In the 2024-25 season, Chase Blue and Dorie Richardson led Sullivan High School’s teams to glory. Blue won his first Athlete of the Year title after dominating the gridiron and baseball field.
As the clock struck one, Sullivan alumnus JD McReynolds was anxiously waiting for his name to be called. It was Jul. 14, day two of the Major League Baseball Draft, and nine rounds had passed.
The last play that Evvie Blankenship made as a Lady Eagle ended up being the one that defined her legacy at Sullivan.
For a week, Rob Ward left his daily life of teaching his students to take the national stage. He competed at the AAU Taekwondo Championships, held in Salt Lake City, Utah, from Jun. 30 to Jul.
Like how a bowling ball returns after being thrown, Tom Slezak describes his life as one that has gone “in a circle.” Slezak, a Sullivan legend, has now represented his hometown at nationals fifty-
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