Lincoln Railsplitters 11-2 following Collinsville Holiday Tournament

[JAN. 2, 2006]  COLLINSVILLE -- Lincoln results at Collinsville Holiday Tournament:

Thursday, Dec. 28

• LCHS vs. Riverview Gardens (Mo.)
  71-48 W
  Record: 9-1

Friday, Dec. 29

• LCHS vs. Decatur MacArthur
  53-48 W
  Record: 10-1

Saturday, Dec. 30

• LCHS vs. Collinsville
  45-29 W
  Record: 11-1

• LCHS vs. East St. Louis
  43-40 L
  Record: 11-2

The Lincoln Railsplitters opened their season at the Nov. 20 Lincoln Tournament in East St. Louis with a narrow loss to the East St. Louis Flyers, 68-66. The Railsplitters went on to gain an 11-game winning streak until their last game, again against East St. Louis, in a holiday tournament at Collinsville on Saturday. Once again, the Flyers stole the win in the last seconds of the game, ending 43-40.

Senior forward Josh Sutton is surrounded by Flyers.

Senior guard Brandon Farmer performs some fancy footwork.

Score by quarters:

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Lincoln	12	7	4	17	40
East St.  Louis	5	10	6	22	43

The Railsplitters come home again on Friday night to play Springfield after almost a month on the road.

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