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Okaw Valley Golf
OVHS Golf team. Front row L to R: Cameron Nickerson, Austin Harshman, Beau Atchison; second row L to R: Trey Yarnell and Hayden Carlson; third row L to R: Addison Webner, Tanner Coleman, and Case Crawford (Not pictured Ethan Macklin and Grace Harlin)
•August 30, 2017•
Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond’s lone female cross country runner Makenna Green placed fourth in a five-team meet in Sullivan Thursday and 17th in the Saber Kickoff Classic last Tuesday.
At the Sullivan meet, she ran a 22:37, and at the Saber Kickoff Classic, she finished in 22.43.
She is scheduled to enter the Chrisman Invite at 9 a.m. Saturday.
•August 30, 2017•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports
With a complete new coaching staff and a young team, Okaw Valley volleyball head coach Sarah McDowell has had to shuffle several new situations before her team even took the court.
In her first year as head coach, McDowell has been joined with first-year junior varsity coach Kirsten Durflinger and first-year assistant coach Maggie Luckenbill.
“We have three new coaches to the high school program,” said McDowell, “so it has taken time for our players to get comfortable with our style of coaching. We are…challenging the players every day in practice to be leaders regardless of age and push them to ask questions and share their successes and failures from previous seasons with the coaching staff in order to better plan for this year.”
Despite the varsity being made up of a majority of underclassmen, the returning players do have experience, and some have been participating in club leagues around central Illinois and improving their skills all winter.
Plus, she has better overall numbers of players out this season than last. Read More
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Leading the way for the ALAH Knights in the home opener at Wilson Field August 25 was Marcus Vanausdoll who finished the game against Tri-County with 121 yards in 14 carries and scored a touchdown.
•August 30, 2017•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports
The Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond football team dropped its season opener 34-28 against Tri-County at home Friday night.
In the first quarter, a fresh ALAH team executed well and took a 14 point lead in the first quarter.
But in the second quarter, Tri-County scored 21 unanswered points to take the lead.
“We lost momentum when we started turning the ball over,” said ALAH coach Dale Schuring.
Tri-County added seven more in the third.
“Second and third quarters, we played undisciplined football and turned the ball over repeatedly,” said Schuring. The Knights battled back with 14 points in the fourth quarter, but it was not enough in the 34-28 loss. Read More
Photo by Jason Brown
Okaw Valley volleyball
Front row L-R: April Decesaro, Bella Benning, Sadie Zimmerman and Natalie Jeffers. Back row L-R: Paige Coleman, Kailynn Bobbett, Kate Jeffers and Madison Vogel.
•August 23, 2017•
The Okaw Valley golf team extended its winning streak to six matches without a loss to start the season.
The Timberwolves won dual meets against Villa Grove Thursday and Pana last Tuesday.
Okaw Valley defeated Villa Grove 162-189 at Eagle Creek.
Case Crawford shot a team best 39.
Tanner Coleman followed with a score of 40, and Austin Harshman posted a 41. Read More
•August 23, 2017•
School is in session and fall sports seasons are beginning. On Friday, August 18 fans of Sullivan Okaw Valley football, Sullivan golf and cross country teams along with volleyball and cheerleaders gathered to kick off the season in grand fashion. Each team was introduced to an enthusiastic group of fans, family and friends.
Athletic Director Ryan Aikman welcomed the crowd and introducted fall coaches: SOV Head Football Coach Andy Kerley, SOV Cheer squad Coach Marsha Kirby, Golf Coach Ben Richter, Cross Country Coach J.D Graham, and Swim Coach Scott Bales.
Each coach then introduced the teams to the audience. Read More
•August 23, 2017•
Glen Righter of Sullivan scored a hole in one July 25. The hole in one occurred on Hole 15, a par 3, 134 yd hole at Fox Prairie located in Windsor.
Righter scored the hole in one with a 5 wood and had this to say about it,
“First hole-in-one, especially since I am 81 years old.”
•August 23, 2017•
The Sullivan boys’ golf team defeated Windsor-Stew-Strasburg at Fox Prairie last Wednesday.
The Redskins finished with a score of 164 to WSS’s 219.
Caden Ellis and Leighton Burcham each shot a 38 to lead Sullivan. Read More
•August 23, 2017•
The Sullivan girls’ golf team opened its season by finishing fifth out of 12 schools in the Charleston Scramble last Monday and defeated Windsor last Wednesday.
“It was a beautiful day for the girls to play, and they really look forward to building from this start,” said coach Ben Richter.
Addison Darush and Irie Dulin each shot a 42 for eighth place, and Alexis Britton and Esther Miller each shot 44 for 13th. Read More