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[NOV. 9, 2000]  Lincoln College wrestling coach Dave Klemm, beginning his 10^th season, will have to replace eight of 10 starters off last year’s fifth-place national team. The two returning starters, Pat Dowty and Matt Veach, are both returning All-Americans. The Lynx compiled a 12-3 mark in dual meets last season and had six All-Americans. Klemm has compiled a record of 84-66-1 in dual meets in his nine years at Lincoln College.

"We obviously have a lot of holes to fill," said Klemm. "We will be looking for leadership from our two returning All-Americans. It looks like we should be competitive; however, we don’t have much experience on the varsity level. Several of our wrestlers return from last season, but they were not among the starters. They did get some valuable experience wrestling in non-varsity matches."

Klemm continued, "We had our challenge matches last week, and the starting lineup will include the two All-Americans, Pat Dowty (Franklin, Ind.) at 141 pounds and Matt Veach (Springfield) at 157. Dowty will be moving up a weight class this year, having wrestled at 133 last season. Veach will continue at the 157-pound level. Our first two spots, Nathan Hilgendorf (Lincoln) at 125 and Paul Johnson (Granite City) at 133, are both untested on the college level. They are both sophomores; however, they have no varsity college wrestling experience.

"Our other starters at the present time will be Don Jones (Darien) at 149, Clint Shaw (Urbana) at 165; Matt Morel (Bourbonnais) at 174, Brushawn Adams (Springfield) at 184, Josh Lepper (Fort Wayne, Ind.) at 197 and Nathan Welsh (Quincy) at heavyweight.

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"We are concerned about injuries, as we have only one wrestler at the 174 and 184 class. If they should suffer from an injury, we would have to move someone out of their weight class into that position. Obviously our success is going to depend on keeping people injury-free. DeAngelo Love is returning at 133 pounds and is likely to see action. A couple of transfers, David Clark (133) and Joe Herron (149) will probably help in the second semester. They are not eligible the first semester. Herron is a Division I qualifier from last season.

"Our big goal is to qualify for nationals. Wrestling, like any other sport, has two seasons: regular and tournament time. We may struggle early; however, I think we will be ready to compete once the tournaments start at the end of the season. Harper will probably be one of our strongest opponents, as they have a solid lineup returning from last season. Harper competes in our division. We open at the Muskegon, Mich., duals, and they are ranked No. 1 in the nation in preseason polls."

[Bill Martinie,
Lincoln College sports information director]

Lincoln College wrestling roster

Click here for Lincoln College wrestling schedule

[NOV. 8, 2000]  A celebration has been planned for the Lady Railer volleyball team on Sunday, Nov. 12. A car parade, beginning at the Kruger elevator, will kick off the celebration at noon. The festivities will continue at 1 p.m. with a ceremony in Lincoln Community High School’s gym.

[NOV. 7, 2000]  Tickets for the state volleyball tournament are on sale Tuesday through Thursday in the main office at Lincoln Community High School. Pat Zurkammer handles the ticket sales.

Lincoln High School will be playing Chicago Lane at 11 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 10, at Redbird Arena. Tickets are $7 per session.

Tickets for the winning team’s semifinal and final sessions will go on sale at Redbird Arena immediately after the game. An announcement will be made on the public address system as to the exact location of those ticket sales.

COME OUT AND CHEER THE LADY RAILERS TO VICTORY!

Click here for the tournament schedule for the Lady Railers

[NOV. 7, 2000]  The following statistics are for Lincoln Community High School’s ladies volleyball team, as of Nov. 6:

Team Members	Season’s Totals (so far)				Season’s Best Single Match
	Kills	Blocks	Aces	Assists	Kills	Blocks	Aces	Assists
Aper, Missy	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Boyer, Ashley	225	9	47	15	13	2	4	2
Conrady, Samantha	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Cook, Kristina	216	107	7	27	12	14	1	3
Dawson, Dominique	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Franz, Megan	2	0	3	0	2	0	2	0
Frasier, Maria	13	3	2	3	3	3	0	1
Gleason, Kelli	56	28	52	757	5	4	5	38
Hahn, Becca	32	17	1	3	4	2	1	2
Maestas, Angela	1	0	9	0	1	0	2	0
McFadden, Kari	83	41	16	9	7	5	4	3
Peifer, Danielle	138	64	28	7	8	5	4	2
White, Darcy	156	7	17	2	8	2	2	2
Wilkinson, Emily	5	5	24	2	2	2	5	0
Xamis, Christina	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3

The team has scored a total of 1,100 points this season, including 933 kills, 281 blocks and 206 aces. The best single match this season had 46 kills, 30 blocks and 12 aces.

[NOV. 7, 2000]  The tentative schedule for Lincoln Railer volleyball this weekend is as follows:

Lincoln High School will be playing Chicago Lane at 11 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 10, at Redbird Arena.

If Lincoln wins on Friday, they play on Saturday at 11 a.m. If they lose on Friday, they are done.

If Lincoln wins on Saturday at 11 a.m., they play again at 7:30 p.m. If they lose on Saturday at 11 a.m., they play at 4:45 p.m. for third place.

Media One will not be broadcasting Friday's match against Chicago Lane.

They will broadcast Saturday's championship game on Wednesday, Nov. 15, whether or not Lincoln plays.

[NOV. 6, 2000]  The Lincoln Lady Railers advanced to the state tournament with a convincing 15-5 and 15-6 supersectional win over the Potters from Morton. The victory propels the Lady Railers into the state tournament for the first time since 1993.

