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High
school basketball reports
[JAN.
9, 2001]
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Boys
Tri-County
Olympia
vs. Eureka
Olympia
suffered a loss on Eureka’s home court. Eureka took the lead in
the first quarter and sustained it to game end: 17-15, 42-28, 62-41,
78-57.
Olympia
team stats: Dillenburg 3-0-6, Lee 3-5-12, Holliger 1-0-3, Olsen
6-1-13, Sherman 2-0-4, Kendrick 1-0-3, Wise 5-1-11,Walker 1-0-3 and
Wright 1-0-2. Also on the roster: McCue, Hayes, Brand, Gale and
Burkhart. Team totals: 23 field goals, seven free throws, totaling
57 points. Olympia had four 3-point field goals made by Lee,
Holliger, Kendrick and Walker.
Girls
Cornbelt
Olympia
vs. Eureka
The
Olympia girls warmed their home court with a win over Eureka. Taking
the lead in the first quarter, they led each quarter, 16-15, 36-27,
54-43, for a final score of 64-53.
Olympia
team stats: Prager 1-0-3, Coit 1-0-2, Short 1-0-2, Fraher 3-0-6,
Bachman 1-4-6, Gaither 3-0-7, Gale 5-0-10, Goebel 1-0-2, Litwiller
4-0-10 and Doombos 6-4-16. Also on Olympia’s roster were Mendonca,
Cook, Wittmer, Lubbert and Wilcox.
Team
totals included 26 field goals and 11 free throws for 64 points.
One
3-point field goal was scored by Gaither.
Tomahawk
Illini
Central vs. Springfield
Illini
Central lost by four points on their home court in Mason City in a
major upset against Springfield Ursuline. Both teams fought for the
lead and ran neck in neck from start to finish.
Quarter
scores (Illini Central first): 15-15, 25-28, 38-37, 47-51.
Scoring
for Illini Central: Damm 5-8-11, Harvey 1-2-4, Francis 2-1-5, Oney
3-0-8 and Winkleman 4-3-11. Also on the roster: Montgomery
Blackstock and Bitner. Team totals: 15 field goals and 14 free
throws for a total of 47 points.
Illini
Central had three 3-point field goals made by Oney (2) and Damm.
Mount
Pulaski vs. Virden
Mount
Pulaski girls traveled to Virden Monday night. The Hilltoppers put
in a top-end game performance, trailing by only four points in the
third quarter, but the lead stayed just out of their reach. Virden
won by five points.
Quarter
scores (Mount Pulaski first): 8-15, 16-23, 33-37, 45-50.
Mount
Pulaski was led by high scorer Sanders, who made 22 points with 10
field goals, one of those a 3-pointer, and a free throw.
Mount
Pulaski team stats: Beckers 2-1-5, Clevenger 3-0-6, Sanders 10-1-22,
Faith 1-0-2, Rucks 3-0-6, Howe 1-0-2 and Jason 1-0-2. The girls
scored 21 field goals and two free throws for a total 45 points.
CS8
Lincoln
vs. Springfield Lanphier
The
courts heated up Monday night when the Lady Railers traveled to
Springfield to meet Springfield Lanphier. After setting a nice lead
in the first half, the Railers had to pick up the tempo as Lanphier
poured on the heat in the second half. The Railers found themselves
behind by three points 15 seconds before game end. It was Becky
Oller’s two plays for four points in the last 15 seconds that gave
the Lady Railers their win by only one point, 43-42.
Quarter
scores (Lincoln first): 17-8, 31-20, 35-32, 43-42.
Brittany
Ingram (16) led as high scorer, also claiming Lincoln’s one
3-point field goal. Oller scored 14 points in the game. Nice
teamwork, girls!
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Boys
basketball
Lincoln
vs. Taylorville
[JAN.
8, 2001]
Lincoln
steamrolled Taylorville in Saturday night's game played at
Taylorville.
