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OV Shoots Cold as Villa Grove Gets Revenge in LOVC Tourney

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Photo by RR Best Villa Grove/Heritage’s Alix Ezzel fights OV’s Shelby Dash for the ball Saturday.

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Villa Grove/Heritage’s Alix Ezzel fights OV’s Shelby Dash for the ball Saturday.

T-Wolves fall 36-16

by Kirk Whitaker
Arthur/Sullivan Reporter

Paige Harlin opened the LOVC consolation championship game against Villa Grove-Heritage with a 3-pointer, but the Lady Devils came back and tied the game until 2:45 left in the first, when VG senior Alix Ezell drained a 3-pointer of her own, and the rout was on.

Villa Grove ended the quarter up 10-3 against OV—who was missing three players—in spite of multiple good looks for the Lady Wolves.  Read More

Goodman’s Career High Performance Helps Earn Lancers Third Place

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Photo by RR Best ALAH’s Emily Seegmiller tries to drive past a Cerro-Gordo/Bement defender Saturday evening.

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ALAH’s Emily Seegmiller tries to drive past a Cerro-Gordo/Bement defender Saturday evening.

Game ends in overtime thriller over CGB

by Kirk Whitaker
Arthur/Sullivan Reporter

Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond held an 18-9 lead at the end of the first quarter Saturday against Cerro Gordo-Bement, and early on it was Karly Goodman’s game for the Lancers. The senior lead ALAH with 10 of her 30 in the first quarter alone along with two 3-pointers from Sherelle Coller for the Lancers’ hot start.

“I haven’t been hitting lately,” Goodman said. “It felt like the rim gave a little more than normal if that makes sense, but scoring 10 in the first was nice. I was glad to get my shot better.”

After leading 25-9 in the second, the Lancers seemed to let down, as CGB got multiple turnovers with a half-court trap defense and closed the half on a 14-4 run.

“We got to the baseline and moved around well on offense, and the points were coming well,” Lancers head coach Craig Moffett stated. “In the second half we became stagnant, and we had unforced errors in the second half. Their big girls made some shots, and 30 (Stephanie Shook) is a good player.” Read More

Fouls, and Shiloh’s McGinnis Do in Lancers in LOVC semi-final 49-43

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by Kirk Whitaker
Arthur/Sullivan Reporter

“It was frustrating,” Lancers head coach Craig Moffett said in regard to his team’s early foul trouble in their 49-43 loss to Shiloh. “It was just a helpless feeling as a coach—I remember feeling it as a player—it was just one of those nights. Some were legitimate, questionable, or just silly on our part.”

The first fouls hurt the most. Both were on the same girl– senior post player Karly Goodman. Read More

Sullivan Earns Win Against Former Coach Saturday

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Photo by Keith Stewart Former SHS basketball coach (and current Neoga coach) Bob Lockart and current SHS coach Chester Reeder talk before the start of Saturday's game in Neoga.

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Former SHS basketball coach (and current Neoga coach) Bob Lockart and current SHS coach Chester Reeder talk before the start of Saturday's game in Neoga.

Pulls away after first quarter to defeat Neoga 59-42

by Keith Stewart
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Saturday night’s rescheduled game had a little extra to it, as Sullivan’s boys’ basketball team visited former head coach Bob Lockart and his Indians and came away with a 59-42 win.

“It was fun,” said Sullivan coach Chester Reeder, who was an assistant under Lockart for three years before taking over this year when Lockart left to take the head coach position in Neoga. “I’ve been looking forward to this one. I’m glad we got this one in.”

The Indians got out to a good start against Sullivan, capitalizing on a quick transition game that put them up 4-0 to begin. Neoga led for most of the quarter, while the Redskins struggled to rebound early, prompting a timeout by Reeder who was visibly disappointed with his team in the huddle.

Out of the break, Neoga’s Brock Aleshire hit a jumpshot to stretch the lead to 11-6. Read More

Lady Red Lose State Ranking

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by Keith Stewart
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After enjoying a three-way tie for 10th place in class 2A last week, the Sullivan girls’ basketball team was booted by none other than Mt. Carmel, who boasts Tyra Buss, and who ousted Sullivan last year in the opening sectional.

