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Monday, Oct. 28

Lincoln Gators compete in Spooktacular

[OCT. 28, 2002]  The Lincoln Gator Swim Club competed in the Spooktacular in Peoria over the weekend. Of special note, Alberta Danley and Emily Hauter both achieved 11- and 12-year-old B times in the 1,650 — the swimmer’s mile, 66 laps — with times of 28:38.64 and 28:37.93. Also, Brennan Elsas placed second overall in the 10 and under age group.

The Lincoln Gators, coached by Heidi Heidbreder, compete again Nov. 8-10 at Olympia.

Girls 8 and under

Taylor Lowe — 100 IM, 25th, C, 2:19.98; 25 back, 18th, C, 24.93; 25 breast, 34th, C, 34.96; 50 free, 35th, C, 52.85; 25 fly, 36th, C, 32.93; 25 free, 35th, C, 23.25

Girls 10 and under

Alberta Danley — 1,650 free, eighth, 28:38.64; 200 free, sixth, B, 2:52.69; 50 fly, sixth, B, 39.37; 50 free, 15th, B, 36.81

Sarah Fuller — 200 IM, third, C, 4:06.18; 100 IM, fourth, C, 1:55.07; 50 back, 27th, C, 56.94; 50 breast, third, C, 54.94; 100 free, 26th, C, 1:45.26; 200 free, seventh, C, 3:45.45; 50 fly, 20th, C, 57.19; 50 free, 19th, C, 48.51

Casey Ritchhart — 100 IM, third, C, 1:54.18; 50 back, 16th, C, 51.74; 50 breast, sixth, C, 56.17; 100 free, 21st, C, 1:41.93

Ashlyn Schleder — 200 IM, seventh, B, 3:24.68; 100 IM, 12th, B, 1:33.10; 50 breast, 28th, B, 52.99; 100 free, 11th, B, 1:21.36; 200 free, seventh, B, 2:54.60; 50 fly, 10th, B, 41.94; 50 free, seventh, B, 34.59

Sommer Williams — 50 back, 35th, C, 1:02.29; 50 breast, 32nd, C, 1:18.82; 50 fly, 24th, C, 1:04.34; 50 free, 17th, C, 47.19

 

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Boys 10 and under

Brennan Elsas — 200 IM, first, A, 2:56.11; 100 IM, second, A, 1:23.34; 50 back, fifth, A, 39.34; 50 breast, sixth, B, 47.42; 100 free, second, A, 1:10.98; 200 free, second, A, 2:35.71; 50 fly, third, A, 36.63; 50 free, fourth, A, 32.89

Zach Ziemba — 100 IM, 13th, B, 1:33.07; 50 back, fourth, B, 41.47; 100 free, 15th, B, 1:23.80; 50 fly, third, B, 40.77; 50 free, 10th, B, 26.43

Girls 11 and older

Emily Hauter — 100 free, 21st, B, 1:22.82; 50 back, 12th, C, 44.42; 100 IM, second, C, 1:30.75; 1,650 free, seventh, 28.37.93; 50 free, 17th, B, 32.45; 50 breast, 13th, B, 50.04; 50 fly, 26th, B, 39.47; 200 free, 26th, B, 2:49.04

[News release]


High school volleyball

[OCT. 28, 2002] 

Mount Pulaski Topper Tournament

At Mount Pulaski

Pool A

Mount Pulaski def. Shelbyville 15-3, 15-4.

Mount Pulaski def. Edwards County 15-1, 15-1.

Mount Pulaski def. Champaign Central 15-4, 15-2.

Silver Division

Mount Pulaski def. Effingham 15-2, 15-2

Mount Pulaski:  Kills, Bethany Dulle 10. Assists, Mallory Clements 24. Service points, Erin Schmidt 14. Blocks, Sarah Reeter 5.

Mount Pulaski def. Auburn 15-2, 15-4 (championship).

Mount Pulaski:  Kills, Dulle 10. Assists, Clements 25. Blocks, Mary Olson 4.


