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[JAN. 23, 2001]  Mount Pulaski’s High School girls basketball team faced off against Riverton yesterday afternoon in Riverton. Riverton was the winner, without question. The final score was 63-23.

Clevenger and Sanders were the high scorers, with nine and eight points respectively. K. Beckers, Rucks and Cyrulik each made two points. Altogether, Mount Pulaski shot nine field goals and five free throws.

Riverton scored five 3-pointers, 15 field goals and 18 free throws.

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[JAN. 23, 2001]  Olympia’s Lady Spartans traveled to Decatur yesterday to compete against Decatur Eisenhower’s basketball team. Olympia returned home victorious, 39-30.

Prager made Olympia’s one 3-pointer. Gale was the top scorer, with five field goals, or 10 points. The rest of the individual statistics were as follows: Short 3-0-6, Goebel 1-4-6, Fraher 1-3-5, Bachman 2-0-4, Gaither 0-3-3 and Coit 1-0-2. Altogether the team made one 3-pointer, 13 field goals, 10 free throws and 39 points.

Decatur Eisenhower shot 12 field goals, six free throws and 30 points.

The junior varsity teams faced off as well. The final score of the game was Olympia 57, Decatur Eisenhower 18.

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[JAN. 22, 2001]  The Lincoln Gator Swim Club competed in the Olympia Pentathlon at Olympia High School on Sunday, Jan. 21. Results for Gator swimmers in the top 12 finishers are listed below.

Alberta Danley — 25 fly, 6^th; 25 back, 9^th; 25 breast 5^th; 25 free, 7^th; 100 IM, 5^th

Katie Martin — 25 back, 12^th; 25 breast, 12^th; 25 free, 11^th; 100 IM 11^th

Brennan Elsas — 25 fly, 8^th; 25 back, 3^rd; 25 breast, 5^th; 25 free 2^nd; 100 IM, 3^rd

Sam Wood — 25 fly, 3^rd; 25 back, 1^st; 19.46; 25 breast, 1^st; 25.89; 25 free, 1^st, 17.89; 100 IM 1^st, 1:41.67

Zach Ziamba — 25 fly 4^th; 25 free, 9^th; 100 IM, 9^th

Andy Martin — 100 IM, 12^th

11 and 12 girls

Gabrielle Ernst — 50 fly, 8^th; 50 back, 10^th; 50 breast, 10^th; 50 free, 9^th; 100 IM, 9^th

Mindy Malerich — 50 fly, 11^th; 50 back, 9^th; 50 breast, 11^th; 50 free, 11^th; 100 IM, 10^th

Stephanie Couch — 100 fly, 6^th; 100 back, 7^th; 100 breast, 12^th; 100 free, 6^th; 200 IM, 8^th

Cassie Martin — 100 fly, 12^th

Sean Weaver — 100 fly, 2^nd; 1:00.78, J.O. time and team record; 100 back, 3^rd; 100 breast, 4^th; 100 free, 3^rd; 200 IM, 2nd

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Angie Couch — 100 fly, 2^nd, 1:09.86, team record; 100 back, 3^rd; 100 breast, 3^rd;1:24.52, team record; 100 free, 3^rd; 200 IM, 2^nd

Four Gator swimmers placed in the top three overall.

Brennan Elsas placed third overall in the 8-and-under age group, and Sam Wood placed first overall in the same group. Wood finished first in four of his five events.

Sean Weaver placed second overall in the 13 and 14 boys division. Weaver set a new team record in the 100 fly with a J.O. (Junior Olympic) time of 1:00.78.

Angie Couch also placed second in her senior girls division. Couch set two team records: in the 100 fly with a time of 1:09.86 and in the 100 breast with a time of 1:24.52.

Heidi Heidbreder coaches the Lincoln Gator Swim Club.

[Lincoln Gator Swim Club news release]

[JAN. 22, 2001]  In a high school swim meet at Scully Natatorium on Saturday, Jan. 20, the final tally was Lincoln 76, Charleston 63. Individual results follow.

