•May 2, 2018•
The Sullivan boys’ track and field team placed third in a triangular at Pana Monday and competed in the St. Joseph-Ogden Boys’ Spartan Classic Friday.
In the Pana triangular, the Redskins scored 26.5 points.
Leighton Burcham took first place in the long jump and triple jump, and Jadon Nuzzo won the pole vault competition. Read More
•May 2, 2018•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports
Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg softball team, which is ranked No. 7 in Class 1A, earned a top seed in the National Trail Conference Tournament and blew out three teams by at least 10 runs this past week.
The Hatchets shellacked Dieterich Monday, St. Elmo/Brownstown last Friday and Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City Thursday, April 26.
WSS outscored its opponents 42-2 those three games.
In the first round of the National Trail Conference Tournament on the West Diamond at Evergreen Park in Neoga, WSS took out Dieterich 15-0.
The Hatchets scored seven runs in the first inning and seven runs in the second inning to take a quick 14-0 lead.
WSS tacked on one more run in the third to end the game in three innings.
Madision Everett was 2-for-3 with three runs scored and five RBIs, and Hannah Hayes was 3-for-3 with two runs scored and two RBIs. Read More
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Bella Benning runs past first base.
•May 2, 2018•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports
After losing three straight games, the Okaw Valley softball team battled back to win two straight games this week.
OV defeated Cerro Gordo/Bement Monday and Sullivan on Saturday but lost to Charleston and Argenta-Oreana in a doubleheader earlier in the week.
Against CGB at Crowder Park, OV plated two runs in the first inning, which left the score 2-0 until the fifth and sixth innings when the Timberwolves scored three more runs each.
CGB scored its two runs in the top of the seventh. The final score was 5-2.
Grace Harlin and Natalie Jeffers each recorded three hits, including a double and triple each.
Harlin also scored twice, and Natalie Jeffers scored three times and had one RBI. Read More
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Sam Hagerman runs across first base against Sullivan.
•May 2, 2018•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports
The Okaw Valley baseball team won four more games this past week to improve its record to 18-1 on the season and undefeated in the Little Okaw Valley Conference Northwest division.
OV defeated Argenta-Oreana, Morrisonville, Sullivan and Cerro Gordo.
The Timberwolves have won six games in a row after its only loss to Effingham two weeks ago, and OV has a busy schedule ahead of them.
“Big week this week; starting today we play four conference games,” said OV coach Andrew Hagerman Monday afternoon. “The next two weeks we play five games each week so we’ll really need to stay focused and work on improving in certain areas.”
As with most elite baseball teams, OV has had a different player step up when they need to help with games.
“Overall, it’s hard to pinpoint any one player in particular as each player is doing his job,” said Hagerman. “(We are) hitting well, we are pitching well right now and if one guy has a bad day, a couple of others are picking him up. It’s been a total team effort from day one.” Read More
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OVHS’s Gwen Diepholz makes the tag as Jordan Bassett looks on.
•May 2, 2018•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports
The Sullivan softball team finished the week 1-3 with a win over St. Teresa and losses to Shelbyville, Tuscola and Okaw Valley.
Against St. Teresa at Sullivan, both teams scored two runs in the first inning, but Sullivan put up five more runs in the second inning to take a 7-2 lead.
After the Bulldogs scored a run in the third, Sullivan plated two runs in the fourth inning and four more in the fifth inning to take a 13-5 lead.
Sullivan tacked on two more runs in the six for the final.
Madi Wall earned the win from the circle, pitching six innings and striking out four with no walks. Read More
•May 2, 2018•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports
The Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond baseball team split a pair of games this past week.
ALAH lost to St. Anthony Saturday but knocked off Cerro Gordo-Bement 8-3 in a Little Okaw Valley Conference Northwest division game Friday, April 27.
Against CGB, the Knights scored four runs in the second inning to take the lead and tacked on another run in the fourth inning for a 5-0 lead.
In the top of the fifth inning, CGB scored three runs to cut the lead to two, but the Knights answered with a run in the bottom of the fifth and two more runs in the sixth for the final 8-3 score. Read More
•April 25, 2018•
The Sullivan softball team finished a tough week 0-5 with losses to Meridian twice, Warrensburg-Latham twice and Tuscola.
Monday night Sullivan dropped both games in a double header to Meridian.
Meridian scored two runs in the second inning, three runs in the fourth inning and five runs in the fifth inning for the 10-0 win in the second game.
Gwen Diepholz and Sarah Green each had one hit.
Madison Wall pitched four innings and struck out three in the loss. Read More
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Austin Harshman takes an inside pitch.
•April 25, 2018•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports
Now that the weather has warmed up, the Okaw Valley baseball team played four games this week and won three of them to improve its record to 14-1 on the season.
“I’m very happy with how we have played so far this season,” said OV coach Andrew Hagerman. “The pitching and defense have been solid, except for the game at Effingham where we couldn’t do anything right.”
The Timberwolves knocked off Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond, Judah Christian, Decatur Lutheran and Arcola but lost its first and only game of the year to Effingham.
Against ALAH in an Okaw Valley Conference Northwest Division matchup, OV jumped out early with a run in the first inning, six runs in the second inning and three runs in the third inning.
Neither team scored after that, so the game ended in a 10-0 shutout in five innings. Read More
•April 25, 2018•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports
Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond softball team finished a strong week of play with a 4-1 record.
The Knights knocked off Arcola, Leroy and Okaw Valley twice but lost to Argenta-Oreana.
ALAH used huge scoring innings to help sweep the doubleheader against Okaw Valley Monday evening.
In the second game, ALAH plated nine runs in the fourth inning to blow the game open for the eventual 13-2 win.
Every starter for ALAH scored a run, and Marissa Herschberger scored three times, including twice in the fourth inning.
She also had two hits and two RBIs, and Reagan Miller was 2-for-4 with three RBIs and a runs scored. Read More
•April 25, 2018•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports
The Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg softball team finished with a 3-1 record on the week with one postponed game.
The Hatchets knocked off Dieterich, St. Anthony and Altamont but lost a hard-fought game in extra innings to Hillsboro.
“It was a good week,” said coach Craig Moffett. “The Hillsboro game slipped away due to some mistakes, but we’ll learn from that and continue to improve.”
Saturday against Hillsboro, WSS took an early lead with a run in the first inning and tacked on a run in the fourth for a 2-0 lead.
Hillsboro tied the game in the fifth inning with two runs, but the Hatchets answered with a run in the bottom of the inning to retake the lead 3-2.
The Hilltoppers tied the game at four with a run in the top of the seventh to send it into extra innings. Read More