Photo by Darian Hays
Sullivan pitcher Brett Tuttle returned to the mound following an injury. He allowed one earned run in five innings with Sullivan winning their 12th game.

•April 27, 2016•

By Matt Kracht

Brett Tuttle returned to the mound for the first time since an injury and allowed just one earned run over five innings in a quality start. Sullivan secured their 12th win overall and fifth in the Central Illinois Conference.

Head coach Troy Rogers complemented Tuttle’s performance after the win. “That is a big arm to have back in our lineup, and it was a good game to get him going again. I thought he looked sharp down in the zone after the first inning he mixed things up.”

Meridian drew first blood to take an early lead 1-0 after the first. The Redskins threatened to score in the bottom half of the second inning but stranded the bases loaded with two outs.

Sullivan broke through in the third after a leadoff infield single by Zach Hrvol paid off on an RBI infield single by Zach Sowers.

Sowers then came home to score on a Tom Schibur double down the line just out of reach of Meridian’s third baseman. The RBI double put Sullivan in front 2-1, a lead they would hold onto thanks in part to heads up play at first base by Hrvol.   Read More

•April 27, 2016•

Okaw Valley Timberwolves baseball won the Wayne City game 10-6 Saturday, April 23 in Bethany.

It was a 3-2 game after the first inning with the Indians taking a 6-3 lead in the second.

The Timberwolves came back, scoring one in the third and four in the fourth inning, going ahead 8-6 in the fifth. Two runs in the sixth inning clinched the win for Okaw Valley. Read More

•April 27, 2016•

Sullivan hosted the Tri-County Invitational track meet April 19 with Pana leading female teams with 174 points.

The Moweaqua Central A&M team scored 133 for second followed by Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond in third, scoring 64 points. Neoga was fourth with 57.

Sullivan Okaw Valley’s team finished in fifth place scoring 41 points. Stewardson Strasburg was sixth with 40 points.

Shelbyville was seventh place with 30 points and Cowden Herrick eighth with 12.

Individual highlights of the girls’ competition includes:

100 Meter Dash – Emma Meyer of CA&M first 13.25; Sullivan’s Ashlynd Risely fifth 13.77; Lexi Burnett ALAH ninth 13.93; Hannah Leal ALAH 10th 14.09; Anna Wooters SOV 12th 14.69; Kailyn Boyer SOV 14th 14.94. Read More

•April 27, 2016•

The Sullivan Okaw Valley girls’ track team finished in ninth place with 20 points at the 14 team Tuscola Open Friday.  Read More

•April 27, 2016•

Tri County Invitational Track action in Sullivan on April 19 finished with Sullivan Okaw Valley boys in second with 95 points, behind first place Shelbyville scoring 206 points.

Pana finished third with 90; Arcola fourth with 65; Arthur-Lovington/Atwood- Hammond was fifth with 50; Central A&M sixth scoring 26; Stewardson-Strasburg eighth with 10 and Cowden-Herrick ninth with four points.

Individual event scoring highlights:

100 meter dash – Blake Stewart SOV first 11.80; Grant Sims SHEL second 11.84; Zane Uphoff SOV third 11.92; Luke Bowman SOV seventh 12.14.

200 meter dash – Jordan Smith SHEL first 23.59; Zane Uphoff SOV third 24.03; Blake Stewart SOV fourth 24.09; Scott Kauffman ALAH 11th 28.96.

400 meter dash – Ryan Skowronski SHEL first 52.58; Payton Westjohn SOV seventh; Cullen Dyer SOV 11th 59.37.

800 meter run – Ryan Skowronski SHEL first 2:08.25; Justin Laughlin ALAH fourth 2:09.01; Mason Harner SOV ninth 2:16.67; Logan Pedigo SOV tenth 2:21.49. Read More