•November 25, 2015•
The Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond Lady Knights faced Monticello at home Friday, losing 61-38.
An injury laden Lady Knights team was outscored the first quarter 22-10 but charged back during the second quarter keeping pace with Monticello in a 15-17 effort.
Down 39-25 at the end of the half, Monticello scored another 12 to ALAH’s eight. They added 10 to five in the final quarter to win the game. Read More
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At left: During a close game in Bethany between Okaw Valley’s Lady Timberwolves and Sullivan’s Lady Redskins Danielle Lochbaum of Okaw Valley and Sullivan’s Ally Elzy battle for a rebound.
•November 25, 2015•
The Sullivan High School Lady Redskins earned a hard fought victory over Okaw Valley 40 - 39 November 19.
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Ball possession was important in the Okaw Valley - Sullivan match as Lady Timberwolf Brianna Creviston and Lady Redskin Haley Rose fight for the ball last Thursday.
Lizzie Green led in scoring with 12 points. Freshman Brooke Tuttle came off the bench and and scored nine points. Tatum Ellis led in three assists and four steals, and Chloe Riley had a huge offensive rebound late in the game. Ester Miller led rebounding with 11.
“It was not a pretty win, but I’m proud that the girls dug deep and found a way to win as a team,” commented coach Sheri McCain. “Brooke Tuttle had a tremendous game as a freshman.”
Joining Green’s 12 points in Lady Redskin scoring were: Brooke Tuttle with nine points; Chloe Riley had eight; Tatum Ellis added five; with Alyssa Marshall and Haley Rose adding two apiece. Laine Cameron and Ester Miller completed scoring with one each.
The Lady Reds are 1-1 for the season.
The JV overcame Okaw Valley JV 35-17.
In that game Paige Robinson led Sullivan scoring with 14 points followed by Chloe Weybright with ten. Natalie Jeffers had five points with Jesse Rovbison and Devan Nave scoring four apiece. Brianna Creviston and Danielle Lochbaum scored one each.
•November 25, 2015•
Arthur-L/Atwood-Hammond Lady Knights traveled to Shelbyville November 23 winning 56-26.
Three ALAH team members scored in double figures during a game that had Janette Comstock leading ALAH with five field goals and four points from the free stripe for 14 points.
Megan Fifer had four field goals and a three pointer along with a 2-2 trip to the free throw line for 13 points. Read More
•November 25, 2015•
The Lady Redskins defeated Arcola 42-33 at home November 23 picking up their second win of the season.
“I thought we came out and played a solid first quarter scoring 13 points and holding them to five,” coach Sheri McCain said.
“Although it was a win, we still have a lot to learn fundamentally,” she continued, pointing out Lizzie Green had a good night holding Arcola’s Rylee Fishel to two points.
“Tatum Ellis stepped up for us, scoring nine points and grabbing nine rebounds.” said McCain, noting the team improved from 42% to 78% in free throw shooting. Read More
•November 18, 2015•
Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond girls’ basketball started off with a home win against Meridian Monday night,.
The Lady Knights topped the Lady Hawks 49-31. The junior varsity also won 41-23.
It was a strong first quarter with ALAH scoring 20 points to Meridian’s three. Second quarter held momentum for the Lady Knights as they outscored Meridian 14 to 8 this time, heading into the half ahead 34-11.
In the third quarter the paced slowed to a 10-6 score with Meridian coming back in the fourth quarter to score 14 to the ALAH five points. The final score was 49-31. Read More
•November 18, 2015•
Sullivan Lady Redskins were defeated 91-12 last night by a very experienced and talented Teutopolis team. Read More
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Blue Dolphin first place relay team. Top row- Natalie Drury, Anna Wooters Bottom row- Brynna Sentel, McKenna Kull.
•November 18, 2015•
It was big news for the Sullivan Blue Dolphin swim team over the weekend with the first place 200 freestyle relay team advancing to the state meet at New Trier High School Friday, Nov. 20.
The sectional relay team includes Brynna Sentel, Natalie Drury, Anna Wooters and McKenna Kull with Lily Bales as alternate.
Sentel also took first place in the 100 backstroke.
