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OV Girls Drop Two Straight in Heyworth Tourney

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Photo by Keith Stewart Amy Orris makes the tag-out attempt at second Saturday.

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Amy Orris makes the tag-out attempt at second Saturday.

Inconsistencies continue to plague Lady T-Wolves

by Keith Stewart

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Hosting the Heyworth tournament Saturday at Overlot Field in Bethany, the Okaw Valley softball team dropped both of their games, though battled in their second after being down by 10 runs.

First inheriting undefeated Meridian in the morning, OV trailed 5-0 going into the top of the fifth and let a dropped infield flyball with two outs spell utter disaster. Read More

Byers On to Big Blue Football Next Year

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Photo by Keith Stewart SOV middle linebacker Walker Byers (center) signs his letter of intent to play football at Millikin University as his mother Melanie (left) and father, Luke (right) in addition to former head football coach Charles Brown (standing) watch during the April 9 ceremony at Sullivan High School.

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SOV middle linebacker Walker Byers (center) signs his letter of intent to play football at Millikin University as his mother Melanie (left) and father, Luke (right) in addition to former head football coach Charles Brown (standing) watch during the April 9 ceremony at Sullivan High School.

SOV linebacker heads to Decatur come fall

by Keith Stewart
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Sullivan senior and SOV middle linebacker Walker Byers thought he might want to continue football in college a year ago. So following the end of his senior season last October, he asked then head coach Charles Brown if he could see if any colleges might be interested in his talents.

Two came knocking but only one caught Byer’s attention–Millikin University in Decatur.

“I was hoping it would happen, but I didn’t know if it would or not,” said Byers, who also received a substantial academic scholarship from the university. “I’m happy it is though.” Read More

Lancers Tame Tigers 10-3 Tuesday

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Ten runs make 42 in last three games for ALAH

by Kirk Whitaker
Arthur/Sullivan Reporter

In wins against Ramsey and St. Thomas More Saturday and Monday ALAH put up 16 runs a piece—the most in a two game stretch the Lancers have put up in recent history—and in six innings Tuesday the Lancers posted a 10 spot on Paris.

ALAH didn’t wait long to get on the board. Read More

Redskins Blow Six-Run Second Inning Lead to Charleston, Fall 15-11

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Sixth inning letdown spells loss for Sullivan

by Kirk Whitaker
Arthur/Sullivan Reporter

“Walks killed us today, and it was our entire pitching staff, not just one player,” Redskins baseball head coach Troy Rogers said. “Anytime you walk a batter, that person tends to score, especially leadoff walks or one-out walks. We had limited that as a staff pretty well lately, but not today, and that gave them their big inning.”

The inning alluded to—the top of the sixth—in Sullivan’s non-conference matchup against Charleston was not just big, it sealed the game. Read More

Sroka, Hagerman Lead Charge Against Arcola in 16-1 Drubbing

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Photo by Keith Stewart Dylan Park takes off for first base last Wednesday.

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Dylan Park takes off for first base last Wednesday.

No. 1 & 3 hitters combine for six hits, five runs

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In just three at-bats, senior leadoff Colton Sroka and no. 3 Peyton Hagerman combined to produce half of Okaw Valley’s 12 hits on the day against Arcola.

“Colton Sroka set the stage by hitting the ball off the wall at his first at bat. Peyton and him then just hit line-drive after line-drive throughout the day,” said OV coach Andrew Hagerman. “Then there were some other guys in the order. Ian (Tiarks) had a nice hit. Taylor Coleman stepped up with a nice hit late in the game as a freshman. Devon (Still) had three hits himself. But Sroka and Hagerman really launched the baseball today.” Read More

SOV Boys, Girls Each Take First in Home Meet

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Girls edge Central A&M by 11

by Keith Stewart
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After finishing behind the Lady Raiders last Friday at a meet in Shelbyville, the SOV girls track team answered back with a first place finish at home Tuesday evening and were joined by the boys who landed a persuasive first place over Warrensburg-Latham and the Raiders. Read More

OV Errors as Tabb’s Three Hits Seal ALAH’s 8-5 LOVC Win

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Photo by Keith Stewart Sherelle Coller eyes her deep shot to left field in the fifth inning of Wednesday’s game against OV. The senior, along with teammate Katie Wildman, celebrated her birthday with an 8-5 win.

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Sherelle Coller eyes her deep shot to left field in the fifth inning of Wednesday’s game against OV. The senior, along with teammate Katie Wildman, celebrated her birthday with an 8-5 win.

Lady Wolves out strong but can’t sustain

by Kirk Whitaker
Arthur/Sullivan Reporter

It’s not often that in one inning with one hit, a team can score five runs. But that’s exactly what happened last Wednesday in Arthur as Okaw Valley’s softball team stumbled with two errors to let Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond take a lead they wouldn’t give up.

“If you take away the one inning where we gave Arthur-Lovington five runs off one hit and two errors, we played them well,” said OV head coach Dave Benning. “You can’t give a team five runs in an inning, especially a good team like Arthur-Lovington. We were outplayed defensively in two innings, and that is what cost us.” Read More

Lady Red Can’t Knock Neoga Off, Settle for Second

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Photo by Keith Stewart SOV’s Megan Dash clears the bar during the high jump last Wednesday at the Arthur Invite. The sophomore cleared five feet to take first place.

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SOV’s Megan Dash clears the bar during the high jump last Wednesday at the Arthur Invite. The sophomore cleared five feet to take first place.

ALAH girls, boys each finish in top five, Redskins take 11th

by Keith Stewart
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With more than 10 area teams for both boys and girls, the annual Arthur Invite last Wednesday saw SOV’s girls take second place, while the host’s two groups finished in closely contested top five spots.

McClain Can’t Complain

Amanda McClain didn’t just walk away with three first place individual medals Wednesday evening. She also took with her two new meet records, breaking teammate Emily Neuhauser’s 2012 200m dash record of 26.40 by running a 26.21 and then doing her own 2012 400m dash record (1:00) a few seconds better, running 57.94. Read More

Lady Red Take Third at Unity

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Edge 13 other teams out for closely contested top three finish

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At the 16-team Unity Girls Invite, SOV finished a strong third place with 68 points, behind A & M's 70 points and St. Teresa's 74 points.  Read More

Lady Red Blow Three-Run Lead in Fifth Inning, Fall 4-3 to Comets

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Errors compound for Sullivan defense

by Kirk Whitaker
Arthur/Sullivan Reporter

It looked so good so quickly.

Then in the blink of an eye, it was gone.

It was night and day for the Lady Redskins softball team in the 20 minute time span that was the home half of the fourth and visiting half of the fifth inning Saturday afternoon against Windsor/Stew-Stras. Read More