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OV Unable to Improve on First Set Win, Falls in Three

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Photo by Keith Stewart OV’s Amy Orris prepares to receive a volley as libero Shelby Dash provides support.

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OV’s Amy Orris prepares to receive a volley as libero Shelby Dash provides support.

Chances of making it three wins in a row dashed

by Emily Scott
Bethany Reporter

The Okaw Valley Timberwolves volleyball team lost in a conference matchup on Tuesday to the Bement Bulldogs in a 25-19; 17-25; 21-25 match.

The Lady T-Wolves started out ahead in the first game by executing their plays well despite a few rotation and miscommunication errors. After an OV timeout, Bement began to gain momentum and the two teams battled back and forth. But OV made some more strong plays to cause Bement to trail as they made their way to a win, taking the game 25-19. Read More

SOV Hosts Real Men Wear Pink Game

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Sullivan Okaw-Valley will be supporting breast cancer awareness during its varsity football game at 7 p.m. Friday. 

Football players and supporters will wear pink at the game in order to encourage their mothers, aunts, grandmothers, and other female friends and family members to get biennial mammograms once they reach the age of 50. SOV is supporting the cause in other ways as well: “Paint the Stands Pink” for Friday night’s varsity football game. Survivors, family members or anyone who knows someone who has been touched by breast cancer, should unite in the end zone by 6:45 to form a “Pink Tunnel” through which the varsity boys may run as they take to the field. There will also be donation buckets and pink items at the entrance of the game.

This is the seventh year for Real Men Wear Pink, a breast cancer awareness campaign carried out by St. Mary’s Hospital. Men, as well as women, are encouraged to wear pink each Friday during the month of October.

Lancers Sweep Own Tournament to Improve to 8-0

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Third straight accomplishment for Cornwell and company

by Kirk Whitaker
Arthur/Sullivan Reporter

For the third straight year the Arthur-Lovington Lancers swept their home tournament, defeating Deland-Weldon, Cowden-Herrick, Villa Grove, and Atwood-Hammond.

The Lancers exhibited dominance at times throughout the day but weakness at others.

The biggest challenge for the Lancers came in the 8 a.m. opener against Deland-Weldon, who incidentally forgot some jerseys and had to wear the Lancers’ basketball uniforms to play.  Read More

Weekly Sports Roundup September 18

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Volleyball

9/12 Charleston def. Sullivan 25-15, 25-19
M. Plank 9 digs; C. Brown 1 ace, 5 assists, 1 kill; B. Boyer 7 digs, 1 block, 1 assist, 9 kills; E. Neuhauser 2 aces, 9 digs, 9 assists, 4 kills; T. Floyd 1 ace; N. Grohler 4 digs, 1 kill; H. Payton 4 digs; T. Booker 2 blocks. Read More

ALAH Run Over By Broncos In First LOVC Contest

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Photo by Darian Hays The Knights’ offensive line gets set against the Broncos defense Friday night in Cerro Gordo.

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The Knights’ offensive line gets set against the Broncos defense Friday night in Cerro Gordo.

Weak tackling exploited by Dee and Isbell

by Kirk Whitaker
Arthur/Sullivan Reporter

It was virtually all running from the start. For one team, it worked, but for the other, not so much.

For Cerro Gordo-Bement, running back Steve Isbell amassed more than 200 yards while fullback Dee Woods rumbled long and hard for the Broncos and went over the century mark. The vaunted Bronco rushing attack played keep away from the Knights’ offense which put up 99 points in their first two contests. Read More

AL Makes Easy Work of OV in LOVC Matchup

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Tale of Two Sets Still in Favor of Lancers

by Kirk Whitaker
Arthur/Sullivan Reporter

The game was a story of two sets, one close, one not so much.

In the first set, Okaw Valley came out scrappy and played well for the most part against Arthur- Lovington. The Lady Timberwolves gave the Lancers all they could handle in the opening of the first set, holding leads multiple times early on before the Lancers came together and pulled away for the first set victory 25-16.  Read More

Redskin Defense Proves Too Much for Meridian

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Run game produces, but O-line loses yet another

by Keith Stewart
keith@newsprogress.com

Do you want the good news or the bad news first?

SOV’s home opener was in fact marked with the “W” this past Friday, as they defeated Meridian 14-8, evening up their record at 1-1.

As for the bad?

SOV lost yet another offensive/defensive lineman, their third of the year as well as their fourth senior in Brock Cook, who went down on Meridian’s first drive of the game, with an apparent knee injury and would later be taken to the hospital. Read More

Knights Drop 40 on Oakwood for Win

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Photo by RR Best ALAH’s quarterback Tyler Schuring tries to escape an Oakwood defender. Schuring passed for 153 yards and four touchdowns.

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ALAH’s quarterback Tyler Schuring tries to escape an Oakwood defender. Schuring passed for 153 yards and four touchdowns.

LOVC title implications this week as Broncos loom

Kirk Whitaker
Arthur/Sullivan Reporter

The first two weeks of football have been eventful to say the least for the Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond Knights.

But here’s some food for thought: two games; 99 points; two opening kickoffs taken back to the house; two games in which senior Jordan Faegin scored at least two touchdowns, and junior quarterback Tyler Schuring had over 150 yards of total offense; two games of running clock, JV-in-by-the-end-of-the-third-quarter-football.

You should get the picture by now.

The Knights drubbed Oakwood-Fithian/Armstrong-Potomac 40-7 last week, and the beat down started early and continued often throughout the game. 

As at Hoopston the week before, the Knights received the kickoff and returned it for the opening score—this time senior wideout Curtis Plank was the beneficiary of the lanes set up by the AL-AH kickoff return team—and Schuring added the PAT for a 7-0 lead 13 seconds into the game.

With the home crowd in frenzy, Schuring kicked the ball away, and and the Knights kickoff team stormed down the field. Senior linebacker Logan West lit up the Oakwood returner at the 30 yard line. Read More

Lancers Pass Through Villa Grove with Ease to Start Conference Slate

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Solid passing leads to fluid attacks

by Kirk Whitaker
Arthur/Sullivan Reporter

If history were to predict anything last Thursday, it was that the Lancers would pull out their first LOVC victory with relative ease.

They didn’t disappoint.

AL won in straight sets, 25-6, 25-13, in Villa Grove Thursday behind five Aces and 13 assists from Sherelle Coller, five kills from Emily Seegmiller, and four kills from Karly Goodman.

“I thought our passing was better tonight than it has been before, and that helped us get a smoother offense going,” said head coach Val Cornwell.

The Lancers started off the first game hot, obtaining a 9-2 lead before consecutive points from Villa Grove. The Blue Devils tried to get back into the contest and brought the deficit to four at 10-6. The advantage was stretched to six and when the score was 12-6, Coller came to serve for the Lancers.
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