Railers shut out by SHG Cyclones
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[October 12, 2013]
SPRINGFIELD
-- The Lincoln Railers (0-6) entered tonight’s contest with
Sacred Heart Griffin (5-1) knowing that coming away with a victory was
very unlikely. Sacred Heart Griffin is an elite football team, ranked
#292 in the nation and #12 in the state of Illinois. The SHG Cyclones
only loss was to Rochester Rockets earlier in the year. SHG lost to
Morris last year in the state playoffs to advance to the championship
game.
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Even though the Railers knew they were in for a
long night, Coach Andy McDonald tried to keep his team focused to
play hard and never give up. Coach Mac told his kids that nothing
in life comes easy and you have to work hard for what you believe
in: sometimes they will succeed and other times they will fail, but
you have to pick yourself up and keep pressing on.
This would be the Railers’ first trip to SHG
since they installed the new turf on the football field, making this
a different playing surface than they are used to playing on. The
night wouldn’t start out very well on the turf for the entire Railer
football team. Krusz threw an interception on the Railers first
possession and SHG capped it off with a touchdown run by quarterback
Austin Green to make the score 7 to 0. And that was just the start
of the scoring frenzy from the Cyclones. The Cyclones would get two
pick-six touchdowns and follow up with 6 more touchdowns to make the
score 63 to 0 at halftime.
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Sophomore Garrett Aeilts started at
quarterback for the Railers in the second half. Aeilts came
out throwing the ball and hooked up with Will Cook a few times
to move the ball down the field. The Railers were able to get
it all the way down to the Cyclone 28 yard line, but Aeilts
threw an interception which was returned for a touchdown by the
Cyclones to make the score 69 – 0. Most of the underclassman on
both sides of the field played the entire second half which went
by pretty fast due to the running clock because of the no mercy
rule. The final score SHG 69 Lincoln 0.
The Railers will be back home next Friday. The
Rochester Rockets at 7 – 0 bring in their fast paced offense to
Handlin field. It is senior night for the Railers, so come out and
show these seniors your support.
[Scott Kirby] |