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Lincoln College signs volleyball recruits

[APRIL 19, 2003]  Kristin Majka of Willowbrook and Melissa Brassard of Milford have each signed a letter of intent to attend Lincoln College in the fall. Majka is currently a senior at Hinsdale Central High School, while Brassard is a senior at Milford High School.

An outside hitter and defensive specialist, Kristin Majka registered 24 aces, 93 kills and 29 blocks during her senior season at Hinsdale Central. At 5-foot-8, she is sure to be an asset to the Lynx, according to coach Mark Tippett. "I'm happy to have an athlete of Kristin's ability and experience level joining our program," he said. "I look for her to be a scoring threat as an outside hitter and a consistent passer."

 

Majka said she looks forward to this fall's volleyball season. "I'm really excited to start off at Lincoln," she said. "I hope all of the contributors to the program will be as enthusiastic as I am." Academically, she plans to study psychology, specializing in marriage and family counseling. She is the daughter of Beverly Platkus of Willowbrook and Steven Majka of Bourbonnais.

 

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Melissa Brassard is an outside hitter who led the Milford volleyball team in aces, kills, digs and blocks in 2000 and 2001. Also standing at 5-foot-8, she is expected to make an impact with the Lynx, according to coach Tippett. "She's an excellent athlete who may see playing time at several positions," he said. "I look for her to have an impact as a middle blocker and as an outside hitter." She is the daughter of John and Susan Brassard of Milford.

[Lincoln College news release]


Articles from the past week

Friday:

  • High school baseball

  • High school softball

  • High school track and field

Thursday:

  • Wilson announces transfer plans

Wednesday:

  • High school baseball

  • High school softball

  • High school track and field

  • Illini banquet honors 2002-03 basketball achievements
    Cook named MVP of Big Ten Tournament champs

Tuesday:

  • High school baseball

  • High school softball

  • Self earns Illinois Jaycee award

Monday:

Saturday:

  • High school baseball

  • High school softball

  • WL-B girls, Hartsburg boys win local track meet


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…

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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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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