Lincoln soccer downs Taylorville on Senior Night with a fundraiser for Alexa

[October 11, 2017] 

A nice crowd braved the soggy weather Tuesday evening for the Lincoln Railers Soccer Senior Night festivities. The team also hosted a “Kick Cancer Night” with the proceeds benefiting fiver-year-old cancer patient Alexa of Atlanta.

On the soccer field the Railers tore through the Taylorville Tornadoes by a score of 8-1. According to Coach Tim Stuckey, “The seniors scored early and often tonight, highlighted by Romeo Morales’ first goals in his career. Normally a defender, Romeo enjoyed the start as forward for senior night.”

The Railers scoring was kicked off by senior Aleck Bailey’s goal with 29:29 showing on game clock. Morales followed quickly with back-to-back goals at the 28:42 and 27:34 marks. With an early 3-0 lead, the route was on. Bailey would go on to score two more goals in the game, giving him yet another new record on the season. This time he broke his last season record for 26 goals scored in a season. Bailey currently sits at 27 goals (and counting) now. Senior Cole Klockenga scored two goals in Tuesday night’s game and freshman A.J. Beard scored one goal. The game actually ended at halftime due to storms moving in.

Lincoln’s record is now 14-7-3 overall and 6-5 in the Apollo Conference.

The seniors on this year’s team are Ryan Boyd, Jordan Jacobs, Tate Sloan, Cole Klockenga, Aleck Bailey, Lance Podbelsek and Romeo Morales.

Lincoln’s last regular season game is Thursday at Effingham. A victory here would secure third place in the Apollo Conference, according to Coach Stuckey. The game will kickoff with the varsity match at 3:30 p.m.

[Teena Lowery]