•April 11, 2018•
The Sullivan softball team split a pair of games this past week.
The Redskins defeated St. Teresa last Thursday but lost to Windsor-Stewardson Strasburg, Saturday, April 7.
Against St. Teresa, Sullivan took the lead early and did not look back.
The Redskins scored seven runs in the first inning, four runs in the second inning and four runs in the third inning. Read More
Photo by Jason Brown
Hannah Wallen laughs it up with teammate Hannah Rutledge of Unity on the bench.
•April 11, 2018•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports
The Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond’s basketball program was well represented at the News Gazette’s 7th Annual All-Area Game at Parkland College’s Dodds Athletic Center in Champaign Sunday afternoon.
Seniors Hannah Wallen and Colton Romine participated in the all-star game with a focus on having fun.
“I expected to come and have fun, and it’s obvious these are tough girls; they’re good, players to be invited to play here,” said Wallen. “It was a lot of fun.”
Wallen scored eight points in the game, including a last-second deep 3-pointer to end the third quarter to help her gold team defeat the black team 62-47.
“Somebody started counting down and the clock said 1.7, so I just chucked it, and it went in,” she said. Read More
•April 4, 2018•
The Sullivan girls’ track and field team took first place in the Macon Meridian Quad last Wednesday at Meridian High School.
The Redskins scored 59 points to defeat Meridian, Warrensburg-Latham and Athens.
Katherine Kite took first place in the 3,200-meter run with a time of 13:20.02, and she placed second in the 800-meter run at 2:48.92.
Haley Rose placed first in the 300-meter hurdles at 50.58 and third in the 100-meter hurdles at 18.56. Read More
•April 4, 2018•
The Sullivan boys’ track and field team competed in the Macon Meridian Quad last Wednesday at Meridian High School.
Several Redskins placed in the top three spots.
Luke Bowman placed second in the 200-meter dash with a time of 25.23 and fourth in the 200-meter dash at 11.88. Read More
•April 4, 2018•
The Sullivan Okaw Valley junior football league registration is approaching for fourth - eighth graders.
Registration dates are 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, April 7 at the Sullivan American Legion; 6-8 p.m. Thursday, April 12 at the Bethany Firehouse; 10 a.m.-1 p.m. April 21 at Bethany Firehouse and 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, May 1 at Elizabeth Titus Memorial Library in Sullivan. Read More
•April 4, 2018•
The Champaign News Gazette announced its 2017-18 boys’ all-area swim teams this past week.
Sullivan’s Brodie Goss, a junior, earned second team honors.
Goss placed in the top four spots in the area in the 100-yard butterfly and the 100-yard breaststroke.
He finished third in the area in the 100-yard butterfly with a best time of 56.56. Read More
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OV Bass Fishing Team Starts Season
OVHS sophomores Eric Boomer and Isaac Tipsword competed in the first tournament of the year March 31 at Lake Springfield. The boys battled windy and rainy conditions throughout the day which didn’t help them land any big fish. They will head to Clinton Lake April 7.
•April 4, 2018•
The Sullivan baseball team dropped a nonconference game to St. Anthony Saturday, March 31.
The Redskins fell behind 2-0 after the second inning, but it was a seven-run inning by the Bulldogs that put the game away for the 9-0 win.
Sullivan players Tim Lawyer and Zach Sowers recorded Sullivan’s only two hits. Sowers also had a walk. Read More
•April 4, 2018•
The Sullivan softball team shellacked Decatur MacArthur 13-3 Saturday.
The Redskins fell behind 1-0 after the first inning but took the lead 2-1 in the second inning.
MacArthur retook the lead in the top of the third inning 3-2, but Sullivan answered with three runs in the bottom of the inning to regain the lead 5-3.
From there, Sullivan scored two more runs in the fifth and blew the game open in the sixth inning with six runs to end the game. Read More
•April 4, 2018•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports
Despite wet and cold weather conditions, the Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg softball team no hit Farina South Central in a blow out Monday and squeaked by Meridian Friday to win its fifth straight game to start the season.
Against Farina South Central at Windsor, Calla Roney pitched a no hitter to shutout South Central, while the Hatches’ offense pounded out 12 hits.
WSS jumped out early with two runs in the first inning and one run in the second inning for a 3-0 lead.
The Hatchets tacked on another run in the fourth inning, but it was the six runs in the bottom of the fifth inning that ended the game with a 10-0 victory.
Roney finished with three hits and an RBI at the plate, and on the mound, she pitched all five innings and struck out 12. Read More