•May 10, 2017•
The Sullivan-Okaw Valley girls’ track and field team competed in the Central Illinois Conference meet at Tuscola High School Friday.
SOV placed sixth with 42 points.
Notable SOV individual accomplishments were: Haley Rose ran the 300 hurdles in 50.91 for third place, and Esther Miller high jumped four feet seven inches for third place. Read More
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OVHS Seniors
Recognized
OV Timberwolves baseball team members Connor Cloyd and Taylor Coleman are honored during senior night.
•May 10, 2017•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports
The Okaw Valley baseball team defeated Decatur Lutheran 8-4 this week to win the Little Okaw Valley Conference title for the fourth straight year in a row.
They earned a No. 1 seed in the Argenta-Oreana Class 1A Boys’ Baseball Regional as a result.
“Winning the LOVC is a great accomplishment for us this year,” said OV coach Andrew Hagerman. “At the top we knew Argenta and LSA would be very difficult wins, and they were. I was surprised at how good both Arthur and Arcola were this year. Those programs are definitely on the upswing, and beating them was not easy at all.”
Against LSA Friday, the Timberwolves scored a run in the second inning, two in the third inning and five in the fourth inning.
OV held on from there as LSA scored three in the fifth inning and one in the sixth but could get no closer.
Garrett Fritz hammered a two-run homer to give OV an early 3-0 lead. Read More
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OV High Jumper
Sixth grade high jump school record holder, Lexie Bartimus, poses with her certificate.
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OV Bass Fishing Ends Season
The Okaw Valley bass fishing team ended their season at the Lake Shelbyville Sectional on Monday. Seniors Corey Clark, Moranda Matheson and Tyus Brooks represented the Twolves on the water. The team is coached by Dave Doty.
•May 3, 2017•
The Okaw Valley softball team defeated Cerro Gordo/DeLand-Weldon 14-1 in windy weather Monday evening.
The Timberwolves scored three runs in the first inning and three in the second inning to take a 6-1 lead.
OV tacked on two more runs in the fourth, then blew the game open with six runs in the sixth inning. Read More
•May 3, 2017•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports
The Sullivan-Okaw Valley girls’ track and field team competed in two meets despite the rainy weather this week.
Thursday at the 18-team Monticello Lady Sages Invitational, Sullivan had four athletes place in the top six spots.
Alaya Bolin tossed the shot put 32 feet 9.5 inches for fourth place, and Esther Miller high jumped 4 foot 8 inches for fourth place.
Natalie Drury followed with a high jump of 4 foot 4 inches for sixth place, and Laine Cameron placed sixth in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 52.72.
The Redskins 1,600-meter relay team placed fourth with a time of 4:27.34. Read More
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Okaw Valley’s Garrett Fritz swings away against Cerro Gordo during Monday’s windy weather. Fritz totaled two hits and five RBIs.
•May 3, 2017•
The Okaw Valley baseball team defeated Cerro Gordo-Bement but lost its first game in more than five weeks to Morrisonville.
Against the Broncos Monday night, the Timberwolves ended the game in the third inning with a 15-0 lead.
OV scored seven runs in the first inning and eight runs in the second.
The offense totaled 10 hits, and the defense played errorless in the field.
Taylor Coleman, Hayden Francisco and Garrett Fritz each recorded two hits.
Fritz also had a game-high five RBIs.
Sam Hagerman and Hutson Dickens each had three RBIs.
Coleman pitched a one-hit shutout in three innings and struck out seven.
OV’s overall record is now 17-2.
The Timberwolves are scheduled to travel to LSA Friday, host Paris Saturday, then back on the road to Tri-County Monday and Taylorville Tuesday.
•May 3, 2017•
The Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond girls’ track team competed in the 18-team Monticello Lady Sages Invitational Thursday.
Three Knights placed in the top six spots.
Kenli Nettles high jumped 5 foot 2 inches for first place. Read More
•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