News Progress

September 17, 2014

Ball handling an issue as Lady T-Wolves fall in three sets

by Joe Wheeler
Bethany Reporter

The Okaw Valley Lady T-Wolves dropped to 2-7 Monday, breaking a two game win streak that rounded out the varsity LSA Volleyball Invitational. OV couldn’t muster enough defense to ward off Heritage’s fast-paced attack Monday evening.
After dropping their first game in the LSA Tournament to Tolono Unity 8-25, 13-25 OV had trouble against Warrensburg Latham 12-25, 14-25. Head coach Jody McCormick said the girls just couldn’t get things going right away on Saturday. Read More

September 17, 2014

For the first time since the Shelbyville Trail Invitational began, Sullivan-Okaw Valley boys’ and girls’ teams both earned a trophy, each finishing in second.
Shelbyville girls won the race, but SOV finished in a dominant second beating third place Neoga by an average of 50 seconds per runner.  The girls were led by Laine Cameron and Ashlynd Risley, finishing in 20:54 and 20:56, good for seventh and eighth place.  Other solid races were run by Carlin Nuzzo, Elissa Stewart, Abby Cravatta, Cadisen Nuzzo, and Alyssa Marshall. Read More

Photo by Keith Stewart
OV's Nicole Miller eyes the ball before setting it Tuesday night.

September 10, 2014

A&M consistency keeps OV on their heels

by Keith Stewart
keith@newsprogress.com

Okaw Valley’s 25-12, 25-13 loss at the hands of Central A&M Tuesday night was more a result of hits going too deep, serves going too shallow, and at times miscommunication plaguing the defense than it was the Raiders’ own doing.
However, when Central A&M did produce its own scoring, it relied more on well-placed tips into the holes of the OV defense than hard hits, given 5-11 junior middle hitter Megan Dash blocking what few kill attempts the Raiders had. Read More

Photo by RR Best
Jake Eaton rushes 44 yards for the first touchdown Friday night just before the game was postponed to Saturday. Eaton had seven carries for 53 yards and three touchdowns.

September 10, 2014

Redskins pick up from where they left off Friday in Saturday victory

by Matt Kracht
NP Sports Writer

The SOV Redskins provided fans at Victory Field quite a show this weekend defeating the Mt. Olive Wildcats 54-0. On JFL Appreciation Night, an SOV squad laden with upperclassmen talent had five different players find the end zone. Showcasing a genuine stable of ball carriers SOV is now 2-0 for the first time since 2001.
Junior running back Jake Eaton got SOV on the scoreboard just four minutes into Friday night’s game. On 2-and-10 Eaton picked up some nice blocking, found a seam, and broke free galloping 40 yards to the end zone. Eaton would add two more scores finishing with seven carries for 73 yards and three touchdowns. Erring on the side of caution with lightning in the area early in the first, the game was stopped and re-scheduled for 6 p.m. Saturday, which brought much more ideal conditions.
And the Redskin defense continued its strong start to the season when play resumed.  Forcing a quick three and out SOV retook possession, and the Mt. Olive’s defenders began what would be a long day for the group. Read More

September 10, 2014

Competing at the Charleston Invitational last Saturday, the SOV girls’ cross country team took eighth, while their male counterparts finished 12th.
“This is a good race to get our first invitational jitters out of the way,” said head coach Ted Walk. “This is the only time we see most of these teams since almost all are multiple times our size. Girls placed eighth and ran extremely well. Our best time last year was Carlin Nuzzo at 23:05 and we finished five girls better than that this year.”
Laine Cameron finished first for SOV with a time of 21:10, followed by Carlin Nuzzo (22:07), Ashlynd Risley (22:24), Abby Cravatta (22:31), and Elissa Stewart (22:53). Cadisen Nuzzo finished sixth for SOV and shaved 10 seconds off her 2013 time, followed by freshman Allie O’Neill. Read More