News Progress

Redskins battle through OV Tourney, defeating host in Championship Saturday by Keith Stewart keith@newsprogress.com “Why not us.” What had been a rhetorical question and even mantra became a simple statement Saturday night when Sullivan, the no. 5 seed, upended no. 7 seed and host Meridian in the Okaw Valley tournament championship. After 12 long years, the trophy came back to Sullivan in what is the final year of the Okaw’s existence. Sullivan last won the conference tourney in 2002 when they defeated Monticello 51-43. But it was 14 years ago that a young Chester Reeder, then a junior on the basketball team, … Read More

Plank brothers combine for 12 by Kirk Whitaker Arthur/Sullivan Reporter   This past week of the Arthur-Lovington Knights basketball season was a pretty good one. The team went 3-0, defeating Georgetown-La Sallete Monday—in which senior Curtis Plank scored his 1,000th point, and his junior brother Jeremy added 17, Tri-County Friday, and LSA on Saturday. But of the three wins, the one against the Titans was perhaps the most special. … Read More

Still wrap up best regular season record in nine years by Emily Scott Bethany Reporter Though they fought hard the whole game, the Lady Timberwolves were not able to get a win on their senior night Saturday, instead falling 60-32 to the no. 4 state ranked Shiloh. The Raiders’ big advantage was starting out with a full court press and scoring 21 points in the first quarter while OV scored only six. Most of their points came from Bethany McGinness and the 6’1” center Lauren Moses, who was the obstacle to get past the entire game and eventually went 13 … Read More