photo by Greg Floyd
SOV’s Hayden Moody (25) completing one of his ten total tackles of the evening during the football game against Argenta-Oreana held at Okaw Valley High School for Homecoming.

•September 20, 2023•

by E. Scott England

Argenta-Oreana Bombers, coming off a win last week, stormed into Bethany looking to hand the Redskins their first loss of the season. A-O’s plan was diffused by Sullivan-Okaw Valley on Bethany’s homecoming, extending their record to 4-0.

Both teams came out with strong defensive stands, forcing each other to punt after a three and out. However, on the Bombers’ second possession, SOV’s defense stayed persistent, eventually forcing a failed fourth down attempt. The Redskins’ offense came alive on their second possession, driving 75 yards to set up Aiden Ballinger for an 8-yard touchdown reception. 

The defense got back to work with senior Kaden Guest forcing a second A-O fumble. With the ball back in their possession, the Redskins only needed one play to extend their lead. Ballinger took a shovel pass 84 yards to the endzone. Junior signal caller Cooper Christensen completed 8 passes on 13 attempts for 231 yards. Senior kicker Easton England tacked on his second of three extra points for the evening. The Bombers attempted to close the gap in the second quarter with a touchdown run by senior running back Michael Spurling. The point after attempt was no good.  Read More

•September 13, 2023•

by E. Scott England

Under the guidance of new head coach, Isaiah Plank, the Sullivan-Okaw Valley Cross Country team finally had the opportunity to get some meets in after the opening meet of the season was canceled during the heatwave in late August.

The new opening meet was the Cow Chip Classic held in Chrisman held on September 2. As if the name wasn’t unique enough, this meet featured a one-of-its-kind formatting where runners left in flights in 20-25 minute intervals. Meet organizers tout this atypical structure as an opportunity for runners to compete against other runners of similar ability. Jonathan Iacobazzi had the highest finishing place with 7th overall. Julia Moody led the Lady Redskins runners with a 31st place finish out of 97 runners. Read More

•September 6, 2023•

by E. Scott England

In the shadows of a beautiful three story high video scoreboard, Sullivan-Okaw Valley Redskins, looked to extend their week one momentum as the Purple Riders of Arcola rode into Sullivan with a like-minded goal. The SOV home opener on Victory Field was greeted with much milder temperatures than last week’s scorcher. Read More

•August 23, 2023•

The Sullivan Blue Dolphins swam their last two meets of Summer Long Course Season at the Capital City Classic in Springfield and at the Illinois Open in Champaign. The team brought home a 2nd place finish out of fifteen total teams in Springfield, and a 3rd place finish for men and 6th place finish for women out of 15 teams while competing in Champaign. Read More

•July 5, 2023•
submitted by Jaime Perrott

The Sullivan Blue Dolphins recently hosted their annual Cinco De Mayo Invitational Meet at the Civic Center in Sullivan. They had 47 of their own swimmers on deck, and the team brought home a whopping 1741 points with a first place overall win.
The following Sullivan Blue Dolphin team members earned High Point awards in their age group:
8 and under girls
Kinsley Eads - 1st Place
Avery Houck - 2nd Place
Scarlett Fayhee - 3rd Place
8 and under boys Read More