•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

•September 7, 2016•

Knights volleyball improved the Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond varsity record to 3-0 following a two set win over Villa Grove Sept. 1.

The ALAH volleyball team used the home court to full advantage winning 25-14 and 25-10 over the Villa Grove team. Read More

•September 7, 2016•

Arcola golf won a triangular match September 1 vs. Oblong and Villa Grove at Kaskaskia Country Club.

Clayton Miller was the medalist shooting another even par round 35. Shandon Hershchberger was runner up shooting a one over 36. Arcola-ALAH record is now 11-1.

Team Scores: Arcola - 163, Villa Grove - 189, Oblong - 193. Read More

•August 31, 2016•

Sullivan golfer Caden Ellis was medalist shooting a 34 at the Meridian hosted quad meet at held at Moweaqua Golf Course Aug. 25.

The Arcola-ALAH Golf team won the match with a 168 team goal, beating the Sullivan team’s 172 effort.

Shelbyville was third, shooting a 194 followed by Meridian’s 197.

Clayton Miller from Arcola-ALAH  was runner-up medalist. The remaining winning golf team results: Shandon Herschberger 42, Blake Lindenmeyer 41, Lucas Hutton 56 and Jacob Butler 49. Read More

•August 31, 2016•

Okaw Valley golfers beat Lutheran School Association at Hickory Point Golf Course in Forsyth August 25.

Okaw Valley shot a team total of 175, LSA had three players and no team total. Okaw Valley’s record is 4-1 following the match. Read More