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Monday, Oct. 21

Lincoln Gator Swim Club begins season

[OCT. 21, 2002]  The Lincoln Gator Swim Club opened its winter season by participating in the Waves Pentathlon in Bloomington on Sunday. "The kids did very well for the first meet," said Heidi Heidbreder, coach of the Gators.

Of special note, Brennan Elsas achieved A and B times in all of his events. Alberta Danley achieved B times in all her events, and Ashlyn Schleder had B times in the free, fly, back and IM.

Alberta Danley — 50 free, seventh, 33.73 B; 50 fly, eighth, 40.54 B; 50 back, seventh, 41.41 B; 50 breast, sixth, 50.76 B; 100 IM, ninth, 1:33.99 B

Sarah Fuller — 50 free, 18th, 43.97; 50 fly, 15th, 55.37; 50 back, 20th, 58.48; 50 breast, 16th, 1:06.49; 100 IM, 17th; 1:51.27

Kaylee McAllister — 50 free, 20th, 47.37; 50 fly, 20th, 1:12.40; 50 back, 15th, 52.26; 50 breast, 15th, 1:05.36; 100 IM, 19th, 2:03.16

Casey Ritchhart — 50 free, 16th, 43.61; 50 fly, 17th, 1:04.03; 50 back, 14th, 52.23; 100 IM, 18th, 2:01.30

Ashlyn Schleder — 50 free, 10th, 5.81 B; 50 fly, 10th, 42.50 B; 50 back, 10th, 43.14 B; 50 breast; 12th, 54.41; 100 IM, sixth, 1:31.43 B

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Boys 10 and under

Brennan Elsas — 50 free, second, 31.92 A; 50 fly, first, 36.20 A; 50 back, third, 41.89 B; 50 breast, second, 46.11 B; 100 IM, first, 1:22.23 A

Emily Hauter — 200 free, 23rd, 2:51.42; 200 back, 22nd, 3:55.56; 200 breast, 22nd, 4:05.96; 400 IM, 20th, 7:46.11

[News release]

Lincoln completes wood bat season

[OCT. 21, 2002]  Lincoln failed to score in two five-inning games at Galen Shirley Memorial Field on Sunday afternoon as Prairie Central won 4-0 and 1-0.

Lincoln’s best scoring chance came in the first inning of the second game. Jason Williams and Ryne Komnick opened the inning with singles, and Matt Gleason reached on an error to load the bases; however, the next three batters were retired without a run being scored.

Prairie Central scored its only run of the game on a leadoff triple and an infield out. The run came off Matt Gleason, who pitched the first two innings, giving up just the one hit and one run. He had a pair of strikeouts and a walk. Paul Phillips pitched two innings, giving up two hits while striking out two

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Komnick had two of the four Lincoln hits in the second game, with Williams and Gleason collecting the others. In the first game Lincoln was able to manage just two hits, one each by Steve Shanle and Phillips.

Komnick pitched the first three innings and gave up three hits and no runs. He had five strikeouts and no walks. Shanle was the losing pitcher, with two innings, six hits, four runs (three earned), a walk and three strikeouts.

Lincoln completes its wood bat season with a record of 6-8.

[Bill Martinie]

LC men’s soccer team closes season

[OCT. 21, 2002]  SPRINGFIELD — The Lincoln College men’s soccer season came to a close with a 1-0 loss to Springfield College here Saturday afternoon. The Lynx finished the season with a record of 7-10-1.

SCI scored the only goal of the game about eight minutes into the first half. Neither team was able to get another ball in the net. Fernando Delgado registered seven saves for the Lynx. SCI outshot the Lynx 12-10.

"We had some great chances, but we didn't get the ball in the net," said coach Mark Howard.  "We actually played pretty well, especially in the second half; we just weren’t able to score."

[Bill Martinie, Lincoln College
sports information director]

‘A very good day’ for LC volleyball

[OCT. 21, 2002]  Lincoln College won a pair of volleyball matches in Lincoln Saturday, defeating Springfield College 30-22, 30-26 and then stopping Sauk Valley 30-26, 32-30.

"It was a very good day for us," said Coach Mark Tippett. "We passed the ball consistently all day, and we also served well. When we do those two things, we are capable of playing with anyone. This should be a big lift for us, as we will play Springfield College in the opening round of the regional. We have now won two of the five matches we have played with SCI. We appear to be putting it all together at the right time of the year. We just have one week left before tourney play begins."

Beth Guy had 50 set assists to go along with nine points and three aces for the Lynx.  Jessica Livezey contributed nine points, nine kills and four blocks, while Janine Buettner had six points, 15 kills and four digs. Lincoln High School graduate Angela Maestas had five digs for the Lynx.

Lincoln College will take a 13-23 record into a tri-match at Lewis and Clark Monday and will play at John Wood on Wednesday. The final home meet of the season will be against Carl Sandburg on Thursday at 6 p.m. Sophomores will be honored prior to the Thursday night game.

[Bill Martinie, Lincoln College
sports information director]

Articles from the past week

[OCT. 21, 2002]  My player and team of the week is an easy choice this week. It’s an automatic. It’s a no-brainer. It’s Harvest of Talents coordinator Pat Snyder and her team fighting world hunger! This team won’t win any sports trophies, but look for them to someday have crowns with plenty of jewels in them, if you know what I mean.

