respectively.

All the worries after Nichols slipped and fell for a five yard loss on the first play of scrimmage were long gone after the game.

“The way South Fork was playing their defensive ends throughout the game we felt like we would be able to get our option game going,” explained Redskins’ head coach Gerald Temples. “We felt like we needed to do that more in the second half and that worked out for us.”

Nichols’ first score came on a fourth and one from the one yard line, taking a handoff from Tuttle over the right side and over several Pony defenders with 5:31 to go in the first quarter.

Then the fireworks started. Read More

Local Taekwondo School Holds Testing

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Photo furnished Taekwando testing included: Top left Paul Kennedy, Steve Deters. Middle row Ashley Brodnansky. Front left, Natalie Beaumont, Trey Talley.

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Taekwando testing included: Top left Paul Kennedy, Steve Deters. Middle row Ashley Brodnansky. Front left, Natalie Beaumont, Trey Talley.

Attends Kentucky Tournament and Training

•August 31, 2016•

Industrial Martial Arts held their most recent testing Friday, August 26 in Mattoon at their Loxa Rd Location.

Students completed testing in the areas of Traditional Form, Combat Sparring, One-Steps, and Self-Defense.  Industrial Martial Arts opened their new location in Sullivan this past January to provide Martial Arts instruction through the American Taekwondo Association.

Students range in age from three years old and up.  The school also offers kickboxing and kettlebell classes in the mornings and evenings at their Sullivan location.

Several students and instructors recently attended a regional tournament in Owensboro, Kentucky. Paul Kennedy received first place in Traditional Sparring, second place in Traditional Forms and Combat Sparring.  Read More

Arcola-ALAH Golf Returns Individual Regional Champion Shooting for Continued Success in 2016

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•August 31, 2016•

By Kirk Whitaker
NP Sports Reporter

Head Arcola-Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond golf coach Tyler Renshaw is returning for his sixth season with a solid group of 11 players—including four lettermen— to take the greens this fall.

Most notably of the group is returning senior Clayton Miller, who ended 20th over all at State last season after taking second in Sectionals and the Windsor Regional crown. Read More

A-ALAH Golf wins at Eagle Creek

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•August 31, 2016•

Okaw Valley golfers faced a tough Arcola Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond team in the tri-match at Eagle Creek, August 23.

Arcola was first, shooting 161 as a team followed by Okaw Valley with 177 and Clinton shooting 189.

Clayton Miller was the medalist shooting a 3 under 33. He ended the day

with three birdies and six pars.  Read More