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Tuesday, Jan. 28

High school basketball

[JAN. 28, 2003] 

Boys

At Lincoln

Calvary Baptist          15   26   37     62

Lincoln New Wine     14   28   36     56

New Wine:  Weber 5-0-12, Wilson 7-3-20, Hinton 4-3-12, Duncan 5-0-12, Totals 21-6-56.  Three-pointers:  Wilson 3, Weber 2, Duncan 2, Hinton 1.

Girls

Rochester def. Illini Central 56-31.

Riverton def. Mount Pulaski 71-37.

Men's basketball pre-game notes

Illinois State vs. Northern Iowa

[JAN. 28, 2003]   The Illinois State Redbirds play the Northern Iowa Panthers on Wednesday at Redbird Arena in Normal. The game starts at 7:05 p.m.

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[Provided by Todd Kober,
 director of media relations,
Illinois State University]

Special start time for Saturday game at Redbird Arena

[JAN. 28, 2003]  NORMAL -- The Illinois State-Drake women's basketball game Saturday, Feb. 1, is slated to begin at 7:30 p.m. because of the men's game between the Redbirds and Bradley at 4 p.m. in Redbird Arena. That's 25 minutes later than the usual evening start time of Redbird basketball games.

Fans arriving early for the Drake-ISU women's game should be aware that parking lot access might be difficult in the minutes following the end of the men's game.

The game is the second of four straight at home for the Redbird women's team, which begins its two-week homestand with a 7:05 p.m. start Thursday against defending Missouri Valley Conference champion Creighton at Redbird Arena.

[Thomas Lamonica,
Illinois State University]

Articles from the past week

By Jeff Mayfield

[JAN. 27, 2003]  To any Lincoln or Logan County serviceman or woman who has just been deployed, may we just say, "May GOD go with you." You have our deepest respect as well as our thoughts and prayers. A special hello to former Railer Jon Barton who is on his way to Kuwait.

Once again the Super Bowl failed to live up to all the hype, as this game was all Bucs from start to finish. Don't know why the Raiders went away from their forte. Notice that on their first several drives, after gaining five or six yards on first-down plays, they would run the ball up the middle on second downs, thus leaving them with third-and-four or five situations that needed perfect execution. Either credit the Bucs' defense or the Raiders' ineptitude. Former Lincoln resident Curt Swan, now a Bucs' season-ticket holder, is still dancing on the streets of Clearwater Beach as we go to post!!!

As you can see by the updated CS8 standings, the Lincoln Lady Railers are also making their move up the charts of girls basketball in our area. Ever since the Christmas tourney, these ladies have been on a mission. Here's to a successful venture!

Central State Eight standings

(Conference games)

Southeast 7-1

Taylorville 7-3

Chatham Glenwood 7-3

Springfield 6-2

Lincoln 5-5

Sacred Heart-Griffin 4-6

Jacksonville 2-8

Lanphier 0-10

Upcoming game: Tuesday, Jan. 28, 7:30 p.m. -- Normal Community at Lincoln

The Lincoln College Lynx are definitely finding their stride early in the second semester. Behind 15 points from both Terrance Chapman and Jamaal Thompson, the Lynx buried Lincoln Land Saturday 74-51. Michael Fowler also tossed in 13 for the Lincoln cause. The win takes LC to 13-6 and a sparkling 6-0 in league play.

No report.

…picked up another win over Grace over the weekend and have now won two in a row!

OK, maybe I was a little too stoked over the Railers the last couple of weeks. If you want to blame me for their less-than-stellar performances against Chatham-Glenwood and Taylorville, so be it. But good teams find ways to win when they're not playing all that well. However you slice it and dice it, Lincoln went 5-0 and won the first-ever midwinter classic in Chatham. We think that's a good thing and can only help the Railers ready themselves for a potential long run in the postseason. Getting Brock Werner back to full strength wouldn't hurt either.

[Photo by Bob Frank]

Railer coach Neil Alexander is quietly within a handful of wins of becoming the winningest Railer coach in history… Stay tuned for that story! Also, in case you haven't been doing the math at home the last two years… Did you know that Lincoln, not Lanphier or Springfield, is the CS8 all-time leader in most wins?

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Teams	Won	Lost	Pct.
Lincoln	104	28	.788
Springfield	92	39	.697
Springfield Lanphier	81	51	.614
Springfield Southeast	81	52	.609
Jacksonville	50	80	.385
Springfield S-H Griffin	47	85	.356
Chatham-Glenwood	36	95	.275
Taylorville	35	96	.267

These are the all-time CS8 standings through Jan. 16 of this year. This is a true testament to our hardworking players and outstanding coaches. Hopefully the Railers will put in some more distance on their opponents before this season is out!

Speaking of records:

Railer varsity 21-2

Sophs 6-4

Frosh 9-3

B 7-1

Railer assistant coaches Eric Ewald, Josh Komnick, Darren Worth and Ryan Cross continue to do a phenomenal job with this program under Alexander's tutelage. Nice going, men. Keep up the good work!

Mount Pulaski 14-6

The Hilltoppers beat a good Delavan team 72-48, welcoming back Brian Clements, who had 14 points on the night. And how ‘bout Justin Anderson's 38-point outburst against Athens this past week?!

Illini Central 11-6

The Cougars lost a heartbreaker to Riverton and fell to 11-6. They host Ursuline on Tuesday night.

Hartem 8-8

The Stags also lost a nail-biter to Beardstown.

Warrensburg-Latham 16-0

The Cardinals dumped Shelbyville 80-53 and carry a No. 5 state ranking!

West Lincoln-Broadwell took the eighth-grade county title with a 46-35 win over previously unbeaten Hartsburg-Emden. Carroll Catholic outlasted Mount Pulaski for third place.

In the seventh-grade grade county championship Hartsburg did overtake WL-B and Carroll repeated their performance over Mount Pulaski as the seeds held true.

Lincoln Junior High won their last regular-season contests as well. The eighth-graders pounded Argenta 50-34, and the seventh-graders eked past ‘em 34-32!

…will face Springfield-Southeast and Jacksonville on Tuesday.

Join Greg Taylor at 6 p.m. on the LDN's live link or on CITV 5 or FIX 96.3. He hopes to host a contingent of Railer seniors and also hopes to give away some FREE college basketball tickets! Dial 735-3306 to get in on the FUN!

…To those of you who have wished me well in the economic development arena. Know that I won't be able to get the job done without YOUR help. Hopefully TOGETHER we can accomplish some good things.

Have a GREAT week, everybody!

[Jeff Mayfield]

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