Knights Fall to Panthers on the Road

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Photo by Mike Brothers ALAH Quarterback Teddy Poe worked on the ground Friday against an aggressive Oblong defense. Poe scrambled for 38 yards during the evening.

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ALAH Quarterback Teddy Poe worked on the ground Friday against an aggressive Oblong defense. Poe scrambled for 38 yards during the evening.

•September 16, 2015•

by Mike Brothers

The Oblong Panthers started strong, and the Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond Knights never quite recovered in Friday’s 40-8 loss in Oblong.

“We made too many mental mistakes and committed too many turnovers to give ourselves a chance at winning,” ALAH coach Dale Schuring said.

The Knights ignited periodically during the night. At the 5:04 mark in the second quarter Jordan Rettig intercepted a Panther pass at the 42 yard line.

Marcus Vanausdoll broke loose for a 25 yard touchdown run on the next play.

Knights wide receiver Will Cohan caught a Teddy Poe pass for the bonus, placing the ALAH team as close as they would get to the Panthers at 19-8.

The Oblong team scored again before the half, sending the Panthers to the locker room with a 26-8 lead.

The Knights emerged from the second half with a new defensive focus. Within the first minute of the second half Knight Kyle Thomas hammered Avery Imboden of Oblong turning the tide of the game for awhile. Read More

AALAH Tops Okaw Valley at Eagle Creek Golf Course

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•September 16, 2015•

Arcola/Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond traveled to The National Golf Course at Eagle Creek to take on Okaw Valley. Arcola/ALAH pulled out the victory shooting a 188 to Okaw Valley’s 190. Clayton Miller continued his great season shooting a one under par 35. Shandon Herschberger was runner up shooting a 43. Arcola/ALAH improves their record to 7-1. They will be back in action tomorrow at home vs. Windsor.  Read More

Knights Prevail Over Sullivan Redskins

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Photo by Darian Hays The Knights’ Abby Foreman is good for one of her seven kills on the night against the Sullivan Redskins.

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The Knights’ Abby Foreman is good for one of her seven kills on the night against the Sullivan Redskins.

•September 16, 2015•

Sullivan’s volleyball Redskins came out strong against the Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond Knights in Arthur, Sept 14 with a 26-24 win. The tide turned for the Knights in the second game 21-25, with the ALAH squad putting away the match 18-25.

“Tonight the varsity Redskins came out ready to play,” coach Krista Smith said of the effort. “We did not close the win. A big thanks to our fans for traveling to Arthur and supporting us.”

Smith pointed out that middles Chloe Riley and Ally Elzy provided powerful hits and well-timed blocks. Riley and Elzy had two blocks apiece.

Setters Abby Elzy and Esther Miller picked up passes becoming assets to a stronger offense, Smith said.

Tiffany Wallis had five kills and Ally Elzy three; Abby Elzy had five assists and  Miller four.

Seleste Smith provided three aces and 18 digs; Alyssa Marshall had ten digs. Read More

Knights Take Martinsville

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•September 16, 2015•

Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond Knights volleyball added a win to the season after traveling to Martinsville Sept. 8.

The Knights took the first game 25-22, lost the second 24-26 and rallied in the third game winning 25-21. The varsity record is 2-3 with a 1-0 conference record. Read More

Sweet Soccer Win for Knights

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•September 16, 2015•

It was a sweet victory for Knights soccer on Sept. 10.  On the Newton home field the Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond Knights prevailed 3-2.

Scoring goals for the ALAH team were Bradley Miller, Eusebio Briseno and Javi Briseno. Read More

SOV Ladies’ Cross Country wins Quad Meet

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•September 16, 2015•

Sullivan Okaw Valley Ladies’ Cross Country team finished first at the Sept 8 Quad Meet held in Tabor Park.

The ladies final was 35 followed by Central A&M with 41 and Tuscola 44.

In the individual times Salena Sloan of Central A&M was first with a 22:06.

SOV runner Ashlynd Risley was second with a 22:48 followed by teammate Cadisen Nuzzo at third with a 23:44.

Morgan Day and Megan Quick of Tuscola ran fourth and fifth respectively with 24:29 and 24:38 times.

Erin Forlines (CAM) was sixth with 24:47. Mariah Lemay from Tuscola was seventh at 25:02. Read More

Blue Ridge Invitational for Arcola/ALAH

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•September 16, 2015•

Arcola/Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond competed in the Blue Ridge Invitational on Saturday. Two players placed in the top ten.

Clayton Miller placed second shooting a 78. Shandon Herschberger placed seventh in the tournament shooting an 85.  Read More

Redskins Late Game Surge Not Enough to Overcome the Warriors

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Photo by Darian Hays Tuscola Warriors were strong on offense and defense at last Friday’s game. They managed to force the SOV Redskins into more than one turnover situation such as the one above.

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Tuscola Warriors were strong on offense and defense at last Friday’s game. They managed to force the SOV Redskins into more than one turnover situation such as the one above.

•September 16, 2015•

By Matt Kracht
NP Sports Reporter

Before Friday night’s contest Tuscola announced it had been voted the number one ISHA football team in class 2A. The Warriors looked like a number one rushing out to a 35-0 halftime lead and holding on for the impressive win. After the loss SOV head coach Gerald Temples was blunt about what he saw, “We just got whipped up front. Offensively and defensively, we didn’t get the job done. We turned the ball over, gave up some big plays in the passing game. You do all that against a good football team and good things are not going to happen.”

Sullivan received the opening kick and managed a first down, getting near midfield before being forced to punt. Tuscola took over on their own 21 yard line at the nine minute mark in the first quarter. The Warriors proceeded to go on a 14 play six minute scoring drive that paid off on a fourth and nine from the 18 yard line. Evan Barker had just sacked the Warriors QB on third down putting them in a no man’s land, being too close to punt and too far out to try a field goal. On fourth down Warriors wide out Dalton Hoel got man coverage and ran an ankle breaking out route to the left corner of the end zone for the game’s first score. Trailing 7-0 at the three minute mark Sullivan had bad field position starting from their own 10 yard line. An illegal motion penalty made it first and 15 from the five, and the Redskins could not convert. The Redskins forced to punt out of their own end zone setup the Warriors at midfield. On the first play of the Warriors’ second drive Nick Bates ripped off a 45 yard touchdown run. The all-conference quarterback from Tuscola put one foot in the ground made a cut and was gone sprinting down the left sideline for a big score to put the Warriors on top 14-0 with 1:38 remaining in the first quarter.  Read More

Sangamon Valley wins Knights Classic

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•September 16, 2015•

Saturday night the Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond Knights volleyball classic was held in Arthur with Sangamon Valley coming out on top.

Bement finished second, the Knights third and Villa Grove fourth. The ALAH Knights have a 5-4 record overall.

The Knights beat Villa Grove 25-15 and 25-16. Sangamon Valley bested the Knights 13-25 and 23-25 with Bement taking second after a 17-25 loss and 25-11 win and 15-23 loss. Read More