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Railers lose homecoming heartbreaker

[SEPT. 23, 2000]  I rarely listen to cheerleaders. It's not that our cheerleaders aren't good, because they are and its not that they don't work hard and try, because they do. I just don't usually listen to cheerleaders. I'm too involved in watching the game (especially my own son). But last night, I listened to one of the final cheers of the game and I'm glad I did. It reminded me why I had just watched every excruciating minute of the Railers 35-0 loss to Jacksonville. It was a simple cheer. It went something like this: "We love the Railers, We love the Railers, We love our Railers." Only someone who loved the Railers could have watched what happened last night.

The Jacksonsville passing game was clicking on all cylinders. Even a pass missed by one of the Jacksonville ends ended up in the hands of another Jacksonville end for a huge gain. That's how it was all night. Jacksonville's "Mr. Everything", T.J. Tobin single-handedly dismantled the Railers secondary on the opening drives and he made it look easy. No one (or even two) in the Railer secondary could play with him. When the Railers doubled up on Tobin, Jacksonville would go to secondary receivers or run the football with equal success. The Railers were only rarely successful in stopping Jacksonville offense. One of the only impressive "stops" by the defense was a goal line stand in the late fourth quarter. But it was too little, too late.

The Railer offense didn't mount a successful drive until the last minutes of the fourth quarter. The absence of Sam Moore during the first half was devastating for the Railers. While Moore had his usual flashes of speed and hard running when he returned in the second half, it never resulted in a Railer score. The Railer passing game also had a few highlights, but not enough of them were strung together to mount a successful scoring drive. Jacksonville's defense won the battle on the line of scrimmage on almost every series. Railer quarterbacks were under constant pressure and forced to throw early. Josh Gallagher played valiantly at quarterback, but was unable to get the Railers in the end zone. Special teams were a bright spot, improving greatly over last week's performance. Of special note was the play of sophomore, Josh Carey with his excellent long snaps on punts.

Unfortunately by halftime, the game was over. You could see it in our kid's eyes when they left the field for the intermission. I saw it in our kid's body language almost from the beginning. It was a heartbreaking feeling. The Railers seemed to come out flat, lacking the emotion I had seen from them every week so far this season. You can sometimes play without high emotion, but you very rarely win without it. The Railers didn't tonight. The Railers fall to 0-5. In spite of that, "We still love the Railers." Thanks, cheerleaders for reminding us. The Railers play at Springfield High next Friday night. We can only hope the emotion returns.

 

[Rick Hobler]

 


Mason City will have a double celebration when native Victor Wonderle returns from Olympics

[SEPT. 23, 2000]  Wonderle won men's individual archery silver metal earlier this week. Friday he competed with the USA men's team archery to bring home more Olympic metal. The men's three-man team archery is bringing home Bronze metals.

The team was challenged by gusty, strong Australian winds and good teams. In over time in their final shoot off round, the team really showed what they're made. In the most intense round Butch Johnson of Woodstock , Conn., and Wunderle, Mason City shot perfect 10's and Rod White of Mount Pleasant, Iowa hit a 9 for an almost perfect score of 29.

After 9 rounds, final results concluded with South Korea taking the gold at 255, silver for Italy 347, and the bronze third place tie of 239 for USA and Russia.

 


Lady Lynx play five-game match in close loss

[SEPT. 22, 2000]  Lincoln College and Carl Sandburg played a full five-game ladies volleyball match yesterday at Lincoln College. Only a couple points decided each of the games. All the Lady Lynx were in top condition, as shown by their stats. Candace Sheley made 11 kills, six digs and four aces! Christine Lott blocked 10 shots and had four kills. Adie Harmon had two aces and 10 digs. Bonnie Brown assisted 29 times! Carl Sandburg narrowly won with game scores of 13-15, 14-16, 15-12, 15-10 and 15-12.


Four games needed to decide LC volleyball match

[SEPT. 21, 2000]  The Lady Lynx volleyball team of Lincoln College played four games in their match against Springfield yesterday. Home team Springfield won, but Lincoln College fought hard. Christine Lott had six kills and two blocks. Candace Sheley made eight kills, 11 digs and nine aces. Bonnie Brown assisted 13 times. Adie Harmon had eight digs and 11 aces. The scores of the four games were 12-15, 15-13, 5-15, 2-15. Lincoln’s record is now 0-12. The Lady Lynx play Carl Sandburg at home this afternoon.


LC places ninth at Rock Valley Golf Tournament

[SEPT. 21, 2000]  Earlier this week, Lincoln College participated in the Rock Valley Golf Tournament at Rockford. LC placed ninth out of 19 teams, with two-day scores of 323 and 324, to equal 647. Rend Lake won the tournament. Their scores were 304 and 303, for a total of 607. Two of Rend Lake’s team members, Kyle Brennan and Hiles Stout, won medals. They each shot 157. Lincoln’s top scorers were Tom Peterson and Dustin Stephens, each with scores of 157.


Local college teams meet across the net

[SEPT. 20, 2000]  Two local women’s volleyball teams competed yesterday at Lincoln College. Lincoln Christian College topped Lincoln College’s Lady Lynx 15-8, 15-9 and 15-10. Lincoln College’s stats were as follows: Christine Lott had nine kills; Stacy Schuler made four kills; Bonnie Brown assisted 23 times and had nine aces; Adie Harmon had five digs and seven aces; and Candace Sheley had eight digs and six aces. Lincoln’s Lady Lynx volleyball record is now 0-11.


LCC women’s soccer
brings home first win

[SEPT. 20, 2000]  Lincoln Christian College’s women’s soccer team, under the direction of Coach Dan DeVilder, won their match against Kentucky Christian College with a score of 4-0, Saturday, Sept. 16, in Grayson, Ky. This is the first win of the season for the team, which is also in its freshman season. The team of 18 women includes four Lincoln natives: Emily Storm, Lindsey Jones, Brittany Robbins and Stephanie Urton. The next home game will be at 4:15 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 26 against Springfield College.

Following is a complete team roster:

Abbey Flaherty, Juliet Grundhofer, Heather Narmore, Brittany Robbins, Lindsey Jones, Lindsay Heston, Cassie Wertin, Stephanie Urton, Emily Best, Abbie Wertin, Emily Storm, Ruth Spiering, Stephanie Keim, Keturah Potter, Tonia Bruther, Brandi Baggett, Kris Unander, Emilie Robb


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