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[DEC. 9, 2000]  Olympia lost the battle to University High in Friday night’s game at Normal.  The game ended in a score of 55 – 42. 

Quarter scores were as follows with University High in the lead all the way through: 16 – 9, 27 – 22, 42 – 32, 55 – 42.

Scoring for Oly were Hollinger 1-0-3, Wise 4-0-8, Bode 1-0-2, Brand 3-0-7, Dillenburg 2-0-6; totaling 16-4-42.

Three-point field goals were scored by Lee 2, Dillenburg 2, Hollinger 1, and Brand 1.

[DEC. 9, 2000]  Central State Eight league teams playing in Lincoln, Lincoln smeared Taylorville 77 – 44 in an easy win from the start. 

First quarter saw Lincoln with a slight lead 18 – 12.  Second quarter they bumped it up 20 more points to Taylorville's 10 points bringing the half-time score to 38 – 22.  Third quarter they swept the courts making a 26 point increase to Taylorville's 8 points.  In the final quarter Lincoln added 13 more points as Taylorville edged them in their points gained for one quarter adding 14 points.

High scorers for Lincoln were Alexander 19 and Tungate 17. Scoring for Lincoln: Williams 4-0-8, Alexander 8-1-19, Tungate 6-4-17, Knopp 1-0-3, Aper 2-1-6, Gallagher 2-0-6, Farmer 3-0-8, Schrader 1-2-4, Welch 2-0-4, Werner 0-2-2; totaling 29-10-77.

Three-point field goals were scored by Alexander 2, Gallagher 2, Farmer 2, with Tungate, Knopp, and Aper each scoring 1 each.

[DEC. 9, 2000]  Sangamo teams playing in Athens, Illini Central edged out Athens 66 – 51. Illini led the game start to finish with quarter scores as follows: 18 – 6, 33 – 19, 45 – 34, 66 – 51. 

High scorers for Illini were Arnold 22, and Fletcher 16.

Team stats: Hankins 1-2-4, Fletcher 5-2-16, Mulford 0-2-2, Grimsley 3-4-10, Arnold 6-10-22, Deters 6-0-12; totaling 21-20-66.

Scoring three-point field goals: Fletcher 4.

[DEC. 9, 2000]  Mt. P Hill Toppers took the lead over Riverton in the first quarter and kept it for the whole game for a final score of 51 – 39.

Quarter scorers were as follows: 12 - 4, 28 – 11, 43 – 28, 51 – 39.

High scorer for the game was Brown 20 points. 

Scoring for Mt. P were Brown 8-4-20, Davis 1-1-3, Schlitt 1-0-2, Anderson 6-0-12, Clark 2-2-6, Schilling 1-0-2, Gieske 3-0-6;totaling 22-7-51.

There were no three-point field goals by Mt. Pulaski.

[DEC. 8, 2000]  Two second-half spurts carried the Lincoln College women's basketball team to a 75-63 victory over Carl Sandburg of Galesburg at the Lynx gym Thursday night. The victory runs the LC record to 8-1 for the season.

After trailing the visiting Carl Sandburg squad by a point at halftime, 32-31, Lincoln College came out smoking in the second half, and a 13-2 run in the first four minutes gave the Lynx a 44-34 lead. Carl Sandburg battled back and actually took a 61-58 lead with 5:52 remaining in the game. Sarah McLaughlin scored a goal and added a pair of free throws to give the Lynx the lead with 4:04 left. The Lynx finished the game on a 17-2 run to close out the visitors. Lincoln connected on 19 of 32 shots in the second half while the visitors made 12 of 41 attempts.

Coach Carol Wilson said, "Sarah (McLaughlin) picked us up at the end. She was very instrumental in our stretch run. We got off to a quick start in the second half, and that was probably the difference in the game (13-2 run). Our bench played a key role. When we made the two second-half runs, we had different players on the court. Our depth helped change the complexion of the game. I felt we handled adversity well, especially when we fell behind in the second half."

Lincoln College (75) — Tameeka Dawson 7-0-14; Candace Sheley 0-2-2; Christine Lott 3-3-9; Jessica Trainer 3-0-8; Chanel Roebuck 5-2-12; Tammy Bausley 1-0-2; Jenny Story 1-0-2; Ronni Beebe 4-0-8; Katie Skaggs 3-0-7; Sarah McLaughlin 2-3-7; Jesse Dullard 2-0-4. Totals: 31-10-75. Three-point goals: Trainer 2, Skaggs.

Carl Sandburg (63) — Boettcher 3-0-7; Huls 2-2-6; Pendergrass 4-5-14; Sinnett 1-1-3; Peck 4-0-9; Harris 1-4-7; Schmidt 6-5-17. Totals: 21-17-63. Three-point goals: Boettcher, Pendergrass, Peck, Harris.

