•September 14, 2016•
Sullivan varsity golf won the home quad match Sept. 8 with a 174 team score.
Caden Ellis was medalist shooting a 37.
Okaw Valley’s team was second with a 187; Shelbyville shot a 205 and Meridian 238. Read More
Arcola Wins Triangular Match
•September 14, 2016•
Arcola Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond golf team won a triangular match against Tuscola and Charleston JV September 6.
Arcola placed first shooting a 172 followed by Tuscola and Charleston tied with 180 a piece. Read More
Shelbyville Stomps Sullivan on Schwengel Tribute Night
Photo by Mike Brothers
It was tough making ground but Luke Bowman leaves Shelbyville’s defense plowing through for a modest gain.
•September 14, 2016•
Kirk Whitaker
NP Sports Reporter
Friday night Shelbyville honored 2013 graduate and former quarterback Tucker Schwengel, even painting a 15-yard line for the game in his memory.
Sophomore quarterback Turner Pullen put on his own impersonation of the former Shelbyville signal-caller.
Pullen torched the Redskins all night long--with the climax being his 85 yard touchdown scamper in the third where he started behind a wall of Rams in the middle of the field before bouncing out to his own sideline to go untouched, out-running Sullivan’s Luke Bowman-- with 168 yards passing and three scores through the air to go with 200 yards on just 14 carries and three more touchdowns. Read More
Okaw Valley Golfers Second at Fox Prairie
•September 14, 2016•
Okaw Valley golfers placed second in a triangular match at Fox Prairie Tuesday, Sept. 6.
St Anthony won the match with a 155; Okaw Valley 174 and Shelbyville 188.
Medalist was Mitch Cremer LSA 35; Dylan Ferguson, St. Anthony 36. Read More
Arcola Boys’ Golf Keeps Chugging Along
•September 14, 2016•
The Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond-Arcola boys’ golf team improved their record to 11-1 during the week, taking a triangular match between Oblong and Villa Grove at their home course at Kaskaskia Country Club, before having their tournament at Blue Ridge cancelled. Read More
Knights Serve a Big Win Over Redskins
•September 14, 2016•
Kirk Whitaker
NP Sports
It looked so easy it wasn’t even funny Sept. 12.
Everyone got in on the act, as Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond’s serving and multiple weapons stifled the Sullivan hosts 25-9, 25-5.
The highlight of both sets for Arthur was from the service line.
Sophomore Taylor Powell responded with three aces after giving Sullivan its first point of the night. Two more of the eight points the Knights had were off Abby Duzan aces before Sullivan called a timeout 8-2.
There was no escaping the serves for the Redskins after the timeout. Madison Brown tore off four aces in a row--and was very close to a fifth-- before an ace and kill from Powell finished off the first set.
Powell finished the night with a team high five aces--followed by Duzan with four-- three kills and two digs.
“Our aggressive serving really threw Sullivan’s offense off,” Knights’ head coach Emily Crossman explained. “It was our best offensive strategy of the night.” Read More
Arcola Golf Team Wins Triangular Match
•September 7, 2016•
Arcola-ALAH cooperative golf team won a triangular match Aug 30 at Kaskaskia Country Club.
Clayton Miller was the medalist shooting with an even par round 35. Blake Lindenmeyer was the runner up with a 39. Arcola’s record is now 9-1 Read More
Resilient Knight Defense Keys 28-6 Win over Palestine
Photo by Darian Hays
Good night for Marcus Vanausdoll, pulling down passes for touchdowns, intercepting passes and a highlight 67 yard break away touchdown run to seal the win late in the game.
•September 7, 2016•
By Matt Kracht
NP Sports Reporter
After a barn burner road win over Tri-County to start the season, Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond entered their week two home opener at Wilson Field versus Palestine-Hudsonville set up for a trap game.
Knights’ head coach Dale Schuring thought the team struggled with focus throughout the contest but ultimately came up with enough big plays to get the job done. “Tonight we were overconfident. We weren’t ready to go, and we never really got mentally focused tonight. We did enough to win and made some big plays, but our week one performance was far better than this.”
ALAH fumbled away the opening possession deep in their own territory which forced the defense to make its first key stop of many. The Knights’ defensive dominance in the first half was impressive as the stingy unit held the Pioneers to just 15 rushing yards on 11 carries and eight passing yards on two completions in the first half.
Tim Weaver, the defensive coordinator, and linebacker coach Don McCarthy seem to develop perennial ball hawks at all positions. Marcus Vanausdoll has blossomed into an all-conference defensive back under the pair’s tutelage. Vanausdoll came up with two interceptions in the contest including an 86 yard pick six that ended the first half and put the Knights up 20-0. Read More
Arcola-ALAH Keeps Lighting Up the Greens to 11-1 Start; Sullivan Not Starting to Shabby Either
•September 7, 2016•
Kirk Whitaker
NP Sports Reporter
Tuesday and Thursday Arcola-Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond golf won both matches at their home course—in convincing fashion both days.
Top returner Clayton Miller led the way both nights shooting back-to-back even par 35s with Blake Lindenmeyer taking second on Tuesday with a 39 (+4) and Shandon Herschberger almost tying him Thursday with a 36 (+1).
Lucas Hutton, Dallas Sisk and Jacob Butler rounded out the top five for Arcola which shot 161 and 163 at the two meets Tuesday and Thursday as a team, taking first place by 28 and 26 strokes those two days respectively. Read More
Okaw Valley Downs Sullivan Volleyball in Two Sets for New Season’s First Win
•September 7, 2016•
By Kirk Whitaker
NP Sports Reporter
Kristy Buford set the tone for Okaw Valley, and the rest of the ‘Wolves followed suit Tuesday night when the Timberwolves came to Sullivan and took a two-set victory over the Lady Redskins 25-18, 25-12.
The OV senior started off the first set with four kills and an ace, leading her team to an 8-3 start.
“Kristy did what she was supposed to do and led us,” Timberwolves’ head coach Jay Potter praised. “She receives the most sets, and tonight she played with few errors. When that happens, we always have a better chance to win.”
The advantage rose to 15-7, but after their second timeout, Sullivan came back with a vengeance out of the timeout that brought the game to a two point deficit, 18-16, with an ace from Ally Elzy and a kill from Esther Miller at key points along the way. Read More