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Luke Vanderburgh returns a punt against Central A&M on Senior Night at Victory Field Friday night
•October 30, 2019•
On Senior Night, Sullivan-Okaw Valley football team finished its second-straight winless season with a loss against Central A&M, the undefeated champions of the Central Illinois Conference. Read More
•October 30, 2019•
The Sullivan cross country team competed in the IHSA Regional at Dacey Trail in Forest Park in Shelbyville, Saturday.
In rain and windy weather, three Redskins advanced to the Effingham Sectional meet this weekend.
For the girls’ team, Tori Turnbaugh and Katherine Kite advanced to sectionals. Read More
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OVHS Players recognized: April Decesaro, Kate Jeffers and Paige Coleman at Senior Night Tuesday.
•October 30, 2019•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor
The Okaw Valley volleyball team completed the regular season with a 22-10 overall record and a second place finish in its inaugural year in the Lincoln Prairie Conference.
The Timberwolves finished the LPC with an 8-3 after dropping a match to Argenta-Oreana Thursday (24th) and defeating Blue Ridge last Tuesday.
Against the Bombers, OV lost 24-26, 25-17, 20-25 in its last regular season game.
Kate Jeffers totaled five blocks and six kills, and Paige Coleman collected nine digs and six kills.
April Decesaro added two aces and six digs, while Grace Bunfill finished with 11 digs and 22 assists.
Avery Bruns recorded three blocks, Macie Fleshner had eight kills and Karson Park had seven digs.
Against Blue Ridge last Tuesday, OV won in straight sets, 25-17, 25-19.
Jeffers led the team with nine kills and three aces, and Coleman contributed eight kills and eight digs.
Bunfill tallied 25 assists, seven digs and two aces, while Fleshner finished with four kills and seven digs.
Bruns had four kills, Decesaro had 12 digs and Park had eight digs.
OV entered the Kansas Regional this week.
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Ben Carroll rushes down the sideline in the Knights 23-0 win.
•October 30, 2019•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor
The Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond football team went into the half against Villa Grove/Heritage tied at 0-0.
The winner of the game would earn its sixth victory and an automatic playoff berth.
After a first half filled with penalties and sloppy play by both teams, the Knights’ coach Ryan Jefferson told his players in the locker room what they needed to do to win the second half.
“Both teams played evenly bad the first half,” said Jefferson. “I told our team we needed to do three things to win the game: one) tackle better, two) less penalties, three) do something on offense. We did those three things much better the second half and never looked back.”
ALAH came out in the second half and scored three touchdowns and a field on its first four possessions.
“Starting the second half, it was like it was a new game,” Jefferson said.
The Knights put the first points on the board in only three plays.
A 52-yard kickoff return by Ben Carroll led to a Kaden Feagin 18-yard run and then a 10-yard touchdown run by Finn Davison.
Aaron Likens kicked the extra point to take a 7-0 lead.
Feagin finished with seven rushes for 38 yards and two catches for nine yards, and Davidson added 50 yards rushing on four carries.
ALAH’s second score came on their next possession after Brady Borntereger competed a 29-yard pass to Jamison Rocke to help put Likens in position for a 32-yard field goal. Read More
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Four ALAH seniors (Abby Abercrombie, Addi Tinkle, Kaylee Yeakel, Marta Marti Guillen) pose with parents on Senior Night last Tuesday.
•October 30, 2019•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor
The Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond volleyball team split two matches this past week to finish the regular season with a 12-22 overall record and a 3-6 in the Lincoln Prairie Conference.
The Knights knocked off Arcola on Thursday in straight sets, 25-19, 25-17.
Mackenzi Bowles hit eight kills to lead the Knights, and Charley Condill collected two aces, two kills and three digs.
Alisha Frederick tallied three digs and 16 assists, while Addi Tinkle added two aces, three kills and two digs.
Michaela Powell served four aces to lead the Knights, while Cheyenne Chupp hit four kills.
Last Tuesday against Tri-County, ALAH lost in two sets, 25-15, 25-18.
Bowles hit eight kills and two digs, and Frederick added 11 assets and five digs.
Condill collected three aces, two kills and two digs, while Marta Marti Guillen served three aces.
Powell and Ashley Seegmiller each served two aces, and Powell added six digs.
Tinkle tallied four aces, two kills, three assists and two digs.
ALAH entered the Class 1A Cerro Gordo Regional as the No. 11 seeded team this week.[/s2If]
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OVMS at State
The Okaw Valley Middle School boys’ cross country team placed 11th overall at the IESA State Meet in Bloomington Saturday. Eighth grader Dominic Herold medaled by placing 18th out of 230 runners.
•October 23, 2019•
The Redskin volleyball team dropped two games this past week.
Sullivan lost to Windsor/Stewardson Strasburg last Tuesday and St. Teresa Thursday.
Thursday against St. Teresa, Sullivan lost in straight sets, 25-11, 25-17.
Avery Still had seven kills, while Zoe Walton added three.
Jerra Goad served two aces and had five digs, and Gwen Diepholz added five digs. Read More
•October 23, 2019•
The Sullivan-Okaw Valley football team scored 38 points against Clinton High School High but lost 66-38 for its eighth-straight loss of the year.
Sullivan is set to end its season on Senior Night against Central A&M Friday at Victory Field.
•October 23, 2019•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor
The Knights’ volleyball team split two Lincoln Prairie Conference match ups before entering the Champaign St. Thomas More Tournament Saturday.
In the STM Tournament, Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond went 1-4.
ALAH defeated Warrensburg but lost to host STM, Mt. Pulaski, Teutopolis and Monticello.
In the tournament, Mackenzi Bowles totaled 19 kills, and Alisha Frederick tallied nineteen assists and four digs. Read More
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Katherine Kite, Chase McClure, and Tori Turnbaugh were honored.
•October 23, 2019•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor
Three Sullivan cross country runners earned All-Central Illinois Conference honors in the sixth annual championship meet Thursday (17th).
For the girls’ team, freshman Tori Turnbaugh placed sixth with a time of 20:38.89, and senior Katherine Kite ran a 21:08.38 for eighth place to earn all-conference honors.
For the boys’ team, Chase McClure placed eighth with a time 17:57.95 to earn the honor.
The boys’ team placed fifth overall with 95 points. Clinton won the meet with a score of two.
Other Redskin times included Peyton Pool’s 14th place at 18:48.64, Canon West’s 26th at 19:49.07, Paul Bates’ 28th at 19:58.22, Coen Foster’s 30th at 20:20.52 and Dawson Foster’s 45th at 23:29.28.
Sullivan, Bethany and Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond are scheduled to enter the Shelbyville Regional Saturday.