200-yard medley relay — 1. Charleston (McGrady, Gano, Hardy, Furumo), 2:03.12; 2. Lincoln (Barmes, Kerns, Sloot, Obaisi), 2:03.62

200 free — 1. Kerns (L), 2:30.24; 2. Knollenburg (L), 2:49.02; 3. Cabit (L), 2:51.88; 4. Zhao (C), 2:56.32; 5. Reynolds (C), 3:06.58.

200 IM — 1. Barmes (L), 2:51.04.

50 free —1. Gano (C), 24.11; 2. Obaisi (L), 27.70; 3. Gallagher (L), 28.98; 4. Mancini (L), 30.30; 5. Pence (C), 29.98; 6. Reynolds (C), 38.99.

100 butterfly — 1. Sloot (L), 59.59; 2. Gano (C), 1:00.95.

100 free — 1. Hardy (C), 56.38; 2. Barmes (L), 1:04.14; 3. McGrady (C), 1:06.49; 4; Gallagher (L), 1:17.77.

500 free — 1. Kerns (L), 6:37.50; 2. Furumo (C), 7:16.06; 3. Zhao (C), 8:16.17.

200 free relay — 1. Lincoln (Cabit, Mancini, Knollenburg, Obaisi), 2:02.92; 2. Charleston (Pence, Reynolds, Zhao, McGrady), 2:11.93.

100 back — 1. Sloot (L), 1:10.22; 2. Pence (C), 1:28.39; 3. Furumo (C), 1:28.39; 4. Knollenburg (L), 1:33.91.

100 breast — 1. Hardy (C), 1:13.20; 2. Mancini (L), 1:31.82.

400 free relay — 1. Charleston (Gano, McGrady, Furumo, Hardy), 4:08.02; 2. Lincoln (Sloot, Barmes, Kerns, Obaisi), 4:10.40; 3. Lincoln (Mancini, Gallagher, Cabit, Knollenburg), 5:33.56.

[Lincoln Community High School news release]

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[JAN. 22, 2001]  On Saturday, Olympia High School’s basketball teams welcomed two competitors. The Lady Spartans faced off against Washington, and the Spartans played against Monticello.

The Lady Spartans beat Washington 48-35. Gaither made both of Olympia’s 3-pointers, plus six field goals and one free throw, to equal 19 points. Doornbos scored the second-highest number of points for Olympia. She shot four field goals and one free throw for nine points. Gale and Prager each scored four points. Short, Fraher, Bachman, Floyd, Litwiller and Goegel each made two points. Altogether the Lady Spartans made two 3-pointers, 16 field goals, 10 free throws and 48 points.

Washington made two 3-pointers, 11 field goals, seven free throws and 35 points.

The junior varsity girls also played on Saturday. Washington narrowly beat Olympia, 58-55.

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The Spartans lost to Monticello by 10 points, 63-53. Lee scored almost half of the Spartans’ points. He shot one 3-pointer, six field goals and six free throws for a total of 21 points. Olson and Holliger were also assets to Olympia’s team. Olson made five field goals, three free throws and 13 points. Holliger shot two 3-pointers, two field goals and 10 points. Kendrick made one 3-pointer and two field goals to equal seven points, and Wise scored two points for the Spartans. As a team, Olympia shot four 3-pointers, 16 field goals and nine free throws.

Monticello made four 3-pointers, 17 field goals and 17 free throws.

The junior varsity boys from Olympia and Monticello also competed. The final score of the game was 47-35, Olympia.

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[JAN. 22, 2001]  Lincoln College’s swimming team joined seven other teams at Glen Ellyn for the DuPage Classic. Lincoln’s women’s team placed sixth among eight teams, scoring 204.5 points. The men’s team scored 939 points and was first among seven teams.

