•March 27, 2019•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor
The Okaw Valley baseball team started its season 1-1 with a win against Ramsey and a loss to St. Elmo/Brownstown.
Last Tuesday, OV opened the season with a 12-2 drubbing of the Rams.
Ramsey jumped out early with a 2-0 lead, but OV exploded for six runs in the third inning, then added three more in the fourth to blow the game open.
OV scored in the last two innings to end the game in six. Read More
•March 27, 2019•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor
The Sullivan boys’ track and field team placed second with 78 points in the Arcola meet last Tuesday.
Several Redskins took first place in the meet.
Leighton Burcham took first in the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.67 and long jump at 20 feet 1.25inches.
Corentini Bernard placed first in the 400 run at 56.88, and Ian Plank placed first in the 1,600 run with a time of 5:18.18.
Brodie Goss won the 110 and 300 hurdles in 18.49 and 44.94, respectively. Read More
•March 27, 2019•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor
After defeating Neoga last Tuesday, the Sullivan baseball team dropped its next three games.
Sullivan lost 11-1 to Casey-Westfield Saturday, 14-2 to St. Anthony Thursday and 5-3 to Heritage Wednesday.
Against Neoga, Austin Scott pitched a two hitter to help Sullivan win 2-1.
The Redskins bookended the game with a run in the first inning and a run in the top of the seventh.
Neoga scored one run on 11 hits.
Sullivan had six hits. Read More
•March 27, 2019•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor
Sullivan senior Esther Miller placed fourth in the 400-meter run with a time of 1:02.48 at the Illinois Top Times Meet at Illinois Wesleyan Friday, and the Sullivan track and field team won a four-team meet at Arcola March 19.
At Arcola the Redskins placed first with 91.5 points and had several point scorers.
Four Redskins won their events; the triple jumpers swept the first three spots.
Miller triple jumped 34 feet 4.25 inches for first, and Mallory Nichols jumped 29 feet 1.5 inches for second.
Miller also placed second in the 400-meter run with a time of 1:04, and Josie Orris took third at 1:12. Read More
•March 27, 2019•
Sullivan coop swim team hosted its awards banquet Wednesday, March 13 in the high school commons.
The following athletes were honored.
For the girls’ team, Anna Wooters and McKenna Kull earned the high points award with 34 points each. Read More
Photo by Mike Brothers
Greenville Signs Ray
On Tuesday, March 12 Zoe Ray signed a letter of intent to participate in the Greenville University track and field program. Pictured above are front row: mother Rikki Ray, Zoe, father Quentin Ray. Back row are high school coach Kali Taylor and middle school coach Don Typer. Her main events will be long jump and sprinting. In addition, she will learn to triple jump and pole vault.
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OV Eighth Grade Semifinalists
OV eighth grade players are: Lexie Bartimus, Karson Park, Bailey Bennett, Reagan Reedy, Abbey Luckenbill, Avery Bruns, Kaydence Kennedy, Danielle Simpson, Kayla Fleshner and Brie Williams.
Photo by Jason Brown
Reagan Reedy, Abbey Luckenbill, Lexie Bartimus and Avery Bruns celebrate after scoring a point.
•March 20, 2019•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor
The Okaw Valley eighth grade volleyball team defeated Pontiac St. Mary’s 25-19, 25-21 to advance to the semifinals of the IESA State volleyball tournament in Pana Friday.
After losing to Peoria Limestone Walters (25-22, 25-3) in the semifinals, OV eighth grade volleyball defeated Royal Prairieview Ogden (25-14, 25-15) to place third in the state volleyball tournament.
The trip to state was the eighth grade team’s first.
The players are Lexie Bartimus, Karson Park, Bailey Bennett, Reagan Reedy, Abbey Luckenbill, Avery Bruns, Kaydence Kennedy, Danielle Simpson, Kayla Fleshner and Brie Williams.
OV finished the season with a record of 17-4.
•March 20, 2019•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor
The Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond’s baseball defeated Midland but lost to Mendota.
Against Midland the Knights scored two in the first inning and five in the fourth to take an early lead, but Midland plated five runs in the fifth to cut the lead to 7-6.
ALAH answered in the bottom of the fifth inning with a run for the final 8-6 score.
The Knights pounded out 11 hits and played errorless in the field. Read More
•March 20, 2019•
Okaw Valley started its season 0-2 with a loss to Maroa-Forsyth and Paris.
Monday night, Maroa-Forsyth scored six runs in the second inning and eight runs in the third en route to an 18-8 win.
Grace Bunfill and Madison Vogel each pitched two innings and struck out three. Read More
•March 20, 2019•
In its season opener, the Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond’s softball team was shutout 6-0 in a non-conference game against Monticello at Millikin University Friday.
Makenzie Brown was the losing pitcher. In seven innings, she gave up five hits three earned runs and seven walks. She struck out 18.
Molly Day led the A-L-A-H offense by going 2-for-3, while Cheyenne Chupp, a freshman, had a triple. Read More