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OVHS Girls’ Varsity Track
First row - Jessica Ellis, Maci Mowry. Row two - Macie Fleshner, Danae Nave, Danielle Hill. Row three - Sarah Weber, Anna Wooters.
OVHS Girls’ Varsity Track
Category Archives: Sports
OV Baseball Opens Season Shutting Out Central A&M
•March 14, 2018•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports
The Okaw Valley baseball team did not wait long to transfer expectations into results in its season opener against Central A&M Monday night.
The Timberwolves 14 runs in three innings to shutout the Raiders 14-0 in a 5-inning a game.
Austin Harshman was 2-for-2, including a homer, with two runs and four RBIs. Read More
Trevecca University Team Features Sullivan Player
•March 7, 2018•
Brittin Boyer is celebrating achievements during Trevecca women’s basketball season.
Boyer from Sullivan was the Trevecca University Trojans’ primary threat in the post. Boyer transferred from Eastern Illinois University before the 2017-18 season. Boyer finished second in scoring (9.4 PPG) and led the team in rebounding (6.3 RPG), which was ninth most in the Great Midwest. She finished second in assists (49) and turned in three double-doubles. Read More
Area Players Make All-Conference Teams
•March 7, 2018•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports
Okaw Valley and Arthur-Lovington-/Atwood-Hammond represented the All-Little Okaw Valley Conference Northwest Division basketball team with eight players, and three Sullivan players earned All-Central Illinois Conference honors.
Okaw Valley seniors Paige Robinson and Natalie Jeffers were unanimous selections for first-team all-conference honors.
Robinson and Jeffers also earned first team honors last season, and this was Robinson’s third-straight first-team selection.
Jeffers earned second-team honors as a sophomore. Read More
7th Grade Volleyball Advances to State
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7th Grade Volleyball Advances to State
The 7th grade girls volleyball team advanced to the State Tournament on Monday night with a 25-15, 25-7 win over South Central (20-1) . The girls will play in Pawnee on Friday night at 8:15 against undefeated A-C Central (25-0). OV is now 18-3 on the season. Okaw Valley Middle School seventh grade girls’ volleyball team won the regional March 1 with 25-5 and 25-15 wins over CHBC.
Tough Workouts Prepare Sullivan Girls’ Track Team
•March 7, 2018•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports
In her 10th season as head coach of the Sullivan girls’ track team, Kali Taylor has had one of the best first weeks of practice, and she and her athletes have high expectations and goals for this season.
“I’m very proud how the girls responded to some very tough workouts that I gave them,” said Taylor. “We started off the season with an indoor meet at ISU on Saturday with 682 student-athletes competing. I only took two individuals, Madalyne McPheeters and Katherine Kite, but they held their own against some tough Class 2A and 3A competitors and both won their heats of the 60m and 1,600m.”
For the first time in several years, Taylor has had six to eight athletes consistently participating in her three-day a week off-season speed and agility workouts throughout the winter.
“That has really helped create a more competitive practice environment for the athletes who were coming off of a winter sport and didn’t join us until the first week of practice,” said Taylor. “Several of our athletes are coming off an outstanding girls’ basketball season so we are looking to add more accolades in the spring season.” Read More
First in Backstroke
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First in Backstroke
Anna Wooters, (center), a junior at Okaw Valley High School and a member of the Sullivan Blue Dolphins, competed this weekend at the Regional Swim Championships in Bloomington. She earned first place in the 100 backstroke, second in the 50 freestyle, and both of her relays (400 medley, and 200 free medley) earned first place medals. Anna will head to Wisconsin in two weeks to compete in the Midwest Championships.
OV Sixth Grade Wins
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The Okaw Valley sixth grade volleyball team won the Arthur Tournament.
Redskins Face St. Anthony at Vandalia Regional
•February 28, 2018•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports
The Sullivan boys’ basketball team gave the No. 1 seeded Effingham St. Anthony (26-3) all it could handle in the IHSA Class 2A Vandalia Regional last Tuesday.
Sullivan took a 12-10 lead into the second quarter and kept an 18-17 lead at the half.
The first half of the third quarter was back-and-forth, but after Jacob White hit a basket to tie the game at 10, the Bulldogs went on a 12-4 run to grab the biggest lead of the game. Read More
ALAH Ends Season
•February 28, 2018•
After knocking off Georgetown-Ridge Farm in the first round of the IHSA Class 2A Salt Fork Regional in Catlin, the Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond boys’ basketball team lost 64-45 to host Salt Fork last Tuesday to end its season.
“The game was disappointing in that we did not defend well enough to give ourselves a chance to win,” said ALAH coach Dale Schuring. “Salt Fork executed very well on both ends of the floor and deserved to win the game.”
Salt Fork jumped ahead in the first quarter with a 20-7 lead, then extended the lead to 31-15 at the half. Read More