Photo by R.R. Best
SHS freshman Lilly Null puts forth extra effort for this save at the Arcola/Sullivan volleyball game last week.

•August 29, 2018•

The Sullivan volleyball team dropped its first game of the season to Arcola in three close sets, 25-21, 21-25, 25-21.
The team recorded 21 kills.
Esther Miller and Zoe Ray each had five kills, and Avery McGregor recorded four.
Miller also had 11 assists, and Gwen Diepholz had eight assists.
Jessica Voyles recorded seven blocks.
Sullivan is scheduled to enter the Mattoon Tournament at 8 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 1 and then host Teutopolis the following Tuesday.

•August 29, 2018•

By Jason Brown
NP Sports

The Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond football team could not hold off a long sustained third-quarter drive and score by Tri-County’s offense in Friday’s season opener at Oakland.
The Titans (Kansas/Shiloh/Oakland) scored in the first quarter and kicked an extra point to take a 7-0 lead.
The Knights answered in the second quarter when Billy Fifer scored a touchdown and Aaron Likens kicked in the extra point to tie the game 7-7.
“Coming out in the third quarter, it was a tie game,” said first-year coach Ryan Jefferson, “but they ate up half of the quarter by just running the ball and chipping away down the field.”
Titan Lane Bisby broke the tie in the third quarter with a 3-yard touchdown run to take a 14-7 lead. Read More

•August 29, 2018•

The Okaw Valley boys’ golf team placed second in a triangular at Woodlawn Country Club in Farmer City last Thursday
Blue Ridge won with a score of 174, and OV shot a 216. Read More

•August 29, 2018•

By Jason Brown
NP Sports

The Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond volleyball team returned five seniors to this year’s squad, but the Knights are a relatively short team.
“It will be hard for us to overpower some teams with our small size,” said ALAH coach Emily Crossman. “We will have to use our block to funnel the ball, as the first line of defense, rather than depending on the stuff block. Our hitters have to be smart and play with a purpose.”
But one thing that Crossman can count on is that she has a smart team.
“We have a strategy and know where to place the ball,” she said. “The girls work together tremendously well and support one another in everything.”
For the last few weeks, the team has been trying to perform every play with a purpose. Read More

•August 29, 2018•

The Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg volleyball team won its season opener against Central A&M last Thursday.
WSS won in straight sets, 25-19, 25-18.
Megan Schlechte led the Hatchets with 10 kills, and Calla Roney had six. Read More