Lincoln’s results in the women’s events were as follows:

500-yard freestyle — 8^th place, Sansale, 5:48.81

200 individual medley — 8^th, Wilson, 2:37.39

400 individual medley — 7^th, Sansale, 5:28.15

1,650 freestyle — 5^th, Sansale, 20:35.16

200 freestyle relay — 6^th Lincoln College, 1:56.45

400 freestyle relay — 6^th, Lincoln, 4:18.88

200 medley relay — 6^th, Lincoln, 2:17.17

400 medley relay — 6^th, Lincoln, 4:24.45

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Lincoln’s results in the men’s events were as follows:

500 freestyle — 2^nd, Gentry, 5:03.87

50 freestyle — 2^nd, Demyen-Jones, 22.75

200 individual medley — 1^st, Palmer, 2:01.99

3-meter diving — 1^st, Calhoun, 415.95 points

1-meter diving — 1^st, Thompson, 459.50 points

400 individual medley — 3^rd, Richardson, 5:13.45

100 butterfly — 1^st, Demyen-Jones, 55.41

200 freestyle — 2^nd, Gentry, 1:52.94

100 breaststroke — 1^st, Palmar, 1:01.40

100 backstroke — 3^rd, Zimmer, 1:02.4

1,650 freestyle — 3^rd, Colberg, 17:52.38

200 backstroke — 1^st, Zimmer, 2:15.02

200 butterfly — 1^st, Colberg, 2:08.55

100 freestyle — 2^nd, Demyen-Jones, 49.64

200 breaststroke — 1^st, Palmar, 2:15.43

200 freestyle relay — 1^st, Lincoln College, 1:30.44

400 freestyle relay — 1^st, Lincoln, 3:22.18

200 medley relay — 2^nd, Lincoln, 1:44.20

400 medley relay — 1^st, Lincoln, 3:45.18

800 freestyle relay — 1^st, Lincoln, 7:34.18

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[JAN. 22, 2001]  Lincoln College has announced that Mark Tippett has taken the position of head coach for the Lady Lynx volleyball program.

Tippett says he is looking forward to building the program. "I hope we can work hard and have a competitive season," he said. "I don’t like to stress wins and losses as a part of our goals, but I would like to see improvement and to grow as a team."

Lincoln College Athletic Director Allen Pickering says he’s happy about the announcement. "We’re pleased to have a coach with previous college coaching experience. We know he came from a winning program, and we hope Mark will do the same here."

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This is Tippett’s first head coaching position; he was the assistant volleyball coach at Lincoln Christian College under the direction of Kevin Crawford before joining Lincoln College. He has experience coaching the Lincoln Xtreme Volleyball team and is currently the head volleyball coach for fifth through eighth grade in the New Holland-Middletown School District. He replaces Tina Smith, who left early this spring semester to pursue other interests.

Tippett is originally from the Belleville area. He currently resides in Lincoln with his wife, Amy.

[Lincoln College news release]

[JAN. 22, 2001]  On Saturday, Lincoln Christian College’s men’s basketball team traveled to Wyoming, Mich., to face off against Grace Bible College. Grace Bible College won 76-63.

According to coach Randy Kirk, "The difference in the game was the level of energy with which the two teams played. Grace played with a lot of energy, and we did not. That showed up in loose balls and rebounds. If you show up and do not play with any energy, you’re setting yourself up for a long day."

Matt Clark of Lincoln earned almost half of the team’s points. He made 24 points with two 3-pointers, four field goals and 10 free throws. Donnie Bowman and Dante Watson each scored nine points. Bowman had one 3-pointer, two field goals and two free throws. Watson shot two field goals and five free throws. Antoni Okusami made eight points with four field goals. Jake Raymer shot seven points with one 3-point, one field goal and two free throws. David Simmons scored four points and Josh Weber scored two points.

As a team, Lincoln made four 3-pointers, 16 field goals, 19 free throws and 63 points.

Grace Bible College’s team totals were five 3-pointers, 24 field goals, 13 free throws and 76 points.

Lincoln Christian College’s men’s team plays Maranatha Baptist tonight, Monday, Jan. 22, at 7 p.m. here in Lincoln.

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[JAN. 20, 2001] 

Corn Belt

Olympia vs. Mahomet-Seymour

Mahomet started their first quarter weak 5 – 12 against Olympia, but they did an about face and led the next three quarters 26 – 23, 50 – 41, to a win 64 – 59.