“I guess I was a little surprised not to see us ranked in the top 10 anymore after only two losses for the year,” said Sullivan head coach Sheri McCain Thursday in an email. Read More

Sullivan Downs Shelbyville 62-52 for Fourth OVC Win

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Frerichs and Molzen score 18 apiece in the effort

by Kirk Whitaker
Arthur/Sullivan Reporter

Sullivan attacked the rim early and often in Wednesday night’s makeup game against Shelbyville and Ty Molzen and Nick Frerichs each scored 18 points to lead the Redskins to their fourth consecutive win, 62-52 over the Rams.

“It puts us in good position for the conference tournament,” Redskins head coach Chet Reeder stated. “We sent in our season summary stuff today, and I think tonight keeps us in a tie for second and a possibility of a bye.” Read More

Schuring Goes Off for 25 as Knights Roll Rajahs 74-35

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Who are competitors now, to be teammates next year with consolidation

by Kirk Whitaker
Arthur/Sullivan Reporter

Seventeen seconds into Friday night’s game, Tyler Schuring hit a 3-pointer for Arthur-Lovington against Atwood-Hammond to give the Knights an early lead.

The lead would only grow.

Forty-five seconds later, Curtis Plank converted on a transition layup, and the rout was on. Read More

Sullivan Sends Message with Blowout Monday Night

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Photo by Keith Stewart Brittin Boyer tries to pull the ball loose from Shelbyville’s Madison Boone Monday night. Sullivan’s defense had more than a helping hand in the Lady Ram’s 36 turnovers, while the offense was in high gear. Both facets of gameplay earned Sullivan an 83-38 win.

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Brittin Boyer tries to pull the ball loose from Shelbyville’s Madison Boone Monday night. Sullivan’s defense had more than a helping hand in the Lady Ram’s 36 turnovers, while the offense was in high gear. Both facets of gameplay earned Sullivan an 83-38 win.

No. 3 seed in OVC tourney, “disappointing” for Redskins

by Keith Stewart
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Typically, head coach Sheri McCain will make use of her young bench throughout a varsity game and typically, the Lady Redskins score an ample amount of points. But Monday night, as Sullivan routed Shelbyville 83-38, the Redskin coach left her starting five on for most of the game, in part, to send a message following Monday’s OVC tournament seed announcement, which put Sullivan at no. 3 while Clinton earned no. 2 and Central A&M no. 1.

“We’re all tied right now. I was just a little disappointed for the simple fact that going into it, we all looked at everybody’s overall records, and considering we only had two losses and A&M and Clinton both had four… I know we’ve all played good competition, but then you have to look at head to head competition, and we had beaten A&M, and we’d beaten Clinton,” said McCain candidly.  Read More

Lancers Avenge Home Loss to Blue Devils with 49-31 LOVC Tourney Win

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Advance to play no. 2 seed Shiloh Thursday

by Kirk Whitaker
Arthur/Sullivan Reporter

Revenge was in the forefront of the Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond Lancers’ minds Monday night in their LOVC tourney opener against Villa Grove-Heritage in Arcola.

The Lady Devils went into Arthur last week and erased a 10 point lead in the fourth quarter and won 52-49 behind 28 from senior Alix Ezell. Read More

Sullivan Finishes Hawks with Free Throws in Overtime Friday

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Sullivan head coach Chester Reeder has a serious talk with his team before the start of overtime Friday night. It was then he challenged his team to take the game back from Meridian.

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Sullivan head coach Chester Reeder has a serious talk with his team before the start of overtime Friday night. It was then he challenged his team to take the game back from Meridian, which they did, 60-52.

Initial 8-0 run much needed boost for Redskins

by Keith Stewart
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Sullivan head coach Chester Reeder is fond of reminding his team to take advantage of opportunities. Friday night, the Redskins took what was a disappointing fourth quarter let down against Meridian, leading to overtime, and saw it as a chance to play more.

“I told them after the fourth quarter, ‘What a wonderful opportunity boys, you get to play the game you love for four more minutes. Now go out there and take this game from them.’”

In what seemed more like a regulation period of eight minutes, the extra quarter started with Sullivan getting back on track. Read More