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Okaw Valley Boys Team Picks Up Conference Wins

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•February 19, 2020•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor

The Okaw Valley boys’ basketball team picked up two more Lincoln Prairie Conference wins to stay undefeated at 8-0 this past week.
The Timberwolves defeated Arcola Friday and Sangamon Valley Saturday.
Against Arcola, the Timberwolves fell behind two points after the first quarter, but in the second quarter, OV outscored Arcola 13-6 for a 23-18 halftime lead.
OV continued the pressure in the third quarter with a 14-9 run.
The Timberwolves held on in the fourth quarter for the 51-40 win. Read More

Local Tumbler Competes

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Local Tumbler Competes
Sullivan tumbler Sylvia Dawkins competed at Macon High School earning a third place finish on the double mini (pictured). Dawkins is a second grader at Sullivan Elementary School and has competed on the Prairieland Tumbling team since she was four years old.

ALAH Girl’s Basketball Team Travels to Arcola for Win

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

The Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond girls’ basketball team split its last two games of the regular season.
The Knight defeated Arcola in a close game on the road Thursday and lost to Marshall on the road Tuesday.
Against the Purple Riders, ALAH nipped Arcola 37-31 in a low scoring but tight game.
The Knights took a 12-8 lead into halftime, but in the second half, the Riders stuck around until the end. Read More

OV Timberwolves Pick Up Two Wins

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

The Okaw Valley boys’ basketball team picked up two wins to stay undefeated at 5-0 in the Lincoln Prairie Conference last week.
The Timberwolves knocked off Tri-County Friday and Cerro Gordo/Bement last Tuesday. Read More

Sullivan Boys Hold Off Clinton for Win

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

The Sullivan boys’ basketball team slipped by Clinton in the seventh-place game of the Central Illinois Conference Tournament Saturday.
Sullivan took a 12-8 first quarter lead and added two more points to that lead before halftime. Read More

ALAH Knights Beat Blue Devils in Overtime

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Undefeated in LPC

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

The Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond boys’ basketball team picked up two more wins to stay undefeated in the Lincoln Prairie Conference last week.
The Knights knocked off Decatur Lutheran last Tuesday and Villa Grove/Heritage Friday for a perfect 6-0 LPC record.
Friday night against Villa Grove/Heritage, ALAH had to comeback in the fourth quarter and win it in overtime to beat the Blue Devils. Read More

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