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Volleyball: LCHS vs. SH-Griffin

[OCT. 13, 2000] Lincoln Community High School’s ladies volleyball team defeated Sacred Heart-Griffin during an away match yesterday in Springfield, 15-13 and 15-7.

Danielle Peifer scored nine service points for Lincoln. Kristina Cook, Darcy White and Ashley Boyer each made five kills. Cook and Peifer each blocked six balls. Kelli Gleason assisted her teammates 20 times.

Lincoln’s record now stands at 19-7-1. They are 4-1 in the Central State Eight Conference.

SH-Griffin beat Lincoln in the junior varsity game, 15-12 and 15-8.

Volleyball: Hartsburg-Emden vs. U-High

[OCT. 13, 2000] University High ladies volleyball team met Hartsburg-Emden yesterday in Hartsburg. U-High beat Hartsburg 15-8 and 15-8.

Danielle Bergman served up six points for Hartsburg. Kate Wrage made 14 kills. Carrie Rayburn blocked three balls, and Beth Guy assisted her team 16 times.

Ann Taulbee of U-High served 11 points and made two blocks. Ogonna Nnamani made 17 kills and two blocks. Anne Butts also made two blocks and assisted 33 times.

The schools’ new records are as follows: University High, 26-1, and Hartsburg-Emden, 17-8.

Hartsburg’s junior varsity team was able to defeat University High’s junior varsity girls, 15-13, 15-17, 15-12.

Volleyball: Mount Pulaski vs. Athens

[OCT. 13, 2000] Mount Pulaski High School’s ladies volleyball team defeated the Athens ladies 15-5 and 15-4 yesterday in Athens. Mount Pulaski’s record is now 19-4.

Tiffany Conaway led Mount Pulaski with 11 service points and 24 assists. Lindsay Clements made seven kills. Mary Olson blocked one ball.

Mount Pulaski’s junior varsity also defeated Athens, 15-8 and 15-4.

Volleyball: Olympia vs. Prairie Central

[OCT. 13, 2000] Olympia High School’s ladies volleyball team defeated Prairie Central in Stanford yesterday, 15-12 and 15-7.

Laura Doornbos served 13 points and blocked one ball for Olympia. Elizabeth Siuta made six kills. Mindy Bachman had 19 assists.

For Prairie Central, Sherry Kreber and Kristi White each had five service points. Kristi White and Kaci Davis each made three kills. Becky Shols had six assists.

Olympia’s new records are 18-11 overall and 5-3 in the Corn Belt Conference.

Olympia also won the junior varsity and freshman games. The scores of the junior varsity games were 15-0 and 15-3. The freshman scores were 15-6 and 15-9.

Soccer: Lincoln College vs. Springfield College

[OCT. 13, 2000] Lincoln College’s men’s soccer team met Springfield College yesterday in Springfield. The final score was 2-1, Springfield College.

Pat Doe, assisted by Mike Ngoyani, scored Springfield’s first goal. Vince Murphy scored the team’s second goal early in the second half of the game, bringing the score to 2-0.

With 25 minutes left, Steve Gorton scored Lincoln College’s one goal, with a penalty kick. Lincoln College’s Matt Stoeff made seven saves in the game.

Lincoln’s Coach Howard commented, "We generated a lot of offense in the first half. We hit the goal post four times, but couldn’t get it in the net. We played better, but we didn’t finish."

Lincoln College’s record is 8-6-1. They play Danville at 2 p.m. this Saturday here in Lincoln.

Lincoln’s wooden bat team extends record to 7-1

[OCT. 12, 2000] Lincoln’s wooden bat high school team continued its winning ways last Sunday, taking a doubleheader, 1-0 and 7-2, from the Normal-based MacDonald All-Star team in games at Lincoln College. The All-Stars had players from Normal Community, Bloomington High School, Quincy, Galesburg, Streator and Prairie Central. The Lincoln team now stands at 7-1 in its fall season. In weather more fitting for winter football, the team faced nature’s elements in extraordinary fashion.

The mid-40 degree temperature was matched by the coldness Lincoln pitchers forced on Normal’s hitters. It was not until the last inning of the second game that a Normal player crossed the plate. In fact, it wasn’t until that last inning that a Normal batter got a hit.

