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OV Girls Basketball Team Advances

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OV’s Kate Jeffers.

•February 12, 2020•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor

The Okaw Valley girls’ basketball team won its last regular-season game against Decatur LSA Thursday and carried that momentum into a win in the first round of the IHSA Class 1A Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond Regional Monday.
In Arthur Monday, OV defeated Meridian to advance in regional action this week.
To knock off the Hawks, the Timberwolves outscored Meridian 7-4 in each of the first two quarters.
The Hawks cut the lead to four points heading into the fourth quarter, but OV outscored Meridian 17-11 for the 42-32 win.
Mia Harris led OV with 15 points, and Bailey Bennett and Kate Jeffers followed with nine points each. Read More

Sullivan Swimmers Take First Place

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•February 12, 2020•
The Sullivan swim team competed in a meet last week.
Ethan Schmohe placed first in the 100 freestyle, 200 backstroke, 100 backstroke, 50 freestyle and 100 fly.
He placed second in the 200 freestyle, 200 IM and 400 IM.
Matthew Wesselman took first place in the 500 freestyle with a personal-best time of 5:15.91.
Clayton Schmohe dropped four seconds in his 100 backstroke time.

Timberwolves Take Third

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•February 5, 2020•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor

The Okaw Valley boys’ basketball team split a pair of games this past week to place third in the Lincoln Prairie Conference Tournament.
The Timberwolves lost to Villa Grove/Heritage last Tuesday but knocked off rival Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond Saturday to take third in the LPC Tournament.
Both games went down to the wire. Read More

ALAH Knights Winning Streak is Broken

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•February 5, 2020•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor

After winning seven straight games, the Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond boys’ basketball team dropped two Lincoln Prairie Conference Tournament games.
The Knights lost to Okaw Valley 45-40 Saturday and Cumberland last Tuesday to place fourth in the LPC Tournament.
Despite defeating the Pirates 53-46 a week earlier, the Knights lost to Cumberland 59-55. The game was back and forth. The Knights took a 26-20 first half lead, but the Pirates cut the lead to two in the third quarter.
In the fourth, Cumberland was able to tie the game at 55 to send it to overtime. Read More

ALAH Girls Team Dominates Decatur Lutheran

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•February 5, 2020•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor

After dropping games to Central A&M and Tri-County, the Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond girls’ basketball team throttled Decatur Lutheran.
Against the Lions on senior night Monday, the Knights jumped out early with an 18-8 lead and did not look back.
ALAH held Decatur Lutheran to five or less points in each of the last three quarters for the 56-19 win.
Kirsten Corum totaled 13 points, three rebounds and two steals, and Jolynn Barbee contributed 11 points and three rebounds. Read More

Sullivan Girls Bounce Back Beating St. Teresa

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Senior Night at SHS
Sullivan celebrated senior night recognizing Kirsten O’Neill (left center) and Avery Still along with their families prior to Sullivan’s win over St. Teresa Monday night.

•February 5, 2020•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor

After losing to St. Teresa in overtime in the championship game of the Central Illinois Conference Tournament Thursday, the Sullivan girls’ basketball team bounced back to defeated the Bulldogs in a regular-season CIC matchup on senior night Monday.
After a back-and-forth first quarter, the Redskins went into the half trailing 21-19.
The Bulldogs extended that lead to 35-31 heading into the fourth quarter.
Unlike in the championship game where Sullivan was able to grab the lead for good, the Redskins took a 41-39 lead after Lilly Null hit two layup drives.
St. Teresa tied the game with 2:10 left in the game.
Emily White knocked down a 3-pointer with just less than two minutes to play to retake the lead 44-41. Read More

Senior Night Win for OV Girls Team

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Timberwolves senior Kate Jeffers protects the ball against Cerro-Gordo/Bement in Bethany Thursday. Senior Jeffers finished with 11 points on senior night.

•February 5, 2020•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor

The Okaw Valley girls’ basketball team split two Lincoln Prairie Conference games this past week.
OV defeated Cerro Gordo/Bement on Senior Night Thursday, Jan. 20, but lost to Tri-County, Monday.
Against the Broncos Thursday, OV came out on top of a back-and-forth game during Senior Night.
The lead changed several times in the first half, but a 14-7 third quarter run for OV gave them breathing room. Read More

Tough Week for Sullivan Basketball Team

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•February 5, 2020•
By Jason Brown
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The Sullivan boys’ basketball team dropped three games last week.
The Redskins lost to Charleston, Central A&M and Warrensburg-Latham.
Saturday against Central A&M, the Raiders doubled Sullivan 66-33 for the win.
CAM outscored Sullivan 25-10 in the first quarter and continued its lead from there.
Ian Plank totaled 17 points, three rebounds, two assists and two steals to lead the Redskins. Read More

ALAH Knights Hit Stride Entering Conference Tournament

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•January 29, 2020•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor

The Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond boys’ basketball team extended its winning streak to six games with wins over Tri-County and Cumberland last week.
Friday, the Knights knocked off Tri-County 68-50 in Lincoln Prairie Conference Tournament at Arcola.
ALAH held the Titans to one basket in the first quarter for a 20-3 lead and held on from there.
Jamison Rocke and Austin Plank each scored 16 points. Plank also had four steals, and Rocke collected five rebounds. Read More