Category Archives: Sports

St. T Hands Arthur-Lovington First Loss of the Season Tuesday

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Thanks be to Williams’ 11 fourth quarter points

by Kirk Whitaker
Arthur/Sullivan Reporter

In the fourth quarter of Tuesday night’s non-conference bout between St. Teresa and Arthur-Lovington, St. Teresa senior Christian Williams showed why he already has a scholarship offer to a Division I school under his belt and is garnering interest from multiple top-tier Division one schools, including the University of Illinois, after leading his team in the fourth quarter to a 51-48 comeback victory. Read More

OV Wins Tournament Opener

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Competing in the 54th annual St. Elmo Holiday Tournament Tuesday, Okaw Valley's boys' basketball team defeated South Central 60-40.

Peyton Hagerman led the game with 23 points, 12 of which came off of 3-pointers.

Okaw Valley is the no. 4 seed and will next face no. 1 seed Altamont Thursday, beginning, tentatively, at 7:45 p.m.

Stats: C. Sroka 3-0-6; P. Hagerman 9-2-23; G. Walker 1-0-2; A. Martin 0-1-1; D. Still 9-0-19; T.J. Pieschalski 1-0-2; J. Jeffer 0-3-3; D. Fruchtl 1-0-3.

Stain and Company Overcome Early Shooting Woes to Topple OV 53-38

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OV’s shooting unable to catch up

by Kirk Whitaker
Arthur/Sullivan Reporter

Okaw Valley against Sullivan has been a heated rivalry in any sport the two teams aren’t co-opped in during recent seasons. The Timberwolves came into Tuesday night’s contest off a loss against Central A&M while Sullivan earned its first win of the young season at Windsor in which the ‘skins held the Blue Devils to 28 percent shooting.

Yet, in the beginning of the game both teams shot atrociously—from the 6:30 mark to 2:41 to go in the first quarter, neither team scored. Read More

Mental Breakdown for Beleaguered T-Wolves Against A&M

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Both post and perimeter shooting key for Raiders

by Keith Stewart
keith@newsprogress.com

Coming off a win against Shelbyville Friday night in Findlay, the Okaw Valley boys’ basketball team wanted to make it two in a row, hosting Central A&M Saturday in Bethany.

“That was the highlight of the night–that’s what we put on the board before the game, being mentally tough enough to turn around twice and play two good back to back games,” said OV head coach Tony Sparks. “And we just didn’t do it.” Read More

Sullivan Snaps Lancers Win-Streak with Win Saturday

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Victory off double-double from Boyer, 20 from Neuhauser

by Kirk Whitaker
Arthur/Sullivan Reporter

Coming into Saturday’s matchup between AL-AH and Sullivan both teams were on hot streaks: the Lancers were undefeated to date, and the Lady Redskins were on a four game win streak after being crushed by Teutopolis on opening night.

Early on the two teams played back and forth, but Sullivan held a 12-10 advantage. The Redskins got to the foul line early and often, but the free throws didn’t fall as often as Sullivan hoped. Read More

Knights down Snarski-less Hawks 46-40

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Early 3-point barrage a helping hand for AL

by Kirk Whitaker
Arthur/Sullivan Reporter

Friday night Meridian suffered a double-whammy, losing to Riverton by one point, and losing all-area player of the year candidate Brock Snarski to an ankle injury. Snarski scored 25 points for the Hawks before his injury, but the following night when undefeated Arthur-Lovington came to town, the senior was unavailable for play. Read More

Lady Redskins Earn First Conference Win Against Warriors

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Central A&M comes to town Thursday

by Kirk Whitaker
Arthur/Sullivan Reporter

The Sullivan Lady Redskins have become accustomed to holding standout players and teams as a whole to low point totals. Last Tuesday the Redskins held all-area candidate Taylor Edwards to eight points. A week later, Sullivan held Tuscola to 46.

And in spite of junior scoring ace Emily Neuhauser knocking down only six of the Lady Redskins 65 points against the Warriors—tying their season high—the win gave them a 1-0 start in Okaw Valley Conference play. Read More

Despite Early Foul Trouble, OV’s Perimeter Shooting Saves the Day

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Harlin hits five 3-pointers for game high 29 points

by Emily Scott
Bethany Reporter

In a physical and hard-fought game, the Lady T-Wolves were able to defeat the LSA Lady Lions 61-45 Monday.

The game began unsteady with OV having several turnovers. LSA’s defense started out tough for the T-Wolves to beat, including their full-court press. Read More