•January 2, 2019•
The Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond boys’ basketball team dropped three games in the St. Teresa Christmas Tourney last week.
The Knights lost 56-41 to Arthur-Okaw Christian Dec. 18, Riverton 62-27 Dec. 21 and St. Teresa 67-20 Dec. 22.
The losses dropped the Knights record to 0-9 on the season.
ALAH is scheduled to take on Oblong Friday Jan. 4 at home, then travel to Paris Monday.
•January 2, 2019•
The Okaw Valley boys’ basketball team lost the seventh place game in the 47th Annual Vandalia Holiday Tournament 71-47 to Pana Friday.
Cameron Sharp led OV with 13 points, and Tyson Montgomery scored 10.
To reach the seventh-place game, OV also lost to host Vandalia in a close 57-53 game Dec. 26.
Sam Hagerman scored 12 points, and Cale Roley added 11 points. Read More
•January 2, 2019•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports
The Okaw Valley girls’ basketball team lost the third-place match in the Meridian Holiday Express Girls Basketball Tournament over break.
Timberwolves Madison Vogel and Kate Jeffers were named to the Meridian Holiday Express All-Tournament Team.
In the third-place game Dec. 21, OV lost a close game against host Meridian.
After taking a 4-point lead into the halftime, Meridian cut the lead to one by the end of the third quarter. Read More
•December 19, 2018•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor
The Okaw Valley girls’ basketball team entered the Meridian Holiday Express Tournament this week.
The Timberwolves split two games in the tournament.
Friday, OV lost to Warrensburg-Latham in a close game, 47-43 but bounced back to knock off Decatur LSA 50-28 Saturday.
The Timberwolves pounced to a 17-3 lead in the first quarter and took a 31-16 halftime lead.
OV outscored LSA 15-8 in the third quarter and 11-4 in the fourth for the 58-28 win.
Okaw Valley’s Kate Jeffers and Madison Vogel led the way in the win with 16 points. Jeffers had 12 in the second half. Bella Benning hit four three-pointers and finished with 15 points. Read More
•December 19, 2018•
The Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond boys’ basketball team dropped a non-conference game at Shelbyville Friday night.
The Rams took advantage of a 23-12 second-quarter run to take a 38-24 halftime lead. Read More
•December 19, 2018•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor
After losing to Central A&M Thursday and Effingham St. Anthony in a close game Saturday, the Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond girls’ basketball team bounced back to knock off Argenta-Oreana in a Little Okaw Valley matchup Monday night.
After a tied 13-13 first quarter, the Knights went on a 23-6 second-quarter run to take a 36-19 halftime lead.
ALAH added four to that lead in the third quarter, then held on in the fourth for the 64-45 win.
Senior Marissa Herschberger led the Knights with 19 points, three assists and three steals.
Senior Emma Harris filled up the stat box with six points, five rebounds, four assists, four steals and two blocks.
Freshman Alexa Miller and senior Marcy Petersheim each scored 11 points.
Miller added five rebounds to go with a team-high six points and six steals.
Petersheim also recorded a team-high seven rebounds to go with two assists and three steals. Read More
•December 19, 2018•
The Central Illinois Conference and Little Okaw Valley Conference Northwest announced all-conference teams this past week.
For the LOVC NW, two Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond players earned first-team honors.
Linemen Isaac Ashenfelter and linebacker Lucas Otto, who was a unanimous choice, earned first-team honors. Read More
Photo by R.R. Best
Sullivan senior guard Gabe McGregor reaches for the ball during the LSA game Friday.
•December 19, 2018•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor
The Sullivan boys’ basketball team dropped three games this past week.
The Redskins lost to Pana Saturday, LSA Friday and Arcola last Tuesday.
Against Pana, Sullivan fell behind 18-7 in the first quarter and was behind at half 32-17.
Sullivan put together a good third quarter, outscoring the Panthers 17-10, but it was not enough in the 54-41 loss.
Caden Ellis led the Redskins with 15 points.
Ian Plank hit double digits with 12 points, and Gabe McGregor and Dominick Kimberlin each dropped five points.
Dalton Rogers and Kanin Elder each scored two points.
Friday night, the Redskins lost to LSA 52-42 in Decatur.
The game was close throughout.
The first half was back-and-forth, until Sullivan took a 28-26 lead into halftime.
With just more than a minute left in the third quarter, Caden Ellis hit a 3-pointer to take a 38-31 lead. Read More
•December 19, 2018•
The Decatur Herald and Review and the News Gazette announced all-area teams last week.
Players from Sullivan, Okaw Valley, Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond and Stewardson-Strasburg earned honors.
In volleyball, several WSS players earned honors.
Senior outside hitter Megan Schlechte earned all-area first team for both newspapers.
She averaged 5.8 kills, 3.6 digs and 0.7 aces per set.
Senior libero Carson Cole earned all-area second-team honors from the HR.
Senior setter Mackenzi Tabbert made the seven-member third team for the NG, and Mackinzee Reynolds was named to the NG’s honorable mention team.
WSS finished 32-7 and reached the Class 1A Sweet Sixteen. Read More