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ALAH Football Plays Hard in Physical Senior Night Match

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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
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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

Okaw Valley Adult Women’s Tennis Wins

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Okaw Valley Adult Women’s Tennis Wins
The Okaw Valley women’s tennis team won their first match with Effingham last week. The United States Tennis Association USTA sanctioned women’s 5.5 tennis league team shut out Effingham. Okaw Valley won all three matches:  6-1/6-0,   6-3/6-1, and    6-1/6-1.  Following another Effingham match Sunday, Oct. 15, the new team faces Decatur on their home court. The adult women’s league runs three times a year and is open to women 18 and over. Okaw Valley Adult Women’s team: back row left to right:  Ryan Wildman,  Cindy Steward,   Melissa Dolan,  Heidi Brush,  Donna Fowler, and Kathy Camp.  Bottom Row: Susie Dobosz and Jamie Shoot.

Sullivan Boys’ Cross Country Fourth at Invite

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•October 18, 2017•

The Sullivan boys’ cross country team placed fourth in the Central Illinois Conference meet at Tuscola’s Wimple Park and 13th in the Cumberland Invitational this past week.

Thursday in the CIC meet, Sullivan scored 84 and had two runners earn all All-Central Illinois Conference honors.  Read More

Busy Week for ALAH Volleyball, Regionals Ahead

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•October 18, 2017•

By Jason Brown
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The Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond volleyball team had a busy week.

The Knights competed in the sixth annual Morgan Buerkett Tournament Saturday and also defeated Okaw Valley, Arthur Okaw Christian and Cerro Gordo.

At the 16-team Morgan Buerkett in St. Thomas More, ALAH took sixth place with a 3-2 record, and Madison Brown earned all-tournament team honors.

In pool play, ALAH went 2-1, defeating Danville (25-11, 25-14), Sangamon Valley (21-25, 25-16, 15-8) but lost to host STM (25-16, 25-20).

In pool play, Brown totaled 58 assists in three games.

Taylor Powell had 26 kills and eight digs, and Liz Shipman 14 kills and 28 digs. Read More

Sullivan Boys’ Golf Wins Regional

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Sullivan Golf team left to right: Coach Ben Richter Drew Rogers, Cayden Ellis, Leighton Burcham, Leighton Ellis, Aiden Short and Tim Lawyer.

•October 11, 2017•

By Jason Brown
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The Sullivan boys’ golf team won the Class 1A Monticello Regional last Tuesday to advance to the Bismarck-Henning Sectional at the Harrison Park Golf Course in Danville Monday.

The Redskins won the regional title with a low of 344, beating host Monticello’s 357 and Okaw Valley’s 370.

Junior Caden Ellis led the Redskins with a low of 81.

Freshman Leyton Ellis followed with a score of 85.

Sophomore Aiden Short carded an 87, and junior Leighton Burcham shot a 91. Read More

Second Half Scoring Not Enough for Knights

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•October 11, 2017•

By Jason Brown
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The Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond football team dropped a Little Okaw Valley Conference game 47-14 against Arcola on the Purple Riders homecoming and senior night Friday.

The loss dropped the Knights’ record to 3-4 on the season and 1-3 in the LOVC Northwest.

Arcola jumped out to a 28-0 lead in the first quarter and did not look back.

The Purple Riders took a 41-0 lead into halftime.

ALAH scored a touchdown in the third and fourth quarters, and Arcola tacked on a touchdown in the fourth quarter for the final score. Read More

SOV Football Grows with Each Game

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•October 11, 2017•

The Sullivan-Okaw Valley football team’s growing pains continued when it traveled to Moweaqua to take on Central A&M Friday.

Redskins sophomore Luke Harlin connected with running back Luke Vander Burgh for a 45-yard touchdown pass for SOV’s first points of the game to make the score 30-6 with about one minute left in the first quarter. Read More

ALAH Volleyball Team Bounces Back in Little Okaw Tournament

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•October 11, 2017•

The Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond volleyball team bounced back after a disappointing loss early in the Little Okaw Valley Tournament to take third place.

The Knights defeated Oblong and Argenta-Oreana to finish out the tournament.

Against A-O, ALAH won a close first set 26-24, but the Bombers took an even closer second set 28-26.

ALAH took over the match in the third set, pulling away for the 25-15 victory.

Madison Brown collected 38 assists, two aces, six kills and five digs to help lead the Knights. Read More

Third Place for Okaw Valley Golf Team

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Okaw Valley Golfers left to right: Beau Atchison (Junior), Ethan Macklin (Senior), Cameron Nickerson (Senior), Coach Steve Nickerson, Case Crawford (Junior), Tanner Coleman (Senior),Trey Yarnell (Senior) and Austin Harshman (Senior).

•October 11, 2017•

The Okaw Valley golf boys’ golf team placed third in the Class 1A Monticello Regional last Tuesday with a score of 370 to advance to the Bismarck-Henning Sectional at the Harrison Park Golf Course in Danville. Read More