•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
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.
•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
•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
•September 16, 2015•
Sullivan High School volleyball teams traveled to Teutopolis Sept 8. with the junior varsity team winning one of three, but the varsity lost 18-25 and 16-25.
The junior varsity team lost the first match 14-25 but came back for a 25-18 win. dropping the last one to Teutopolis 22-25. Read More
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•September 16, 2015•
Shelby Dash of Bethany is a member of the Central College volleyball team. A defensive specialist, she is a sophomore.
Central has won 12 Iowa Conference titles in the past 19 years and gained 11 NCAA Division III playoff berths, with three national championships. Coach Kent Clayberg is a three-time league coach of the year and is in his 13th season as head coach. He has a 261-148 (.638) career mark.
The Dutch opened the season at home Sept. 1 against Monmouth (Ill.)
•September 9, 2015•
By Matt Kracht
NP sports writer
Arthur-Lovington/Atwood Hammond scored three touchdowns in the first four minutes jumping all over Martinsville on Friday night. Due to lightning strikes the game was postponed in the third quarter with the score at 36-22.
When play resumed Saturday, the Knights were able to shut out the Blue Streaks notching their first victory of the 2015 season. Head coach Dale Schuring thought his team took the adversity in stride. “We responded better today than Martinsville did. That is the reason we ended up holding onto the lead and finished out the game on a pretty strong effort.”
ALAH won the coin toss deciding to receive the opening kick. With the first offensive play from scrimmage senior quarterback Teddy Poe connected for a 75 yard touchdown pass on a go route to Marcus Vanausdoll. The long touchdown quieted the Martinsville sideline and would be the first of three first half touchdowns, for Poe. The ensuing kickoff was recovered by the Knights before the Blue Streaks could get on the ball, stealing back possession for the offense. Again Poe and Vanausdoll went to work. On first and 10 from the Martinsville 40 yard line, Poe ripped off a 20 yard run on a quarterback option. Four plays later Poe connected with Vanausdoll again for a 25 yard pass and catch on the same go route. Facing first and goal from the five yard line Poe finished the drive off with a quarterback keeper over the right side for the second touchdown of the contest with nine minutes remaining in the first quarter. Read More
•September 9, 2015•
Sullivan High School volleyball traveled to Okaw-Valley (2-1) Tuesday, Sept 1.
The varsity Lady Redskins lost the first match 15-25, came back in the second squeaking by the Lady Timberwolves 25-23 and then dropped the third match 19-25.
Lady Timberwolves kills came from Charli Ulrich with one; Kailyn Boyer had four; Kristy Burford one; Madison Fox five; Megan Dash 16.
Megan Dash and Nicole Miller had one assist each. Kailyn Boyer had three aces; Kristy Burford two; Madison Fox two and Megan Dash two. Read More
•September 9, 2015•
The Knights volleyball team traveled to Monticello Monday, but a spirited effort fell short. The Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond Knights lost the first match 24-26,then rallied in the second game 25-17.
The third playoff gave the win to Monticello 21-25. The Knights record is 1-0 conference and 1-3 overall. Read More
Photo by Mike Brothers
Redskin Jake Eaton (27) rolls down the sideline with the end zone in sight as SOV football dominates last Friday’s away game.
•September 9, 2015•
By Mike Brothers
Although the Mt. Olive-Sullivan Okaw Valley football game stopped with 9:40 left in the third quarter there was plenty of action for Redskin fans in the 42-0 victory.
The tide turned for the SOV team early with Redskin Dalace Ray sacking the Wildcat quarterback at 9:18 in the first quarter. SOV took control and never looked back, until the lights went out on the field during the third quarter.
After stopping the Wildcats midfield the Redskins’ Ty Molzen found Alec Ballinger open on the left side, who covered 45 yards down the sideline for the first score.
A little more than a minute passed before Jake Eaton took the same route down the left side on a 45 yard run to the goal line, putting the Redskins up 14-0 after extra point kicks by Brett Tuttle. Tuttle would provide six extra points during the shortened game.
Eaton followed with a two yard TD run just before the end of the first quarter giving SOV a 21-0 lead. Read More
•September 9, 2015•
Sullivan varsity golfers faced Teutopolis on Sept. 3. Teutopolis finished with 173 as Sullivan took 177 in their match.
Sullivan retains a 7-3 record with Teutopolis posting 5-3 following the match.
For Sullivan Caden Ellis came in with a 41; Eric Keller 45; Joey Davison 48; Tom Schibur 47; and Kaleb Shumard 47. Read More