•November 25, 2015•

The Lady Redskins defeated Arcola 42-33 at home November 23 picking up their second win of the season.

“I thought we came out and played a solid first quarter scoring 13 points and holding them to five,” coach Sheri McCain said.

“Although it was a win, we still have a lot to learn fundamentally,” she continued, pointing out Lizzie Green had a good night holding Arcola’s Rylee Fishel to two points.

“Tatum Ellis stepped up for us, scoring nine points and grabbing nine rebounds.” said McCain, noting the team improved from 42% to 78% in free throw shooting. Read More

•November 18, 2015•

Sullivan Lady Redskins were defeated 91-12 last night by a very experienced and talented Teutopolis team.  Read More

Photo by Keith Stewart
Okaw Valley’s Madison Fox watches the ball after tipping it over the net Thursday against St. Anthony during the Neoga regional semi-final.

•November 4, 2015•

by Keith Stewart
For the NewsProgress

Last Thursday’s regional semifinal match saw Okaw Valley’s volleyball team ousted in a lopsided two-set decision 25-23, 25-9.

Coming into the Neoga regional ranked no. 7, Okaw Valley received a semifinal matchup with no. three ranked St. Anthony, a team whom they had not seen all season long.

And through the first set, it appeared that both teams were evenly matched.

The two sides went back and forth, exchanging points up through a 9-9 tie when the Lady Bulldogs began to pull away.

A service fault called on OV was followed by too deep of a hit by Kristy Burford and then an ace. Megan Dash’s kill attempt would sail out before Nicole Miller’s tip earned the Timberwolves the sideout. Dash would then earn a kill, but her next two attempts would go too far, helping St. Anthony get out to a 16-11 lead before a Dash hit ricochet off Hannah Will. Dash would then put up her best serving of the night, recording two aces to pull within one before a St. Anthony timeout iced her at the line.

Two unforced errors later and OV was back down by four.

But not long after, though down 22-18, the Timberwolves would set out on a 4-0 run with three kills and a tip by Miller. But yet another hit too deep would put the Bulldogs back in the lead, up 23-22. Another Dash kill would tie the game, but then a serve out of bounds and an ace later, and OV dropped the first set. Read More

•October 28, 2015•

By Matt Kracht
NP Sports Reporter

Sullivan Okaw Valley fell 42-38 on a last second play against the Clinton Maroons Friday night.

The Redskins held a 10 point lead late in the fourth quarter until a pair of costly turnovers allowed Clinton to steal the conference matchup.  Redskin head coach Gerald Temples said the loss was a disappointing one.   “I told them if we let them hang around, it’s going to be a ball game, and we let them hang around.  It is just disappointing tonight.”

In a classic rivalry game from the old Okaw, the Maroons would score first on a 40 yard touchdown pass aided by the wind to go up 6-0 with 8:18 remaining in the first quarter.

Alec Ballinger proceeded to take the ensuing kickoff 90 yards for the touchdown.  The Redskins special team unit got the inside pursuit sealed off, created a lane and Ballinger turned on the afterburners.  Just like that the Redskins were back on top 7-6 with only eight seconds off the clock.

Clinton punted on its next possession backing the Redskins’ offense up to their own 10 yard line.  Ty Molzen would orchestrate a two minute 90 yard scoring drive capped off with a 50 yard touchdown pass to Bryce Farris.  Farris, who has a nose for the endzone, was uncovered in the slot, and Molzen hit him in stride streaking down the seam alone.  The touchdown pass extended the Redskin lead to 13-6 with 5:22 left in the opening quarter.

Clinton answered with a body blow going 72 yards in four minutes to retake the lead on a 21 yard run.  The Maroons added a two point conversion to go back on top 14-13.  Clinton would score again early in the second quarter to push the lead to 21-13 with just over nine minutes remaining in the first half.   Read More