All Conference Honors for OV and ALAH Players

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•June 7, 2017•

By Jason Brown
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The Little Okaw Valley Conference NW announced all-LOVC honors last week.

Several Timberwolves and Knights earned honors.

For Okaw Valley, junior Austin Harshman earned first team as a pitcher.

“Austin was a God-send to our roster this year,” said OV coach Andrew Hagerman. “He played exceptionally well in the outfield and hit pretty well for his first varsity season of hitting. Pitching-wise, without him our season would have not gone as well.”

OV had a key injury to the staff, and Harshman ended up leading the team in innings pitched, wins and saves.

“He is extremely accurate, controls three pitches well and really just understands the game and what he wanted to do with certain hitters,” said Hagerman. Read More

SOV Football Camp Focuses on Fundamentals

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Sullivan Okaw Valley summer football camp Monday morning.

•June 7, 2017•

Sullivan-Okaw Valley summer football camp kicked off the first of two summer camps this week.

Sullivan High School hosted the first camp June 5, 6 and 8 at 7-9 a.m. on the practice field.

SHS will host the second camp July 17, 19 and 20 at 7-9 a.m. on the practice field. Read More

ALAH Softball Achieved Season Goals

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WSS Wins Sectional
The Windsor Stew-Strasburg softball team took first place over ALAH in the Sectional Tournament Championship held Saturday, May 27.

•May 31, 2017•

By Jason Brown
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Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond softball team achieved all three goals the players and coaches set for this season.

The Knights won the non-conference part of the schedule, the Little Okaw Valley Conference championship and a Class 1A regional title.

In the Okaw Valley sectional in Bethany, ALAH defeated Cumberland in the semifinals, but the Knights could not carry that momentum into the championship game against Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg.

“To win a game in the sectionals and get to the sectional championship was icing on the cake,” said ALAH coach Jerry Lane. “The excitement the team generated at the end of the season for the communities and the school was tremendous, and everyone should be very proud of their accomplishments.” Read More

ALAH Qualify Two For State Finals

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•May 31, 2017•

Kobe Wells and Logan Hall, of Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond both qualified for the State Finals in Track and Field Saturday, May 27.

The Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond boys’ track team placed 12 with 18.5 points and junior Logan Hall took home the state title in the 3200-meter run in the IHSA Class 1A State Track and Field Meet at Eastern Illinois University’s O’Brien Field in Charleston Friday and Saturday. Read More

OV and ALAH Players on All Conference Team

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•May 31, 2017•

By Jason Brown
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The Little Okaw Valley Conference officials announced the 2017 LOVC Northwest All Conference Softball Team this past week.

Okaw Valley and Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond players fielded 12-out-of-20 of the selections.

First-team LOVC pitchers included senior Timberwolves hurler Maddie Perrine and sophomore Knight Shelby Frederick.

Perrine was first team pitcher for the second year in a row.

She was 15-9 on the season and finished with 41 career wins.  Read More

Sports Physicals Offered for Athletes

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•May 31, 2017•

Decatur Memorial Hospital will be conducting sports physicals for junior high and high school athletes for $25 from 3:30-5:30 p.m. July 19 at Sullivan High School. Incoming freshmen next fall will need to have a regular physical done with their personal physician as sports physicals do not count as incoming freshmen physicals. Read More

OVHS Softball Team Gets Past Morrisonville

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•May 24, 2017•

By Kirk Whitaker
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When the wind is blowing in at over 20 miles per hour, that’s normally a sign that home runs and big outputs of offense probably won’t be coming.

Okaw Valley High School’s softball team didn’t get that memo.

The Lady Timberwolves (17-11, 6-2 LOVC) hung a 10-spot in the top of the fourth inning en route to a 16-3 win in five innings over Morrisonville. This sets up a chance for the Timberwolves third-straight Regional championship.

Okaw Valley worked a staggering 10 walks—four from Natalie Jeffers and three from leadoff hitter Grace Harlin—along with two hitters, batters getting hit by pitches, followed by timely hitting in a winning mix.  Read More

OV Baseball Completes Strong Season at A-O Regional

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•May 24, 2017•

By Jason Brown
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The Okaw Valley baseball team defeated St. Teresa to reach the championship game of the Class 1A IHSA  Argenta-Oreana Regional but could not defeat the host team for another title.

“It was a very strong season, finishing 24-5, winning our conference and battling through many injuries and illnesses,” said OV coach Andrew Hagerman. “The seniors leaving (Cloyd and Taylor Coleman) won 94 games in high school, which is unprecedented. The ones returning will feel this burn and want to accomplish more next year.”

Against AO, a team OV had beaten 5-4 just 10 days ago, each team scored one run in the second inning.

The Bombers scored on back-to-back doubles, and the Timberwolves scored on a Hayden Francisco sacrifice fly. Read More

Fifth in State High Jump

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Redskin Ryan Villalobos placed fifth in the high jump at the Illinois Elementary School Association (IESA) State Final Track and Field Meet at the EastSide Centre in East Peoria Saturday

St. Jude’s Dash & Bash is All Day Sullivan Event

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•May 24, 2017•

The third annual St. Jude Dash and Bash is Saturday, June 3 at the Sullivan American Legion.

It is an all day event that starts off at 7 a.m. with a softball tournament, bake sale and 50/50, a huge indoor raffle.

The 5k begins at 8:30 a.m., one mile superhero obstacle run, and a fun and safe tot trot starts at 9:30 a.m.  This is followed by the Kid’s Korner from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. including a dunk tank, balloon artist, Freddy the Firetruck, delicious grilled food and more.  Read More