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Monday, Oct. 7

Carroll Catholic junior high baseball

[OCT. 7, 2002]  Carroll Catholic junior high boys baseball team took on Princeville in Peoria in a battle for the state title Saturday. Carroll Catholic lost to Princeville 2-1.   

Members of the Lincoln team include Pat Washam, Josh Baker, Justin Ritchhart, Matt Schick, Royce Duncan, Cody Aughton, Alex DeLesontos, Zac Eimer, Cody Tucker, Andrew Schonauer, Andy Koester, Sheldon Tibbs, Michael Fleshman, Louie Schonauer and Kyle Young.

Carroll Catholic is coached by John Kocka, who is assisted by Mark Aughton.

Congratulations on going all the way to state, boys!

[LDN]

Lincoln splits doubleheader in Champaign

[OCT. 7, 2002]  CHAMPAIGN — Lincoln split a doubleheader here Sunday afternoon in wooden bat action, winning the first game 6-0 and losing the second 9-4. Lincoln, 5-7 for the season, will be at home Sunday at noon on the Galen Shirley Memorial Field at Lincoln College.

Ryne Komnick pitched the first five innings of the opener and gave up four hits and no runs while striking out eight and walking one. Matt Gleason worked the final two innings to gain the save with three strikeouts and one walk.

Lincoln scored three times in the first inning. Komnick drew a leadoff walk, and Jason Williams reached on an error. Gleason singled to load the bases, and Neil Rohrer drew a walk. Paul Phillips drew a walk and Kyle Atteberry reached base on an error to plate the final run.

Williams led off the fifth with a single, Rohrer walked, and Steve Shanle singled to drive in the run. In the seventh, Lincoln scored twice on a single by Williams, Gleason was hit by a pitch, and Shanle again singled to drive in Williams. Shanle and Gleason then successfully pulled off the double steal with Gleason scoring the final run.

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In the second game, Lincoln took a 3-1 lead into the fourth before Champaign scored seven times on six hits and went on to post a 9-4 victory.

Lincoln scored twice in the first inning on singles by Williams and Gleason, a run-scoring double by Rohrer and a run-scoring single by Shanle. Shanle singled to start the third and came around to score on a stolen base and an error. The final Lincoln run came in the sixth on an error, a walk and an error.

Shanle pitched the first three innings and permitted one run and four hits. Trent Kavelman and Paul Phillips both pitched in the fourth, while Kevin Carroll and Rohrer each pitched one inning.

[Bill Martinie]

High school cross country

[OCT. 7, 2002] 

Delavan Dare Classic

At Delavan

5. Olympia 37; 10. Illini Central 58.

2.9 Miles, 1st Flight:  8. Caleb Dietrich (O).

High school football

[OCT. 7, 2002] 

At Springfield

Lincoln            0     0     0     0  --   0

SH-Griffin     21   13   12     0  -- 46

High school golf

[OCT. 7, 2002] 

At Gibson City

Railside Golf Club - Par 72

Teams:  3.  Olympia 317

Individual:  3.  (tie) Ryan Smith, Jeff Deany (O) 77.

Olympia:  Eric Wittmer 80, Tyler Thornton 83, Zach Kuhfuss 84, Dusty Hayes 93.

High school volleyball

[OCT. 7, 2002] 

Belleville East Metro Classic

Championship match

Belleville West def. Mount Pulaski 14-16, 15-8, 15-10.

Mount Pulaski def. Belleville Althoff 8-15, 17-15, 19-17.

Mount Pulaski def. Breese Central 15-11, 16-14.

Mount Pulaski took third place.

Pekin Invitational

At Pekin

Metamora def. Illini Central 15-5, 15-8.

Illini Central def. Pekin 15-7, 13-15, 15-11.

Springfield Southeast def. Illini Central 15-13, 5-15, 15-13.

Articles from the past week

[OCT. 7, 2002]  And I’ve heard that some men have trouble uttering those words. Since I’m wrong more often than not, these are not the most difficult for me. When I say that I was wrong… well, I was the guy who predicted the Arizona Diamondbacks in four!

However, I don’t pick for a living… obviously! I had been on such a big roll for the last two years, but I still wasn’t thinking of quitting my day job. I just felt like the St. Louis Cardinals needed home field advantage to be successful this year… with the starting staff as beaten up as it is and having to face not one, but two Cy Young candidates in the persons of Curt Schilling and Randy Johnson.