High school cross country

[OCT. 28, 2002] 

Class A regionals - boys

At Stanford

2. Olympia 69 (top five advance to sectional)

Olympia (3-mile):
  7. Vince McClain
10. Caleb Dietrich
11. John Neisler
19. Rob Dudgeon
23. Cody Lingle
27. Andy Behrens
32. Jason Springer

At Havana

4. Illini Central 118 (top five advance to sectional)

Illini Central  (3-mile):
19. Derek Hunter
21. Phil Sims
24. Adam Barton
25. Jared McDaniel
29. Scott Bergman
30. Clint Wells
33. Steve Tracy

Class AA regionals - boys

At Springfield

9. Lincoln

Lincoln (3-mile):
25. Alejandro Valdes
46. Andy Schriber
47. Jordan Schmidt
54. Trent Kavelman
59. Peter Barnes
61. Jaron Harnacke

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Class A regionals - girls

At Stanford

2. Olympia 37 (top five advance to sectional)

Olympia (3-mile):
  5. Jill Floyd
  6. Tiffany Prager
  8. Christa Juell
  9. Kate Freshour
23. Kristin Seggerman
31. Britt Fredericks
33. Karen Coppenbarger

At Havana

Illini Central  (3-mile):
28. Katie Nelson
31. Gillian Waggoner

Class AA regionals - girls

At Springfield

Lincoln (3-mile):
34. Desirae Winter


Illini impress homecoming crowd

[OCT. 28, 2002]  A homecoming crowd of 50,295 witnessed the most dominating Illinois performance of the season as senior tailback Antoineo Harris racked up 176 yards rushing and a career-high four touchdowns. Coach Ron Turner went to Harris early and often as the Indiana defense simply could not find an answer for him. Harris carried the ball 22 times for 148 yards in the first half alone.

[Click here for more Illini photos]

In fact, the Illini offense was so effective that they scored on their first three possessions, with their first punt coming with 4:30 to go in the second quarter. The offense finished the game with 459 yards, their sixth straight game with over 400 yards.

Harris, coming off a 195-yard performance against Purdue on Oct. 12, was not given the chance to better that total. The outcome of the game was pretty well decided by the start of the fourth quarter, with the score at 42-0, and Turner decided to sit Harris for the purpose of giving freshman fullback Jason Davis some touches.

The commitment to the run also opened up the field for junior quarterback Dustin Ward, who had no trouble finding open receivers down the field and in the end zone. Ward connected for touchdowns to Brandon Lloyd and tight end Anthony McClellan in the first half and found Walter Young with his longest pass of the game, a 41-yard bomb.

 


[Photo by Ryan Henson]

While the story of the game may have been Antoineo Harris, much of the credit for this win belongs to the Illinois defense, which earlier in the season couldn’t stop a police officer in a doughnut shop. The Illini defense forced Indiana to three plays and out in their first three possessions of the game.

Indiana senior quarterback Gibran Hamdan came into the game as the Big Ten’s leading passer, but the Illinois pressure caused him to miss several open receivers. Hamdan was replaced in the second half, with Indiana coach Gerry DiNardo commenting, "Gibran did not play well at all, so we felt we needed a change."

 

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The only relief the Indiana offense ever saw was when coach Turner started playing his young defensive backups in the fourth quarter. Indiana was able to muster a couple of late touchdowns with the game well out of reach.

Kudos to the Illini defense, which looked nothing like the Swiss cheese they so resembled only weeks ago!

The Fighting Illini travel to State College, Pa., this weekend. Let’s hope the momentum from this two-game winning streak will bring home number three.

Game notes

Illinois place-kicker Peter Christofilakos set a new school record with 59 consecutive extra points made, dating back to Sept. 22, 2001, vs. Louisville. He broke the previous record of 56 straight made by Doug Higgins from Nov. 7, 1987, to Nov. 18, 1989.

Senior running back Antoineo Harris rushed for over 175 yards for the second straight game. The last time an Illini running back put together back-to-back 175-yard games was in 1965 by Jim Grabowski, with 196 vs. Wisconsin and 187 vs. Northwestern.

[Ed Bacon, Wapella]


Illini Orange and Blue Scrimmage

[OCT. 28, 2002]  The Illini mens basketball team had its Orange and Blue Scrimmage on Saturday.
Click here for more information.
  Photos by Tom Seggelke.

 


Articles from the past week

Saturday:

  • High school football

Friday:

  • Lady Railers finish well
  • High school volleyball
  • Lincoln College womens basketball preview

Thursday:

  • Illini Orange and Blue Scrimmage

Wednesday:

  • High school volleyball

  • High school soccer

  • High school swimming

  • First-ever JSCC flag football tournament

  • LC defeats L & C in four games

Tuesday:

  • LC cross country team continues stellar improvement

  • Brian Cook among Naismith candidates

  • Busch Braggin’ Rights tickets on sale Nov. 4

  • Men’s and women’s competitive volleyball teams forming

Monday:

  • Mayfield’s Mutterings...:  Harvest mutterings

  • Lincoln Gator Swim Club begins season

  • Lincoln completes wood bat season

  • LC men’s soccer team closes season

  • ‘A very good day’ for LC volleyball


By Jeff Mayfield


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