Coach Jason Drury explained that swimming at state does not follow class divisions as in other high school sports. Sullivan Blue Dolphin swimmers compete against all high school swimmers in the state at the New Trier meet.
Blue Dolphins swimming in the weekend competition in addition to Sentel, Drury, Wooters, Kull and Bales were Michaela Donnel, Sara Griffin, Cadisen Nuzzo, Anna Wooters and Allison Oligschlaeger.
Sullivan High School swimmers placed fourth overall out of 16 teams at the sectional level.
Further results from the sectionals are fourth place- 200 medley relay team of Oligschlaeger, Griffin, Bales and Donnel; 200 freestyle - third place Kull, 11th place Nuzzo.
200 IM- third Sentel, sixth Oligschlaeger; 50 freestyle- Bales, Nuzzo; 100 butterfly - 10th Bales, 11th Drury; 100 freestyle- fourth Wooters, fifth Kull.
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•November 11, 2015•
On Monday, Nov. 16 you may hear the Sullivan girls’ basketball game from Tuetopolis on 92.1 WWGO radio.
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Front Row L-R: Mackenzie Condill-Arthur, Alaina Moore-Sullivan, Kailee Otto-Arthur, Kaitlyn Drew-Villa Grove, Alisha Frederick-Arthur, Charley Condill-Arthur, Kacie Sisk-Arcola. Middle Row L-R: Bailey Bennett-Bethany, Kayla Schnippel-Mt. Zion, Ayla Condill-Arthur, Ella Kinkelaar-Mode, Reese Nichols-Findlay, Breanna Gray-Decatur. Back Row L-R: Coaches Kurt Schnippel, Wes Frederick, Dru Bennett and Ginny Condill.
Mo-Co Rush 10U Completes Fall Season with 18-2 Record
The Mo-Co Rush 10U completed their fall season Halloween weekend by finishing 6-0 in the Olney Halloween Extreme Tournament.
The Rush won three pool play games on Saturday and followed that up with three more victories in bracket play Sunday.
On Sunday three different Rush pitchers tossed shutouts as the Rush won 12-0, 6-0 and 4-0 to take the title. The Rush finished with an 18-2 record this fall; finishing second twice, and first twice in four tournaments.
They averaged 11 runs per game while allowing only 3.5 runs per game. The 10U season continues in January with an indoor tournament in Indianapolis followed by a busy spring and summer that could see them enter tournaments in Pekin, Evansville, Terre Haute, Springfield, Mattoon, Charleston, Effingham, St. Louis, Kankakee and elsewhere.
For more information on all of the Rush teams go to www.mocorush.com.
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SOV quarterback Ty Molzen tries to stay upright while carrying the ball past two Newton defenders Saturday night. Molzen would lead the Redskins in rushing with 62 yards on 14 carries, while completing 13 of 23 passes for 88 yards and two interceptions.
•November 4, 2015•
by Keith Stewart
For the NewsProgress
When you think of Newton, you might as well think of a pair of brutal running backs who are almost impossible to stop, particularly junior Mitch Bierman.
Such was the case Saturday when the Eagles defeated SOV 46-21 with a 400-plus rushing attack, including Bierman’s own 295 yards on 22 carries for three touchdowns.
“They’re a darn good football team, and that’s a good back,” said SOV head coach Gerald Temples. “We worked our tail off on run fits and stuff for the cutback, and they’re good enough, and he’s good enough if you don’t do it just right, he finds the seam. And he did. We made a few mistakes. Believe it or not, and people probably won’t, but first half, there are just a couple execution things that we were so close on, but teams that lose tend to say that.”
Monstrous rushing yardage aside, SOV was able to make stops throughout the evening, most notably at the start of the third quarter when they forced the only Newton three-and-out.
The series began with Bierman rushing for just three yards as Max Todd quickly made the tackle. A false start was then called on the Eagles, dropping them back for a loss of five. On 2-and-12, a pass attempt was nearly picked off by Pierce Bradford. Bringing on the punt unit would then be Alex Martin after he tackled Bierman for a 2-yard loss.
And so it would seem that the halftime talk Temples gave his team worked, at least to begin. Read More