[Bill Martinie, Lincoln College sports information director]

[DEC. 8, 2000]  Lincoln College handed Carl Sandburg a 77-70 defeat in men's basketball at the Lincoln College gymnasium Thursday night to run the season record to 8-2. The Lynx displayed a balanced scoring attack with five players reaching double figures.

Coach B. J. McCullum said, "I was pleased with the first half, but the second half was a different story. We weren't very patient in the second half, and as a result they (Carl Sandburg) got some easy baskets off the break and some open 3-point shots. We have been preaching that we need to go inside more, and maybe this will help them realize it a little more. We didn't take a lot of good shots in the second half."

Lincoln bolted to a comfortable 45-27 halftime lead and was on top 56-31 with 14:10 left in the second half. Carl Sandburg went on an 18-5 run to cut the Lynx lead to 61-49 with 6:38 left. Lincoln scored nine of the next 11 points to again go on top, by a 70-52 margin, before the Chargers made one more surge. However, they never got any closer than the seven-point margin at the end of the contest.

Lincoln finished the game with 45 percent shooting (27 of 60) while the visitors hit 43 percent (25 of 53). The Lynx forced the Chargers into 25 turnovers in the contest. Rebounding was about even with the visitors having a 36-35 edge. Eric Crockrell and Brian Thorsen both pulled down eight boards to lead Lincoln. Jerron Hobson contributed eight assists for the Lynx.

Jay Bates, Marlon Brooks and Crockrell all scored 14 points for Lincoln, with Thorsen adding 13 and Brian Moffitt 12. Zeph Jones led all scorers with 22 points for Carl Sandburg.

Lincoln College (77) — Jerron Hobson 3-9-0-0-8; Michael Whrle 0-1-0-0-0; Gene Reed 0-0-0-0-0; Jay Bates 5-9-4-10-14; Ryan Brinker 0-2-0-0-0; Marlon Brooks 5-14-4-5-14; Michael Sams 0-4-2-3-2; Brian Moffitt 5-7-2-4-12; Eric Crockrell 6-7-2-5-14; Brian Thorsen 3-7-7-9-13. Totals: 27-60-21-36-77. Three-point goals: Hobson 2.

Carl Sandburg (70) — James Allen 4-8-2-2-10; Corey Neely 6-13-3-3-19; Jeramee Newberry 0-2-0-0-0; Mike Headbloom 1-1-0-0-3; Nick Rodsater 1-4-0-0-3; Travis Nesy 2-5-2-2-6; Zeph Jones 7-16-4-6-22; Isaac Bonds 2-4-3-4-7. Totals: 23-53-14-17-70. Three-point goals: Neely 4, Headbloom, Rodsater, Jones 4.

[Bill Martinie, Lincoln College sports information director]

[DEC. 8, 2000]  Illini Central hosted Deer Creek-Mackinaw High School’s girls varsity and junior varsity teams yesterday afternoon. Illini Central won 52-42.

Oney and Damm led Illini Central to victory. Oney scored two 3-pointers, seven 2-point field goals and two free throws to earn 22 points. Damm made one 3-pointer, four 2-point field goals, five free throws and 16 points for Illini Central. Francis and Winkelman each scored three field goals, or six points. Harvey made two points for her team.

Deer Creek-Mackinaw made three 3-pointers: two by Gibson and one by Stark. The team made 18 field goals, three free throws and 42 points.

Illini Central’s junior varsity team beat Deer Creek-Mackinaw 48-17.

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[DEC. 8, 2000]  Olympia High School’s girls varsity and junior varsity basketball teams hosted University High yesterday. Olympia’s varsity team lost 76-45.

Cubbert made Olympia’s one 3-pointer. The individual statistics were as follows: Cubbert 1-0-3, Prager 1-0-2, Coit 3-2-8, Short 0-3-3, Fraher 0-1-1, Bachman 1-3-5, Gaither 0-6-6, Gale 3-0-6, Mendonica 1-0-2, Litwiller 1-0-2, Doornbos 1-5-7. The team made 12 field goals and 20 free throws to earn 45 points.

University High also had one 3-pointer, made by Farnsworth. In total, their team had 31 field goals, 13 free throws and 76 points.

Olympia’s junior varsity team beat University High 52-42.

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[DEC. 8, 2000]  Olympia High School’s wrestling team competed against Bloomington in Stanford yesterday afternoon. Bloomington won 44-24, to make its record 5-1. Olympia’s record is now 3-2.

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[DEC. 6, 2000]  Lincoln Christian College’s men’s and women’s basketball teams traveled to Jacksonville yesterday to play MacMurray. MacMurray’s teams beat Lincoln’s teams.

