Lady Railers beat the Flaming Hearts 83-46
Lincoln improves to 13-0 on the season

[December 17, 2022]  The Lady Railers continue to dominate the competition throughout the state of Illinois. They ladies showed the basketball fans in the southeastern town of Effingham they mean business on Friday night with an 83-46 beating of their Flaming Hearts.

Just as basketball fans have seen all season long, this group was out to a fast start in the first quarter, putting up 29 points. Every starter scored in the first quarter, as the team was led by 11 points from Kloe Froebe. Tori Geriets also had an explosive first quarter with eight points. Jenna Bowman and Rebecca Heitzig each tossed in four points and Taryn Stoltzenburg added a bucket as the Lady Railers were on top with a respectable 29-12 lead when the first quarter ended.

That kind of scoring is to be expected from the starting lineup, but what has been a breath of fresh air is the emergence of freshman Mia Clark. Clark entered the game in the second quarter and was quick to drain three 3s for the Lady Railers. At the close of the first half, the Lady Railers commanded a 47-17 lead.

Froebe and Bowman sank threes in the third quarter and with the rest of the lineup showing no signs of letting up, the Lady Railers lead increased to 72-35.

A familiar story in the fourth quarter, with Lincoln’s opponent staring up at the gym wall to see a running clock go into effect.

Ceana Adams tossed in five points to lead Lincoln in the fourth quarter and Makinley Knapp also entered the game and scored a basket. The game, which started late according to the schedule, was over early as Lincoln trotted off the court with an 83-46 win over one of the better opponents in the Apollo Conference.

Kloe Froebe led Lincoln with 29 points.

Becca Heitzig and Jenna Bowman each scored 12 points and Tori Geriets tossed in 10 points.

The Lady Railers remained undefeated with a 13-0 record.

The Lady Railers JV team got the night off on a winning note, as usual. Lincoln defeated Effingham 55-34 in the JV game.

Mia Clark scored 15 points to lead the JV team. Makinley Knapp and Lily Holmes each scored 13 points.

The Lady Railers JV team improved to 8-0.

Lincoln will play at Chatham Glenwood on Tuesday night. The JV game will start at 6 p.m. and the Varsity game will start at 7:30 p.m.

Varsity scoring

Lincoln 83
Froebe 29
Heitzig 12
Bowman 12
Geriets 10
Clark 9
Adams 5
Knapp 2
Whiteman 2
Stoltzenburg 2

Effingham 46
Niebrugge 10
Beals 9
Mapes 8
Althoff 4
Green 3
R. Cunningham 3
A. Cunningham 3
Martin 2
Allie 2
Moser 2

JV scoring

Lincoln 55
Clark 15
Knapp 13
Holmes 13
Whiteman 6
McCloud 5
Schneider 2
Luckhart 1

Effingham 34
Martin 11
Hodge 4
K. Armstrong 4
Moser 4
Harvey 3
Feldhake 3
N. Armstrong 2
Wolfe 2
Bierman 1

[Teena Lowery]