•October 28, 2020•
by Jason Brown
NP Sports
The Okaw Valley boys’ cross country has had a tough and long year dealing with Covid restrictions and illnesses on the team.
But, according to head coach Bill Brown, the Okaw Valley runners pushed through the season and still made strides.
In the last meet of the year, the Okaw Valley team placed ninth out of 14 teams in the IHSA Class 1A Cross Country St. Teresa Regional in Decatur Oct. 24 Read More
•October 21, 2020•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports
Though the Sullivan girls’ cross country team did not have enough runners to fill a full team this season, three runners have competed as if running for a team score.
Sullivan’s three runners competed in the 7th Annual Central Illinois Conference meet at Forest Park in Shelbyville Thursday, Oct. 15.
Sophomore Tori Turnbaugh ran a season-best time of 21:26.3 for 13th place. Read More
By Jason Brown
NP Sports
The Sullivan boys’ golf team took second place in the IHSA Class 1A Golf Sectionals at Ironhorse Golf Course in Tuscola Tuesday, Oct. 13.
During any other season, the Redskins would have been moving onto the state tournament the following week. Instead, this year, because of Covid-19, the IHSA has ended the season with sectional meets.
Sullivan scored a 339 in the 10-team sectional, while Paso-Gridley won the sectional meet with a team score of 320.
Camden Dwyer led the team in scoring, placing eighth with an 82, but Will Haegan had the best shot of the day with a hole-in-one on the par-3 15th hole. Read More
•October 21, 2020•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports
The Sullivan boys’ cross country team placed last with 106 points in the 7th Annual Central Illinois Conference meet at Forest Park in Shelbyville Thursday, Oct. 15.
Shelbyville won the meet with 47 points, and St. Teresa took second with 52 points.
For the Redskins, senior Chase McClure earned all-conference honors with a ninth place finish and a season-best time of 17:14.0.
Several Sullivan runners finished with personal-record times. Read More
•October 14, 2020•
ALAH Cross Country
The Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond boys’ cross country team competed in the Sullivan Open Tuesday, Oct. 6.
The boys’ team won the meet with a team score of 23.
Tuscola (57), Sullivan (68), Villa Grove (93), Bement (142) and Hume-Shiloh (146) rounded out the standings.
ALAH placed four runners in the top six spots.
Sophomore Logan Beckmier took first with a time of 16:18. Read More
•October 14, 2020•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports
The Sullivan and Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond girls’ cross country teams competed in the Sullivan Open Oct. 6.
The ALAH girls’ cross country team won the meet with 31 points. Tuscola followed with 34 points, and Villa Grove was the final team score at 55. Read More
•October 14, 2020•
Submitted by Kevin Cremeens
The first meet took place at Effingham’s Workman’s Sports and Wellness Complex on September 19. The results were as follows: Girls 8 & Under- 1st place Addie Hendry, a tie for 2nd place Savanah Fayhee and Kara Chambers, 3rd Place Zoey Crothers; Boys 8 & Under Read More
•October 14, 2020•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports
The Sullivan boys’ cross country team competed in two large meets this past week.
The Redskins hosted the Sullivan Open at Sullivan High School Tuesday, Oct. 6, and then traveled to Clinton High School Cross Country Invitational Friday, Oct. 9.
The Redskins placed third with 68 points in the Sullivan Open. Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond won the meet with 23 team points, and Tuscola placed second with 57 points.
Villa Grove placed fourth with 93 points, Bement fifth with 142 and Hume-Shiloh sixth with 146.
For Sullivan, senior Chase McClure placed seventh with a time of 17:41. Read More
•October 7, 2020•
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Brett Bushue, Leyton Ellis, Drew Rogers, Logan Westjohn, Camden Dwyer, and Will Haegen pose after winning the Central Illinois Conference Golf Tournament with a team score of 317.
By Jason Brown
NP Sports
The Sullivan boys’ golf checked off one of the team’s goals for this season by winning the Central Illinois Conference meet for the fourth year in a row.
“We went into the tournament knowing we could score really well there,” said Sullivan coach Ben Richter. “We shot a 145 earlier this year and that really boosted our confidence in playing at Mowequa. For the most part we had a solid front nine but fell off a bit on the back with a few scores in the mid 40s.”
The Redskins swept the first five spots to earn CIC all-conference honors and combine for a team score of 317.
Drew Rogers was medalist with the low score of 76.
Logan Westjohn shot a 78 for second place, and Camden Dwyer carded an 80 for third.
Leyton Ellis and Will Haegen each shot a 83 for fourth and fifth place, respectively. Read More
•October 7, 2020•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports
Several local area teams competed in the Lincoln Prairie Conference cross country meet at Crowder Park Saturday.
For the boys’ teams, Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond swept the first three spots to help win the meet with 19 points.
Okaw Valley placed second (73), and Cumberland County followed in third (113).
Cerro Gordo scored 113 points for third, Villa Grove-Heritage 131 for fifth, Argenta-Oreana 140 for sixth, Bement 161 for seventh and Tri-County 163 for seventh.
For the ALAH Knights, senior Layton Hall won the meet with a time of 15:39.1, and juniors Logan Beckmier and Lyle Adcock placed second and third, respectively, with times of 16:32.0 and 17:15.4.
Junior Jace Green ran a 17:24.5 for fifth place, while sophomore Jacob Adcock crossed the line at 17:39.2 for eighth place. Read More