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[DEC. 15, 2000]  Tickets for the State Farm Classic Dec. 27-30 may be purchased at Lincoln Community High School until Dec. 20. The tickets are season passes that will let you attend all of the games at the classic. Both boys and girls basketball teams will play.

Tickets will also be sold at the ticket booth at the LCHS basketball game Friday, Dec. 15.

Ticket prices are $20 for adults and $15 for students.

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Family Custom Cleaners
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You can now stop at our new location to drop off dry cleaning and do your laundry!

Broadway Cleaners remains open during this time.


Illini Central girls vs. Rochester

[DEC. 15, 2000]  Illini Central hosted Rochester for a high school girls basketball game. Unfortunately, Rochester’s varsity and junior varsity teams defeated both of Illini Central’s teams. The final score of the varsity match was 78-38.

Illini Central had four 3-pointers: three by Damm and one by Oney. Damm scored the most points of Illini’s players, with 13. She had two field goals in addition to her 3-pointers. Winkelman also helped her team with 11 points, from five field goals and one free throw. The rest of the players’ statistics were as follows: Oney 3-0-7, Montgomery 1-1-3, Francis 1-0-2 and Blackstock 1-0-2. The team made 16 field goals and two free throws, or 38 points, altogether.

Rochester made two 3-pointers, one each by Kalabres and Olthoff. In total, Rochester made 36 field goals, four free throws and 78 points.

In the junior varsity game, Rochester won 47-36.

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Olympia girls vs. Central Catholic

[DEC. 15, 2000]  Central Catholic and Olympia High School’s girls basketball teams faced off yesterday in Stanford. Olympia was leading at the end of the first quarter, then fell one point behind Central Catholic in the second quarter. Central maintained their lead in the next two quarters to win 64-55.

Gaither made almost half of Olympia’s points. She scored the team’s three 3-pointers in the game. She also made six 2-point field goals and five free throws to earn 26 points. Doornbos had the next highest number of points, 12, from six field goals. The rest of the individual statistics were as follows: Prager 3-0-6, Bachman 2-1-5, Fraher 1-2-4, and Litwiller 1-0-2. The team scored 22 field goals, 8 free throws and 55 points altogether.

Waterstraat and Kohn each scored a 3-pointer for Central Catholic. Altogether Central had 25 field goals, 12 free throws and 64 points.

Olympia’s junior varsity team destroyed Central’s junior varsity team 42-18.

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Olympia swimmers vs. Bloomington

[DEC. 15, 2000]  Olympia invited Bloomington’s high school boys to Stanford for a swimming meet yesterday afternoon. Bloomington beat Olympia’s swimmers 94-87.

The event results are as follows:

200-yard medley relay — Olympia: Kindred, Brooks, Hentzen and Eaton, 201.41

200 freestyle — Bloomington: Fillingham, 1:49.75

200 individual medley — Bloomington: Hug, 2:16.21

50 freestyle — Bloomington: Chiles, 24.96

Diving – Bloomington: Bray, 219.70

100 butterfly — Bloomington: Fillingham, 57.21

100 freestyle — Bloomington: Chiles, 54.06

500 freestyle — Bloomington: Hug, 4:58.77

200 freestyle relay — Bloomington: Fillingham, Chiles, Hug, Thomas, 1:43.47

100 backstroke — Olympia: Kindred, 1:06.14

100 breaststroke — Bloomington: Lyle

400 freestyle relay — Bloomington: Fillingham, Chiles, Hug, Cox, 3:43.31

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Olympia in triple wrestling match

[DEC. 15, 2000]  Mahomet-Seymour hosted Olympia and Pontiac for a triple wrestling match yesterday afternoon. The match between Olympia and Mahomet ended with Olympia on top, 29-25. Olympia continued its success in the second match, against Pontiac, and won 54-19. Mahomet-Seymour easily beat Pontiac in their match, 57-15.

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Lincoln College women's basketball

[DEC. 15, 2000]  Balanced scoring led the Lincoln College Lynx women's basketball team to a 73-62 victory over Black Hawk Thursday night at Moline. The victory runs the Lynx record to 10-1 at the midyear break. Lincoln College will return to action Jan. 11 against Lakeland College of Mattoon.  

Ten Lynx cracked the scoring column for coach Carol Wilson. Tameeka Dawson and Jesse Dullard both scored 13 points, while Sarah McLaughlin added 10 for the Lynx. 

Lincoln used a strong first half to put the hosts away. Dawson led the first-half charge with nine points.   Jessica Trainer contributed seven first-half points, including the only 3-point basket of the game. Ronni Beebe also scored seven of her nine points in the first half, while Dullard was connecting on a pair of baskets and five of six charity tosses, for nine points.

