•September 14, 2016•
Sullivan varsity golf won the home quad match Sept. 8 with a 174 team score.
Caden Ellis was medalist shooting a 37.
Okaw Valley’s team was second with a 187; Shelbyville shot a 205 and Meridian 238. Read More
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Arcola Wins Triangular Match
•September 14, 2016•
Arcola Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond golf team won a triangular match against Tuscola and Charleston JV September 6.
Arcola placed first shooting a 172 followed by Tuscola and Charleston tied with 180 a piece. Read More
Okaw Valley Golfers Second at Fox Prairie
•September 14, 2016•
Okaw Valley golfers placed second in a triangular match at Fox Prairie Tuesday, Sept. 6.
St Anthony won the match with a 155; Okaw Valley 174 and Shelbyville 188.
Medalist was Mitch Cremer LSA 35; Dylan Ferguson, St. Anthony 36. Read More
Arcola Boys’ Golf Keeps Chugging Along
•September 14, 2016•
The Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond-Arcola boys’ golf team improved their record to 11-1 during the week, taking a triangular match between Oblong and Villa Grove at their home course at Kaskaskia Country Club, before having their tournament at Blue Ridge cancelled. Read More
Knights Serve a Big Win Over Redskins
•September 14, 2016•
Kirk Whitaker
NP Sports
It looked so easy it wasn’t even funny Sept. 12.
Everyone got in on the act, as Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond’s serving and multiple weapons stifled the Sullivan hosts 25-9, 25-5.
The highlight of both sets for Arthur was from the service line.
Sophomore Taylor Powell responded with three aces after giving Sullivan its first point of the night. Two more of the eight points the Knights had were off Abby Duzan aces before Sullivan called a timeout 8-2.
There was no escaping the serves for the Redskins after the timeout. Madison Brown tore off four aces in a row--and was very close to a fifth-- before an ace and kill from Powell finished off the first set.
Powell finished the night with a team high five aces--followed by Duzan with four-- three kills and two digs.
“Our aggressive serving really threw Sullivan’s offense off,” Knights’ head coach Emily Crossman explained. “It was our best offensive strategy of the night.” Read More
Arcola Golf Team Wins Triangular Match
•September 7, 2016•
Arcola-ALAH cooperative golf team won a triangular match Aug 30 at Kaskaskia Country Club.
Clayton Miller was the medalist shooting with an even par round 35. Blake Lindenmeyer was the runner up with a 39. Arcola’s record is now 9-1 Read More
Arcola-ALAH Keeps Lighting Up the Greens to 11-1 Start; Sullivan Not Starting to Shabby Either
•September 7, 2016•
Kirk Whitaker
NP Sports Reporter
Tuesday and Thursday Arcola-Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond golf won both matches at their home course—in convincing fashion both days.
Top returner Clayton Miller led the way both nights shooting back-to-back even par 35s with Blake Lindenmeyer taking second on Tuesday with a 39 (+4) and Shandon Herschberger almost tying him Thursday with a 36 (+1).
Lucas Hutton, Dallas Sisk and Jacob Butler rounded out the top five for Arcola which shot 161 and 163 at the two meets Tuesday and Thursday as a team, taking first place by 28 and 26 strokes those two days respectively. Read More
Okaw Valley Downs Sullivan Volleyball in Two Sets for New Season’s First Win
•September 7, 2016•
By Kirk Whitaker
NP Sports Reporter
Kristy Buford set the tone for Okaw Valley, and the rest of the ‘Wolves followed suit Tuesday night when the Timberwolves came to Sullivan and took a two-set victory over the Lady Redskins 25-18, 25-12.
The OV senior started off the first set with four kills and an ace, leading her team to an 8-3 start.
“Kristy did what she was supposed to do and led us,” Timberwolves’ head coach Jay Potter praised. “She receives the most sets, and tonight she played with few errors. When that happens, we always have a better chance to win.”
The advantage rose to 15-7, but after their second timeout, Sullivan came back with a vengeance out of the timeout that brought the game to a two point deficit, 18-16, with an ace from Ally Elzy and a kill from Esther Miller at key points along the way. Read More
Knights Prey on Sages, Take Two Set Win
•September 7, 2016•
Kirk Whitaker
NP Sports
It was no rest on Labor Day in Arthur Monday night as the Knights volleyball team took down Monticello 25-15, 25-18. Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond keeps a perfect 4-0 record for the young season.
Madison Brown brought the heat to the court throughout both sets finishing with team highs in aces (five) and assists (13).
In the first, Brown started serving for the Knights and pushed the contest out to a 7-1 advantage, and ALAH never looked back.
“This is the first game of the season where we have come out in game one ready to play,” Knights head coach Emily Crossman explained. “We had been getting down at the beginning, but starting like this gave the girls a real confidence booster going forward.” Read More
College Football Returns; Last NFL Cuts Made
•September 7, 2016•
Whit Kirtaker
NP Sports
This was one humdinger of a week of sports to recap.
To start:
As of print date, the Cubs are 41 games above .500, and the magic number to cinching the NL Central is close to single digits.
Texas beat Notre Dame in college football—a 50-47, double overtime barn-burner might I add—for the first time since 1970. Surely Texas could have gouged the Irish in that time with Ricky Williams, Vince Young, and other stars in that time frame, but scheduling didn’t really allow for those games.
Speaking of the 70s, for the first time since 1972 two top five teams—LSU and Oklahoma—fell in the first week of the season. LSU’s loss was to Wisconsin, 16-14 at Lambeau Field, and Oklahoma got caught on the tracks 33-23 against Houston who showed they haven’t lost much, if anything, since their upset triumph over Florida State in the Peach Bowl last season. Read More