Photo by RR Best
SOV Redskins step up the defense against St. Teresa Bulldogs, Oct. 13.
•October 18, 2017•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports
The Sullivan-Okaw Valley football team hosted St. Teresa on senior night at Victory Field Friday.
Before the game, fall sports senior athletes and their parents/guardians in football, football cheerleading, golf, cross country athletes, marching band and color guard were recognized. Read More
•October 18, 2017•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports
Sullivan golfer Caden Ellis competed in the IHSA Class 1A State Golf Meet at Prairie Vista Golf Course in Bloomington Friday and Saturday.
The junior finished tied for 12th overall with a final two-day score of 157.
“Caden has been our No. 1 golfer all year long,” said coach Ben Richter. “He finished the year with a 74 average on 18 holes which puts him top five in the area.”
On Friday, he totaled an 82.
He carded a 40 for the first round and a 42 on the back nine. Read More
•October 18, 2017•
Sullivan girls’ individual cross country runners competed in the Central Illinois Conference meet at Tuscola’s Wimple Park Thursday.
Two runners earned all All-Central Illinois Conference honors. Read More
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Sweep for SOV Girls’ Swimmers
SOV girls’ swimming kicked off the season competing at Olympia High School. They brought home a full sweep of the girls’ division. In the individual events the high point awards went to Okaw Valley junior Anna Wooters first place; SHS swimmers McKenna Kull second, Natalie Drury third place and Allison Oligschlaeger fourth. They received first place in all four relays: 200 free with a time of 1:45.59, 400 medley relay 4:29.70, 200 medley 2:00.14, and the 400 free relay 3:52.54.
•October 18, 2017•
The Sullivan-Okaw Valley-Shelbyville girls’ swim team kicked off its season with a dominating performance at Olympia High School Saturday. Read More
•October 18, 2017•
The Sullivan volleyball team dropped a Central Illinois Conference match and two non-league matches this past week.
Sullivan lost to Cerro Gordo, Windsor-Stewardson-Strasburg and Central A&M
Monday night. Sullivan dropped two sets to Cerro Gordo, 26-24, 25-13.
Laine Cameron and Gwen Diepholz, together, earned 15 assists. Read More
•October 18, 2017•
Brothers Logan Hall and Layton Hall competed in the 40-team Patriot Invitational at Detweiller Park in Peoria Saturday. Read More
•October 18, 2017•
The Okaw Valley volleyball team lost two matches and won one this past week, defeating Bement but losing to Meridian and Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond.
Against Bement last Tuesday the Timberwolves won in three sets.
OV lost the first set 25-22 but battled back to take the next two sets, 25-18, 25-19.
Sadie Zimmerman collected 16 assists and nine digs, and Natalie Jeffers totaled 13 assists, three kills, 11 digs and three aces. Read More
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Senior SOV Cheerleaders
Among those honored October 13 were the SOV cheerleading squad seniors. Pictured are Maddie Dickens, Minnie Miller, Bailey Turnbaugh, Katie McClure, Emilee Elder, Allie O’Neill, Madison Moll, Ciara Anderson, Grace Yantis, Aspen Bridges.
Photo by RR Best
SOV Football Senior Night
Sullivan Okaw Valley seniors were honored before the football game Friday, October 13. Above senior players Luke Bowman, Seth Bricker, Matteo Vivacqua, Tyson Brown, Zdenek Roza and Jalen Warren take the field marching in unison.
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ALAH Knight Kobe Wells ran the ball five times for 87 yards against CG/Bement.
•October 18, 2017•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports
The Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond football team dropped a close Little Okaw Valley Conference game 20-17 against Cerro Gordo-Bement on senior night Friday.
“We competed very well and played hard and physical,” said ALAH coach Dale Schuring. “But we didn’t capitalize on the numerous opportunities we had to take control of the game.”
In the first quarter the Knights drove the ball down to the Broncos 6-yard line on the first possession of the game but had to settle for a field goal to take a 3-0 lead.
Cerro Gordo answered in the first quarter with a touchdown and a 2-point conversion to make it an 8-3 game. Read More