Four Lincoln pitchers threw a combined no-hitter in the first game: Chris Phillips, Ryan Williams, Jamison Sheley and Blake Schoonover. Even so, the game was on the line every inning. Lincoln’s only score came in the third inning, after Justin Dedman reached first on an error, stole second and was driven home on a single by Williams. Lincoln’s one-run lead was most tenuous in the fourth inning. With two out and two on, Normal Community’s Craig Bough lined a shot to the left of Lincoln shortstop Andy Knopp, who stabbed it and suddenly dashed the scoring threat.

In the second game, Lincoln’s bats warmed up, producing seven runs on 10 hits from nine different batters. The first five runs came in the third inning.

Sheley started off with a triple and scored on an errant relay from the shortstop. After a walk to Aaron Matson, Dedman whacked an RBI triple and was pushed home on a single by Schoonover. With runners on first and second, Knopp sent a long drive to right field. The play resulted in a chaotic base-running frenzy. Knopp’s slice was aided both by wind and sun, prompting the right fielder to misjudge the ball that flew over his reach. As Knopp approached second base, he encountered teammate John Peters just ahead of him. Peters was waiting for Schoonover, who was tagging at second base on the play, to move on. Schoonover did score on the play, but Peters was tagged out at third. While Normal’s defense was catching its breath, Knopp noticed that no one was covering third, so he discreetly took the base. He then scored on a single to left by Phillips.

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Lincoln’s two other runs came in the sixth, after singles by Peters and Knopp and a sacrifice fly by Andrew Bartman.

As with game one, Lincoln used four different pitchers in the second game: Dedman, Josh McDaniel, Sheley and Matt Boyer. They combined for 11 strikeouts while giving up nine walks. Normal was scoreless until three walks in the seventh inning set the stage for a two-out, two-RBI double by Streator’s Kevin Kuntz off Boyer. It was Normal’s first and only hit of the day.

Lincoln also had solid pitching and defense in a doubleheader sweep of Quincy, 4-3 and 5-4, the previous week. Lincoln plays a doubleheader against Rochester in East Peoria on Sunday.

[Rich Knopp]

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Volleyball: LCHS vs. Jacksonville

[OCT. 11, 2000] Lincoln Community High School’s ladies volleyball team hosted Jacksonville yesterday, here in town. Jacksonville beat Lincoln 15-1 and 15-8.

Four of Lincoln’s players each had two service points: Kari McFadden, Darcy White, Danielle Peifer and Christina Xamis. In addition to her service points, Danielle Peifer made four kills. Kristina Cook blocked two balls, and Kelli Gleason assisted nine times.

Michelle Lynch of Jacksonville was all over the court with seven kills, seven blocks and nine assists. Lindsay Powell also served up nine points for Jacksonville.

Lincoln’s new record is 18-7-1 overall and 3-1 in the Central State Eight Conference. Jacksonville stands at 25-3 for the season and 4-0 in the C.S.E. Conference.

Jacksonville’s junior varsity volleyball team also beat Lincoln’s junior varsity girls, 15-2 and 15-7.

Volleyball: Hartsburg-Emden vs. Greenview

[OCT. 11, 2000] Hartsburg-Emden’s ladies volleyball team demolished Greenview on home ground yesterday, 15-0 and 15-0. This brings Hartsburg’s record to 17-7.

Amanda Cheatham of Hartsburg-Emden served up 10 points. Tasha Williams made six kills. Carrie Rayburn also made six kills, and she blocked three balls. Beth Guy assisted her teammates 14 times.

The junior varsity matches were closer, 15-13 and 15-5, but Hartsburg still defeated Greenview.

Volleyball: Mount Pulaski vs. Rochester

[OCT. 11, 2000] Mount Pulaski defeated Rochester High School’s ladies volleyball team during an away match yesterday. The scores were 15-10 and 15-5.

Lindsay Clements led Mount Pulaski’s team with nine service points, four kills, and three blocks. Mary Olson also helped her team with four kills and three blocks. Sarah Stratton made four kills. Tiffany Conaway assisted 14 times.

Mount Pulaski’s record is now 18-4, and Rochester’s is 15-11.

Mount Pulaski’s junior varsity team smashed Rochester’s junior varsity girls 15-2 and 15-2.