Little did I know that Matt Morris and Chuck Finley would do their own imitations of the dynamic duo. Little did I know that Andy Benes would continue to pitch like he did when he was a kid. Little did I know that our bullpen would bring back memories of Whitey’s pen: Todd Worrell, Ken Dayley, Rick Horton, Pat Perry, Jeff Lahti and Bill Campbell. That Fernando Vina would just onload his many offensive weapons. That we wouldn’t have to face Curt and Randy more than once. I was just plain out and out wrong!

BUT, I couldn’t be happier. When I was young I discovered the many superstitions involved in the game of baseball, and I used many of them during my playing and coaching days. With that being said… I’m staying with my prediction that, whoever the Cards play, the Braves or the Giants will whip St. Louis in four games. I sure hope I’m wrong for at least two more series!

Led by the stellar running of halfback Quincy Washington and the excellent receiving of Dwayne Smith and Vito Goulson, the ISU Redbirds hammered the SMSU Bears 33-20 on homecoming Saturday, and the game was NOT that close! Washington romped for 167 yards on a gutsy 33 carries and he tallied two touchdowns. Vito had his catches, but teammate Smith came down with five receptions for 64 yards and a TD of his own. Not to be outdone, the Redbird defense pounded the Bears time after time for big losses, especially on third down situations. I hope the Illini scouts are attending these games! ISU is now 3-2 on the season and 1-0 in Gateway Conference play, while the Bears slipped to 3-3 and 0-2.

My son was also impressed with paratroopers who dropped in from a helicopter from 4,000 feet above Hancock stadium and just happened to bring the game ball with them. He also REALLY likes the ISU band and of course, REGGIE Redbird, whom he got to meet just before kickoff!

ISU faces a stiff test next time out as they try to handle a very solid Western Illinois football team.

And speaking of the Illini, did they play football somewhere? Did you see the effort or lack thereof the last few weeks? It is hard to watch and even harder to cover. I think I speak for the whole platoon when I say that we’re giving that same kind of effort here in our coverage. Enough said!

I think some people thought we were just being a "homer" when we said that the RAILER volleyball team looked to have all the "makings" during the preseason. Well, that’s our story and we’re stickin’ with it! After polishing off this week’s victims, the Lady Railers now stand at 17-2, 2-0. IF they stay healthy and focused, you might want to ride this bandwagon. I see good things for this team… as well as for Hartem, Mount Pulaski and Warrensburg. What is it about this area that we produce so many outstanding volleyball players?

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The LCHS football guys had some tough sledding against SHG. But with as many injuries as this team has had, it’s hard to produce wins when you’re short-handed. I’m still hoping for another win or two out of these guys!

LCC’s volleyball team has been dominating their competition. They ripped through another set of opponents this past weekend to win yet another tournament and upped their record to 23-3 in the process. They ARE the No. 1-ranked team in the nation according to the latest NCCAA poll! Breanne Prunty was named the tourney’s MVP, and Christen O’Malley and Bethany Scheel were selected to the all-tourney team.

After having a two-year run of luck, I haven’t picked one baseball winner yet. I had the D’backs, the Yankees and the A’s… I wonder IF this is why my stock portfolio is struggling… IF you’re a broker out there, give me a call before it’s too late!!!

The Carroll Catholic junior high baseball team lost a heartbreaking 2-1 thriller versus Princeville this past weekend.  It was the only loss the Crusaders suffered the entire season.  Congratulations on a fine year! 

So, that will probably make it nigh to impossible for you to call in tonight with your question, comment or answer to our wacky trivia questions! Anyway, we hope to bring you the sights, the sounds, the smells (well, maybe NOT all the smells) and the stuff to make your pre-"Monday Night Football" routine more exciting than ever! We will be coming to you live on the LDN webcast, WFIX-96.3 FM and CITV Channel 5 here on the local cable affiliate. We will be broadcasting from the Christian Campus House on the corner of Oregon and Lincoln Avenue in Urbana. SO, if you get to the game early, come on by and help us host the show! We hope this is one of the funnest events of the year!

Have a great week, everybody!!!

[Jeff Mayfield]

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