•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
•March 29, 2017•
The Sullivan baseball team split a pair of games this week, defeating Villa Grove-Heritage and losing to Neoga.
Against Villa Grove-Heritage last Wednesday, the Redskins scored five runs in the third inning and seven in the fourth to blow the game open for the 14-4 win.
Heritage scored one run in the first inning, two in the second and one in the fifth.
Brett Tuttle recorded four hits, two RBIs and two runs scored. Read More
•March 29, 2017•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor
In his fourth season as head coach of the Sullivan-Okaw Valley boys’ track and field team, John Bertetto had to replace a strong graduating class, but Bertetto believes he has a few top returners who will step up this year.
“Our strengths this year will be our pole vaulters and distance crew,” said Bertetto. “Both Jadon Nuzzo and Logan Pedigo should earn points in the pole vault at most of our meets, and our distance crew should be very solid this season with JT Bland and Isaiah Plank leading the way. We will hopefully be able to keep everyone healthy and training all season, leading up to our conference, sectional, and state meets.”
The team returned 16 letter winners and 13 seniors.
Pole vaulters Nuzzo and Pedigo will have a good shot at qualifying for the state meet.
SOV also returned JT Bland, who was last season’s top point earner in the distance events. Read More