Volleyball: Olympia vs. U-High

[OCT. 11, 2000] Olympia High School’s ladies volleyball team met University High in Stanford yesterday. University High won 15-12 and 15-4.

Laura Doornbos served up four points for Olympia and blocked three balls. Megan Gale made five kills, and Mindy Bachman assisted 19 times.

Ann Taulbee of U-High led her team with eight service points, 12 kills and two blocks. Anne Butts was also a great asset to her team with eight service points, two blocks and 31 assists. Njideka Nnamani made 12 kills during the match.

Olympia’s record is 17-11 overall and 4-3 in the Corn Belt Conference. U-High is now 25-1 for the season and 8-0 in the C.B. Conference.

The Olympia and U-High’s sophomore and freshmen teams also competed yesterday. Olympia’s sophomore team defeated U-High’s sophomores 15-5, 10-15, 15-4. U-High’s freshmen team, however, defeated Olympia’s freshmen 15-8 and 15-10.

LCHS golfer participates in sectional

[OCT. 11, 2000] Amber Wright of Lincoln Community High School participated in the individual competition at the Schlarman Sectional in Danville yesterday. The high school ladies golf competition was held at the par-72 Turtle Run Golf Club.

Amber was one swing over advancing to the individual state competition, with a score of 99. Congratulations, Amber, for advancing as far as you did.

Olympic golfers narrowly miss advancing to state

[OCT. 11, 2000] Olympia High School’s men’s golf team missed advancing to the state competition by only two points. Twelve teams met at St. Anne Kankakee Elks’ for the Bishop McNamara Sectional. Only the top three teams advance to the state competition.

Olympia’s golfers scored as follows: Jeff Denny, 81; John Bennet, 81; Matt Hawkins, 84; Cullen Hayes, 86, Cam Cheek, 91; and Eric Whitmer, 93. Their combined team score was 332.

University High, with a score of 312, Kankakee McNamara 317, and Illiana Christian 330, will progress to the state competition.

Lincoln hosts three-way swim meet

[OCT. 11, 2000] University High and Pekin traveled to Lincoln yesterday for a three-way ladies swimming meet. The final scores were University High 136, Pekin 123 and Lincoln 58. Individual and relay winners are listed below.

200-yard medley relay – U-High: Carol Hermes, Suzanne Almeida, Lindsay McReynolds, Allie Angesen; 2:00.26

200 freestyle – Pekin: Ortega; 2:11.43

200 individual medley – U-High: Lindsay McReynolds; 2:17.93

50 freestyle – Lincoln: A. Couch; :26.60

Diving – Pekin: Baldes

100 butterfly – U-High: Lindsay McReynolds; 1:04.05

100 freestyle – Lincoln: A. Couch; :58.29

500 freestyle – Pekin: Ortega; 5:52.40

200 freestyle relay – Pekin: Wiekert, Walters, Baldes, Eitenmiller; 1: 48.61

100 backstroke – Pekin: Wickert; 1:03.96

100 breaststroke – U-High: Suzanne Almeida; 1:09.96

400 freestyle relay – U-High: Clemens, Allie Angesen, Lindsay McReynolds, Carol Hermes; 3:55.26

Olympia swimmers vs. Limestone

[OCT. 11, 2000] Olympia’s ladies swim team competed against Limestone at Stanford yesterday. Olympia clearly won, 141-37.

200-yard medley relay – Olympia: Ashley Mahaffey, Deanna Fluty, Rebecca Alberts, Jennifer Bell; 2:28.76

200 freestyle – Olympia: Emily Melick; 2:09.59

200 intermediate medley – Limestone: Nation; 2:25.74

50 freestyle – Olympia: Deanna Fluty; :30.68

1-meter diving – Olympia: Rebecca Alberts, 135.45

100 butterfly – Limestone: Nation; 1:30.52

100 freestyle – Olympia: Gina Rawlins; :58.82

500 freestyle – Olympia: Ashley Mahaffey; 7:03.87

200 freestyle relay – Olympia: Laci Smith, Dare, Erin Canopy, Katie Hentzen; 2:01.71

100 backstroke – Olympia: Emily Melick; 1:10.67

100 breaststroke – Olympia: Gina Rawlins; 1:24.44

400 freestyle relay – Olympia: Katie Fraher, Rebecca Alberts, Gina Rawlins, Emily Melick; 4:18.94

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