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Okaw Valley High School Girls Basketball Seniors
Okaw Valley senior night for girls basketball was held on Thursday, February 1. Seniors are: Chloe Wood, Madison Whitney, Rissa Montgomery and Megan Roley.
•January 31, 2024•
by Jaime Perrott
The Sullivan Blue Dolphins pulled double duty this past weekend with team members swimming in two different away meets. They had 25 swimmers competing in Terre Haute at the 2024 THT Arctic Blast meet. Three swimmers from the team brought home high point awards: Liam Donovan Open boys, Oliver Florey 8 and under boys, and Aurora Huber 6 and under girls. Liam Donovan earned a spot on the Senior State Team while at this meet. Read More
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Afternoon session swimmers and coaches with 1st Place Award at the Seth Dunscomb New Years Opener.
•January 24, 2024•
by Jaime Perrott
The Sullivan Blue Dolphins had the honor of co-hosting the 2024 Seth Dunscomb New Years Opener held at the Decatur Family YMCA earlier this month. This annual meet is held in memory of former Sullivan graduate Seth Dunscomb, son of Richard and Connie Dunscomb. Dunscomb was a 1993 graduate of Sullivan High School and swam at The Sullivan Civic Center as well as with the Decatur Swim Club. After high school he went on to swim at the collegiate level for the University of Kansas. At the age of 21, Dunscomb, a senior and co-captain for the Jayhawks, tragically passed away on the pool deck due to an unknown heart ailment. Read More
•January 17, 2024•
submitted by Jaime Perrott
The Sullivan Blue Dolphins wrapped up 2023 by competing at the Red Raider Aquatics Harvest Classic in Springfield followed by hosting the annual December Christmas Jingle Invitational at the Sullivan Civic Center.
A total of eight teams competed in Springfield at the Red Raiders Aquatics Harvest Classic with the Sullivan Blue Dolphins bringing home 1474 team points earning them a 3rd place finish overall. Read More
•December 20, 2023•
Intelligent.com recently named Lake Land College as one of Illinois’ top 10 community colleges for 2024. In its annual assessment of higher education programs, Intelligent.com honors affordable, highly-regarded schools that equip their students with the resources needed to successfully graduate and excel in their fields. Read More
•December 20, 2023•
by E. Scott England
The Lady Redskins picked up two crucial conference wins last week to remain perfect in their conference standings at 4-0. Overall, the two wins brought them to 5-6 on the season.
Up first was a home game against the ALAH Lady Knights. The game plan all along was to contain ALAH senior Claire Seal who recently secured her place in Lady Knights’ history when she topped 1,000 career points in a game against Shelbyville. As expected, Seal led the Lady Knights in scoring, but was limited to just 14 total points in the contest. No other ALAH player had more than four points.
Offensively, the Lady Redskins got down to business and they shared the wealth among the team as eight players tallied two or more points. Mae Dawkins was dialed in as she hit two threes in the evening and finished tied with a team high of nine points. Matching her was Shae Ellis who also hit two threes and finished with nine points. Read More
•December 20, 2023•
by E. Scott England
The Sullivan Redskins returned to action last Monday after suffering their first loss the previous Saturday to Tuscola. They shook that defeat off and got back to work on the Blue Ridge Knights, securing their seventh win 57-49.
The first half was close but belonged to the Redskins. Brett Bushue, Aiden Ballinger, and Camden Watkins all hit threes in the first quarter. Bushue added two more in the second quarter while Watkins added one more. The team would finish with nine baskets beyond the arc in the game. Watkins led the scoring with 20 while Bushue was close behind with 16. Read More
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Dawkins Places First on Vault Pass
Sylvia Dawkins, of Sullivan, earned a first place finish on her vault pass at the gymnastics meet, Crossroads Classic in Bloomington. Sylvia is in 6th grade in Sullivan and trains at the Mattoon Academy of Gymnastics.
•December 6, 2023•
by E. Scott England
The Redskins won an overtime thriller against the Paris Tigers 49-47. This win now matches the total number of wins the team had all last season. And the team isn’t looking at slowing down anytime soon. Read More
•December 6, 2023•
by E. Scott England
At times, last week’s matchup against the Windsor-Stew Stras Hatchets looked like a football contest. But Sullivan has shown they are a team of high athleticism and depth on the bench to keep frequent substitutions in rotation. This is in part to what helped the Redskins in their home opener win 57-39. Read More