•April 12, 2017•
The Sullivan softball team split a pair of games this week, defeating St. Teresa and losing to Meridian.
Sullivan won its first Central Illinois Conference game by defeating St. Teresa 18-3 Thursday.
Madison Wall pitched four innings for the win, giving up two hits. She struck out five. Read More
Photo by Jason Brown
Tanner Coleman pitches home.
•April 5, 2017•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports
The Okaw Valley baseball team finished the week 3-0 with double-header wins against St. Thomas More in extra innings Saturday and a win against Alden-Hebron Friday.
In the second game of the double header, the Timberwolves defeated STM 11-7 in a back-and-forth extra-inning game.
STM scored in the first three innings to take a 4-0 lead, but OV battle back with a run in the fourth inning and four in the fifth to take the lead.
The Sabers answered with two runs in the bottom of the fifth to take back the lead 6-5. Read More
•April 5, 2017•
The Sullivan baseball team finished the week 1-2 with a win over Cumberland and losses to St. Anthony and Tuscola.
Against Cumberland in the round robin, the Redskins jumped out early with two runs in the first inning but Cumberland answered in the third with a run.
Sullivan blew the game open with seven runs in the fifth inning and three more in the seventh for the 12-1 win in six innings.
Bryce Farris was 3-for-4 with four RBIs and a run scored. Read More
•April 5, 2017•
The Sullivan softball team finished the week 2-1 with a double-header win against Decatur MacArthur and a loss to Tuscola.
The Redskins swept Decatur MacArthur 12-1 and 18-10 Saturday.
In the first game, Sullivan scored two runs in the third for a 3-1 lead and did not look back.
Sullivan extended that lead to 5-4, then tacked on nine straight runs.
Brooke Tuttle was 3-for-5 with a double and two RBIs. Read More
•April 5, 2017•
The Okaw Valley softball team defeated Villa Grove 10-3 to improve its record to 3-2 at Villa Grove/Heritage Friday.
“We came out flat on Friday against a good hitting Villa Grove team,” said Dave Benning. “However, I was impressed with our timely hitting especially by Natalie Jeffers, Kailyn Boyer, and Paige Robinson to tie the game and then put it away with three good rallies.”
VGH took a 2-0 lead before OV scored four runs in the third inning when Grace Harlin and Kayla Wheeler lead off the inning with back-to-back walks.
Natalie Jeffers hit a double down the left-field line to score Harlin and Wheeler to tie the game.
Paige Robinson walked and advanced to second when Jeffers stole bases on consecutive pitches. Read More
•April 5, 2017•
The Sullivan-Okaw Valley boys and girls’ track and field teams competed in two meets this past week.
Girls’ Team
At the Macon Meridian Quad Thursday, the girls’ team competed against Warrensburg-Latham, Athens and Meridian.
Top finishers for the Redskins included Madalyne McPheeters, who placed second in the 200-meter dash with a time of 29.8.
Katherine Kite took second place in the 1,600-meter run with a time of 6:22, and Esther Miller high jumped 4’6” for second place.
The 4x400 and 4x200 took fist place with times of 4:41 and two minutes flat, respectively. Read More
Photo furnished AOC Defeats Crossroad Crossroad’s player (right) beats a pickoff attempt as Arthur-Okaw Christian’s Darrin Beachy applies the tag at Moore Park in Arcola April 1. Arthur-Okaw Christian defeated Crossroad in a double-header 8-3, 10-9.
•April 5, 2017•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports
Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond softball team improved its record to 5-0 with three blowout wins this week.
The Knights swept Champaign Central in a double header Saturday and Georgetown-Ridge Farm last Wednesday.
In the first game of the double header, ALAH shellacked Central 25-4 in three innings.
The Knights scored 10 in the first inning, but Central scored four to cut the lead to six.
The Knights blew the game open with a 15 run third inning.
The team batted .643. Read More
Photo furnished
Title Winners
The Okaw Valley seventh grade track and field team won the Arthur Invite Saturday.
•April 5, 2017•
Sullivan Okaw Valley junior football league sign ups for boys and girls entering the 4th-8th grades in the 2017-2018 school year are Sunday, April 9 from 3:30 - 5:30 p.m.
They are held at the Bethany Firehouse where a board meeting will follow. For more information www.sovjfl.com