•May 1, 2019•
Four Okaw Valley High School boys’ track and field athletes finished in the top 20 at the St. Joe Spartan Classic Meet Friday.
Michael Patterson placed seventh in the discus with a personal-best throw of 124 feet 2 inches, and Caleb Hildebrandt placed 17th in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 48.99. Read More
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Sullivan Girls’ Track Wins Invitational
•April 24, 2019•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor
The Sullivan girls’ track and field team won the Tri-County Invitational at Sullivan High School last Tuesday and placed third in the Tuscola Open Saturday.
In the Tri-County Invite, Sullivan scored 126 points, which was eight points better than second-place Shelbyville.
Four Redskins won events. Read More
Sullivan Boys’ Track Places Fourth at Tri-County
•April 24, 2019•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor
The Sullivan boys’ track and field team placed fourth in the Tri-County Invitational at Sullivan High School last Tuesday.
The boys’ team set a total of 16 new personal records and two first-place finishers.
Leighton Burcham long jumped 19 feet 11 inches for first place and took third in the triple jump at 37 feet 9.5 inches.
Jadon Nuzzo pole vaulted 15 feet for first place, and Brodie Goss took second place in the 300-meter hurdles at 42.86 and fourth in the 11-meter hurdles with a time of 18.03. Read More
Redskins Baseball Bounces Back to Defeat Hawks
•April 24, 2019•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor
The Sullivan baseball team dropped three straight games before defeating Meridian Monday.
The Redskins lost to Warrensburg-Latham 6-5 Friday, Shelbyville 8-2 last Wednesday and Warrensburg-Latham again 5-2 last Tuesday.
Monday against Meridian, Redskins Tim Lawyer had two hits, and Ian Hill knocked in a run to help Sullivan to a 2-0 win.
Spencer Johnson pitched five innings and struck out 12, and Dalton Rogers pitched two innings and struck out two for the win.
Against Warrensburg-Latham Friday, Dalton Rogers recorded two hits and two RBIs, but WL walked it off on the bottom of the seventh inning for the 6-5 win. Read More
Sullivan Softball Falls to Shelbyville
•April 24, 2019•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor
The Sullivan softball team dropped four straight games last week.
The Redskins lost to Meridian 15-2 Monday, Warrensburg-Latham 14-1 Friday, Shelbyville 8-7 last Wednesday and Warrensburg-Latham again 10-0 last Tuesday.
Against Shelbyville, Sullivan took an early 2-0 lead in the first inning but fell behind 7-2 in the fourth inning. Read More
Strong Pitching, Hard Hitting for ALAH Softball Wins
•April 24, 2019•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor
After the Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond softball team won three straight games, Knight pitcher Mackenzie Brown no-hit Okaw Valley in an 8-0 Little Okaw Valley Conference win Monday night.
In seven innings, Brown walked two and struck out 17.
ALAH scored two runs in the second inning, a run in the third and five runs in the fourth inning for the 8-0 win.
Shelby Frederick was 2-for-4 with a run scored and one RBI, and Kauffman was 2-for-3 with three RBIs and a run scored.
Brown, Reagan Miller and Addi Tinkle each recorded a hit. Brown scored two runs, and Tinkle and Miller each knocked in a run.
Timberwolves’ pitcher Grace Bunfill suffered the loss, pitching six innings and giving up six earned runs on seven hits and four walks. She struck out nine.
Saturday ALAH swept a double header at LeRoy.
The Knights knocked off Havana 17-0 and LeRoy 8-0. Read More
OV Record Holder
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OV Record Holder
Timberwolves freshman Damien Coney ran the 3,200 meters in 12:59 at the Cumberland Pirate Invite to become the new freshmen/sophomore OV school record holder. Previous record was 13:12.
Two Win Week for Timberwolves Baseball Team
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•April 24, 2019•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor
The Okaw Valley baseball team picked up two more wins this past week to improve to 8-4 overall and 4-0 Little Okaw Valley Conference record.
The Timberwolves shutout Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond 4-0 Monday and throttled Arcola 18-1 last Tuesday.
Against the Knights Monday, OV scored first in the top of the fourth inning to take a 2-0 lead, but ALAH answered when Dario Ayala homered in the bottom of the fourth.
In the sixth inning the Timberwolves plated two more runs then held on for the win.
For OV, Cameron Sharp was 3-for-3 with two RBIs and stolen base, and Dalton McGill was 3-for-3 with two runs scored, one RBI and a stolen base.
Sam Hagerman was 2-for-2 with two runs scored, and Eli Hagerman, Camden Coleman, Cale Roley and Talon Russell each recorded a hit. Read More
WSS Shut Out Two More
•April 24, 2019•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor
The Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg softball team shut out two more teams to stay undefeated on the year at 25-0-1.
Monday night, Megan Schlechte pitched a no-hitter and hit a grand slam to help the Hatchets shutout St. Elmo/Brownstown 15-0.
In the second inning, the Hatchets score 12 runs to blow the game open.
Schlechte finished with two hits, two walks, five RBIs and two runs scored, and in the circle she walked one and struck out six in four innings. Read More
OVHS Softball Faced a Week of Strong Hitting Teams
•April 24, 2019•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor
The Okaw Valley softball team dropped four straight games this past week.
The Timberwolves lost to Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond Monday, Westville Saturday, Fisher Saturday and Arcola last Tuesday.
In the first game of the doubleheader Saturday, OV lost to Fisher 16-1, after scoring its lone run in the first inning.
Grace Bunfill was 2-for-3 and Bella Benning was 1-for-2 with a run scored.
Madison Vogel suffered the loss. She pitched 3 1/3 innings and gave up nine earned runs on 11 hits and six walks. She struck out five.
In the second game of the doubleheader, Westville plated the winning run in the top of the seventh inning for the 3-2 victory.
Vogel homered for one of the Timberwolves’ runs, and Kate Jeffers doubled twice and scored the other OV run. Read More