Lady T-Wolves Downed 11-1 by Stew-Stras

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Just two hits on the day for OV by Emily Scott Bethany Reporter There are three aspects of softball that Okaw Valley head coach Dave Benning shows his team that always make or break a game: balls in play, walks, and errors. Time and time again, more than one of these statistics has gone in favor of the winning team. On Friday, they showed their effects when the Stewardson-Strasburg Comets beat the Lady Timberwolves 11-1, defeating them in all three areas, with the Comets having 14 balls in play, allowing only three walks, and no errors.  … Read More

Redskin Baseball Drops Three in Two Days

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Fall in double-header Saturday by Keith Stewart keith@newsprogress.com The Sullivan baseball team  took three more losses between last Friday and Saturday, falling to 0-4 on the year. Friday, they hosted Mattoon and were crushed 10-2. The Green Wave got off to a quick 4-0 lead after two innings. Sullivan’s Nick Frerichs and Shane Atchison each had an RBI in the third to cut Mattoon’s lead to two, but the Green Wave stormed back with three runs in the fourth, one in the fifth, and two more in the seventh for good measure. … Read More

OV Hangs Tough to Pull Out 9th-Inning Win Over Windsor-Stew/Stras

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Pitching duo Hagerman and Still strikeout 20 by Keith Stewart keith@newsprogress.com Early on in Friday’s ball game it looked as though the score would be heading for double digits. Okaw Valley’s bats had earned seven hits and five runs after just two innings and Windsor-Stew/Stras had kept just a pace back with three hits and three runs. Windsor would tie the game at 5-5 in the fourth, but little did either team realize that just one run over the course of five more innings would decide the game. … Read More

Trivia Night Saturday in Windsor

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Trivia Night Saturday in Windsor The Windsor Jr/Sr High School Student Council and the W.H.A.T. community group will host a trivia night Saturday, March 29. Doors will open for dinner at 5 pm, and the trivia game will be begin at 6 pm. Dinner will be a taco salad and drink and desserts will be available. Teams of one to eight participants may play for a fee. … Read More

Sprucing Up Lake Shelbyville

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Donated trees submerged in annual fish habitat day by Barry Featheringill Sullivan Reporter Not all Christmas trees get put out to pasture or street curbs come December 26. In fact, some get put out to the lake. 482 to be exact. This past Saturday, dozens of volunteers gathered at the Lithia Springs boat ramp on Lake Shelbyville to create habitats for fish in the 25th annual fish habitat improvement day. According to Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) district fisheries biologist Mike Mounce, this year boasted 105 volunteers which, while less than last year’s record setting 157, was still a … Read More

It’s Just Golden…a Soft Spot for a Hard Shell

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by John Golden NP Columnist Ah finally, spring is here and nicer weather is stubbornly and nonchalantly approaching. When I stop and think about sunshine, green grass, and dandelions, I am instantly taken back to my childhood and my days spent on my dad’s farm. When I think about my dad’s old place, I start to think about the small pond that was tucked away in the far corner of the property. It was basically a mud pit, infested with huge and extremely loud frogs, gigantic and overly aggressive dragonflies, and disgusting and territorial snakes.  … Read More

Second Annual Mouse Races Saturday

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 The Sullivan Sports Boosters will be having a pork chop dinner with mouse racing on Saturday. The event will be held at the Sullivan American Legion and will feature Terry Warren catering. Dinner will begin at 5:30 p.m., with the mouse races following at 7 p.m. … Read More

Second Quarter Honor Rolls for Moultrie County Schools

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Second quarter honor rolls for Moultrie County schools have been announced.  Lovington Grade School Five eighth graders, one seventh grader, two six graders and one fifth grader received “A” honors for the first quarter at Lovington Grade School. They include Brayden Coble, Janette Comstock, Samuel Renfro, Kolby Rickman and Kobe Wells, eighth grade; Hunter Day, seventh grade; Natalie Lambdin and Kenli Nettles, sixth grade and Tatjana Mehmen, fifth grade. Earning high honors are Madison Brown and Kaylee Conder, eighth grade; Paul Brodnansky, Kyle Carnahan, Adam Day, Ciara Emrick, Sean Evans, Katelynn Gingerich, Taylor Powell and Alexia Stanley, seventh grade; Clayton … Read More

Obituaries 3-26-2014

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Bill Brewer Funeral services for William D. “Bill” Brewer, 88, of Bethany were held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Bethany. Masonic rites by the George A. Sentel Lodge #764 and the Findlay Shelbyville Jackson Lodge #53 were held Monday evening. Burial was in Todds Point Cemetery in Findlay. He passed away peacefully at 3:10 p.m. Friday March 21, 2014 in his home surrounded by his family. … Read More