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Timberwolves Pick Up Couple of Wins

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•September 23, 2015•

Okaw Valley volleyball had a couple good matches Sept 14 and 15 when they won over Heritage and Arthur Christian 2-1 in each set.

In the Heritage match Brianna Creviston had six digs; Charli Uhlrich provided three kills; Kailyn Boyer had three aces, one kill, one assist and four digs. Kristy Burford had four aces, two kills, and two digs; Madison Fox supplied an ace, two kills, a block and seven digs; Megan Dash had three aces, 17 kills, two blocks, one assist and four digs and Nicole Miller had two kills, one block and two digs. Read More

Arcola Third at Sullivan CC

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•September 23, 2015•

Arcola/Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond placed last in a close triangular match at Sullivan Country Club Sept 21.

Sullivan took first place shooting a 180. Altamont took second with a 182. Arcola/ALAH placed third with a score of 184.  Clayton Miller was the medalist once again shooting an even par 36. Read More

OV Volleyball Drops One to Edinburg

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Photo by RR Best Pictured is OV volleyball player Nicole Miller.

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Pictured is OV volleyball player Nicole Miller.

•September 23, 2015•

Okaw Valley’s volleyball team traveled to Edinburg Sept. 21 losing the three game match 1-2.

Okaw Valley dropped the first game by four with a 12-25 score in Edinburg’s favor.

The second game Okaw Valley dominated 25-18 but lost the final 15-25. Okaw Valley has a 8-5-0 record.

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OV Volleyball Plays at LSA Invite

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•September 23, 2015•

Okaw Valley volleyball played in the Lutheran School Invitational Saturday losing 9-12. Okaw Valley volleyball record stands at 2-2.

In the first match Okaw Valley won over Tolono 2-1; 12-25, 27-26 and 15-11. Okaw Valley lost the next match to Central A&M 0-2; 20-25 and 17-25. Read More

Cross Country Runs in Tuscola

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•September 23, 2015•

Sullivan-Okaw Valley cross country team traveled to Tuscola Sept 19. The results from the Tuscola Invitational on Saturday were: the girls’ team placed 11th out of 16, Ashlynd Risley placed 23rd out of 155 female runners, earning her a trophy. Both Laine Cameron and Cadisen Nuzzo received medals for being in the top 75.  Read More

Sangamon Valley Enjoys Home Win Over Football Knights

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Photo by Mike Brothers Tyler Smith creates a path for quarterback Teddy Poe on an end run during the Sangamon Valley Storm ALAH Knight game Friday at Niantic.

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Tyler Smith creates a path for quarterback Teddy Poe on an end run during the Sangamon Valley Storm ALAH Knight game Friday at Niantic.

•September 23, 2015•

By Mike Brothers

Sangamon Valley’s Storm was more than the Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond Knights could handle Friday in Niantic. In a game interrupted by a storm, the home team prevailed 40-6.

“We were not ready to play,” Knights’ coach Dale Schurling said. “We were not mentally prepared to execute the plan we had practiced.  We made too many mistakes on assignments.”

Sangamon Valley took off running and was ahead 19-0 in the first quarter before a thunderstorm moved in with lightning. The game stopped at 1:18 in the first quarter and resumed shortly after 8 p.m.

By the end of the first half the Storm was leading 40-0.

ALAH stopped the first series of downs by the Storm in the third quarter.

Marcus Vanausdoll caught the Storm punt and returned it 60 yards for a touchdown. This ended as the final score 40-6.

The Knight defense continued to work the second half Sangamon Valley team with sacks behind the line from Isaac Kitchen, Kolby Rickman and Rick Davis toward the end of the game.  Read More

Knights Fall to Panthers on the Road

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Photo by Mike Brothers ALAH Quarterback Teddy Poe worked on the ground Friday against an aggressive Oblong defense. Poe scrambled for 38 yards during the evening.

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ALAH Quarterback Teddy Poe worked on the ground Friday against an aggressive Oblong defense. Poe scrambled for 38 yards during the evening.

•September 16, 2015•

by Mike Brothers

The Oblong Panthers started strong, and the Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond Knights never quite recovered in Friday’s 40-8 loss in Oblong.

“We made too many mental mistakes and committed too many turnovers to give ourselves a chance at winning,” ALAH coach Dale Schuring said.

The Knights ignited periodically during the night. At the 5:04 mark in the second quarter Jordan Rettig intercepted a Panther pass at the 42 yard line.

Marcus Vanausdoll broke loose for a 25 yard touchdown run on the next play.

Knights wide receiver Will Cohan caught a Teddy Poe pass for the bonus, placing the ALAH team as close as they would get to the Panthers at 19-8.

The Oblong team scored again before the half, sending the Panthers to the locker room with a 26-8 lead.

The Knights emerged from the second half with a new defensive focus. Within the first minute of the second half Knight Kyle Thomas hammered Avery Imboden of Oblong turning the tide of the game for awhile. Read More

AALAH Tops Okaw Valley at Eagle Creek Golf Course

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•September 16, 2015•

Arcola/Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond traveled to The National Golf Course at Eagle Creek to take on Okaw Valley. Arcola/ALAH pulled out the victory shooting a 188 to Okaw Valley’s 190. Clayton Miller continued his great season shooting a one under par 35. Shandon Herschberger was runner up shooting a 43. Arcola/ALAH improves their record to 7-1. They will be back in action tomorrow at home vs. Windsor.  Read More