Holliger led the team with 24 points.   He had 6 of the teams’ 3-point field goals.

Other 3-point field goals were made by Lee 2, Dillenburg, and Olson.

Olympia team stats: Dillenburg 1-2-5, Lee 3-1-9, Holliger 9-0-24, Walker 1-0-2, Olson 2-3-8, Wise 3-3-9,Sherman, Sutton, and Kendrick 1-0-2; totaling 20 field goals, 9 free throws, for 59 points.

Junior varsity: Olympia 58, Mahomet-Seymour 49 in a double overtime.

Tomahawk

Mount Pulaski vs. Delavan

The Hilltoppers faced off with Delavan in what turned into a hot, all night battle.  The first quarter ended with Delavan in a seven-point lead, but heated up with only a three-point difference at half time Mount Pulaski's favor, the heat building with 3^rd and 4^th quarter ties.  Mount Pulaski finally toppled Delavan in overtime 98 – 84.

Quarter scores (Mount Pulaski first): 18 – 25, 41 – 38, 57 – 57, 74 – 74, 98 – 84.

Brown led the team with 33 points followed by Smith 13.

Anderson scored  (2) 3-point field goals for Mount Pulaski.

Mount Pulaski team stats: Brown 12-9-33, Davis 3-4-10, Waymire 2-0-4, Schlitt 1-0-2, Blaum 1-0-2, Clark 3-0-6, Smith 6-1-13, Schilling 0-1-1; totaling 35 field goals, 26 free throws, for 98 points.

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Lincoln Christian College vs. Great Lakes  
Christian College

[JAN. 20, 2001]  Lincoln Christian College traveled north to East Lansing, Michigan to competed against Great Lakes Christian College yesterday afternoon. Lincoln easily beat Great Lakes, 107-52.

 Lincoln's top scorer was Donnie Bowman-25 points. He shot 11 field goals and three free throws. The next highest scorers were Jim Turney and Antoni Okusami, each with 16 points. Turney made two of Lincoln's four 3-pointers, four field goals, and two free throws. Okusami shot seven field goals and two free throws. Matt Clark made 15 points with seven field goals and one free throw. Jake Raymer made Lincoln's other two 3-pointers, plus two field goals to equal 10 points. Josh Weber and Davis Simmons each made five points. Aaron Johnson made two points, and Jeremiah Barker made one point. All together the team made four 3-pointers, 39 field goals, and 17 free throws to equal 107 points.

Great Lakes' team made four 3-pointers, nine field goals, 22 free throws.

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[JAN. 20, 2001]  Olympia High School’s wrestling team beat Normal West in a match yesterday in Normal, 58-4.  The individual results were as follows:

103 – Olympia:  Caleb Dietrich—major dec. Blotcky, 17-4

112 – Olympia:  Alan Deloriea—pinned Hinshaw, 1:01

119 – Olympia:  Tim Deloriea—pinned Fannin, 1:09

125 – Olympia:  Josh Collins—major dec. Lawrence Duffy, 23-12

130 – Olympia:  Justin Collins—dec. Perkins, 26-19

135 – Olympia:  Justin Dietrich—dec. Carney, 11-10

140 – Olympia:  Carlos Sanchez—pinned Jackson, 2:32

145 – Normal West:  Seth Delahunt—dec. Nick Bauman, 12-6

152 – Normal West:  Zemmel—dec. Lucas Holloway, 10-5

160 – Olympia:  Adam Becuua—dec. Sanders, 8-3

171 – Olympia:  Brian Eichhorn—pinned Smith, 4:28

189 – Olympia:  Mike Petsas—pinned Henderson, 2:01

215 – Olympia:  Luke Krenniel—pinned Kirk Johnston, 2:19

HWT – Olympia:  Jimmy Bradshaw—pinned Iden, :38

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[JAN. 19, 2001]  Warrensburg-Latham High School’s girls basketball team traveled to Mount Pulaski to play against the Lady Hilltoppers. Warrensburg won 62-29.

