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SHS Swimming Co-Op Competes in Lockport

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Pictured left to right: Madalyn Booker and Emily Crosier representing Sullivan Swimming. They were high point winners at the meet.

•November 16, 2022•
Submitted by Sara Cremeens

Sullivan Swimming Co-op competed at the Oktoberfest swim meet in Lockport the weekend of October 20. The girls had an exceptional weekend. Senior Madalyn Booker brought home the 1st place high point trophy while Freshman, Emily Crosier brought home the 2nd place high point trophy. Individual results: Booker: 1st in the 50 free, 100 backstroke, 100 breaststroke, 200 breaststroke, 100 butterfly, 200 backstroke, 2nd in the 200 free. Crosier: 1st in 200 free, 100 free and 500 free, 2nd in 50 free, 100 backstroke, 100 breaststroke, 200 IM, 100 butterfly. Freshman Alivia Tippit, had a great weekend, swam eight events and dropped time in seven of the eight. For the sport of swimming that is a hard thing to do. Senior Audrey Summers represented well in four events to have an overall time drop of 14.00 in the 100 breaststroke.

Sullivan Swimming Co-Op Competes at IHSA Sectionals

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•November 9, 2022•
Submitted by Jason Drury

Sullivan Swimming Co-op of Sullivan, Okaw Valley and Shelbyville competed at the IHSA Sectionals in Champaign.
Overall the girls finished as a team in 5th place out of 25 teams.
Madalyn Booker took 1st place in the 100 butterfly with a time of 59.94. This advances her to the State meet at the FMC Natatorium in Westmont this weekend. Read More

CIC All Conference

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•November 9, 2022•
2022 Volleyball
All-Conference Teams

1st Team
Katie Czajkowski (Junior) Warrensburg-Latham (Unanimous)
Landry Hall (Senior) Sullivan (Unanimous)
Julia Corzine (Senior) Central A&M
Mia Wade (Senior) Shelbyville
Layo Oladipupo (Senior) St. Teresa
Alayna Earle (Senior) Clinton
Sydney Moss (Junior) Tuscola Read More

SOV Finishes Season with Loss to Clinton

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SOV Finishes Season with Loss to Clinton
The Sullivan-Okaw Valley football team fell short on Friday, October 21 losing to Clinton 28 to 20. The Redskins end their season 4 and 5. Although they only had four wins, this season was a huge turnaround. The Redskins have accepted an invitation to be in the Lincoln Prairie Conference.

SOV Falls to Central A&M

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SOV Falls to Central A&M
Sullivan-Okaw Valley football team was defeated by Central A&M on Friday, October 14 by a score of 43 to 6. SOV falls to 4 and 4 on the season, but the Redskins still have playoff hopes. If they can defeat Clinton this week they will improve to 5 and 4 and should have enough points to make the playoffs. This Friday night is Senior Night, come out and support the Redskins.

OV Golf Senior Night

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OV Golf Senior Night
Okaw Valley recognized seniors on the golf team during their September 20 senior night. Pictured are: Carmine Brown, Trey Hall, Chris Menard, Lexi Bartimus, Malorie Wons, Reagan Reedy and Bailey Bennett.

SOV defeated by St Teresa

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SOV defeated by St Teresa
SOV Redskins were defeated by St Teresa Bulldogs on Friday, September 30th 63-12. The game started with the bang for the redskins as Aian Fryman caught a touchdown pass from Cooper Christiansen on the first play from scrimmage. The Redskins scored another touchdown in the first quarter but the rest of the game belonged to the bulldogs. The 12 points the Redskins scored are the most given up by St Teresa all year in a single game. SOV is now 4-2 overall and 2-2 in conference play. They travel to Shelbyville this Friday night to face the undefeated Rams

SOV Defeats Meridian 26-0

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SOV Defeats Meridian 26-0
The Sullivan-Okaw Valley Redskins defeated the Meridian Hawks on Friday, September 23 with a score of 26-0. SOV started quickly as they returned the opening kickoff with a touchdown. They added two more touchdowns in the first quarter making the score 18 to 0. SOV scored another touchdown and 2 point conversion in the fourth quarter.
SOV improved to 4 in 1 overall and 2 in 1 in CIC conference. This Friday, they will play St. Teresa at home for Sullivan’s Homecoming.

Sullivan Civic Center Reopens Pool Sundeck

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Sullivan Civic Center Reopens Pool Sundeck
The Sullivan Civic Center observed the reopening of the pool sundeck on Saturday, September 10. That afternoon attendees could swim with a Blue Dolphin, play games and win giveaways, and swim for a discounted price. Pictured are members of the Sullivan Blue Dolphins practicing during the event.

Sullivan Varsity Sports Schedules

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•August 31, 2022•

Varsity Volleyball

September 1 7 pm @Altamont
September 6 7 pm vs. Teutopolis
September 12 7 pm vs. Arthur-Lovington
September 13 7 pm vs. Monticello
September 15 7 pm @ Clinton
September 17 @ St. Anthony Tournament
September 20 7 pm vs. Tuscola
September 22 7 pm @ Central A&M
September 24 @ Arcola
September 29 7 pm @ Shelbyville Read More