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Knights Get A Late Start Against Lions

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Photo by Mike Brothers Tyler Smith hauls in a pass from Will Cohan for a nine yard gain on the Knights’ drive against Decatur LSA Friday, October 9.

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Tyler Smith hauls in a pass from Will Cohan for a nine yard gain on the Knights’ drive against Decatur LSA Friday, October 9.

Decatur LSA wins

•October 14, 2015•

By Mike Brothers

The Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond game at Decatur’s Lutheran School Association field ended in favor of the LSA Lions 54-22 on Friday, October 9.

It was 8:36 in the second quarter and the Lions were up 32-0 when the Knights made their first move.

Tyler Smith returned the kick off to the 33 yard line. A Lions penalty following an incomplete Knights pass put the ball on the 47 yard line.

Marcus Vanausdoll hauled the ball down to the three yard liner.

That’s when Will Cohan handed the ball to Tyler Smith for a three yard run into the end zone for the Knights first score. The two point conversion put the score at 32-8.

Coach Dale Schuring threw the LSA Lions off balance calling an on-side kick that was recovered by Knight Brad Miller.

A pass attempt from Will Cohen to Teddy Poe was incomplete. Marcus Vanausadoll ran head long into the Lions defense for one yard with another incomplete pass forced the Knights to kick away.

The Lion’s scored again with 4:34 left in the half with the score reaching 40-8. Read More

Arcola/ALAH Golf Second in Region

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•October 14, 2015•

Arcola/Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond was runner up in the Windsor golf regional shooting a 346.

Arcola/ALAH tied with Sullivan after the match. As a tie breaker, they had to take the fifth player’s score, and Arcola lost.

Sullivan placed first, Arcola second, and Okaw Valley third. Read More

AALAH Golfer is Statebound

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•October 14, 2015•

Arcola/Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond competed in the boys’ golf sectional at El Paso Golf Club and earned sixth overall with a score of 369.

Arcola/ALAH golfer Clayton Miller advanced to the state tournament placing second overall shooting a 77.  Read More

Sullivan Golf Regional Champs 2015

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Sullivan Golf Regional Champs The Redskins boys’ golf team had another great day of competition. They earned first place as a team at the 1A Regional Tournament at Fox Prairie Golf Course in Windsor. The Redskins shot a 346 as a team which resulted in a tie with Arcola/Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond! They went to the fifth scores as a tiebreaker for the win. The team was led by Caden Ellis with an 81. Leighton Burcham shot 87, Eric Keller 89, Tommy Schibur 89, Joey Davison 98 and Adam White 106. They headed to El Paso Monday for the Sectional tournament. Left to right. Caden Ellis, Leighton Burcham,Tommy Schibur,Eric Keller, Adam White and Joey Davison. Ben Richter is Sullivan’s Golf Coach.

Sullivan Golf Regional Champs
The Redskins boys’ golf team had another great day of competition. They earned first place as a team at the 1A Regional Tournament at Fox Prairie Golf Course in Windsor. The Redskins shot a 346 as a team which resulted in a tie with Arcola/Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond! They went to the fifth scores as a tiebreaker for the win. The team was led by Caden Ellis with an 81. Leighton Burcham shot 87, Eric Keller 89, Tommy Schibur 89, Joey Davison 98 and Adam White 106. They headed to El Paso Monday for the Sectional tournament. Left to right. Caden Ellis, Leighton Burcham,Tommy Schibur,Eric Keller, Adam White and Joey Davison. Ben Richter is Sullivan’s Golf Coach.

SOV Cross Country Boys Take Second at Tabor

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•October 14, 2015•

Sullivan Okaw Valley cross country boys competed at Tabor Park Tuesday, October 6 taking second place with a 59 behind Shelbyville’s 30.

The Arthur Lovington/Atwood Hammond team placed third with 87; Tuscola fourth at 89 and Villa Grove fifth with 114.

SOV runners included JT Bland 10th in 18:30; Jadon Nuzzo 11th in 18:51; Isaiah Plank 15th in 19:21 and Charlie Goss 16th in 19:30.

ALAH runner Logan Hall was first with a 16:09 time followed by Tyler Pasley from Shelbyville running 16:26; Ryan Skowronski of Shelbyville was third in 16:39; Jordan Seeger Shelbyville ran fourth in 17:15. Read More

SOV Girls Cross Country Takes First Place

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•October 14, 2015•

Sullivan/Okaw Valley’s cross country team held a meet  Tuesday Oct, 6 in Tabor Park with Shelbyville, Tuscola, Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond, Villa Grove, and Bement participating along with the Sullivan Okaw Valley host team.

The girls’ team finished first with 39 followed by Tuscola scoring 75. Read More

ALAH Down in Tourney Play

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•October 7, 2015•

Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond played in the LOVC volleyball tournament over the weekend, losing two games.

Bement won in two against the Knights 15-25 and 12-25. The Lutheran School Association played ALAH next, winning 5-25 and 23-25.

The Knights varsity record is 11-10, and they are 2-1 in conference play. Read More

Timberlake Results

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•October 7, 2015•

Timberlake results for September 28 -first place with six under par, winning playoff hole and a eagle on #9:  Austin Hunter, Leann Weber, Seth Sawyer and Mike Sawyer.

Shane and Cole Russell won the Wednesday Night Men’s league at Timberlake Golf Course.

Second and Third for SOV Cross Country

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•October 7, 2015•

Sullivan/Okaw Valley cross country results from Saturday, Oct. 3: Redskin runners competed in the St. Anthony’s Eastern Crossroads meet. The boys’ team took second place, and the girls’ team was third out of 10 teams.

SOV runners Ashlynd Risley (3rd), JT Bland (5th), Logan Pedigo (8th) all took home medals for being in the top 10.  Read More