•December 9, 2015•
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will host a meeting with the public to discuss the current Water Control Plan, the 2015 Water Control Operations and Dam Safety at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, December 10.
Presentations will be given on water control operations/procedures and dam safety by members of the St. Louis District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers staff. The staff will host a questions and answers session regarding operations and dam safety after the presentations. Read More
•December 9, 2015•
Sullivan’s Redskin basketball team traveled to St. Anthony in Effingham Dec 1 with the home team winning 52-39.
It was even at the end of the first quarter with Sullivan and St. Anthony each with 11 points on the scoreboard.
A seven to five point run by the Bulldogs in the second quarter put St. Anthony ahead 18-16 at the half.
The third quarter was golden for the Bulldogs as they scored 23 points to the Redskins seven. In the fourth Sullivan came back around with a 16-10 run but came up short on the total. Read More
•December 9, 2015•
Sullivan’s Lady Redskins made a strong showing in the first half at Tuscola Dec. 3 but lost momentum and the game 39-32.
“I thought we played a solid first half defensively,” coach Sheri McCain began. “We held them to 14 points.
Tuscola outscored Sullivan 10-7 in the first quarter, but the Lady Redskins held the Lady Warriors to four points in the second quarter. Sullivan went into the half ahead 15-14.
“The only really major thing I think we didn’t do well was take care of the ball, especially in the second half,” she continued. “We had too many forced turn overs.”
Coach McCain pointed out that Brooke Tuttle stepped up with eight steals for the Lady Redskins as well as hitting three field goals for six points. Read More
•December 2, 2015•
It was a good night for the Lady Knights who beat Oakwood 55-41 on their home court November 30 .
The first two quarters found the teams evenly matched with each scoring ten, sending the game into the half tied 20-20.
Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond scored 23 points in the third quarter to six points for Oakwood as the the Lady Knight defense pressure increased. By the end of the third it was 43-26 ALAH. Read More
•December 2, 2015•
Sullivan Lady Redskins met a tough Mt. Zion Lady Braves team at home November 30.
Mt. Zion won 50-37 over the Sullivan team.
Coach Sheri McCain pointed out the rebounding will have to improve.
“I do know the ones who start taking pride in rebounding will be our varsity starters,” Coach McCain said.
Lizzie Green was the leading rebounder with seven. She also contributed five field goals for 10 points. Green had two steals and led with assists at seven.
“Every time we did something well offensively, we would turn around and make mistakes defensively,” McCain continued noting the youth of the team showed. Read More
•November 25, 2015•
The Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond Lady Knights faced Monticello at home Friday, losing 61-38.
An injury laden Lady Knights team was outscored the first quarter 22-10 but charged back during the second quarter keeping pace with Monticello in a 15-17 effort.
Down 39-25 at the end of the half, Monticello scored another 12 to ALAH’s eight. They added 10 to five in the final quarter to win the game. Read More
•November 25, 2015•
Arthur-L/Atwood-Hammond Lady Knights traveled to Shelbyville November 23 winning 56-26.
Three ALAH team members scored in double figures during a game that had Janette Comstock leading ALAH with five field goals and four points from the free stripe for 14 points.
Megan Fifer had four field goals and a three pointer along with a 2-2 trip to the free throw line for 13 points. Read More
•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•
Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond girls’ basketball started off with a home win against Meridian Monday night,.
The Lady Knights topped the Lady Hawks 49-31. The junior varsity also won 41-23.
It was a strong first quarter with ALAH scoring 20 points to Meridian’s three. Second quarter held momentum for the Lady Knights as they outscored Meridian 14 to 8 this time, heading into the half ahead 34-11.
In the third quarter the paced slowed to a 10-6 score with Meridian coming back in the fourth quarter to score 14 to the ALAH five points. The final score was 49-31. Read More
•November 18, 2015•
Sullivan Lady Redskins were defeated 91-12 last night by a very experienced and talented Teutopolis team. Read More