•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
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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
Signs to Attend Aurora
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Signs to Attend Aurora
Leighton Burcham signed his Letter of Intent to compete in Track and Field at Aurora University on Tuesday, May 21 at 2:45 p.m. in the Sullivan High School gym. Pictured during the signing are Leighton with parents Cheri and Brad Burcham of Sullivan.
Comeback Rally Reels in Regional Championship for OVHS Baseball
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Okaw Valley pitcher Camden Coleman got the win over Central A&M last Wednesday to set up OV baseball’s sixth straight regional title appearance.
•May 22, 2019•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor
The chances of the Okaw Valley baseball team winning its second straight regional title did not look good in the Class 1A Moweaqua (Central A&M) Regional against Little Okaw Valley Conference Northwest Division foe Decatur LSA Saturday.
The Timberwolves had already lost to LSA twice this season (2-1 and 10-4) and fell behind 3-0 in the top of the first inning.
OV was able to cut the lead to 3-2 with a run in the bottom of the first inning and another run in the third inning.
Decatur LSA extended its lead 4-2 with a run in the fifth inning.
Heading into the bottom of the sixth inning, a second consecutive regional title and fourth OV regional title in six years looked out of reach.
But a 3-run comeback rally, capped off with Hank Yowell doubling in two runs, gave OV a 6-5 lead heading into the seventh inning.
Tyson Montgomery came in and closed out the game in a one-two-three scoreless seventh inning for another Timberwolves’ regional championship win.
Eli Hagerman got the win by relieving starting pitcher Dalton McGill in the first inning. Read More
SMS State Bound
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SMS State Bound
Sullivan Middle School Track and Field team members Cassidy Short and Brent Bushue competed in the IESA state meet in East Peoria last weekend. Short competed in the long jump and Bushue in the pole vault. Pictured with the state qualifiers are coaches Jim Palmer, Cindy Yoder, Angie Westjohn and head coach Don Typer. Short finished 17th and Bushue 19th.