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Sullivan Boys Golf Wins Against Monticello and St. T

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•September 2, 2020•
By Jason Brown
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The Sullivan boys’ golf team won a meet at the Moweaqua Golf Course but came as close as the team has come to losing a regular-season meet since Sept. 2017.
Friday at Hickory Point Golf Course, the Redskins tied with Monticello with 164 points, while St. Teresa placed third with 191 points.
To break the tie, the Redskins and Sages had to play to a fifth score tiebreaker before Sullivan won.
Each golfer on Sullivan’s team shot between a 40-45.
Drew Rogers and Logan Westjohn led the Redskins with a score of 40. Read More

ALAH Wins Sullivan Meet, Comes In Second At Saber Corn Classic

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Izabelle Hay of Sullivan High School and Mackenzi Bowles of ALAH High School compete in the Saber Corn Classic.

•September 2, 2020•
By Jason Brown
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The Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond cross country teams kicked off the season with strong performances in the Saber Corn Classic and a 5-team meet at Sullivan.
For the ALAH boys’ team, the Knights took second placed in the highly competitive 13-team Saber Corn Classic at St. Thomas More Saturday.
Olympia won the meet with 35 points, and ALAH had 55 points for second.
ALAH senior Layton Hall was medalist with a time of 14:53.1.
Logan Beckmier placed fourth with a time of 15:43.4, and Lyle Adcock crossed the finish line in 14th place with a time of 16:58.8.
Jace Green grabbed a 15th place finish at 17:23.0, and Jacob Adcock ran a 17:49.3 for 40th place.
Connor Edmonds rounded out the Knights’ times at 19:04.2 for 42nd place. Read More

Sullivan Cross Country Take Third In Meet

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•September 2, 2020•
By Jason Brown
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The Sullivan High School boys’ and girls’ teams hosted cross country teams at Tabor Park in Sullivan Wednesday, Aug. 26.
The boys’ team hosted Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond (ALAH), Cerro Gordo, Bement, and Teutopolis.
ALAH took first with 21 points, followed by Teutopolis’ 59 points.
Sullivan placed third with 80 points.
Chase McClure led the team with a time of 18:07. Read More

Okaw Valley Boys Golf Wins First Meet Against Villa Grove

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•August 26, 2020•
By Jason Brown
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The Illinois High School Association suspended all sporting events on March 6.
During those four months, athletic directors, coaches and athletes have been speculating when sporting events resume.
Wait no longer.
The Okaw Valley boys’ golf team participating in the first IHSA sanctioned sporting event since the pandemic hit.
At Meridian Earlybird Golf Invite Thursday Aug. 13, the Timberwolves placed second with a score of 364.
In the six-team meet, Okaw Valley’s Miles Harlin placed fourth overall with a score of 88. Read More

Sullivan Girls Golf Places Sixth

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•August 26, 2020•
By Jason Brown
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The Sullivan girls’ golf team competed in two meets this past week.
The Timberwolves lost to Okaw Valley at Eagle Creek Aug. 18 and entered the Lady Trojan scramble at Charleston Country Club the next day.
Against Okaw Valley, the Redskins lost 251-255 in a close match. Read More

Okaw Valley Girls Golf Team Wins Two Meets

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•August 26, 2020•
By Jason Brown
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The Okaw Valley girls’ golf team won two really close meets this past week. Both wins were within five strokes.
The Timberwolves defeated Villa Grove Thursday, Aug. 20 at Eagle Creek Golf Course and Sullivan Tuesday, Aug. 18 at Eagle Creek.
Thursday, Okaw Valley won a nine-hole match against Villa Grove by the score of 251-256.
The Timberwolves golfers’ scores were all within four strokes.
Bailey Bennett led the way with a score of 61. Read More

SHS Boys Golf Wins Home Opening Meet

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•August 26, 2020•
By Jason Brown
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With 21 players on the roster, Sullivan boys’ golf team looks to be reloading this season after finishing strong at the state golf meet the last two years.
The added benefit of rescheduling football from fall to spring is that the golf team picked up three players (Karin Elder, Ian Plank and Matt Welch) for this season.
The Sullivan boys’ golf team has not lost a dual meet since Sept. 20, 2017 and that one-stroke loss (174-175) was to a much larger Class 2A Effingham team.
Last season, the Redskins finished fifth with a score of 337 in the Class 1A state golf meet at Prairie Vista Golf Course in Bloomington. The team placed 11th in state in 2018. Read More

IHSA in Need of Officials

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•August 12, 2020•
Even before the Covid-19 pandemic, the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) struggled to find enough officials for each sporting event.
The large majority of officials are older, and younger officials have not been signing up at the rate needed to fill every IHSA event throughout the season.
Now, the pandemic has made the IHSA’s task even more difficult.
IHSA Assistant Executive Director Sam Knox is responsible for football, wrestling, baseball in the officials department and has been actively recruiting officials via high school and college officiating classes, social media platforms and local official associations with members who have connections with people in their communities. Read More

IHSA Announces Scheduling Changes For 2020-2021 School Year

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•August 5, 2020•
by Jason Brown
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Since the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Board of Directors announced on July 29 its intended plans for the 2020-21 school year, athletic directors and coaches from all over Illinois have been scrambling to implement unprecedented scheduling changes.
The scheduling changes include playing all sports over the course of truncated fall, winter, spring, and summer seasons. The plan has been sent to the Illinois Department of Health (IDPH) for final approval.
Football, boys soccer, and girls volleyball are scheduled to shift from a fall to a spring schedules.
“This plan, like nearly every aspect of our current lives, remains fluid,” said IHSA Executive Director Craig Anderson. “Changes may come, and if they do, we will be agile while putting safety and students first. It was important that we provide a framework today for our student-athletes, coaches, administrators, and officials to begin preparing for the 2020-21 school year.” Read More