•December 14, 2016•
Kirk Whitaker
NP Sports
Several things were learned in Sullivan’s 53-34 triumph over Meridian at home Dec.12.
First, nobody enters Chloe Riley’s lane one-on-one and leaves with a layup.
Second, the Redskins can win without multiple threes from Addison Darush.
And third, half a second is more than enough time for Haley Rose to get off a three pointer. Read More
Photo by Darian Hays
Sullivan Redskins Ricky Yang and Queintan Britton fight for a rebound during the home game against Neoga Dec. 9.
•December 14, 2016•
By Matt Kracht
NP Sports
Sullivan men’s basketball took losses against Neoga 61-57 Friday and Heritage Villa Grove 70-45 Saturday.
Now 0-5 on the season the Redskin defense struggled with outside shooters in both contests. Head coach Chester Reeder noted that teams are too relaxed against the Redskins right now. “We let them be comfortable. Anytime, I don’t care how good or bad of a shooter you are, if you are comfortable, they go in. We never put them under duress.”
Sullivan fell behind 6-0 early against Neoga in a scoreless first four minutes of the contest. Bryce Farris ended the drought and poured six of the first seven Redskin points.
Sullivan trailed 15-7 at the end of the first quarter, but Farris’s strong play continued in the second quarter with two baskets in under two minutes. The scores kept Sullivan within six points at 17-11. Farris would finish with a team high 18 points.
Brett Tuttle canned a deep three pointer to make it a three point contest at 17-14 with 5:40 left in the first half. After another Farris score, Neoga got the last five points of the half to lead 22-16 at the break. A back and forth start to the second half saw Sullivan get within four points of Neoga’s lead at the two minute mark 34-30, thanks to consecutive baskets by Farris, Sowers, and Jacob White.
White, who finished with six points off the bench, gave the Redskins much needed energy and was complimented by Coach Reeder after the game. “Jacob had a pretty solid game tonight. Still some things we have to fix defensively with him. But it was probably his best game.” Read More
•December 14, 2016•
Sullivan’s Lady Redskins’ team came together for a 51-35 win over Warrensburg-Latham Cardinals, Dec 8.
“First time this year we played as a team both offensively and defensively,” coach Sheri McCain said of Sullivan’s consistency.
“Everyone who came off the bench contributed in one way or another,” McCain continued, emphasizing Tatum Ellis had a great all around game.
Ellis led the Redskins with three steals, making four field goals and four from the free throw line for 12 points. Read More
•December 7, 2016•
Kirk Whitaker
NP Sports
For all but eight minutes and three seconds of Monday night’s non-conference game between Sullivan and Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond’s girls’ basketball teams, the contest was close, intense, and hard fought.
The only problem for Sullivan were those eight minutes and three seconds that were the difference. From the end of third and into the final quarter.
Sullivan and ALAH swapped two point advantages after the first two quarters respectively--ALAH having no answer for Addison Darush, and the Redskins being unable to contain Peyton Wellbaum in the post.
It looked as though the Knights would take just a three point lead into the final quarter, but then Megan Fifer got the ball from the left wing beyond the arc. Read More
•December 7, 2016•
Kirk Whitaker
NP Sports
Although the scoreboard read a 30-point defeat for the Redskins boys’ basketball team Monday night against St. Anthony, not everything was as bad as it seemed.
Sullivan kept the deficit manageable before the fourth quarter, staying within eight points the majority of the way. At the start of the fourth the wheels fell off the wagon.
Bulldogs junior Drew Gibson went on a personal 7-0 run—three layups and a free throw to finish — to start what would end as St. Anthony’s 21-2 run to finish the game. The rest was history thanks to their length and 1-2-2 press defense. Read More
•December 7, 2016•
Arthur Lovington/Atwood Hammond Knights basketball hosted Martinsville November 29 winning 55-34.
The Knights hit 75 per cent of their free throws and 57 percent from the field to dominate the Bluestreaks 70 percent free throw, 38 percent field goal totals.
ALAH started the first quarter leading 10-8, with a 14-9 second quarter, sending them into the half ahead 24-17.
The Bluestreaks broke double digits with a 10-14 third quarter, but the Knights retained their scoring run with a 17-7 fourth quarter. ALAH controlled rebounds with 21 over Martinsville’s 15. Read More
•December 7, 2016•
With four games behind them Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond Knights girls’ basketball team is in a .500 season with excellent performances from varsity players.
Head coach Craig Moffett cited six team members’ season statistics after the four games.
Megan Fifer has a 9.8 point per game average, with 1.2 rebounds. Fifer shot .417 percentage from the free throw line with a .333 three point percentage while hitting .457 field goals.
Hannah Wallen averaged 8.5 points a game while pulling down an average 2.5 rebounds. Wallen posted .400 percent from the three point zone and .424 per cent of field goals. Read More
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Bryce Farris sparked the Redskins’ effort against Jersey Community in the home game December 3, with the locals coming up short in this third face off against brothers Chet and Stote Reeder.
•December 7, 2016•
By Matt Kracht
News Progress Sports
Sullivan basketball took their third loss Saturday 52-28 versus the 3-0 Jersey Community Panthers. A tight game early got away from the Redskins after junior guard Brett Tuttle exited in the second quarter with a lower leg injury.
The matchup pitted Sullivan alum and Panthers head coach Stote Reeder against his brother Sullivan head coach Chet Reeder. Sullivan’s coach reflected on the rivalry after the game, “It is fun and it is tough because one of us has to lose, and we are each other’s biggest fan. But it is fun. This is the third time we have done it after going down there last year.”
Sullivan took advantage of a low scoring first quarter with a long two pointer from Queintan Britton at the two minute mark that gave the Redskins a 7-6 lead. Jersey responded with a layup as time was expired to led 8-7 after one period of play.
Sullivan opened up the second quarter with back to back turnovers before Tuttle hit a runner with six minutes left to bring Sullivan within three points at 12-9. Tuttle was then forced to exit the game due to injury. The loss proved to be costly with momentum turned towards the Panthers. Read More
•December 7, 2016•
Kirk Whitaker
NP Sports
Down three with 18 seconds to go, the Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond Knights faced a three point deficit with the ball, coming out of a timeout, against Oakwood Fithian, coached by former Sullivan grad Craig Black.
The game that was tied at halftime and saw the Knights come back from six down early in the fourth tied the game again with two minutes to go. It came down to the last shot.
Senior Shandon Herschberger got the ball at the top of the key and heaved up a desperation shot but got too much backboard, and the shot rolled forward off the rim, taking away a game the Knights had taken from their grasp. Read More
•December 7, 2016•
Kirk Whitaker
NP Sports
After starting the first six minutes of the game on a 13-4 run, featuring three 3-pointers from Addison Darush, it looked as if the Lady Redskins basketball team was going to keep its foot on the gas and get a big CIC win.
But it was not meant to be.
Turnovers plagued Sullivan, and Tuscola beat the Lady Redskins down the floor several times throughout the game for easy layups in transition, taking the game 65-54.
After Tuscola stole a Sullivan pass and took it the other way for a layup, Darush hit two of her game high six triples. Read More