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Friday, April 18 |
High
school baseball
[APRIL 18, 2003]
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At Bloomington
Olympia
010 102 0 - 4-5-2
Bloomington 001 230 x - 6-7-0
Dusty Hays (L), Derek Dudgeon (6) and Rush Olson; Corey Clemens (W,
3-0) and Kyle Floyd.
Olympia (5-5) - Home run - Olson (solo in second). Two hits - Olson.
RBIs - Olson 3. Pitching - Hays (5 innings, 7 hits, 6 runs, 3
earned runs, 3 walks, 6 strikeouts), Dudgeon (1 inning, 0 hits, 0
runs, 0 walks, 0 strikeouts). |
At Macon
Mount Pulaski 055 403 5 - 22-20-5
Meridian
531 111 0 - 12-11-3
Brian Clements, John Foley (2, W, 1-0), Josh Blaum (7) and Cameron
McClellan; Craft (L), Arndt (6) and Hennington.
Home runs - Mount Pulaski - Tim Milner, Thomas Maske.
Hitting stars - Mount Pulaski - Craig Erlenbush (5 hits, 2 triples,
2 doubles, 4 RBIs), Milner (3 hits, 4 RBIs), Justin Anderson (3 hits,
2 doubles, 4 RBIs). |
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High
school softball
[APRIL 18, 2003]
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At Normal
Olympia
000 050 0 - 5-6-3
University High 100 000 1 - 2-6-2
Jessie Shay, Lindsay Watkins (2, W, 2-0) and Amber Lessen. Kellie
Kinsella (L, 2-4), Hayley Carpenter (6) and Natalie Nybakke.
Olympia (11-1, 2-0) - HR - Tiffany Prager (one on in fifth). RBIs - Prager 2, Alisah Brand, Erin Canopy. Pitching - Shay (1 inning, 3
hits, 1 run, 1 earned run, 1 walk, 0 strikeouts), Watkins (6
innings, 3 hits, 1 run, 0 earned runs, 2 walks, 2 strikeouts). |
At Hartsburg
Tremont
010 310 - 5-4-5
Hartsburg-Emden 308 301 - 15-17-4
Called because of 10-run rule
Amber Kerr (L), Holly Stief (3) and Camiella Ayers; Nikki Chapman
(W, 3-3) and Alyssa Moehring.
Home run - Hartem - Moehring (solo in fourth).
Hitting stars - Hartem - Moehring (3 hits, double, 3 RBI), Danielle
Bergman (3 hits, double, RBIs).
Pitching star - Hartem - Chapman (3 strikeouts, one walk).
Records - Hartsburg-Emden 3-5; Tremont 7-5. |
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High
school track and field
[APRIL 18, 2003]
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Boys
At Lincoln
Bloomington 82, Champaign Centennial 59, Lincoln 36.
400 meters - 4. Jordan Tabb (L), 1:01.08.
800 - 3. Curtis Simpson (L), 2:15.7; 4. Andrew Schrieber (L),
2:17.2.
1,600 - 2. Valdes (L), 5:19.34; 4. Aaron Steffens (L), 5:32.43.
3,200 - 4. Alejandro Valdes (L), 11:19.1.
110 high hurdles - 2. Brandin Heidbreder (L), 17.4; 4. Luke Sheley
(L), 18.4.
300 intermediate hurdles - 3. Heidbreder (L), 45.8; 4. Sheley (L),
46.9.
Shot put - 2. Jarryd Cooper (L), 42-11; 3. Toby Tobias (L), 40-1
1/2; 4. Sean Bova (L), 39-3.
Discus - Bova (L), 122-9; 2. Aaron Fricke (L), 121-7; 3. Tobias (L),
107-3.
3,200 relay - 3. Lincoln, 9:30.27. |
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Good weather mutterings
By Jeff Mayfield
[APRIL 14, 2003]
We're
back. After representing Lincoln and Illinois down South during the
final weekend of basketball, it's good to be back. And look at this
weather we brought back with us… Let the golf begin! At least when
you're golfing, the rest of the world has no choice but to go on
without you. I haven't even had time to string nine holes together
in Lincoln, yet! Lots of other stuff going on. Let's see if we can
catch up a little bit…
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The Lincoln Railers baseball
team evened their CS8 record last week in a gritty 2-1 victory over
SH-G. It was great to see the good guys come back and beat such a
good team, having lost to them 8-0 previously. The win put Lincoln
at 3-4 on the year going into the weekend tournament in Harristown.
No info on those games was available at posting time.
The Lady Railers have struggled
a bit in their opening games, but look for them to come out of it
soon.
The Chicago Cubs had a nice
come-from-behind win over the Bucos yesterday at the friendly
confines. Their new closer got the job done, and they may have won
another game that they shouldn't have. How many seasons has it been
since we've been able to say that? The Cubbies are only a half a
game out of first.
The St. Louis Cardinals beat
the first-place Houston Astros for the second time in three days by
rallying from a four-run deficit to win another thrilling defensive
struggle, 11-8!
What is up with these teams?
Can anyone explain what is happening between them? Houston comes to
St. Louis and escapes with wins. The Cards go into Minute Maid (Is
that a drink or a band box?) and beat the tar out of the 'Stros. It
just doesn't make any sense.
Hopefully it IS a good sign
that the battered Cards are beating a very strong Houston club,
especially when you consider that they pounded wonder boy Roy Oswalt
yesterday!
Cardinal starters were
averaging six-plus innings per start going into Sunday's game! With
the offense so up and down and the shaky state of the bullpen, the
starting pitching has carried the Birds so far.
Next up for St. Louis is a
swing through Milwaukee.
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article] |
And of course the plum sports
story of the week… golf. How 'bout that Masters golf tournament? If
you watched any of it yesterday, then you don't need me to tell you
why it is one of the premier sporting events in America, if not the
world. Exciting, gritty play encompassed the whole tourney. Would
Phil finally win his major? Would Jeff Maggert or Len Mattiace shock
the golfing world? Or would the first Canadian win it? If you said,
"Take off, hoser," you made the right call. Mike Weir, the red-hot
Canadian, became the first left-hander in 30 years to win a major
since Bob Charles last turned the feat! He did it on the first hole
of a sudden-death playoff, but it was enough to get the job done.
LC and LCC teams are back in
action, with LC in both softball and baseball and LCC with just
baseball. My son and I took in some of the Lynx action on a
beautiful Saturday afternoon as Lincoln hosted a doubleheader with
Spoon River. Final scores and stats were not available at time of
post.
I see where ISU hired a
basketball coach while I was gone. They hired former UALR coach
Porter Moser to take over the reigns. Don't know him personally,
but I like his upbeat and contagious personality so far. Personally,
I hated to see coach Tom Richardson go. However, now that the
decision has been made, I hope the fans will get behind Moser, and
more importantly the Redbird players, and get this thing turned
around. The fandom there needs improvement in all areas, and
hopefully the new coaching staff will turn the trick! Good luck to
Moser and to the Redbirds!
Now is a good time to get your
golf, biking or swimming plans in shape. All these and more can make
you so much healthier going into the summer months. Get out and
enjoy this outstanding weather…
And
have a great week, everybody!
[Jeff
Mayfield]
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