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Lincoln
set the lead with a doubled score of 16 to Taylorville's eight by
the end of the first quarter. Lincoln was 37-12 at halftime, 45-18
in the third quarter, winning in the fourth with 61-35.
High
scorer Gregg Alexander rang up 14 points in the first half, adding
two more for a total of 16 points by game’s end.
Lincoln
scored five 3-point field goals: Knopp 2, Williams, Komnick and
Tungate.
Team
stats: Williams 4-2-10, Alexander 7-2-16, Komnick 2-0-5, Tungate
4-0-9, Knopp 2-0-6, Aper 1-1-3, Ashley 3-2-6, Schonauer 2-0-4 and
Farmer 0-2-2; scoring a total of 25 field goals and 12 free throws
totaling 61 points.
Also
on the roster: Schrader and Bunch.
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Swimmers
break five team records, set a personal best at invitational this
weekend
[JAN.
8, 2001]
Coach
Heidi Heidbreder reports the Lincoln Gator Swim Club attended an
open invitational in Decatur this weekend. The
Seth Dunscomb New Year opener was Jan. 5-7 at Millikin University. Swimmers succeeded in
bringing home numerous awards, breaking team records and achieving
new personal highs.
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Sam
Wood and Sean Weaver set new records for the Lincoln Gators. Wood
(age 8 and under boys) swam the 100-yard individual medley (25 yards
fly, 25 yards back, 25 yards breast and 25 yards freestyle) in a
time of 1:41.90. Weaver
(age 13 and 14 boys) set four new team records. He swam the 100 fly
in a time of 1:01.46, the 200 IM in 2:21.33, the 100 free in 57.56
and the 100 breast in a time of 1:15.25.
One
swimmer turned in a new personal best time, moving her up to Class A
in that event.
Gabrielle
Ernst achieved her first A time in the 50 freestyle with 30.32.
Top 10 finishers
for the Lincoln Gators
8
and under girls
Alberta
Danley — 25 breast, first, C, 28.65; 25 free, ninth, B; 50 free,
seventh, B; 25 fly, 10th, B
Katie
Martin — 25 back, 10th, C
8
and under boys
Brennan
Elsas — 25 back, fourth, A; 50 free, second, B
Sam
Wood — 100 IM, third, B, 1:41.90, team record; 25 breast, eighth,
B; 25 free, eighth, B; 50 back, seventh, B; 50 free, seventh, B; 25
fly, third B
Zach
Ziamba — 100 IM, fourth, C; 25 free, eighth, B; 25 back, seventh,
C; 50 free, ninth B; 25 fly, second B
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9
and 10 boys
Andy
Martin — 50 breast, ninth, C; 50 free, sixth, C; 50 back, seventh,
C; 100 IM, seventh C
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and 12 girls
Cathy
Caldwell — 50 fly, ninth, C; 50 free, fifth, C; 100 IM, fourth, C;
50 back, sixth, C
Gabrielle
Ernst — 500 free, 10th, B; 50 fly, 10th, B;
200 free, seventh, B; 100 free, eighth, B; 50 back, 10th,
B
Mallory
Hinton — 50 free, fifth, B
Mindy
Malerich — 500 free, ninth, B
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and 14 girls
Cassie
Martin, 100 fly, seventh, C; 200 free, second, C; 200 IM, third, C;
100 free, first C, 1:14.35; 100 breast, fifth, C
13
and 14 boys
Sean
Weaver, 500 free, fourth, A; 100 fly, second, A, 1:01.46, team
record; 200 free, first; 50 free, sixth, A; 200 IM, fourth, A,
2:21.33, team record; 100 free, fifth, A, 57.56, team record; 100
breast, third, A, 1:15.25, team recor d
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College
volleyball
Kelsey
Bruce recognized
 [JAN.