Lincoln College (73) — Tameeka Dawson 6-1-13; Candace Sheley 1-0-2; Christine Lott 4-0-8; Jessica Trainer 3-2-9; Chanel Roebuck 2-0-4; Tammy Bausley 1-0-2; Jenny Story 1-2-4; Ronni Beebe 2-4-8; Sarah McLaughlin 4-2-10; Jesse Dullard 4-5-13.  Totals: 28-16-73.  Three-point goal: Trainer.

Black Hawk (62) — Ponce 2-0-4; Stenger 3-2-9; Haynes 0-2-2; Carlson 5-5-15; Gay 4-7-15; Karah 6-3-15; Thorpe 1-0-2.  Totals: 21-19-62. Three-point goal: Stenger.

[Bill Martinie, Lincoln College sports information director]


LCHS girls vs. Lanphier

[DEC. 13, 2000]  Lanphier’s girls braved the roads yesterday to come to Lincoln and compete in a high school basketball game. Lincoln beat Lanphier 62-46.

Oller led Lincoln’s charge with her 18 points. She made six field goals and six free throws. Cook and Humbert were right behind Oller with 15 and 13 points respectively. Cook had seven field goals and one free throw, while Humbert had five field goals and three free throws. Ingram scored two 3-pointers for Lincoln’s team to earn a total of six points. Johnson made one field goal and three free throws, or five points. Whalen shot three free throws, and Bunch had two free throws. As a team, Lincoln scored 21 field goals, 18 free throws and 62 points.

 

Nolden scored Lanphier’s only 3-pointer of the game. In total, Lanphier of Springfield scored 18 field goals, nine free throws and 46 points.

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Mount Pulaski boys vs. Clinton

[DEC. 13, 2000]  Clinton High School braved the roads yesterday to play a boys basketball game in Mount Pulaski. Clinton beat Mount Pulaski 68-54.

Brown and Anderson led Mount Pulaski. Brown made 15 points for his team with six field goals and three free throws. Anderson made 13 points for Mount Pulaski with five field goals and three free throws. Gieseke assisted Mount Pulaski with three field goals and two free throws, or eight points. The rest of the individual scores are as follows: Blaum 2-1-5, Schlitt 2-0-4, Clark 1-1-3, Davis 1-0-2, Hudson 1-0-2 and Deibert 1-0-2. The team made 22 field goals and ten free throws, or 54 points altogether.

Clinton players Smith and Whitted made one 3-pointer each. The team made a total of 20 field goals, 26 free throws and 68 points.

Mount Pulaski’s junior varsity team just about doubled Clinton’s junior varsity team’s score: 74-38.

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Tickets, Tickets, Get Your Tickets Here!

Lincoln Merchants to Give Away Ho-Ho Dough for the Holidays

There are lots of extra incentives for doing your holiday shopping in Lincoln this year. Making purchases at the following businesses could be your ticket for $5000 cash and other prizes.

Tickets are available at: 

Abe's
Advanced EyeCare
Beans 'n' Such
Becherer's Jewelry
Big R of Lincoln
Blue Dog Inn
Bruns Service Center
Burwell's Travel Plaza
CEFCU
Century Dental
Claire's Needleworks
The Courier
Coy's Car Corner, Inc.
Curves for Women
Eckert's, Inc.

Family Custom Cleaners
   & Laundry
Family Medical Center
GB Oil
Gossett's Decorator Studio
Graue, Inc.
Graue Pharmac
Green Oil Inc. -
   Kickapoo Mini Mart
Guzzardo's Italian Villa
Harris-Hodnett Agency, Inc.
Illico Apollo Mart
J C Penney Catalog Sales
Kathleen's Hallmark
Key Printing
Lincoln Daily News.com
Lincoln Furniture
   & Floor Covering
Lincoln IGA
Lincoln Medical Equipment
Lincoln Printers
Lincoln Public Library
McEntire's Appliance
McQuellon's Appliance
MediaOne
Meier Accounting
   & Tax Service
Merle Norman Cosmetics
Mission Mart
MKS Jewelers
P & M Communications
Row Motor Sales
State Bank of Lincoln
Steak 'n' Shake
Tarter Brothers, Inc.
The Mustard Moon
The Other Side of the Fence
The Restaurant at the Depot
Three Roses Floral
U.S. Office Products
Wibben Computer Services
Jane Wright State Farm Insurance
Xamis Ford Lincoln Mercury

Sponsors only, no tickets:
Edward Jones Investments & Dr. Robert Miller, DMD

Winning tickets will be drawn on Sunday, December 17, at 5:00 p.m. at the Logan County Courthouse Square. Winning ticket holders must be present to win.

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