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SOV Sends Seniors Out on Top with Win Over Clinton

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Photo by Keith Stewart Allen Cooley (right) and Jordan Cuttill (left) swarm Clinton’s quarterback Tanner White.

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Allen Cooley (right) and Jordan Cuttill (left) swarm Clinton’s quarterback Tanner White.

After sloppy start, SOV scores quickly to win 41-16

by Keith Stewart
keith@newsprogress.com

Between SOV and Clinton, the first half alone saw six turnovers and 12 flags. Fortunately for SOV, the Maroons were unable to capitalize with the exception of a safety, allowing them ample time to finally settle in. And when they did, the Redskins’ offense struck fast while the defense forced several three-and-outs, paving the way to a 41-16 win on senior night.

“It wasn’t very pretty at all in the beginning, which I believe was because we were a little tight because we wanted this game very badly for the seniors,” said head coach Charles Brown. “We were able to stay on course and keep our plan in action throughout the game. In the second quarter, especially, we were able to take advantage of the opportunities presented to us and put the points on the board. Defensively, we were fortunate that we were playing well enough so that Clinton could not take advantage of too many of our mistakes.” Read More

Sullivan’s Stubborn Second Set Still Allows St. Teresa Win

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Photo by Keith Stewart Sullivan celebrated senior night last Thursday. Pictured, left to right, are: Maggie Plank, Tori Floyd, Christina Brown, Karley Hamm, Haylie Payton, Alex Love, and Nicola Grohler.

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Sullivan celebrated senior night last Thursday. Pictured, left to right, are: Maggie Plank, Tori Floyd, Christina Brown, Karley Hamm, Haylie Payton, Alex Love, and Nicola Grohler.

Bulldogs cruise 25-8 for first set win

by Keith Stewart
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Hosting St. Teresa for senior night last Thursday, Sullivan posted two very different sets of play, but neither the lackadaisical first nor stubborn second denied the Bulldogs, who went on to win 8-25, 18-25.

the Redskins were outscored 1-9 to begin, and despite a handful of solid volleys between both teams, St. T proved to be the supreme foe, outlasting Sullivan until a shank or unforced error crept up. The Lady Bulldogs didn’t bat an eye as they went on to win 25-8. Read More

After Dominant First Set, Sullivan Crumbles, Falls

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Warriors get revenge from earlier loss, ousts Sullivan from regionals

by Keith Stewart
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As stellar as Sullivan was in their crushing first set victory over Tuscola, 25-14, they were just the opposite in their next two sets, as they ultimately lost 20-25, 23-25, getting an early boot from the first round of the Meridian regional Monday. Read More

SOV Girls Advance as Team to Decatur Sectionals Saturday

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Boys send Lehman, Waldhoff

by Keith Stewart
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After advancing to sectionals last year for the first time in 10 years, the Lady Red cross country team advanced again Saturday after competing in the Shelbyville regional.

Finishing seventh with a score of 170, SOV was led by sophomore Carlin Nuzzo (20:51), who finished 23rd overall. Rounding out the Lady Redskins’ top seven were Ashlynd Risley (20:56-25th), Cadisen Nuzzo (21:40-36th), Alyssa Marshall (22:01-42nd), Mollie Bowman (22:27-44th), Holly Lamb (22:53-48th), and Annie Hogan (23:07-51st). Read More

OV Falls to Atwood-Hammond in Opening Round of Regionals

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Mistakes compound, ending OV’s season

by Kirk Whitaker
Arthur/Sullivan Reporter

Okaw Valley volleyball will have to wait to contend in the LOVC and against the rest of the area again next year.

In the first game of play in the Arcola Regional, the Lady Timberwolves squared off with Atwood-Hammond—whom the Timberwolves defeated last week in three sets—but fell in straight sets 25-20, 25-12. Read More

SOV falls 42-7 at St. Teresa

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Final game against Clinton Friday

by Kirk Whitaker
Arthur/Sullivan Reporter

The big play was not the friend of SOV when they traveled to Decatur to face St. Teresa Friday.

The Bulldogs scored on pass plays of 67, 52, and 50-yards to down SOV 42-7 in the next to last regular game of the season. The Redskins dropped to 2-6 on the season which, at the beginning, was supposed to be a statement season for the Redskins’ program. Read More

SOV Runners Compete in OVC Meet

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At SOV’s last appearance in the Okaw Valley Conference cross country meet before they begin competition next year in the Central Illinois Conference, the girls pulled away with a fourth place finish behind no. 1 and no. 2 state-ranked St. Teresa and Monticello, as well as state-ranked Unity. The girls edged out A&M for fourth by a score of 137 to 140.  Read More

Sullivan Can’t Carry Momentum Against Hawks, Fall in Two

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Photo by Keith Stewart Sullivan’s Brittin Boyer goes up for the block against Meridian’s Maggie Comerford, who was a force on the front line last Thursday as she helped lead her team to a 25-12, 25-17 win over the Lady Red.

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Sullivan’s Brittin Boyer goes up for the block against Meridian’s Maggie Comerford, who was a force on the front line last Thursday as she helped lead her team to a 25-12, 25-17 win over the Lady Red.

Inconsistency continues to plague Lady Red

by Keith Stewart
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After having one of their best games of the year at Monticello the Tuesday prior, Sullivan’s volleyball team had, what head coach Heather Lindenmeyer referred to, as their worst.

“We just played awful tonight,” said the Sullivan coach. “We had a wonderful match against Monticello. We came out so aggressive. We were in system. It was just amazing to see that, so this loss is much more disappointing, because it’s probably one of the worst.”

But signs of this worst-to-come match didn’t surface at the beginning.

Sullivan took an early 2-0 lead, but Meridian responded with four unanswered points. A Brittin Boyer kill would provide the side out and just a one-point deficit, but the Lady Hawks’ Maggie Comerford had her first of many kills on the night. Meridian tallied another four unanswered points, two of which thanks to unforced Sullivan errors. Despite stringing together three straight points and cutting Meridian’s lead to two, Sullivan fell back after the Hawks got back out to a four point lead at 8-12. Read More

OV Falls to Cerro Gordo in Three Sets

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by Kirk Whitaker
Reporting in Bethany

After falling to Martinsville a week ago in the LOVC tournament, Okaw Valley took on conference foe Cerro Gordo in Bethany Tuesday night.

The Lady Timberwolves (5-11, 2-5 LOVC) started off the set down 5-1, but came back to take the lead at 6-5. In the first 12 points of the match, there were six ties. After OV initially taking the lead, the first multi-point lead was achieved by the Lady Broncos at 12-10, prompting an OV timeout. The two teams played each other closely after that point in the match, but it was Cerro Gordo who took advantage of some late hitting and service errors by the Timberwolves to take the first set 25-21. Read More

Redskins Fall Narrowly to Shelbyville on Homecoming

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Playoff hopes dashed with best possible record of 4-5 on the year

Kirk Whitaker
Arthur/Sullivan Reporter

Heartbreak has come again.

This year it was dealt by rival Shelbyville on homecoming with three weeks left to go in the season. The Redskins needed to win out the rest of the season to make the playoffs for the first time in more than a decade. Instead, SOV fell short 14-12.

The game was physical from the start, as both teams asserted their ground attacks early and often.

Sullivan had three possessions in the first quarter but squandered each while Shelbyville also had three possessions in the first and capitalized on their final drive of the quarter with 1:34 left on an 11-yard touchdown run. Read More