•June 5, 2019•
The Little Okaw Valley Conference announced 2019 all-conference softball teams last week.
In the Northwest Division, several athletes from Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond and Okaw Valley teams earned honors.
For the Knights, senior pitcher Shelby Frederick and senior Regan Miller were unanimous selections to the first team.
Sophomore Mackenzie Brown, junior Addi Tinkle and senior Marissa Herschberger were also selected to the first team.
Freshman Ryli Kauffman earned second-team all-conference honors. Read More
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ALAH Softball Awards 2019
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ALAH Softball Awards:
Bottom row: Makenzie Brown - Defensive Player of the year and First Team All-Conference ; Reagan Miller - Offensive Player of the year and First Team All-Conference ; Kirsten Corum - Knights Player of the year ; Ryli Kauffman - Rookie Player of the year and Second Team All-Conference. Top Row: Shelby Frederick - Most Valuable Player of the year and First Team All-Conference; Addi Tinkle - Most improved Player of the year and First Team All-Conference; Marissa Herschberger - First Team All-Conference.
Sullivan Softball Team Awards Presented
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Sullivan Softball-Addison Darush, Abigail Kirkwood, Alexis Britton and Irie Dulin hold awards during the softball banquet last Wednesday.
•June 5, 2019•
The Sullivan softball team hosted its year-end banquet last Wednesday with several Redskins earning awards. Read More
Otto and Hagerman are Okaw Conference First Teamers
•June 5, 2019•
The Okaw Valley Conference announced 2019 all-conference baseball teams last week.
The Northwest Division, Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond junior pitcher Lucas Otto and senior Okaw Valley player Sam Hagerman were voted in as unanimous selections to the first team. Read More
Sullivan Players Make All Conference Team
•June 5, 2019•
Central Illinois Conference officials announced 2019 all-conference baseball teams last week.
Three Sullivan players earned honors. Read More
SHS Track and Field Awards
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SHS Track and Field Awards
The awards cookout for the SHS boys’ track team was held recently. The award winners include All Conference Awards Jadon Nuzzo in Pole Vault and Brodie Goss in 300m Hurdles. Team Awards went to Jadon Nuzzo: Team Captain; Leighton Burcham: Varsity Points Leader; Brodie Goss: Team Captain, Most Improved Athlete, Redskin Award; Cullen Dyer: Team Captain; Jon Mathias: Team Captain.
ALAH Softball Ends Season at Sectionals
•May 29, 2019•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor
After winning the Class 2A Newton Regional, the Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond softball team lost to Breese Mater Dei in the Newton Sectional Semifinal last Wednesday.
ALAH took a 1-0 lead in the second inning when Molly Day scored, but Breese Mater Dei tied the game with a run in the third.
ALAH took the lead in the fourth inning when Marissa Herschberger scored, but again Breese tied the game 2-2 in the fifth inning.
Breese pulled away with two runs in the sixth inning and a run in the seventh for the final 5-2 score. Read More
WSS Falls to Hardin Calhoun in Super-Sectional Action
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Megan Schlechte (No. 1) steals second base.
•May 29, 2019•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor
After winning the Class 1A Macon (Meridian) Sectional championship Friday, the Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg fell in a pitchers’ duel against Hardin Calhoun in the Springfield (UIS) Super-Sectional Monday.
Monday, in a game that was moved from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. because of field conditions, the Hatchets had several opportunities but could not find the one timely hit needed to tie the game.
Hardin Calhoun scored in the first inning when Lucy Kallal’s soft infield hit put her on first base, and two wild pitches allowed her to advance to third.
Kallal scored on a groundout to take the early 1-0 lead.
WSS coach Craig Moffett was sure the team would overcome the deficit. After all, the fewest runs the Hatchets scored in a game this season were two against Goreville ,April 6.
And WSS fell behind in the same situation against Hardin Calhoun last season but battled back from a 2-0 deficit to win.
WSS pitching kept the Warriors from extending the lead.
But despite having a runner in scoring position in each of the last four innings, WSS just could not plate the one run needed to tie the game.
In the top of the seventh inning, Ava Bennett singled up the middle with two outs for the Hatchet’s lone hit. She advanced to third but did not make it home in the 1-0 loss. Read More
Nuzzo Fourth at State, Knight’s Hall is Seventh
•May 29, 2019•
Two local athletes placed in the top 10 in their events at the IHSA Class 1A State Track and Field Meet in Charleston Saturday.
Redskin Jadon Nuzzo placed fourth in pole vault at 14 feet 6 inches, and Knight Layton Hall ran 3,200-meter in 9:47.03 for a seventh place finish.
Salt Fork Rallies Over Okaw Valley in Sectionals
•May 29, 2019•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor
The Okaw Valley baseball team was eliminated from the Class 1A Danville Schlarman sectional semifinal last Wednesday at Danville Stadium.
After scoring a run in the first inning, the Timberwolves were unable to plate another run while Salt Fork rallied with five runs combined in the first three innings for a 5-1 lead. Read More