Busy Week for ALAH Volleyball, Regionals Ahead

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•October 18, 2017•

By Jason Brown
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The Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond volleyball team had a busy week.

The Knights competed in the sixth annual Morgan Buerkett Tournament Saturday and also defeated Okaw Valley, Arthur Okaw Christian and Cerro Gordo.

At the 16-team Morgan Buerkett in St. Thomas More, ALAH took sixth place with a 3-2 record, and Madison Brown earned all-tournament team honors.

In pool play, ALAH went 2-1, defeating Danville (25-11, 25-14), Sangamon Valley (21-25, 25-16, 15-8) but lost to host STM (25-16, 25-20).

In pool play, Brown totaled 58 assists in three games.

Taylor Powell had 26 kills and eight digs, and Liz Shipman 14 kills and 28 digs. Read More

Harlin Swings Like a Girl for Big Wins

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Okaw Valley Golfer Grace Harlin swings at Ironhorse

•October 18, 2017•

By Jason Brown
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When Grace Harlin hears someone say you swing like a girl, she takes it as a compliment.

The Okaw Valley High School golfer has been playing and practicing on the OV boys’ team since her sophomore year.

The OV girls’ team dissolved after Harlin’s freshman year because of lack of participation numbers, so she joined the boys’ golf team.

Her sophomore year she would have to complete with boy golfers in practice to see who would qualify to play in each match.

“Sometimes I would beat some of the boys, and other times I wouldn’t,” said Harlin. “Junior year a few of us would rotate on who would be the five and six (spots on the varsity team).”

But the battles against the boys paid off for Harlin during her senior year. Read More

Sullivan Boys’ Golf Wins Regional

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Sullivan Golf team left to right: Coach Ben Richter Drew Rogers, Cayden Ellis, Leighton Burcham, Leighton Ellis, Aiden Short and Tim Lawyer.

•October 11, 2017•

By Jason Brown
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The Sullivan boys’ golf team won the Class 1A Monticello Regional last Tuesday to advance to the Bismarck-Henning Sectional at the Harrison Park Golf Course in Danville Monday.

The Redskins won the regional title with a low of 344, beating host Monticello’s 357 and Okaw Valley’s 370.

Junior Caden Ellis led the Redskins with a low of 81.

Freshman Leyton Ellis followed with a score of 85.

Sophomore Aiden Short carded an 87, and junior Leighton Burcham shot a 91. Read More

International Competition for Arthur Gymnast 

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•October 11, 2017•

By Jason Brown
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Arthur resident Ariel Kibler is trying to make it a three-peat.

Kibler, 19, made the World Age-Group Competition Team and is scheduled to compete in the World Age-Group competition to try to earn her third national championship in the double-mini trampoline Nov. 16-19 in Sofia, Bulgaria.

“I hope to meet people from other countries and see how other countries may do things differently,” she said. “Overall, I am just excited to be able to represent the USA on a big competition level such as this. I just want to do my best, have fun, and hopefully earn a medal along the way.”

The World Age Groups is an international competition (ages 11-21) that takes place every year, excluding Olympic years.

Kibler was a national champion in the double-mini trampoline event in 2015 and 2017.  Read More

Second Half Scoring Not Enough for Knights

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•October 11, 2017•

By Jason Brown
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The Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond football team dropped a Little Okaw Valley Conference game 47-14 against Arcola on the Purple Riders homecoming and senior night Friday.

The loss dropped the Knights’ record to 3-4 on the season and 1-3 in the LOVC Northwest.

Arcola jumped out to a 28-0 lead in the first quarter and did not look back.

The Purple Riders took a 41-0 lead into halftime.

ALAH scored a touchdown in the third and fourth quarters, and Arcola tacked on a touchdown in the fourth quarter for the final score. Read More

SOV Football Grows with Each Game

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•October 11, 2017•

The Sullivan-Okaw Valley football team’s growing pains continued when it traveled to Moweaqua to take on Central A&M Friday.

Redskins sophomore Luke Harlin connected with running back Luke Vander Burgh for a 45-yard touchdown pass for SOV’s first points of the game to make the score 30-6 with about one minute left in the first quarter. Read More

ALAH Volleyball Team Bounces Back in Little Okaw Tournament

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•October 11, 2017•

The Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond volleyball team bounced back after a disappointing loss early in the Little Okaw Valley Tournament to take third place.

The Knights defeated Oblong and Argenta-Oreana to finish out the tournament.

Against A-O, ALAH won a close first set 26-24, but the Bombers took an even closer second set 28-26.

ALAH took over the match in the third set, pulling away for the 25-15 victory.

Madison Brown collected 38 assists, two aces, six kills and five digs to help lead the Knights. Read More

Third Place for Okaw Valley Golf Team

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Okaw Valley Golfers left to right: Beau Atchison (Junior), Ethan Macklin (Senior), Cameron Nickerson (Senior), Coach Steve Nickerson, Case Crawford (Junior), Tanner Coleman (Senior),Trey Yarnell (Senior) and Austin Harshman (Senior).

•October 11, 2017•

The Okaw Valley golf boys’ golf team placed third in the Class 1A Monticello Regional last Tuesday with a score of 370 to advance to the Bismarck-Henning Sectional at the Harrison Park Golf Course in Danville. Read More