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Nettles Places for ALAH Track at State

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Knight Kenli Nettles poses with her IHSA Class 1A State Track and Field meet medals.

•May 24, 2017•

Despite a rain delay, Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond freshman Kenli Nettles placed in the top six in two events at the IHSA Class 1A State Track and Field Meet at O’Brien Stadium on the campus of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston.

Nettles high jumped 5 feet 5 inches for third place and ran the 100-meter high hurdles in 15.44 for sixth place.

Nettles broke her own school record of 15.58, which she ran in the prelims.

The Knights tied for 29th place with 11 points.

ALAH Baseball Ends Season in Moweaqua

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•May 24, 2017•

The Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond baseball team’s season ended with a 9-2 loss to Decatur Lutheran in the Class 1A Central A&M Regional at Moweaqua May 17.

Decatur Lutheran scored three runs in the first inning and six in the second to take an early 9-0 lead.

The Knights added a run in the third and one in the fifth for the final score. Read More

Sullivan Softball Season Ends in Macon

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•May 24, 2017•

The Sullivan softball team’s season ended with a 9-6 loss to Carlyle in the Macon Meridian Regional May 16.

In a game that had a lightning delay, Carlyle scored three runs in the first, but the Redskins battled back with a run in the second and third innings.

Sullivan cut the lead to 6-4 with two runs in the fifth inning, but Carlyle added three more runs in the third.  Read More

Miller Sisters Power Knights to Regional Crown

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ALAH pitcher Shelby Frederick improved her record to 15-1 during regional play.

•May 24, 2017•

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The Arthur softball regional championship was changed from Saturday to Thursday this past week to avoid bad weather Saturday. The change did not affect the Knights who rained 10 runs on two-time defending regional champion Okaw Valley for a 10-1 victory, setting up a matchup against Cumberland in the sectional semi-finals in Bethany.

Sisters Reagan Miller and Mycaela Miller both went yard—the younger Reagan with a three-run shot to left field in the first and Mycaela with a grand slam in the sixth—to keep the family home run race tied.

Kristen Corum added a home run of her own and two RBIs.

The long ball was not the only method of scoring employed by the Knights.

Senior Logan Kauffman was 3-4, and Marissa Herschberger was a perfect 4-4 with three doubles. Taylor Powell added a double as well to help Shelby Frederick improve to 15-1 on the year.  Read More

Last Inning Score Pushes OV Softball Past Sullivan

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•May 17, 2017•

By Jason Brown
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The Okaw Valley softball team finished a busy week at 3-1 with wins over Sullivan and Argenta-Oreana twice and losses to Mt Zion and Neoga.

Saturday against Sullivan, OV and the Redskins went back and forth, but with a 3-3 score going into the last inning, OV scored two.

Sullivan couldn’t answer in its half of the inning and lost 5-3.

For OV Kailyn Boyer had three hits, and Kailey George and Natalie Jeffers each had two and one RBI.

Kayla Wheeler had two RBIs. Read More

ALAH Runner Takes First

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•May 17, 2017•

Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond distance runner Logan Hall took first place in three events at the Little Okaw Valley Conference Championships in Toledo last Tuesday. Read More

Local Varsity Players Join Challenger League Fun

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Varisty Okaw Valley and Paris high school baseball players joined the Challenger League for a game in Bethany. The road trip for the Challenger League let them play baseball with instruction from varsity players.

•May 17, 2017•

Okaw Valley and Paris high school baseball players dusted off their uniforms following the May 5 game in Bethany and went to work for a great cause.

The OV/Paris game was the ultimate road trip for the Challenger League, when the group of special needs ball players was greeted by two varsity baseball teams as “Buddies”.

As the high school players did the year before following the game at Paris, they stayed around as “Buddies” for the Challenger League game playing along side the Little League visitors.

The Challenger division in Douglas County Little League started with the help of local coach Matt Colvin with a fourth of July 2014 game two teams. Read More

Two Wins for OV Timberwolves’ Baseball

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•May 17, 2017•

The Okaw Valley baseball team finished the week 2-1 for an overall record of 23-4.

The Timberwolves defeated Louisville North Clay and Argenta-Oreana but lost to the much larger school of Taylorville

Saturday OV scored three runs in the top of the seventh inning to take the 9-7 lead and win.

Austin Harshman and Garrett Fritz each had two hits. Read More