News Progress

•April 24, 2019•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor

After the Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond softball team won three straight games, Knight pitcher Mackenzie Brown no-hit Okaw Valley in an 8-0 Little Okaw Valley Conference win Monday night.
In seven innings, Brown walked two and struck out 17.
ALAH scored two runs in the second inning, a run in the third and five runs in the fourth inning for the 8-0 win.
Shelby Frederick was 2-for-4 with a run scored and one RBI, and Kauffman was 2-for-3 with three RBIs and a run scored.
Brown, Reagan Miller and Addi Tinkle each recorded a hit. Brown scored two runs, and Tinkle and Miller each knocked in a run.
Timberwolves’ pitcher Grace Bunfill suffered the loss, pitching six innings and giving up six earned runs on seven hits and four walks. She struck out nine.
Saturday ALAH swept a double header at LeRoy.
The Knights knocked off Havana 17-0 and LeRoy 8-0. Read More

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•April 24, 2019•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor

The Okaw Valley baseball team picked up two more wins this past week to improve to 8-4 overall and 4-0 Little Okaw Valley Conference record.
The Timberwolves shutout Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond 4-0 Monday and throttled Arcola 18-1 last Tuesday.
Against the Knights Monday, OV scored first in the top of the fourth inning to take a 2-0 lead, but ALAH answered when Dario Ayala homered in the bottom of the fourth.
In the sixth inning the Timberwolves plated two more runs then held on for the win.
For OV, Cameron Sharp was 3-for-3 with two RBIs and stolen base, and Dalton McGill was 3-for-3 with two runs scored, one RBI and a stolen base.
Sam Hagerman was 2-for-2 with two runs scored, and Eli Hagerman, Camden Coleman, Cale Roley and Talon Russell each recorded a hit. Read More

•April 24, 2019•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor

The Okaw Valley softball team dropped four straight games this past week.
The Timberwolves lost to Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond Monday, Westville Saturday, Fisher Saturday and Arcola last Tuesday.
In the first game of the doubleheader Saturday, OV lost to Fisher 16-1, after scoring its lone run in the first inning.
Grace Bunfill was 2-for-3 and Bella Benning was 1-for-2 with a run scored.
Madison Vogel suffered the loss. She pitched 3 1/3 innings and gave up nine earned runs on 11 hits and six walks. She struck out five.
In the second game of the doubleheader, Westville plated the winning run in the top of the seventh inning for the 3-2 victory.
Vogel homered for one of the Timberwolves’ runs, and Kate Jeffers doubled twice and scored the other OV run. Read More

•April 17, 2019•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor

The Sullivan girls’ track and field team competed in two meets this past week.
The Redskins placed tenth in the Unity Girls Invite at Tolono Friday and second in a quadrangular at Warrensburg last Tuesday.
Sullivan placed tenth out of 20 teams with 19.5 points in the Unity Girls Invite.
Three Redskins scored points.
Esther Miller triple jumped 34 feet 4.5 inches to take first place, and she ran the 400 meters in 1:03 for fourth place.
In the high jump, Zoe Walton took fourth with a leap of five feet, and Emily White placed fifth at 4 feet 10 inches.
Last Tuesday, Sullivan finished second with 78 points in a quadrangular at Warrensburg.
Several Sullivan athletes scored points, including six first-place finishers. Read More

•April 17, 2019•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor

The Sullivan softball team knocked off St. Teresa but lost to Central A&M this past week.
Friday against the Bulldogs, Sullivan plated five runs in the fourth inning and five runs in the fifth to extend its lead to 10-4.
St. Teresa scored two in the bottom of the fifth, but the Redskins answered with four runs in the top of the sixth inning for the 16-6 win.
Destiny Mills recorded four hits and six RBIs, and Irie Dulin totaled four hits and four RBIs. Read More