The Hilltoppers were led by players Beckers and Sanders. Beckers made five field goals for 10 points. Sanders made three field goals and two free throws to equal eight points. Clevenger made Mount Pulaski’s one 3-pointer of the game. She also made one free throw, for a total of four points. Jason made four points, Rucks made two points and Reeley made one point. Altogether, the team made one 3-pointer, 10 field goals, six free throws and 29 points.

Warrensburg-Latham had three 3-pointers. Streckfuss made two, and Kronshagen made one. Streckfuss also made three field goals and two free throws, for a total of 14 points. The rest of the individual statistics were as follows: Kiick 4-3-11, Couder 5-0-10, Kronshagen 3-0-7, Perry 3-0-6, Truebood 3-0-6, Conner 2-0-4, Groves 1-0-2 and Littrell 1-0-2. As a team, Warrensburg had three 3-pointers, 24 field goals, five free throws and 62 points.

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[JAN. 19, 2001]  Mahomet-Seymour’s basketball team faced off against the Lady Spartans in Stanford yesterday. The game was quite close for each of the first three quarters, but Olympia widened the gap in the fourth quarter to win 60-51.

Olympia had three 3-pointers, all of which were scored by Gaither. Gaither earned a third of her team’s points. In addition to the 3-pointers, she made four field goals and four free throws. Doornbos and Bachman were also great assets to their team. Doornbos made five field goals and three free throws, for 13 points. Bachman made 10 points with two field goals and six free throws. The rest of the individual statistics were as follows: Fraher 3-0-6, Short 2-0-4, Prager 1-0-2, Gale 1-0-2 and Litwiller 1-0-2.

All of Mahomet-Seymour’s four 3-pointers were scored by Kesler. In addition to the 3-pointers, the team made 16 field goals and seven free throws, for the total of 51 points.

The two schools’ junior varsity teams also faced off yesterday. Olympia also won that game, 44-36.

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[JAN. 19, 2001]  Olympia’s Spartans competed against Pontiac yesterday afternoon in a boys swimming meet. Pontiac, the home team, won a decisive victory, 117-67. The individual event winners were as follows:

200 medley relay — Pontiac: Roeschley, Gray, Mackinson, Ribordy, 1:57.65

200 freestyle — Olympia: Eaton, 2:00.80

200 IM — Olympia: Kindred, 2:30.29

50 freestyle — Pontiac: Roeschley, 24.20

Diving — Pontiac: Ruiz, 132

100 butterfly — Pontiac: Frank Arnolts, 1:04.46 (school record)

100 freestyle — Pontiac: Gray, 57.37

500 freestyle — Olympia: Hentzen, 6:07.94

200 freestyle relay — Pontiac: Gray, Ribordy, Mackinson, Arnolts, 1:42.50

100 backstroke — Pontiac: Roeschley, 1:03.70

100 breaststroke — Olympia: Brooks, 1:15.70

400 freestyle relay — Pontiac: Arnolts, Gray, Ribordy, Roeschley, 3:56.62

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[JAN. 19, 2001]  The Olympia wrestling team is 15-3 for the season after defeating Lincoln and Porta in competition at Stanford. Results follow.

