•December 9, 2020•
By Jason Brown
NP Writer

The News Gazette announced its 2020 All-Area girls’ swimming and diving teams.
Swimmers from two area teams earned honors.
Shelbyville junior Gabrielle Spain, who swims for the Sullivan/Shelbyville/Okaw Valley cooperative team, earned first team honors.
Spain rated second in the 200-yard individual medley (2:17.51 seconds), third in the 100 backstroke (1:02.52) and fifth in the 50 freestyle (26.18). Read More

•November 25, 2020•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports

This season, the Sullivan boys’ golf team had one of the best season of any Redskin golf team, but without a state golf meet, the team can never really know its final place in state.
The year’s successes were on display when the Champaign News Gazette announced All-Area Boys’ Golf Teams this past weekend.
Four Redskins earned the all-area honors.
Senior Leyton Ellis and senior Drew Rogers were named to the all-area second team.
Junior Camden Dwyer and senior Logan Westjohn earned all-area honorable mention honors. Read More

•November 18, 2020•
by Jason Brown
NP Sports

After competing announcements coming from Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the Illinois High School Association about playing high school basketball, most athletic directors and coaches were left in the lurch this past two weeks.
Thursday Nov. 19, the IHSA Board of Directors has an originally scheduled meeting in which representatives from the Governors J.B. Pritzker’s office, Illinois Department of Public Health, Illinois Principals Association, Illinois Association of School Administrators, and others organizations are slated to discuss policy for winter sports.
The IHSA is also seeking representation at the meeting from the Illinois Principals Association (IPA), the Illinois Association of School Administrators (IASA), the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) and a coalition of nearly 200 school superintendents who issued a letter last Friday addressed to Pritzker regarding sports during the 2020-21 school year. Read More

•November 11, 2020•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports

The Sullivan boys’ and girls’ cross country teams hosted the annual awards banquet to honor each team and athletes Wednesday, Nov. 4.
Athletic Director Ryan Aikmen opened the banquet with some introductory words about finishing an unconventional fall sports season.
“We are here this season being able to recognize everyone in this room for their accomplishments during this season because it’s a testament to the flexibility shown by everyone involved,” said Aikmen. “It’s a testament to the coaches for the extra work they put in…I want to thanks coach Randy and coach Taylor for all the hard work they did in making sure our student athletes.”
The coaches of the boys’ and girls’ teams then announced the winner of each award. Read More

•November 4, 2020•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports

Governor J.B. Pritzker’s announcement to move basketball from a medium risk sport to a high-risk sport last Tuesday caught nearly every athletic director, coach and player in the state completely off guard.
To add more confusion and frustration around the topic, the following day, the IHSA stated that basketball would be a local decision, and the basketball season will start on Monday, Nov. 16.
Basketball previously had been considered a medium risk Level 2 sport allowing intrasquad scrimmages while wearing masks.
The Board released the following statement regarding the basketball action. Read More