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Ian Plank lines up on defense.

•September 4, 2019•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor

The Sullivan-Okaw Valley football team dropped its season opener to Nokomis 31-24 at Victory Field Friday night.
With 9:19 left in the first quarter, Luke Vander Burgh broke a couple of tackles and ran the ball from the Sullivan’s own 32-yard line into the end zone.
An Ian Plank kick gave Sullivan a 7-0 lead.
Around the seven minute mark in the second quarter Nokomis tied the game with a run up the middle.
Sullivan answered with a little more than three minutes left in the second quarter when Dillon Wallace scored on a 5-yard run.
The extra point kick was good and Sullivan took a 14-7 lead into the half.
Nokomis tied the game at the 4-minute mark in the third quarter with a screen pass from the 4-yard line.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story. 


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The point after touchdown failed when Nokomis faked the kick and tried to pass the ball, leaving the score 14-13.
With about a minute left in the third quarter, Nokomis scored again on an 86-yard run to take the lead.
With less than 12 minutes left in the fourth quarter, Nokomis scored again on a 36-yard pitch play.
Sullivan stopped the extra-point run to keep the score at 25-14.
With seven minutes to go in the final quarter, Plank nailed a 30-yard field goal for cut the lead to 25-17.
Nokomis scored late in the fourth quarter for the final 31-24 score.
The Redskins (0-1) will look for their first win against Newton Friday.
Newton (0-1) lost to Paris 13-12 last week.