•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

•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•

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

•March 29, 2017•

The Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond softball team started its season 2-0 with 6-5 wins over Villa Grove/Heritage and Georgetown-Ridge Farm last week.

Against Georgetown-Ridge Farm, the Knights scored three runs in the first inning and one in the fourth to take an early lead and did not look back for the 6-5 win. Read More

•March 29, 2017•

Several Arthur-Lovington/Atwood Hammond boys’ and girls’ track and field athletes competed in the Illinois Top Times meet at Illinois Wesleyan University Saturday.

Athletes from 318 teams competed in the meet.

For the boys, junior Logan Hall won 3,200 with a time of 9:24.13, and sophomore DaeLin Switzer long jumped 5-05 for first place. Read More