•July 27, 2016•
Baseball/softball tryouts for the 2017 Mo-Co Rush will be held Saturday and Sunday, August 6 and 7 in Jurgens Park in Arthur.
Sign ups and warm ups begin 30 minutes prior to tryouts. Read More
Category Archives: Sports
Gottfreidt Hitting Stride at Lindenwood
Following a Dream
•July 20, 2016•
Kirk Whitaker
NP Sports Reporter
2014 Sullivan grad Taylor Gottfriedt was an All-OVC catcher when Sullivan softball won their home regional over ALAH in 2014.
After catching at Lincoln College for one season, Gottfriedt transferred to Lindenwood University in Belleville—an NAIA D1 softball program, which is equivalent to NCAA DII.
Midway through last season, Gottfriedt—who earned the starting catcher’s position for the pre-season 23rd nationally ranked Lynx— sustained a shoulder injury and was lost for the remainder of the season. Read More
Seegmiller Keeps Rolling at Millikin
All in, All Out, All the Time
•July 20, 2016•
Kirk Whitaker
NP Sports Reporter
2012 and 2013 were special years for Arthur-Lovington volleyball.
In those two seasons, the Lancers won the last two of their three consecutive regional crowns and advanced to the Sweet 16; ousted by Tri-County and eventual state runner-up Stewardson-Strasburg respectively.
A key cog of those two teams was 2015 graduate Emily Seegmiller.
Before Seegmiller took her talents to Millikin University, she was the best server the Lancers had and one of the most feared hitters in the area. Read More
Mo-Co Rush to Add Baseball for 2017 Season
•July 13, 2016•
The Mo-Co Rush will be adding 9U/10U baseball to their program for the 2017 season. Leading the 10U baseball coaching staff will be Jeff Thomas of Arcola who played for Baylor University.
Thomas pitched for the Bears and played on the team that went 41-19 and won a conference championship. After college, he played six seasons of professional baseball. Read More
Timberlake Scramble Winners
•July 13, 2016•
Monday night scramble at Timberlake results for July 11: fist place with five under par: Clint Marshall, Shane Russell, Josh Bushue and Justin Skinner.
Second place with four under par: Doug DeLong, Luke DeLong, Jake Haegen and Jason Moody.
Schuring Shooting away at Lake Land College
•July 6, 2016•
By Kirk Whitaker
NP Sports Reporter
Tyler Schuring, Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond class of 2015, Lake Land Basketball.
In his high school career ALAH grad Tyler Schuring took the area by storm with his shooting and athleticism.
After graduating, the Knight continued on at nearby Lake Land College and saw success in his freshman campaign.
Schuring saw ample minutes starting out and hit a season high five 3-pointers, scoring 15 in one game. Read More
Yantis Swinging Away at Illinois College
•June 29, 2016•
Kirk Whitaker
NP Sports
Noah Yantis Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond class of 2014, golf, Illinois College
Football, basketball, volleyball, baseball, softball.
Those are the sports that normally get the limelight in the summer at any level, but who could forget it is prime golfing season?
ALAH 2014 grad Noah Yantis sure hasn’t forgotten.
The Knight turned to-be junior at Illinois College has seen steady improvement and is looking to improve off a low score of 81, a 3-1 record in match play and a highest individual finish of third. Read More
Blue Dolphin Food Drive Does Well
Blue Dolphin Food Drive Does Well
Blue Dolphins coach Jason Drury once again set a goal for the Dolphins, and once again they went beyond his expectations. SBD set a summer food drive challenge of 600 cans. The total cans is 795. Not only are the Dolphins filling the Food Bank shelves this summer, they are also helping Relay for Life.
The Relay for Life team uses the cans to hold the luminaries and then turns them over to the Food Bank. Relay for Life Food Bank Donation
Back Row: Brodie Goss, Coach Jason Drury, Brynna Sentel, Natalie Drury, Charlie Goss, Tyler Homann, Addison Graham, Ryan Schodlatz, Noah Kersten;
3rd Row: RFL Jessi Jess, Natalie Turnbaugh, Anna Wooters, Allison Oligschlaeger, McKenna Kull, Nicole Homann, Gabby Spain, Jessica Renfro, Mackenzie Erixon, CEFS Director Kristy Dawson; 2nd Row: RFL Diane Waggoner, Sofia Nuzzo Front Row: Calista Clark, Lilly Graham, Emily Crosier, RFL Jamie Crosier
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Two Sullivan Football Players Make All Star Circuit
•June 22, 2016•
Alec Ballinger from the Sullivan Redskins football team played in the Shriners All Star game held at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington Saturday, June 18.
Ballinger and Ty Molzen combine forces in Decatur in the Eastern Star game June 25.
Sullivan Siblings Win At Drive Chip Putt Championship
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National Drive Chip and Putt Competitors (left to right) Jordan Bardfield of Mt. Zion, Lane Ludwig of Effingham and Brett Bushue of Sullivan.
•June 22, 2016•
The first leg of local qualifying for the 2017 Drive, Chip & Putt Championship was held Friday, June 17 at Effingham Country Club. Brett Bushue of Sullivan won first place overall in the 10-11 year old age group; Kate Bushue won first place in the 7-9 year old age group.
A joint initiative founded in 2013 by the Masters Tournament, United States
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Girls’ National Drive Chip and Putt competitors (left to right) Frank Chieppa who is employed with the PGA of America as Regional Manager of Player Development, Makenna Mayhood of Effingham, Kate Bushue of Sullivan and Elizabeth Hirtzel of Effingham.
Golf Association and The PGA of America, the Drive, Chip and Putt Championship is a free nationwide junior golf development competition aimed at growing the game by focusing on the three fundamental skills employed in golf. By tapping the creative and competitive spirit of girls and boys ages 7-15, the Drive, Chip and Putt Championship provides aspiring junior golfers an opportunity to play with their peers in qualifiers around the country. Participants who advance through local, sub-regional and regional qualifying in each age/gender category earn a place in the National Finals, which is conducted at Augusta National Golf Club the Sunday before the Masters Tournament and is broadcast live by Golf Channel.