Despite opening their season Monday, November 25 at the 17th annual Edinburg Wildcat Turkey Classic with a 61-44 win over Waverly, the Okaw Valley boys’ basketball team dropped their next four games. Read More
Knights Take Down Stew-Stras
The Arthur-Lovington Knights kept to their No. 10 state ranking while also staying unbeaten when they defeated Stew Stras Tuesday night 64-33. Read More
Hagerman Leads the Way in OV’s Opening Win
Still’s 18 also big boost
by Keith Stewart
keith@newsprogress.com
The Timberwolves opened their season Monday at the 17th annual Edinburg Wildcat Turkey Classic and came out with a 61-44 win overly Waverly. Read More
Knights Pull Away in Fourth to Defeat Sullivan 72-55
Late surge of scoring propels AL past Redskins
by Keith Stewart
keith@newsprogress.com
For three quarters Tuesday night, Sullivan’s boys basketball team went toe-to-toe with the No. 10 class 1A Arthur-Lovington Knights. But a 23-point fourth quarter performance by the Knights along with going 17-of-27 from the field compared to Sullivan’s 1-of-10, proved too much, as AL defeated Sullivan in each team’s season opener, 72-55.
Lady Redskins Pull Away Late Over Lady Riders 62-52
Defense holds Arcola’s Edwards to 8
by Kirk Whitaker
Arthur/Sullivan Reporter
Arcola junior Taylor Edwards is a pre-season Player of the Year candidate in most area newspapers for a reason. Everyone knows she can score—Edwards downed 23 points against Neoga Friday—and Monday the Lady Redskins had the task of slowing Edwards down in the home opener of the season. Read More
OV Perseveres Through Meridian Monday to Improve to 2-1 on the Season
Defense the ultimate savior in win
by Emily Scott
Bethany Reporter
After the tough loss to Sullivan last Thursday, the Okaw Valley girls’ basketball team was ready to get a win, and on Monday they were able to do just that.
Though a hard-fought game, the Lady T-Wolves pulled out a close 44-38 victory against the Meridian Lady Hawks. Read More
Seegmiller Scores 22 as Lancers Pull Out Late Win Against Monticello
- Photo by Darian Hays
Briana Morgan contends the ball with Monticello’s Janessa Pankey Thursday.
Second-half letup almost results in loss
by Kirk Whitaker
Arthur/Sullivan Reporter
Last Thursday night, Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond won by a slim margin after holding a double digit lead at halftime over Casey-Westfield. History repeated itself the next day.
The Lancers held a 21-11 lead at the break over Monticello in Arthur, due in large part to eight points from junior guard Emily Seegmiller in the second quarter.
“I just told myself to keep going,” Seegmiller said. “I wasn’t just shooting for myself; I was looking for other people as well, and I just got some good looks.
“Emily is a good athlete and she was being aggressive tonight,” Lancers head coach Craig Moffett said. “In the first game of the season she scored in the low single digits, and I told her to be patient and aggressive, and these last two games she has really come out when the other teams have adjusted to Sherelle. She, as well as Alex (Miller), got some good scores down low in the first half, and that really helped us.” Read More
Goodman and Coller score 14 each as Lancers take down Tuscola 43-29
Defensive effort the factor for ALAH
by Kirk Whitaker
Arthur/Sullivan Reporter
Monday night AL-AH downed Shelbyville 51-25, and senior guard Sherelle Coller scored 16 in the effort. Tuesday night was against rival Tuscola—whom this senior class at Arthur-Lovington had never defeated in basketball—and Coller and fellow senior Karly Goodman took the challenge head on. Read More
Neuhauser’s 24 Lifts Sullivan 65-32 Over OV
Photo by RR Best
OV’s Paige Harlin tries to get around Sullivan’s Brittin Boyer during last Thursday’s matchup.
11 turnovers in first hard to overcome for T-Wolves
by Kirk Whitaker
Arthur/Sullivan Reporter
Sullivan never trailed against Okaw Valley in their non-conference meeting last Thursday in Bethany, which had a turnover in the style of play compared to their first game against Teutopolis.
By the end of the first quarter Sullivan forced more turnovers (11) than they did the whole game Monday (eight). Junior Emily Neuhauser and senior Maggie Plank each accounted for three steals in the first quarter.
“Our effort was greatly improved from Monday,” Redskins head coach Sheri McCain stated. “The girls came out ready tonight. I don’t know if they were quite ready for T-town, but we turned it up a notch on defense tonight. We wanted to start with our press and get some deflections. The whole goal was to get easy buckets and get out ahead, and they did a fabulous job.” Read More
LOVC Volleyball Selections
The following girls were selected to this year’s All-LOVC volleyball teams:
First team: Karly Goodman and Emily Seegmiller, both of Arthur-Lovington.
Second team: Sherelle Coller, Arthur-Lovington; Shelby Dash, Okaw Valley; Kaitie Wildman, Atwood-Hammond.
Honorable mention: Chantell Bonham and Reilly Ferrell, both of Atwood-Hammond.