Olympia 70, Lincoln 5

103 — Brett Kendrick (O) technical fall over Valdés (L), 15-0

112 — Alan Deloriea (O) won by forfeit

119 — Adam Sheppleman (O) technical fall over Martin (L), 18-3

125 — Sullivan (L) technical foul over Cody Lingle (O), 21-5

130 — Eric Seline (O) won by forfeit

136 — Justin Collins (O) technical fall over Spartus (L), 21-4

140 — Justin Dietrich (O) won by forfeit

145 — Carlos Sanchez (O) pinned Frost (L), 2:40

152 — Nick Bauman (O) pinned Beringer (L), 3:14

160 — Adam Troll (O) dec. O’Brien (L) 9-8

171 — Brian Eichhorn (O) dec. Nodine (L), 14-3

189 — Mike Petsas (O) pinned Legade (L), 3:35

215 — Luke Kregbiel (O) pinned Fitzpatrick (L), 4:59

275 — Jim Bradshaw (O) won by forfeit

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Olympia 54, Porta 9

103 — Fred Marx (P) dec. Caleb Dietrich (O), 16-19

112 — A. Deloriea (O) dec. Boltman (P), 10-8

119 — Tim Deloriea (O) pinned Stott (P), :39

125 — Lingle (O) won by forfeit

130 — Josh Collins (O) dec. Kern (P), 15-5

135 — J. Dietrich (O) dec. Laughlin (P), 19-7

140 — Sanchez (O) technical fall over Brown (P), 19-1

145 — Jason Wilson (O) won by forfeit

152 — Thomas (P) pinned Holloway (O), 6:41

160 — Adam Beccue (O) dec. Downing (P), 11-1

171 — Eichhorn (O) dec. Weaver (P), 8-0

189 — Petasas (O) dec. Pierce (P), 3-2

215 — Krehbiel (O) dec. Hudsptun (P), 8-7

275 — Matt Newhaus (O) pinned McCoy (P), :48

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[JAN. 19, 2001]  Marlon Brooks and Jay Bates carried Lincoln College to a hard fought 80-78 victory over Illinois Central College of East Peoria at the Lincoln College gym Thursday night. Lincoln College, ranked eighth in the nation in the latest poll, came from behind in the second half to post the victory and run their record to 13-4 for the season.

Illinois Central held a 37-33 lead at halftime and increased the margin to seven points with just over 10 minutes left in the contest. At that point, Brooks and Bates took over. Brooks hit a 3-point basket to knot the score, and shortly thereafter Bates hit a pair of free throws to give the Lynx the lead. The Lynx managed to stay on top the final five minutes, but were not able to put much distance between themselves and the visitors. Brooks kept the Lynx on top by hitting free throws down the stretch.

Lincoln College, struggling at the foul line most of the season, hit a very respectable 78 percent from the line, 83 percent the second half. The Lynx shot nearly 45 percent from the floor and had a 38-29 rebounding advantage.

Brooks led all scorers with 33 points, making eight of 13 shots from the floor and 14 of 17 at the foul line. Brooks was also 3 of 5 from 3-point land. Bates contributed 20 points on 8 of 12 shots from the floor and 4 of 7 free throws.  Also contributing double figures was Eric Crockrell, with 12 points. He also pulled down 11 rebounds, one less than Bates.  Illinois Central had five players in double figures, led by David Roos with 19.

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Lincoln College (80) — Gene Reed 1-2-0-0-3, Creston Coleman 2-8-0-0-5, Jay Bates 8-12-4-7-20, Ryan Brinker 0-5-3-4-3, Marlon Brooks 8-13-14-17-33, Michael Sams 0-1-0-0-0, Brian Moffitt 1-4-2-2-4, Eric Crockrell 5-10-2-2-12, Brian Thorsen 0-1-0-0-0.  Totals: 25-56-25-32.  Three-point goals: Reed 1, Coleman 1, Brooks 3.

Illinois Central (78) — Don Slach 4-7-0-0-11, Geoffrey Richard 3-9-3-5-11, Grant Uftring 1-2-1-2-3, Joel Elam 3-7-0-2-6, Chris Taylor 4-5-2-4-10, David Roos 9-15-1-1-19, Zach Scheirer 7-11-4-4-18.  Totals: 31-56-11-18-78.  Three-point goals: Slach 3, Richard 2.

[Bill Martinie,
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[JAN. 18, 2001]  Lincoln’s Lady Railers traveled to Jacksonville on Tuesday to face off against the girls from Jacksonville High School’s basketball team. The two teams were tied at the end of the first quarter, 12-12. Jacksonville led at the half, 28-18, but Lincoln rebounded in the third quarter, 37-35. Unfortunately, Jacksonville rallied in the last quarter to win, 57-49.

Lincoln had four 3-pointers, one each by Bunch, Ingram, Oller and Whalen. Humbert and Oller each made 16 points during the game. Cook and Peters each made four points. Altogether, the team made four 3-pointers, 13 field goals, 11 free throws and 49 points.

The schools’ junior varsity teams also competed. Lincoln won that game 45-23.

