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Brittin Boyer tries to pull the ball loose from Shelbyville’s Madison Boone Monday night. Sullivan’s defense had more than a helping hand in the Lady Ram’s 36 turnovers, while the offense was in high gear. Both facets of gameplay earned Sullivan an 83-38 win.

No. 3 seed in OVC tourney, “disappointing” for Redskins

by Keith Stewart
keith@newsprogress.com

Typically, head coach Sheri McCain will make use of her young bench throughout a varsity game and typically, the Lady Redskins score an ample amount of points. But Monday night, as Sullivan routed Shelbyville 83-38, the Redskin coach left her starting five on for most of the game, in part, to send a message following Monday’s OVC tournament seed announcement, which put Sullivan at no. 3 while Clinton earned no. 2 and Central A&M no. 1.

“We’re all tied right now. I was just a little disappointed for the simple fact that going into it, we all looked at everybody’s overall records, and considering we only had two losses and A&M and Clinton both had four… I know we’ve all played good competition, but then you have to look at head to head competition, and we had beaten A&M, and we’d beaten Clinton,” said McCain candidly.  Read More

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Sullivan head coach Chester Reeder has a serious talk with his team before the start of overtime Friday night. It was then he challenged his team to take the game back from Meridian, which they did, 60-52.

Initial 8-0 run much needed boost for Redskins

by Keith Stewart
keith@newsprogress.com

Sullivan head coach Chester Reeder is fond of reminding his team to take advantage of opportunities. Friday night, the Redskins took what was a disappointing fourth quarter let down against Meridian, leading to overtime, and saw it as a chance to play more.

“I told them after the fourth quarter, ‘What a wonderful opportunity boys, you get to play the game you love for four more minutes. Now go out there and take this game from them.’”

In what seemed more like a regulation period of eight minutes, the extra quarter started with Sullivan getting back on track. Read More

Emily Neuhauser tries to swat the ball away from St. Teresa's Shannen Quehl Thursday night. Quehl was a big problem for Sullivan, scoring 18 and pulling down 18 rebounds, but Neuhauser herself scored 27.

With Plank missing, Marshall steps up for 14

by Keith Stewart
keith@newsprogress.com

You may not have noticed her in the past, let alone heard her name mentioned as part of the team, but sophomore Alyssa Marshall is in fact a varsity player for Sullivan’s girls’ basketball team. And the typically quiet and timid sophomore put aside her humble play Thursday night as she was tasked with answering the call to fill the temporary absence of senior Maggie Plank, who was out sick. Read More