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Okaw Valley high school softball team celebrates back-to-back Regional titles.

•May 25, 2016•

Okaw Valley Timberwolves softball team won the Regional championship in a 12-2 win over Edinburg in Bethany May 21.

Head coach Dave Benning has led the Timberwolves to two straight Regional titles.

This set up the Tuesday, May 24 Sectional match with Casey-Westfield in Altamont.

Edinburg scored two in the first inning. The Timberwolves responded with two in the second, four in the third, two in the fourth and four in the fifth innings for the win.

Maddie Perrine was on the mound five innings for the win, allowing four hits, two runs and striking out five. Read More

•May 25, 2016•

The Arthur-L/Atwood-Hammond Knights softball team under head coach Jerry Lane ended the season with a 14-10 record, following Regional tournament play at Catlin-Salt Creek.

Macy Hollingsworth pitched 69 innings for the Knights with a 6-5 record and 4.77 ERA.  She allowed 73 runs, 114 hits, of which 16 were doubles, three triples and a home run, while fanning 16 players.

Shelby Frederick pitched 53 innings for the Knights with a 5-6 record and 3.96 ERA. Of 85 hits 53 runs were scored, 18 were doubles, one triple and two home runs allowed as she struck out 47 batters.

Logan Kauffman had 39 hits in 78 at bats with two triples. She scored 30 times, had eight RBIs and stole eight bases for a .500 batting average.

Frederick had 42 hits in 81 at bats with two doubles, a triple and a home run. She scored 18 runs, had 27 RBIs and stole one base. She finished with season with .519 average. Read More

•May 25, 2016•

Sullivan baseball Redskins completed regular season play with a 14-13 record for head coach Troy Rogers.

Five pitchers served the Redskins on the mound, with Brett Tuttle pitching 21 2/3 innings, allowing 30 hits and eight earned runs, while striking out 20. He had a 3-1 record and 2.58 ERA.

Zach Hrvol pitched 44 1/3 innings, allowing 38 hits and 18 earned runs with 61 strike outs. He had a 4-3 record and 2.84 ERA.

Tom Schibur pitched 40 innings, giving up 32 hits and 20 earned runs. He had a 2-3 record and struck out 50 batters for a 3.5 ERA.

Dylan Liddiard pitched 26 innings allowing 30 hits and eight earned runs. He struck 23 batters out and had a 3-1 record with a 2.15 ERA. Read More

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Lady Redskin seniors were honored during the last home game. From left: Abby Elzy, Heidi Clements, Dani Boyer and Seleste Smith.

•May 18, 2016•

By Matt Kracht
News Progress Sports

The rain gods favored the Lady Redskins with a 10-0 victory over the Lady Knights from Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond on Monday.  Sullivan’s north diamond held up well in poor conditions, and Heidi Clements handled the rest.

Clements pitched five shutout innings behind some of the best velocity she has featured all year. The Lady Redskin senior scattered two hits in a performance that bodes well for the postseason.

Sullivan head coach Andy Wagner noted the team’s focus was where it needed to be, “I thought our girls today came out ready to play; we did not let the weather affect us. We have been preaching about expecting to play perfect even though it is not possible. And today I thought we did. That is the best I have seen us defensively all year.”

Sullivan jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning thanks to a double by Clements.

After a long battle including several foul balls down the left field line, Clements smoked a line drive into the gap in left center to bring home two runs. Coach Wagner said the team’s approach at the plate has improved. “I thought today we had better approaches; we stayed back.  The big thing that we talked about was letting the ball travel. When you are doing that, you can work counts and not be so gunny to hit that first pitch.” Read More