8, 2001]
Former
Lincoln volleyball player Kelsey Bruce was recognized for her
achievements this season as a volleyball player for Illinois College
in Jacksonville. Bruce brought great value to the team and was
awarded a varsity letter for her accomplishments in the NCAA
Division III program. She hit .186 for the season and had 185 kills,
210 digs, 29 service aces, a .947 serve percentage and 77 blocks. As
a first-year player, Bruce was recognized for her solid performance
and consistency throughout the season.
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Area high
school basketball reports
[JAN.
6, 2001]
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Tomahawk
Conference
Mount
Pulaski vs. Hartsburg-Emden
Two
equally valued neighbors to Lincoln met on the courts Friday night.
The Mount Pulaski Hilltoppers faced off against the
Hartsburg-Emden Stags on the Stags' home court.
The Hilltoppers took an early lead, 20-5, in the first
quarter against the Hartem Stags.
They widened their lead to more than double, 45-17, by halftime. The
score at the end of the third quarter was 68-33.
Hartsburg came alive, gaining 27 points, almost half their
total game points, in the fourth quarter,
while Mount Pulaski made only a 12-point increase.
Still, the Mount Pulaski Hilltoppers walked away with the
win. The final score was 80-60.
Team
stats for Mount Pulaski: Brown 8-4-20, Davis 2-0-4, Dirks 1-0-3,
Waymire 2-0-4, Blaum 5-0-10, Deibert 2-0-4, Erlenbush 2-0-4, Gieseke
1-0-2, Smith 4-0-8, Anderson 7-1-16, Wilson 1-0-2 and Schilling
1-0-3. Also on the roster were Olson, Couers and Fuller. Team
totals: 36 field goals and five free throws totaling 80 points.
Scoring
three 3-point field goals were Schilling, Anderson and Dirks.
Team
stats for Hartsburg-Emden were Aper 3-6-13, Behrends 6-4-16, L.
Jones 2-2-6, Ke. Leesman 2-4-8, Anderson 2-3-8 and Gleason 3-2-9.
Also on the roster were A. Jones and Wrage.
Team totals: 18 field goals and five free throws totaling 60
points.
Scoring three 3-point field goals
were Aper, Gleason and Anderson.
Illini
Central vs. Williamsville
Illini
Central met Williamsville at Mason City.
Taking an early lead, the IC team trounced Williamsville
79-45. Illini
Central took
the lead and kept it throughout the game. Quarter
scores were 20-9, 35-15, 61-24, 79-45.
High
scorers for IC were Arnold (18), Hankins (15) and Jo.
Deters (13).
Team
stats for IC: Miller 3-2-8, Hankins 7-1-15, Fletcher 3-1-9,
Mulford 1-0-2, Grimsley 3-1-9, Giesler 1-0-2, Scott 1-0-2,
Arnold 4-9-18, Hamblin 0-1-1 and Jo. Deters 6-1-13.
Also on the roster were Herman, Cunningham, and Ju. Deters.
Team totals: 29 field goals and 16 free throws, totaling 79
points.
Scoring five 3-point field goals for the Illini were Fletcher (2), Grimsley
(2) and Arnold.
Central
State Eight
Lincoln
vs. Springfield Lanphier
Lincoln
met Springfield Lanphier on their home court last night.
Lanphier took the lead and kept it for the night.
Quarter scores were 14-12, 30-25, 50-39, 65-50.
High
scorers for the Lincoln were Schonauer (13), Alexander (13) and
Tungate (11).
Team
stats: Williams 2-1-5, Alexander 4-3-13, Tungate 4-2-11, Knopp
1-0-3, Schrader 2-0-5 and Schonauer 6-0-13.
Also on the roster were Komnick, Bunch, Gallagher, Farmer
and Ashley. Team
totals: 19 field goals and six free throws, totaling 50 points.
Scoring six 3-point
field goals for the Lincoln were Alexander (2), Tungate, Knopp,
Schrader and Schonauer.
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