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Sullivan Holds Meridian to One Run for a Big Win

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•April 13, 2016•

Sullivan Redskin varsity baseball traveled to Meridian to get a 10-1 win April 5.

Zach Hrvol pitched six shutout innings for Sullivan, allowing two hits and a base on balls. Brett Tuttle came in for one inning of relief with the Hawks getting two hits and one run.

Hrvol got the win, throwing 52 strikes in 81 pitches; Tuttle threw 14 strikes in 19 pitches.

Alec Ballinger got two hits in four trips to the plate and scored twice; Brett Tuttle had three hits off five at bats scoring twice and driving in three RBIs.

Hrvol helped his cause with one hit, one run and a base on balls in four at bats. Bryce Farris had five trips to the plate, getting two hits, a run and one RBI. Read More

Okaw Valley Timberwolves 9-3 Over Lions

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•April 13, 2016•

The Okaw Valley baseball team enjoyed a 9-3 win over Decatur LSA  April 8.

The Timberwolves opened the first inning 2-0 over the Lions, who scored one in the second.

Lutheran Schools Association’s Lions scored one in the third and one run in the sixth on eight hits.

Okaw Valley’s team scored two in the third inning, three in the fifth and one in the sixth on nine hits. Read More

SOV Track Finishes Third

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•April 13, 2016•

The SOV boys’ track team finished in third place out of 13 teams in the cold, snowy, and windy Arthur Invitational Friday night.

Individuals earning points at the meet were:

Blake Stewart: first in the 200m 23.75, second in the 100m 11.7

Zane Uphoff: second in the 200m 24.1, second in long jump 19’6.5”, third in triple jump 39’6”

JT Bland: second in the 1600m 5:03.1, fifth in the 3200m 10:41.5 Read More

Timberwolves Beat Clinton Maroons

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•April 6, 2016•

Okaw Valley Timberwolves varsity traveled to Clinton, April 2 beating the Clinton Maroons 5-2.

The Timberwolves started out the first inning with a 2-1 advantage over Clinton. Both teams scored in the third with Okaw Valley returning in the fifth and seventh innings with runs.

The Timberwolves maximized their hits scoring five from seven, while the Maroons had six hits that netted two runs.

Garrett Fritz led the Okaw Valley team with four hits and three RBIs. Ian Tiarks supplied two hits. Read More

Blue Devils Take Knights

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•April 6, 2016•

Villa Grove Heritage Blue Devils took Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond Knights baseball 20-4 in a home game, April 4.

The Knights scored two runs to the Blue Devils three in the first inning. ALAH had a 2-2 fifth inning, then Villa Grove had a five run third and an eight run seventh, taking the game out of reach.

Hitting for ALAH was Brad D. Miller who was 1-3 and scored a run. Read More

Neoga Outhits Knights

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•April 6, 2016•

Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond Knights played Neoga Saturday, losing 12-2.

Neoga scored five in the first inning and six in the second inning to take the wind out of the Knights, who scored in the fourth and fifth innings. Read More

SOV Girls’ Track Hosts Home Meet

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•April 6, 2016•

The SOV girls’ track team finished in third place with 39.5 points in the March 22 home meet.

SOV highlights: First places-4 x 800 (Hogan, Elzy, McClure, Cravatta) in 13:25, the 4 x 200 (Turnbaugh, Wooters, Nuzzo, Risley) in 1:57 and the 4 x 400 (Risley, Marshall, Cameron, Nuzzo) in 4:35. Cameron also won 100 & 300 Hurdles in 18.4 & 53.7 while Ray won Long Jump at 14-9.

Second places to Marshall- 800 in 2:40 and the 4 x 100 (Turnbaugh, Ray, Hill, Wooters) in 56.3. Third places to Bolin-Shot Put at 28-3, Hill-Long Jump at 13-9, McClure in 400 in 1:16, Elzy-1600 in 7:39 and Risley-100 in 14.1.

Meet results by event:

100 meter dash: First - Emma Henderson, Tuscola 13.83; Second -Alexa Walker, Cerro Gordo/Bement, 13.86 and Third-Ashlynd Risley, Sullivan/Okaw Valley 14.13.

200 meter dash: First- Emma Henderson,Tusc. 27.91; Second-Alexa Walker, CGB 28.96; Third-Ariel Campbell, CGB 29.74; Fourth- Danielle Hill, SOV 30.25. Read More

Sullivan Baseball Battles Tuscola in CIC Opener

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•April 6, 2016•

By Matt Kracht
NP Sports Reporter

The Redskins took a competitive 9-6 loss to open conference play against rival Tuscola March 30.

Tommy Schibur was the starting pitcher for Sullivan but developed an oblique strain in the third inning. The injury forced head coach Troy Rogers to bring in Brett Tuttle for an extended relief appearance.  Coach Rogers noted the Redskins had been on a trying stretch schedulewise before the contest.

“We played six games in six days to start the season. We had about a week off before today. That gave us some extra time off which was nice.”

The Warriors drew first blood getting to Schibur for two runs early on.  However, Schibur buckled down to get a clutch strikeout with the bases loaded to keep Sullivan in the ball game. The Redskins rallied to take back the lead 3-2 in the top of the third thanks to the long ball. Austin Minnigerode got full extension on a pitch down and took Mr. Spalding out to the deepest part of the ballpark right centerfield.   Read More

Second Place for SOV Boys’ Track at Home

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•April 6, 2016•

The SOV boys’ track team finished in second place as a team last night behind Tuscola. St. Anthony was third and Cerro Gordo fourth.

Meet results:

100 meter dash: First-Tyler Seip, Tusc 12.15; Second-Brandon Stewart, Tusc 12.16; Third-Jack Nuxoll, St. Anthony 12.57; SOVs Leighton Burcham, Tristan Carroll and Seth Bricker placed.

200 meter dash:First-Joe Lopez, Tusc 24.49; Second-Zane Uphoff, SOV 24.50; Jack Nuxoll, SAAN 24.84.

400 meter dash: First-Turner Hastings, Tusc 56.96; Second-Wyatt Lawrence, SAAN 58.31; Third-Noah Henricks, CGB 59.33. Cullen Dyer SOV was fourth.

800 meter run: First -Trent Ponder, Tusc 2:14.11; Second-Mitchell Sager, SAAN 2:20.66; Third-Josiah Lemay, Tusc 2:23.44. SOV’s Cameron Nickerson, Mason Harner, and Isaiah Plank placed. Read More