•February 24, 2021•
by Jason Brown
NP Sports

The Sullivan girls’ basketball team picked up two more wins this week, including knocking off the No. 8 ranked Clinton Maroons.
Earlier in this month, Sullivan lost to No. 1 ranked Paris.
Thursday night, the Redskins knocked Clinton out of the top-ten state rankings with a 66-45 win.
After taking an 18-12 lead in the first quarter, Sullivan took advantage of an 18-9 run in the second quarter for a 36-21 halftime lead.
The Redskins extended the lead by six points in the third quarter, then held on in the fourth for the final score.
“This was a great team win against a good state ranked team,” said. Sullivan coach Sheri McCain. “Emily White played the best all-around game I have ever seen her play. She was 7-for-8 from behind the arc this evening. We did a great job defensively and stuck to the game plan. I am so proud of these young ladies and how hard they continue to work knowing there is no post-season this year.” Read More

•February 17, 2021•
by Jason Brown
NP Sports

After defeating Argenta-Oreana for its first win of the season, the Okaw Valley girls’ basketball team dropped its next two games.
The Timberwolves knocked off Argenta-Oreana 38-24 for its first overall win and first Lincoln Prairie Conference win.
Okaw Valley took a 12-4 first quarter lead and 12-5 in the second quarter and never looked back.
For the Timberwolves, sophomore Lexie Bartimus scored a game-high 13 points.
Junior Mia Harris hit double digits with 11 points, and freshman Rissa Montgomery contributed six points.
Sophomores Avery Bruns and Bailey Bennett each scored four points. Read More

•February 17, 2021•
by Jason Brown
NP Sports

The Sullivan boys’ basketball team lost its home opener against Meridian High School, but bounced back to win a conference and non-conference game to finish the week 2-1.
After losing to the Hawks, Sullivan defeated Central A&M Friday and Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg Saturday.
Against the Hatchets Saturday, Sullivan was consistent in the first two quarters with 11 points each to take a 22-16 halftime lead.
The Hatchets came out in the third and outscored Sullivan 9-5 to cut the lead to 27-25.
But Sullivan held off WSS in the final period for the 38-33 win. Read More

•February 10, 20201•
by Jason Brown
NP Sports

The Sullivan boys’ basketball team had to complete a fourth quarter comeback to win its season opener against Paris Saturday.
The Redskins fell behind 13-8 after the first quarter. Sullivan cut the deficit to five at half, 26-22.
The Redskins again cut into the lead in the third by outscoring the Tigers 10-8 to cut the lead to 34-32.
In the fourth quarter, Sullivan took the lead, outscoring Paris 24-17, for the eventual 56-51 win. Read More

•February 10, 20201•

by Jason Brown
NP Sports

Whether coming off a good year or a bad year, coaches will tell everyone before the season starts that each year has different players and last year’s record doesn’t matter.
Last season, Okaw Valley coach Brad Ackers was rattling off each one of those sentiments after his team had come off a trip to the state basketball tournament.
This year, Ackers might have been saying the same things but for completely different reasons.
Those sentiments are more applicable to this unprecedented season than ever before.
First, each team has about half the games scheduled than last season.
Second, without much conditioning and practice before games started, players began in mid-season but are not necessarily in mid-season shape. Read More