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Adam Day plays defense Friday night against Tri-County.

•January 16, 2019•

By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor

Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond dropped two games this last week.
The Knights lost to Tri-County Friday and Central A&M last Tuesday.
Against the Titans Friday, ALAH fell behind 17-15 after the first quarter, but a big second quarter put the Knights ahead 32-15 at halftime.
Tri-County battled back with a 19-5 third-quarter run to take the lead 44-37.
The Titans held on in the fourth for the final 66-58 win.
Austin Romine scored a game-high 21 points.
Adam Day and Austin Plank hit double digit scoring with 19 and 16, points, respectively. Plank dropped four 3-pointers.
Domonick Baker rounded out the Knights’ scoring with two points.
Against the Central A&M Raiders last Tuesday, ALAH fell behind early and could not catch up in the 71-42 loss.
Austin Romine scored a team-high 12 points, and Day collected six points, six rebounds and three assists.
Austin Plank made three 3-pointers for nine points.
Isaac Ashenfelter recorded two steals, and Jamison Rocke and Baker scored six and five points, respectively,
The loss dropped ALAH’s overall record to 1-14.

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Austin Romine drives to the basket against Oblong Friday night. He finished with 10 points.

•January 9, 2019•

By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor

The Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond boys’ basketball team picked up its first win of the season against Oblong Friday night at home.
Oblong jumped out to a 6-3 lead to start the game, but a few minutes later, ALAH tied the game at six.
From there, the Knights rattled off 13 straight points to take a 21-6 lead minutes after the second quarter started.
Oblong made a small run later in the second quarter, but ALAH did not allow Oblong to get closer than eight points and eventually won 50-39 win. Read More

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Emily White broke out for 21 points, including three 3-pointers, to go with four assists in Sullivan’s comeback win over Mt. Zion.

•January 9, 2019•

By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor

Up 20 points or down 20 points, Sullivan girls’ coach Sheri McCain is always trying to teach a basketball lesson.
Sullivan won its 14th straight game by shellacking Cerro Gordo/Bement 63-17 Monday night in Cerro Gordo but had to take it one possession at a time for a comeback win against Mt. Zion Saturday.
Sullivan’s overwhelming pressure defense held the Broncos to two points in the first half while the Redskins’ offense exploded for 26 points.
In the third quarter, Sullivan outscored CGB 20-4 and then cruised to the victory.
Emily White scored a team-high 18 points, and Esther Miller followed with 17 points.
Avery Still added 10 points, four assists and five steals. Read More

•January 9, 2019•

The Okaw Valley boys’ basketball team lost to Neoga on the road Saturday.
Okaw Valley jumped out early with a 7-point lead in the first quarter, holding the Indians to three points of offense.
Neoga turned it around in the second quarter and outscored the Timberwolves 23-11 to take a 26-21 halftime lead.
Neoga held off OV in the second half for the 53-43 win. Read More