•March 27, 2019•

By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor

A week after helping the Okaw Valley girls’ basketball team place fourth in the IHSA Class 1A State Tournament last year, Paige Robinson signed to play basketball for coach Molly Miller and the Drury Panthers, a Division II University in Springfield, Missouri.
This season for the Panthers, Robinson has been the Panthers’ best player off the bench.
Last week, Robinson earned GLVC Freshman of the Year and First Team All-Conference honors.
“It’s truly an honor to receive freshman of the year,” said Robinson. “There is some good competition in the GLVC, and so I’m even more blessed to get first team as a freshman.
Robinson is the only freshman named to the first team and becomes the fourth Panther in Drury history to earn the award.
“Roll Acceptance is huge,” Miller tweeted. “Paige Robinson earned freshman of the year and first team all conference…coming off the bench, not because that’s where she belongs but because that’s where she was needed. She bought in and is now being rewarded.”
When Robinson signed to play for Miller, her goal was not to be a starter.
Her goal was to win a national championship, and the team is well on its way. Read More

•March 27, 2019•

By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor

The Sullivan boys’ track and field team placed second with 78 points in the Arcola meet last Tuesday.
Several Redskins took first place in the meet.
Leighton Burcham took first in the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.67 and long jump at 20 feet 1.25inches.
Corentini Bernard placed first in the 400 run at 56.88, and Ian Plank placed first in the 1,600 run with a time of 5:18.18.
Brodie Goss won the 110 and 300 hurdles in 18.49 and 44.94, respectively. Read More

•March 27, 2019•

By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor

Sullivan senior Esther Miller placed fourth in the 400-meter run with a time of 1:02.48 at the Illinois Top Times Meet at Illinois Wesleyan Friday, and the Sullivan track and field team won a four-team meet at Arcola March 19.
At Arcola the Redskins placed first with 91.5 points and had several point scorers.
Four Redskins won their events; the triple jumpers swept the first three spots.
Miller triple jumped 34 feet 4.25 inches for first, and Mallory Nichols jumped 29 feet 1.5 inches for second.
Miller also placed second in the 400-meter run with a time of 1:04, and Josie Orris took third at 1:12. Read More

•March 20, 2019•

By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor

The Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond’s baseball defeated Midland but lost to Mendota.
Against Midland the Knights scored two in the first inning and five in the fourth to take an early lead, but Midland plated five runs in the fifth to cut the lead to 7-6.
ALAH answered in the bottom of the fifth inning with a run for the final 8-6 score.
The Knights pounded out 11 hits and played errorless in the field. Read More

•March 20, 2019•

In its season opener, the Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond’s softball team was shutout 6-0 in a non-conference game against Monticello at Millikin University Friday.
Makenzie Brown was the losing pitcher. In seven innings, she gave up five hits three earned runs and seven walks. She struck out 18.
Molly Day led the A-L-A-H offense by going 2-for-3, while Cheyenne Chupp, a freshman, had a triple. Read More