•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

•April 20, 2016•

Sullivan Redskins baseball trip to Arcola  April 27 finished with a seven run fifth inning for a 16-2 win over the Purple Riders.

Redskin Dylan Liddiard pitched five innings allowing eight hits, two runs and five base on balls. Liddiard had five strikeouts and threw 50 strikes in 80 pitches.

Sullivan started with a four run first inning, scoring one run in the third and another four in the fourth, before the big seven run fifth inning finish.

Adam White led the team with three RBIs, getting two hits, a run, a base on balls and a stolen base.

Blake Stewart managed two RBIs, with one hit, one score, while getting walked three times and had one stolen base. Zach Sowers added two RBIs while scoring one run on two hits.  Read More

•April 20, 2016•

The Sullivan Okaw Valley girls’ track team competed in the 20 team Unity Girls’ Invite on Friday. There were several season best and personal best performances including  Ashlynd Risley in the 100 meter (13.62), Alyssa Marshall in the 800 (2:35), Danielle Hill in the 200 (29.6) and Laine Cameron in both the 100 Hurdles (17.6) and 300 hurdles (51.9).

•April 20, 2016•

The Sullivan Okaw Valley Girls’ track team finished in fourth place with 37 points at the Warrensburg Quad meet April 12.

Sullivan Okaw Valley results:

First place- Zoe Ray- Long Jump- 15’ 3 1/4”.  Read More

•April 20, 2016•

By Matt Kracht
NP Sports Reporter

A four run sixth inning Redskin rally came up short in a 10-4 loss against Central A&M April 15. Sullivan starter Tommy Schibur battled against tough luck and a small strike zone all day while the Raiders’ starter allowed just one hit over the first five innings.

Sullivan head coach Troy Rogers said before the game shortstop Brett Tuttle had to be removed from lineup due to possible injury. “We are waiting to hear because we don’t want it to get worse until we find out for sure. I talked it over with my seniors and asked what they thought. We came up with a game plan.”

The Raiders got to Schibur in the first inning after a dying quail fell for a base hit to right field to bring home the game’s first run. A walk followed and the Raiders capitalized with an RBI single to make it 2-0. An infield single loaded the bases, and a second walk brought home a third run.  Schibur notched a big strikeout to end the inning and limit the damage.  However, the Raiders scratched across another run in the second inning to make it 4-0. Coach Rogers commented that Central AM makes you pay for mistakes. “They did a good job of getting runners on and they are fast. They do a good job putting pressure on your defense. That was Hrvol’s first start at third all year. I had to bring up Dalton Rogers who is a freshman to play second, and that was a last minute change.”   Read More