Lincoln will play the Chicago Public League champions, Lane Tech, in the first game Friday at Redbird Arena in Normal.

[NOV. 6, 2000]  The Mount Pulaski High School volleyball team finished their season on Saturday evening in Macomb. Colchester won 15-11 and 15-11.

Mount Pulaski’s coach said that she believed the teams were evenly matched: "We had a chance to beat them, I think." Lindsay Clements and Sarah Stratton made eight kills each for Mount Pulaski. Beth Dulle had seven kills, Laura Reeter had six and Mary Olson had three. Tiffany Conaway assisted her teammates 31 times.

Overall, the coach said, "It was a great season, and I’m proud of the girls."

[NOV. 6, 2000]  Lincoln College’s men’s and women’s swim team raced against Principia College on Saturday, here in Lincoln. Principia College’s ladies beat Lincoln 131-45, but Lincoln College’s men beat Principia 141-42.

Women's results

400-yard medley relay – Principia: Jessica Mattson, Katy Allen, Courtney Bogott, Kristen Mattson

1,000 freestyle – Principia: Holly Thompson, 12:03.33

200 freestyle – Principia: Jessica Mattson, 2:12.29

50 freestyle – Principia: Kristen Mattson, 27.78

200 individual medley – Principia: Katy Allen, 2:22.64

1 meter diving – Principia: Kristina Mueller, 148.15

100 butterfly – Principia: Holly Thompson, 1:09.22

100 freestyle – Principia: Kristin Mattson, 1:02.35

100 backstroke – Principia: Courtney Bogott, 1:14.02

500 freestyle – Principia: Katy Allen, 5:31.10

100 breaststroke – Principia: Jessica Mattson

400 freestyle relay – Lincoln: Lindsey Luhtala, Liz Wilson, Bonnie DiFoggio, Emily Sansale

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Men's results

400 medley relay – Lincoln: Zach Welch, Frederico Gentry, Doug Zimmer, Doug Garofalo; 4:02.73

1,000 freestyle – Lincoln: Keith Tobin, 10:43.73

200 freestyle – Lincoln: Ramiro Palmer, 1:48.84

50 freestyle – Lincoln: Herman Wilcher, 22.92

200 individual medley – Lincoln: Zach Welch, 2:08.54

1 meter diving – Lincoln: Sean Calhoun, 217.80

100 butterfly – Lincoln: Herman Wilcher, 1:00.50

100 freestyle – Lincoln: Jacob Sexton, 50.49

100 backstroke – Lincoln: Nick Colberg, 1:00.35

500 freestyle – Lincoln: Ramiro Palmer

100 breaststroke – Lincoln: Doug Garofalo

400 freestyle relay – Lincoln: Ramiro Palmer, Keith Tobin, Herman Wilcher, Jacob Sexton

Sports news briefs

[NOV. 6, 2000]  Jeff Mayfield updates us on Andy King, Steph Reichle, LCC's trip to national volleyball competition, the Illini win over Indiana and the Bears' upset of the Colts.

After the LDN ran a story last week on Andy King and the Illinois State Redbirds, the Birds went out and shocked No. 4-ranked Western Illinois 25-18. As you recall, Andy felt like ISU could win and possibly win out to finish the season at 7-4, which would be an amazing turnaround after the start that they endured!

[click here for LDN interview with Andy King]

Speaking of ISU...former Lady Railer Steph Reichle appears to be healed from last year's knee injury and is back on the court for the Lady Redbirds. She had 12 points and five steals in ISU’s 83-74 exhibition loss to the Chicago Challengers.

LCC never got it going and lost to the eventual third-place finisher, Mid-America (Okla.) Bible, 8-15, 3-15, 15-7, 14-16. They also lost to the eventual national champions, Clearwater (Fla.) Christian, 9-15, 2-15. However, a 30-win season and a trip to California to join the Elite Eight is a great season in anybody's book. Nice going, ladies!!!

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Once again the LDN was Johnny on the spot. Stationed in the north end zone, the LDN coaxed the Illini to drive 78 yards with only 5:08 to play. The drive was capped on a one-yard scoring dive by quarterback Kurt Kittner, as Illinois somehow survived the Antwan Randle EL show 42-35. Coach Ron Turner calls EL the best football player in the country, period. EL's statistics Saturday support coach Turner's claim. EL rushed for 209 yards, and he accounted for four touchdowns.

[Quarterback Kurt Kittner scores the winning touchdown over Indiana on a 1-yard dive over the top. Photo by Jeff Mayfield.]

Not to be outdone, Kittner finished the day with 277 yards passing, and he threw for three touchdowns and took one in himself. The game also featured an 80-yard punt return for a score by one of the LDN's favorite players, Christian Morton. Aaron Moorehead, whose dad used to play for the Bears, also caught two touchdown passes. A game ball should also go to Carey Davis, who caught a touchdown pass and also had a great all-around game.

[Illini players celebrate a wild shootout win over the Hoosiers. Photo by Jeff Mayfield.]

The task will get considerably harder for the Illini, as they will have to win one of their next two games against nationally ranked opponents, Ohio State at home on Saturday and next week at Northwestern.

Bears upset Colts

The Chicago Bears rose up out of the ash heap and upset the highly touted Indianapolis Colts 27-24. After going up 27-0, they withstood a furious Colts rally as they scored 24 unanswered points of their own before turning the ball over on their final drive. Maybe Jim Miller at the quarterback position isn't such a bad idea after all.

[Jeff Mayfield, LDN sports writer]

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