•May 3, 2017•
The Sullivan softball team held off Neoga 7-6 at home Thursday but lost to Charleston away Monday.
Against Neoga, Sullivan scored two runs in the first inning, two in the third and two in the fourth to take a 6-0 lead.
The Redskins tacked on an important run in the fourth to extend the lead to seven.
Neoga bounced back with three runs in the sixth inning and three runs in the seventh inning but could not complete the comeback.
Sullivan totaled 12 hits. Read More
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Shut Out
Arthur Okaw Christian’s Brady Mast pitches a shutout against Judah Christian School, 9 -0, in Arthur on Tuesday, April 25.
•May 3, 2017•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports
The Sullivan baseball team suffered two close losses this past week.
The Redskins dropped a game to St. Teresa 3-2 Thursday and to Maroa-Forsyth 6-5 last Tuesday.
Against the Bulldogs, Sullivan jumped out to an early lead with a run in the top of the first and second innings.
St. Teresa answered with a run in the third and one in the fourth inning to tie the game 2-2.
The Bulldogs won the game with a walk-off run in the bottom of the seventh.
Tommy Schibur, Brett Tuttle and Zach Sowers each recorded a hit for Sullivan.
Schibur and Sowers each scored a run, and Tuttle and Dalton Rogers each had one RBI.
The Redskins had four stolen bases. Read More
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The Okaw Valley Junior High eighth grade boys’ 800-meter relay team (left to right) Noah Dukeman, Ryan Pantier, Kameron Taylor and Luke Vander Burgh set the school record with a time of 1:45.9.
•May 3, 2017•
The Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond boys’ track team competed in the 24-team St. Joseph-Ogden Boys’ Spartan Classic in St. Joseph Friday.
Five Knights and three relay teams finished in the top spots.
Logan Hall was ALAH’s top finisher. He won the 1,600-meter run in 4:20.23. Read More
•May 3, 2017•
The Sullivan-Okaw Valley boys’ track and field team competed in the 24-team St. Joseph-Ogden Boys Spartan Classic in St. Joseph April 28.
Sullivan had three athletes finish in the top 10. Read More
•April 26, 2017•
The SOV boys’ track team and field team competed in two meets this past week.
The Redskins finished in sixth place out of 17 teams at the Tuscola Invitational Friday.
Six athletes finished in the top six spots.
Jadon Nuzzo took first in the pole vault with a height of 13 feet, and Logan Pedigo followed with a third place finish with a vault of the same height.
J.T. Bland placed third in the 1,600 meter run with a time of 5:06.24, and Isaiah Plank placed fifth at 5:09.71.
Luke Bowman took fifth in the 100-meter dash in 12.12, and Leighton Burcham placed sixth in with a long jump of 18 feet 6 inches.
The 4x200 relay team (Burcham, Bowman, Hopper, Nuzzo) placed fourth with a time of 1:42.50, and the 4x100 relay team (Burcham, Boomer, Cullen Dyer, Bowman) placed sixth at 48.49. Read More
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Knights’ Eric Herschberger gets first score of the night stealing home against the defense of OV pitcher Tanner Coleman.
•April 26, 2017•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports
The Okaw Valley baseball team extended its winning streak to 13 with two more wins this past week.
The Timberwolves defeated Decatur Lutheran last Wednesday and walked-off a win against Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond Monday.
Against ALAH in Bethany, OV jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the firs inning, but ALAH answered with four runs in the third to take the lead.
OV scored a run in the sixth and walked off in the seventh when Austin Harshman singled to end the game 5-4.
For OV, Taylor Coleman was 2 for 4 with a run scored and two RBIs, and Harshman had two hits.
Coleman earned the win for Okaw Valley. He went four and two-thirds innings and gave up no runs on three hits and a walk. He struck out nine. Read More
•April 26, 2017•
The Sullivan-Okaw Valley track and field team competed in two meets this past week.
The Redskins placed ninth out of 15 team in the Tuscola Open last Friday.
Natalie Drury high jumped 4 feet 8 inched for third place.
The 4x100 relay team of Anna Wooters, Haley Rose, Laine Cameron and Ashlynd Risley placed second with a time of 55.86, and the 4x200 relay team of Wooters, Zoe Ray, Danielle Hill, Madalyne McPheeters placed third at 2:01.
Cameron and Katherine Kite placed fifth in the 110 hurdles and long jump, respectively, with a time of 18.47 and a jump 14 feet 2.5 inches. Read More
Photo by Jason Brown
Brook Tuttle (#11) and Alexis Britton (#13) high five coach Andy Wagner last Wednesday at Tuscola.
•April 26, 2017•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports
The Sullivan softball team dropped three games and won one this past week.
Monday the Redskins lost 9-6 on the final play of the game to Meridian in a back-and-forth game that went into extra innings.
Down 3-0, Sullivan scored one run in the fifth inning and four in the sixth to take the lead 5-3.
Meridian tied the game in the bottom of the seventh inning with two runs.
Sullivan battled back with a run in the seventh to take a 6-5 lead, but Meridian scored four in the ninth inning to win the game.
Irie Dulin recorded four hits and two RBIs, and Madison Wall suffered the loss. She pitched nine eight and two-third innings and struck out one. Read More
•April 26, 2017•
The Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond baseball team finished the week 1-2 with a loss to Arcola Friday and Okaw Valley Monday and a win against Argenta-Oreana last Wednesday.
The Knights defeated Argenta-Oreana 4-1 at Argenta.
ALAh scored two runs in the third to take an early lead and then tacked on single runs in the fifth and sixth.
Lucas Otto was 2-for-4 with three RBIs, and Shandon Herschberger was 2-for 3 with two runs scored.
Marcus Vanausdoll was 2-for-4 with a run scored and picked up the win on the mound. Read More