I am so glad that there are people like Miss Pat in this world. Because there are too many people like me. I see the devastating effects of hunger everywhere I travel, and I am concerned about them. BUT, not enough to organize a committee that works all year for one little Saturday in October. If you could talk to Pat, she would tell you these amazing stats about hunger:

1.  One-seventh of the world’s population suffers from hunger or malnutrition.

2.  Every 3.5 seconds somebody on earth will die from hunger.

3.  One out of 10 children around the world will die of hunger before their 5th birthday.

4.  Every one of these children and their parents are also hungry for respect!

5.  Every one of these people is hungry for answers!

6.  Every one of these people is hungry for hope!

You may say that we’ve got enough problems, and there’s nothing you can do to help. Wrong again! Go on out to the Family Center at 204 N. McLean this Saturday, Oct. 26, from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. The cinnamon rolls are scrumptious. The chili, smoked and roasted beef and pork sandwiches will hit the spot. The crafts and other handmade items will solve many of your gift-giving problems. The Harvest 5K walk-run will keep you healthy and give you another T-shirt for your wardrobe. The chips and potatoes are coming all the way from South Dakota, and they are delicious. The auction is by far one of the best, most well-run and certainly the funnest one you will attend all year!

NO… they won’t win any major awards this week, but Harvest of Talents WILL be the best game in town this weekend. I guarantee IT! AND I’ve tried to NEVER let you loyal LDN readers down! This isn’t even my church! In fact, this event is so great, I would’ve felt comfortable going to this thing even in the days when I wasn’t even going to church. You don’t have to be a "church" person to realize that people are starving in this country and all over the world. And when there’s a chance that you could help a group in Lincoln, Ill., impact the world, that’s an opportunity that you just can’t pass up.

In fact, Pat and her team have already collected $800,000 for this effort in the 18 years that they have held this event. That’s incredible! I hope that you will honor this great Lincoln player of the week and her team by going on out Saturday and supporting this most worthwhile cause. Nothing else I can say or do would be nearly as important as this!

Keep up the good work, Pat! We’re pullin’ for you!

I think the San Francisco Giants are on a roll and that they will win the series in six games or less. BUT, I would love to be wrong on this one! AND you need to understand that as a boy, I spent some of my finest moments in the bleachers of old Candlestick Park. But that was a different time, and that was a different team — not just because they beat the Cardinals.

I’ve just never been much of a Barry Bonds fan. It’s like he’s carrying a chip, and the rest of us are not good enough to be on the same planet with him. I’m sorry, Barry, but I don’t accept that… from you or ANYone! For crying out loud, you’re getting paid to play a game! They have other personalities on their team that are hard to like in Jeff Kent and Kenny Lofton, just to name two.

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I would love to see the Angels sweep them in four — especially for Adam Kennedy’s sake — but I don’t think it’s gonna happen. I’m stickin’ with… Giants in six!

Some say yes, I say NO! They’re just NOW starting to figure things out… SO how about another game right now?! On the other hand I guess another week of healing and learning wouldn’t kill them. On deck: the IU Hoosiers, who just shocked the Badgers of Wisconsin! From my vantage point the Illini better jump on this one because I don’t see a lot of winable games out there the rest of the way!

Lincoln’s Brian Cook put his face right in the middle of a bunch of big bodies on Wednesday and came away with a broken nose. The injury did require surgery and Brian wanted to go back to practice on Thursday, but Illini trainer Rod Cardinal said NO. Cook was fitted for a mask and fully intended to be back on the practice floor by last Friday, but I had no report when this story went to post!

Lincoln’s Andy King was still flying high after his first few days of practice. We’re all hoping that this will be a season-long run for Andy, but it all depends on injuries and how fast everyone heals up. We’ll bring you a lot more on Andy’s story when we get it.

Lincoln College had LCC’s number for most of the first game of their last match, but the Angels finally caught them at 26 and then never faltered again. I STILL think that LC has really improved under Mark Tippett! Kevin Crawford’s Angels are young, and it will be interesting to see how they fare in this year’s playoffs. AND, it will be sad not to see Breanne Prunty on the floor after this season. She reminds me of everything that is good about women’s volleyball!

Lincoln High School has certainly played a brutal schedule. Hopefully when the IHSA playoffs roll around that will bode well for them. Unless the IHSA rules that Aaron Monts’ infractions were so hideous that ALL teams in central Illinois should be ineligible for ANY postseason play! Sorry, I’m still a little bamboozled by whatever in the heck the IHSA is trying to do. Guess I’m not smart enough to figure them out. Wonder IF I had a boatload of money, if I could get more understanding out of them. Guess we’ll never know!

This week’s guests include:

•  Jan Bowers and her LCHS Lady Railer golfers.

•  Jason Fitzpatrick of the LCHS Railer boys golf team.

•  Michelle Aeilts and her LCHS cross country team.

Not confirmed yet is the LCHS soccer team. We do hope to have the LCHS swimmers showcased on our Nov. 3 show!

Have a GREAT week, EVERYone, and be a GOOD sport!!!

[Jeff Mayfield]

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