•September 9, 2020•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports
The Sullivan High school boys’ cross country team competed in the Charleston Invitational Saturday and hosted five schools at Wyman and Tabor Park last Tuesday.
In the highly-competitive Charleston Invitational at Eastern Illinois University’s Panther Trail Saturday, the Redskins placed last out of 13 teams with 370 points.
Mahomet-Seymour won the meet with 50 points, followed by Richland County’s 57. Read More
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Blue Dolphins of the Year Award winners Ethan Schmohe and Matthew Wesselman.
•September 9, 2020•
Sullivan Blue Dolphins celebrated their 2019/2020 swimmer’s accomplishments the week of August 10. Previously the SBD Board and Coaches would host a banquet for the athletes and family, but this year athletes were recognized over the course of a week. This allowed some parents to see awards being given without violating social distancing standards. Though we are proud of all the swimmers, we want to especially recognize the following for their hard work and accomplishments.
Dedicated Award recipients by age division: Mack Pogue (6 & under), Addalyn Hendry (8 & under), Tenley Stollard (10 & under), Mason Booker (11-12), Libby Henry and Isaac Chambers (13-14).
Newcomer awards were presented to Kara Chambers and Grant Martin. Read More
•September 2, 2020•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports
The Sullivan boys’ golf team won a meet at the Moweaqua Golf Course but came as close as the team has come to losing a regular-season meet since Sept. 2017.
Friday at Hickory Point Golf Course, the Redskins tied with Monticello with 164 points, while St. Teresa placed third with 191 points.
To break the tie, the Redskins and Sages had to play to a fifth score tiebreaker before Sullivan won.
Each golfer on Sullivan’s team shot between a 40-45.
Drew Rogers and Logan Westjohn led the Redskins with a score of 40. Read More
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Izabelle Hay of Sullivan High School and Mackenzi Bowles of ALAH High School compete in the Saber Corn Classic.
•September 2, 2020•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports
The Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond cross country teams kicked off the season with strong performances in the Saber Corn Classic and a 5-team meet at Sullivan.
For the ALAH boys’ team, the Knights took second placed in the highly competitive 13-team Saber Corn Classic at St. Thomas More Saturday.
Olympia won the meet with 35 points, and ALAH had 55 points for second.
ALAH senior Layton Hall was medalist with a time of 14:53.1.
Logan Beckmier placed fourth with a time of 15:43.4, and Lyle Adcock crossed the finish line in 14th place with a time of 16:58.8.
Jace Green grabbed a 15th place finish at 17:23.0, and Jacob Adcock ran a 17:49.3 for 40th place.
Connor Edmonds rounded out the Knights’ times at 19:04.2 for 42nd place. Read More
•September 2, 2020•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports
The Sullivan High School boys’ and girls’ teams hosted cross country teams at Tabor Park in Sullivan Wednesday, Aug. 26.
The boys’ team hosted Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond (ALAH), Cerro Gordo, Bement, and Teutopolis.
ALAH took first with 21 points, followed by Teutopolis’ 59 points.
Sullivan placed third with 80 points.
Chase McClure led the team with a time of 18:07. Read More
•September 2, 2020•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports
Okaw Valley golfer Miles Harlin shot a 41 to earn medalist honors in a meet against Blue Ridge and Bement at Woodlawn Country Club in Farmer City Thursday. Read More
•August 26, 2020•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports
The Illinois High School Association suspended all sporting events on March 6.
During those four months, athletic directors, coaches and athletes have been speculating when sporting events resume.
Wait no longer.
The Okaw Valley boys’ golf team participating in the first IHSA sanctioned sporting event since the pandemic hit.
At Meridian Earlybird Golf Invite Thursday Aug. 13, the Timberwolves placed second with a score of 364.
In the six-team meet, Okaw Valley’s Miles Harlin placed fourth overall with a score of 88. Read More
•August 26, 2020•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports
The Sullivan girls’ golf team competed in two meets this past week.
The Timberwolves lost to Okaw Valley at Eagle Creek Aug. 18 and entered the Lady Trojan scramble at Charleston Country Club the next day.
Against Okaw Valley, the Redskins lost 251-255 in a close match. Read More
•August 26, 2020•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports
The Okaw Valley girls’ golf team won two really close meets this past week. Both wins were within five strokes.
The Timberwolves defeated Villa Grove Thursday, Aug. 20 at Eagle Creek Golf Course and Sullivan Tuesday, Aug. 18 at Eagle Creek.
Thursday, Okaw Valley won a nine-hole match against Villa Grove by the score of 251-256.
The Timberwolves golfers’ scores were all within four strokes.
Bailey Bennett led the way with a score of 61. Read More
•August 26, 2020•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports
With 21 players on the roster, Sullivan boys’ golf team looks to be reloading this season after finishing strong at the state golf meet the last two years.
The added benefit of rescheduling football from fall to spring is that the golf team picked up three players (Karin Elder, Ian Plank and Matt Welch) for this season.
The Sullivan boys’ golf team has not lost a dual meet since Sept. 20, 2017 and that one-stroke loss (174-175) was to a much larger Class 2A Effingham team.
Last season, the Redskins finished fifth with a score of 337 in the Class 1A state golf meet at Prairie Vista Golf Course in Bloomington. The team placed 11th in state in 2018. Read More