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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

A Strong Start Faded for Sullivan

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Photo by Darian Hays Sullivan’s Taylor Booker sets up Jazmyn Jayne against St. Teresa last week.

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Sullivan’s Taylor Booker sets up Jazmyn Jayne against St. Teresa last week.

•October 7, 2015•

When Sullivan’s volleyball team hosted St. Teresa October 1, the team came out strong in the first game winning 25-23, then came up short the other two games 17-25 and 7-25.

“The Redskins provided some hard-fought volleys as a team,” coach Krista Smith said. “The team unity keeps getting stronger and stronger.”

Coach Smith noted that Abby Elzy  provided excellent sets with Seleste Smith, Alyssa Marshall and Lizzie Green coming up with good defensive digs.

Individual efforts on the Redskins team included Chloe Riley with two kills and one block; Jazmyn Jane provided two kills.

Abby Elzy had eight assists; Lizzie Green served one ace with Seleste Smith supplying one ace and 18 digs.

In junior varsity play St Teresa again came out on top with 19-25 and 16-25 game scores.

Decatur LSA takes Timberwolves

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•October 7, 2015•

Okaw Valley hosted Decatur Lutheran School Association in volleyball October 1 winning one game 25-21, then going on to lose the next two in the match 21-25 and 12-25. The team record is 9-8 for the season.

Kristy Burford had two kills, one ace, one pass return and six digs; Kailyn Boyer had three kills, four aces and four digs; Madison Fox led the team with seven kills, two aces, two digs and one block shot. Read More

SOV Cross Country Hosts Tabor Park Run

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•October 7, 2015•

Sullivan Okaw Valley’s cross country teams hosted Taylorville, Central A&M, Bement and Pana in Tabor Park Tuesday, Sept 29 with the Lady Redskin runners finishing first with a 43 over Taylorville -44 and Central A&M - 57.

The Redskin boys’ team finished second behind Taylorville with a 49.

SOV’s Ashlynd Risley was fourth with a 21:42 time; Laine Cameron ran sixth at 22:19; Alyssa Marshall eighth finishing in  22:50; Cadisen Nuzzo finished 11th in 23:19; Josie Orris 14th running 24:01; Anne Hogan completed in 25:20; Madison Atchison -29:00 and Abby Elzy - 29:11 to complete to SOV girls participating runners.

Claudia Magnussen of Pana completed the run first in 18:48; Anna Lowry of Taylorville was second with a 19:23 run; Salena Sloan of Central A& M was third in 20:33.

Carly Aldridge of Taylorville was fifth with a 22:10 run; Erin Forelines of Central A&M came in seventh with a 22:26 time; Natalie Kirkbride of Pana was ninth in 23:05; Emma Cortin of Taylorville finished 10th in 23:10. Read More