•January 30, 2019•
Okaw Valley Summer T-Ball/Softball/Baseball registration dates are approaching.
Sign-Ups are Tuesday, February 12 from 5-7 p.m. at OVHS in Bethany and
Saturday, February 23 from 8:30-11:30 a.m. at OVMS in Findlay.
Category Archives: Sports
ALAH Girls Take Out Purple Riders
•January 30, 2019•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor
After losing the Little Okaw Valley Conference Tournament Championship game to Tri-County, the Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond girls’ basketball team bounced back to defeat Arcola in a close regular season LOVC NW game.
Monday night against Arcola, ALAH jumped out to a 9-3 lead in the first quarter, and after a 4-4 second quarter, the Knights took the 6-point lead into halftime.
The Purple Riders took advantage of a 14-9 third-quarter run to cut the lead to one.
In the fourth quarter, ALAH held off Arcola for the 37-34 win. Read More
Timberwolves Defeat Purple Riders, Outscore Oblong
•January 30, 2019•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor
The Okaw Valley boys’ basketball team defeated Arcola to place ninth in the 44th annual Little Okaw Valley Conference Tournament Saturday after winning the fifth annual LOVC NW Division Tournament consolation championship Friday.
To win the ninth place game at Arcola, OV knocked off Oblong 58-30.
After taking an 8-5 lead in the first quarter, OV went into halftime tied 29-29.
In the third quarter, the Timberwolves took over, outscoring Oblong 25-8 to blow the game open.
OV continued the pressure in the fourth for a 13-3 run to end the game.
Cameron Sharp scored a team-high 16 points, and Eli Hagerman hit double digits with 10 points.
Sam Hagerman added nine points, and Tyson Montgomery had seven. Read More
Signs with Lincoln College
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Signs with Lincoln College
Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond Knight Jessica Renfro signed to swim at Lincoln College last Wednesday.
The Bombers Overpower The ALAH Knights
•January 23, 2019•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor
The Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond boys’ basketball team dropped its Little Okaw Valley Conference Northwest division opener on the road to Argenta-Oreana 51-44 last Tuesday.
Saturday’s opening of the LOCV NW Tournament was postponed because of inclement weather.
Against the Bombers, Austin Romine scored a team-high 13 points, and Adam Day hit double digits with 12 points to go with five rebounds and two steals. Read More
Ellis’ Extreme Efforts Not Quite Enough for Redskins Win
•January 23, 2019•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor
Despite losing two close Central Illinois Conference games this past week, Redskin senior Caden Ellis combined for a total of 63 points, 24 rebounds, 10 steals and four assists.
The Sullivan boys’ basketball team lost to Meridian last Tuesday and Clinton Friday, Jan. 18.
Against the Maroons, Clinton extended a 3-point lead after the first quarter during a 16-9 second-quarter run.
In the second half, Sullivan stayed close and in the fourth outscored Clinton 11-7 but eventually came up short in the 47-42 loss.
Caden Ellis recorded 23 points, nine rebounds and six steals, and Dominick Kimberlin added nine points, two blocks, two assists and seven rebounds. Read More
ALAH Girls Basketball Team’s Balanced Attack Leads to Wins
•January 23, 2019•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor
From the first day of practice, Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond girls’ basketball coach Mac Condill wanted his team to improve every day.
“That is truly my goal as a coach,” Condill said. “To continue improving and taking advantage of every opportunity we have in practices and games to gain a better understanding of the game of basketball and improve our skills. We have modified practices and how we approach things in order to try and continue to improve.”
It seems to be working.
“You never know until the season actually gets into the last couple weeks, but we have had point production from all sorts of players,” Condill said. “We’ve had eight players score at least eight points in a game at some point this season. That’s the kind of balance and options you need as a coach to hopefully battle for championships.”
The Knights knocked off Blue Ridge/Deland-Weldon last Tuesday and Arcola Thursday (Jan. 17) to win the fifth annual Little Okaw Valley Conference Northwest Division Tournament championship in Bethany. Read More
OV Girls Bounce Back for Two Wins
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Okaw Valley’s Ciera Perry avoids opponent’s block while Madison Vogel offers a passing option during Timberwolves tournament action.
•January 23, 2019•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor
After losing to No 6 seeded Argenta-Oreana 61-38, No. 3 seeded Okaw Valley bounced back the next two games to win the Little Okaw Valley Conference Northwest Division Tournament consolation championship.
OV defeated Decatur LSA 60-27 last Tuesday to make the consolation championship game, then knocked off Cerro Gordo/Bement 46-31 last for consolation title Wednesday.
The Timberwolves parlayed those two games into their third-straight win against Blue Ridge/Deland-Weldon Monday night.
Against Cerro Gordo/Bement, OV outscored the Broncos in every quarter.
After taking a 7-point lead, 22-15, in to halftime, the Timberwolves outscored CGB by four points in the third and fourth quarters for the 56-31 win.
Two Timberwolves recorded double-doubles.
Madison Vogel tallied a double double with 21 points and 18 rebounds, and Kate Jeffers collected 19 points and 10 rebounds. Read More
Redskins Record Win Over Cerro Gordo-Bement
•January 16, 2019•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor
The Sullivan boys’ basketball team split a pair of games last week.
The Redskins lost to Warrensburg-Latham Friday but defeated Cerro-Gordo-Bement last Tuesday.
Against the Cardinals Friday, the game was tied after the first quarter, but W-L took a 26-22 lead into halftime.
The Cardinals broke the game open in the third quarter by doubling Sullivan’s score, 18-9.
W-L did it again in the final period with an 18-8 run for the 62-39 win. Read More
Knights Had Some Good Quarters, But Not Enough
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Adam Day plays defense Friday night against Tri-County.
•January 16, 2019•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor
Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond dropped two games this last week.
The Knights lost to Tri-County Friday and Central A&M last Tuesday.
Against the Titans Friday, ALAH fell behind 17-15 after the first quarter, but a big second quarter put the Knights ahead 32-15 at halftime.
Tri-County battled back with a 19-5 third-quarter run to take the lead 44-37.
The Titans held on in the fourth for the final 66-58 win.
Austin Romine scored a game-high 21 points.
Adam Day and Austin Plank hit double digit scoring with 19 and 16, points, respectively. Plank dropped four 3-pointers.
Domonick Baker rounded out the Knights’ scoring with two points.
Against the Central A&M Raiders last Tuesday, ALAH fell behind early and could not catch up in the 71-42 loss.
Austin Romine scored a team-high 12 points, and Day collected six points, six rebounds and three assists.
Austin Plank made three 3-pointers for nine points.
Isaac Ashenfelter recorded two steals, and Jamison Rocke and Baker scored six and five points, respectively,
The loss dropped ALAH’s overall record to 1-14.