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High School Spring Sports Come to an End

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•March 18, 2020•
By Jason Brown
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The changes to high school sports came rapidly at the end of last week.
Earlier in the day Thursday, March 12, the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) announced the limitations of attendance to no more than 60 spectators.
Then later in the day, the IHSA decided to cancel the events because of concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We appreciate the patience and understanding that we have received from everyone involved in this process over the past 72 hours,” said IHSA Executive Director Craig Anderson. “We have stressed the fluidity of this situation and have been transparent about the possibility that a suspension or cancellation could occur. While we had support from the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Peoria City/County Health Department to continue our events with limited spectators, it has become untenable to continue the events among our member schools.” Read More

IESA Cancels State Series for Wrestling and Volleyball

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•March 18, 2020•
By Jason Brown
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The Illinois Elementary School Association (IESA) state wrestling and volleyball tournaments were canceled Friday because of concerns with the spread of coronavirus, COVID-19.
The IESA has made the decision to cancel the remainder of the IESA volleyball state series for both seventh grade and eighth grade.
“As we mentioned yesterday (Wednesday), we were hoping that if there was a reasonable chance to resume the state series, we would try to do so,” said IESA Executive Director Steve Endsley. “However, several factors have been taken into consideration just in the last 24 hours to reach this decision”
Factors for cancelling included the following.
• The increasing number of schools who are closing for an extended period of time
• The variability in state host availability
• Scheduled spring breaks and extended school closures after spring breaks
• The availability of contest officials as we transition into the high school spring season Read More

Basketball at Lake Land

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Basketball at Lake Land
On Tuesday, Feb. 25 Avery Still signs a letter of intent to play basketball for Lake Land College in the fall. She is pictured above with her parents at the Sullivan High School gymnasium.

Nuzzo Competes With Fighting Scots

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•March 4, 2020•

Jadon Nuzzo from Sullivan is a member of the Monmouth College men’s track and field team.
The Fighting Scots are set to compete in the Midwest Conference Indoor Track and Field Championship on Feb. 28-29 in Grinnell, Iowa, and select athletes will compete in early March for the right to compete at the NCAA indoor meet March 13-14 in Winston-Salem, N.C.
The Scots’ outdoor season will begin April 3-4 at Washington University in St. Louis.

OV Cheerleaders Perform

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OV Cheerleaders Perform
The Okaw Valley Timberwolves cheerleaders performed a dance routine for the hometown crowd last week. They were front from left:- Autumn Burns, Julia Hildebrandt, Marissa Bell, Madalyne McPheeters; back- Grace Moeller, Shaukana Tipsword, Danae Nave and Faith Briggs.

Blue Dolphins Complete Swimmers Supporting Soldiers Drive

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(At left) the Blue Dolphins Terre Haute Team: First Row: Kara Chambers, Tyson Schmohe, Logan Booker, Johnathan Iacobazzi, Kaiden Smith.   Second Row: Isabel Donovan, Deanna Clark, Mason Booker, Liam Donovan, Josh Cremeens, Max Kersten.  Third Row:  Head Coach Jason Drury, Mackenzie Erixon, Gabrielle Spain, Madalyn Booker, Ethan Schmohe, Isaac Chambers, Miles Kersten. Blue Dolphins photo

•February 26, 2020•
Sullivan Blue Dolphins are finishing out the short course season with success in and out of the pool.
The Dolphins competed in Terre Haute at the Artic Blast meet. The team brought home the 2nd place team trophy against twelve other teams. Gabrielle Spain in the girls open division won the 2nd place high point award. Ethan Schmohe in the 13-14 boy’s division came home with the 1st place trophy. SBD has a moto “You earn your trophies at practice; you bring them home from meets” is a theme that is really showing for the team.
They have thirteen swimmers qualified to swim in the Regional Championship meet in Peoria at the end of February. Read More

Sullivan Competes at Swim Sectionals

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Sullivan Competes at Swim Sectionals
The Sullivan swim team competed in IHSA Swimming Sectionals at Champaign-Centennial High School Saturday.
The Redskins placed eighth overall out of 19 teams, accumulating 79 points.
Individual places and results are below:
Ethan Schmohe, Clayton Schmohe, Matthew Wesselman and Julian Poston swam the 200 medley relay in 1:56.39 for fifth place.
Ethan Schmohe placed third win the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 53.92 and fourth in the 100 butterfly.
Wesselman, Ethan Schmohe, Clayton Schmohe and Poston placed fifth in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:42.03.
Poston also placed 19th in the 100 breastroke at 1:22.93.
Matthew Wesselman swam the 500 freestyle in 5:13.57 for sixth place and set a new school record and he placed seventh in the 200 freestyle at 1:55.76
Clayton Schmohe placed 20th and 21st in the 100 freestyle and 50 freestyle, respectively.

Redskins Basketball Season Closes

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Leyton Ellis fights for a rebound against Tuscola on senior night Friday.

•February 26, 2020•
The Sullivan boys’ basketball team lost to Newton in the regional quarterfinal game 67-51 to end its season with an overall record of 5-22 and a Central Illinois Conference record of 0-7.
The Redskins also lost to Maroa-Forsyth 53-44 last Tuesday and Tuscola 72-41 on senior night Friday.
Against Meridian, Ian Plank scored a team-high 21 points, five rebounds and four assists.

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Four SHS seniors pose before the game on senior night. Luke Harlin, Ryan Batman, Gary Herschberger, Blake Thompson and Aaron Garvey are senior team members.

Sullivan Boys Team Bounces Back for Win

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•February 19, 2020•
By Jason Brown
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The Sullivan boys’ basketball team lost to powerhouses Central A&M and St. Teresa but bounced back to defeat Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City.
Against St. Teresa Friday, Sullivan fell behind early and could not catch up in the 68-24 loss.
For the Redskins, Leyton Ellis scored a team-high six points, and Luke Harlin netted four points to go with two rebounds and two assists.
Ian Plank, Austin Sims, Kanin Elder and Ryan Batman each scored two points. Read More