Matt Clark and Jim Turney led the men’s team. Clark had one 3-pointer, seven 2-point field goals and four free throws to make 21 points for Lincoln. Turney made 14 points for Lincoln with three 3-pointers, one 2-point field goal and three free throws. Dante Watson and Antoni Okusami each made four field goals, or eight points. Zach Below made two field goals and one free throw to earn five points. Jake Raymer, Josh Weber, Donnie Bowman and David Simmons each made two points. The team made a total of 26 field goals and eight free throws. The final score of the men’s game was 83-64, MacMurray.

Robbins made almost all of the points for Lincoln’s women’s game — 27. She had three 3-pointers, six 2-point field goals and six free throws. O’Malley made two field goals and two free throws to earn six points. Spiering made two free throws, and Davis and Urton each made one free throw. Lincoln’s women’s team made a total of 11 field goals and 12 free throws. The final score of the game was 97-37, MacMurray.

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[DEC. 6, 2000]  While Lincoln Christian College traveled to Jacksonville to compete, Jacksonville High School’s girls basketball team came to Lincoln to play our girls. Lincoln led in every quarter to win 56-52.

Lincoln had six 3-pointers: three by Oller, two by Ingram and one by Whalen. Oller and Humbert were Lincoln’s high scorers yesterday afternoon. Oller had three 3-pointers, four field goals and one free throw to earn 18 points. Humbert made seven field goals or 14 points. The other individual statistics were as follows: Whalen 1-0-3, Ingram 2-4-10, Cook 2-3-7, and Bunch 2-0-4. The total team’s statistics were 21 field goals and eight free throws.

Hanley of Jacksonville made the team’s one 3-pointer. The team had 23 field goals, five free throws and 52 points.

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[DEC. 6, 2000]  Hartsburg-Emden High School’s boys basketball team met Illini Central in Mason City yesterday afternoon. Illini Central beat Hartsburg, 84-40.

Fletcher, Arnold and Hieronyme each made a 3-pointer for Illini Central. Arnold and Hankins led the team’s scoring. Arnold made eight field goals in addition to his 3-pointer and three free throws to earn 22 points. Hankins made five field goals and three free throws, or 13 points for his team. The rest of the individual scores were as follows: Miller 3-0-6, Mulford 0-2-2, Grimsley 2-3-7, Scott 3-1-7, Hieronyme 2-2-7 and Defers 3-0-6. The team scored a total of 32 field goals and 17 free throws.

Aper made all of Hartsburg-Emden’s three 3-pointers. He also made one 2-point field goal and four free throws, to earn 15 points for his team. Leesman and Jones were also assets to Hartsburg’s team. Leesman made four field goals and two free throws, or 10 points. Jones made eight points with four field goals. Behremos made three points, and Gleason and Anderson each made two points. The team’s total statistics were 15 field goals and seven free throws.

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[DEC. 6, 2000]  Mount Pulaski traveled to Maroa yesterday to compete against Maroa-Forsyth in a high school boys basketball game. The final scores were only two points apart. Maroa led by a few points at the end of each of the first three quarters. Mount Pulaski narrowed the gap in the fourth quarter, but was not able to overcome Maroa’s lead. The final score went to Maroa, 62-60.

Mount Pulaski had four 3-pointers: two by Anderson, one by Clark and one by Davault. Anderson made exactly one-third of the team’s points. In addition to his 3-pointers, he had six field goals and two free throws. Brown made almost a third of the team’s points, 16. He had seven field goals and two free throws. The rest of the individual statistics were as follows: Davis 1-0-2, Blaum 2-1-5, Clark 1-0-3, Gieseke 3-0-6, Davault 2-0-5 and Smith 1-1-3. Mount Pulaski made a total of 25 field goals and six free throws.

Maroa-Forsyth also had four 3-pointers: two by Hamilton and one each by Taylor and Grider. Their team made a total of 23 field goals and 12 free throws.

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[DEC. 6, 2000]  Olympia and Normal West’s high school girls basketball teams competed in Stanford yesterday. Olympia was just slightly behind Normal West in each of the quarters to end 54-50, Normal West.

Prager and Gaither of Olympia scored the only two 3-pointers of the game. Gaither earned almost half of Olympia’s points. In addition to her one 3-pointer, she had seven field goals and five free throws, to make 22 points. Doornbos had the next highest number of points, 12. She made five field goals and two free throws. The rest of the individual statistics were as follows: Prager 1-0-3, Short 1-0-2, Fraher 1-3-5 and Gale 3-0-6 to make a team total of 19 field goals, 10 free throws and 50 points.

Normal West’s team totals were 19 field goals and 16 free throws to make 54 points.

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