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Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond assistant coach and former Sullivan head softball coach Jerry Lane talks to his girls between innings of Monday’s game. Sullivan downed the Lancers 8-1 but will face them again in the Shelbyville regional next Tuesday at 7 p.m.

Miscues at the mound spell defeat for Lancers

by Keith Stewart
keith@newsprogress.com

Three walks and three players hit by a pitch, all in the top of the first, gave Sullivan two unearned runs, a helping hand in their 8-1 win over Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond Monday.

Taking the mound only the second time this year, the Lancers’ Brooke Tab started the inning off walking Bailee Pratt. Elissa Stewart followed with a ground out to short, but Tabb added another walk and then hit her next three batters, scoring two before being replaced by Katie Wildman. The Lancer ace struggled early herself, as Brittin Boyer then stepped to with a single off of Mycaela Miller’s glove to score two more. Read More

Can’t top Arcola or sweep VG in bid

by Keith Stewart
keith@newsprogress.com

The Okaw Valley softball team dropped two of three conference contests this past week, resulting in a third place finish in the LOVC.

Taking on Arcola last Wednesday the Lady Timberwolves fell 4-2 after giving up all of the Purple Riders runs in the first inning. Read More

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An excited Dylan Hart comes home Saturday after hitting a two-run homer in the bottom of the second inning against Decatur LSA.

Hart’s own 2-run homer lifts Sullivan

by Keith Stewart
keith@newsprogress.com

You could feel the air sink at Sullivan’s Leon Lane field Saturday after Decatur LSA’s Mason Hinton hit a two-run homer in the first on a full count.

“It looks like he’s seeing a beach ball when he goes up there,” said LSA coach Erik Johansen of Hinton. “He’s hitting everything on the screws. He did all this week and hit a home run yesterday.”

Nick Frerichs, who was at the mound for Sullivan, then walked his next batter, though managed a strikeout to get out of the early jab by the Lions. Read More

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Sullivan catcher Makenzie Ruppert eyes first base Monday.

Though more hits, Lady Red errors lead to extra outs

by Keith Stewart
keith@newsprogress.com

It didn’t take long for Sullivan’s errors to rear their head Monday evening against Charleston.

The first pitch to the first batter in the first inning to be exact.

Ali Finn’s grounder to shortstop was overthrown to first, allowing Finn to get to second. A sacrifice bunt and a single to right field later, Charleston had one of its five runs on a day when Sullivan couldn’t stop from shooting itself in the foot. It marked the first of five errors and despite outhitting the Trojans 11 to 8, Sullivan scored only two runs, all while leaving nine runners on base. Read More

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At the 18-team Monticello Girls Invite on Friday, the SOV Girls finished in first place with 68.5 points. Read More