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[JAN. 18, 2001]  Yesterday afternoon, Hartsburg-Emden High School’s boys basketball team faced off against Petersburg Porta. At the end of each quarter, Petersburg had about a six-point lead. In the last quarter, Hartsburg narrowed the gap to two points, but Petersburg won 44-42.

Hartsburg-Emden’s Aper shot four 3-pointers and two 2-point field goals to equal 16 points for Hartsburg. L. Jones earned the second-highest number of points, 12, with his five field goals and two free throws. A. Jones made three field goals, or six points. Leesman made four points with two field goals. Gleason scored two points, and Anderson and Behrends each scored a point. Altogether the team made four 3-pointers, 13 field goals and four free throws.

Behrends and Reichart each scored a 3-pointer for Petersburg. Hitchock led the team with 15 points. He made six field goals and three free throws. Behrends made two field goals in addition to his 3-pointer, plus three free throws. The other individual statistics were as follows: Reichart 2-2-7, Thomas 2-1-5, Sorrells 2-1-5 and Salefski 1-0-2. Altogether Petersburg made two 3-pointers, 14 field goals, 10 free throws and 44 points.

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[JAN. 17, 2001] 

Boys

Intercity

Olympia vs. Normal Community

Normal Community won on their home court against the Olympia Stags.

Olympia, playing a strong first half, was tied 24-24 with Normal at the halftime, but Normal poured on the offense in the second half.

Quarter scores (Olympia first): 10-9, 24-24, 28-50, 37-61.

Olympia team stats: Dillenburg 2-0-5, Lee 2-0-4, Holliger 4-2-12, Wise 2-0-5, Olson 3-0-7, Kendrick 1-0-2 and Hayes 1-0-2; totaling 15 field goals, 2 free throws, for 37 points.

Also on the roster: Sherman, Burkhart, Sutton, Walker, and Wright.

Scoring 3-point field goals for Olympia: Holliger 2, Dillenburg, Wise and Olson.

Junior varsity: Normal Community 65, Olympia 54

Sangamo

Illini Central vs. Riverton

Playing at Riverton, Illini Central whopped Riverton 65-43.

Quarter scores: 10-11, 27-20, 49-30, 65-43.

Leading scorer Arnold, with 20, also had the team’s one 3-point field goal.

Illini Central team stats: Miller 2-2-6, Hankins 5-0-10, Fletcher 5-2-12, Grimsley 4-2-10, Giesler 1-0-2, Arnold 7-5-20 and Jo. Deters 1-3-5; totaling 25 field goals, 14 free throws, for 65 points.

Also on their roster: Mulford, Hermon, Cunningham and Scott.

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Tomahawk

Mount Pulaski vs. Athens

The Hilltoppers sank Athens 66-46 on the Athens home court.

Quarter scores (Mount Pulaski first): 12-3, 30-13, 50-34, 66-46.

High scorer for Mount Pulaski was Anderson with 20 points.

Team stats: Wilson 0-1-1, Anderson 9-1-20, Olson 2-0-4, Davis 4-0-8, Blaum 1-8-10, Waymire 1-0-2, Gieske, Deibert 1-0-2 and Brown 6-1-13, totaling 26 field goals, 13 free throws, for 66 points.

Also on the roster: Schilling, Coers, Smith, Erlenbush and Fuller.

One 3-point field goal was made for the Hilltoppers by Anderson.

Junior varsity: Mount Pulaski 64, Athens 44.

Hartsburg-Emden vs. Havana

Hartsburg fell to Havana 57-38.

Quarter scores: 10-13, 19-31, 26-47, 38-57.

Hartem team stats: Aper 4-1-11, Ko. Leesman 1-3-5, Ke. Leesman 1-0-2, Anderson 3-1-7, Behrens 1-1-3, Gleason 3-0-6, Sherwood 1-0-2, A. Jones 1-0-2 and L. Jones; totaling 15 field goals, 6 free throws, for 38 points.

Aper of Hartsburg-Emden had the game’s one 3-point field goal.

Girls

Tomahawk

Mount Pulaski vs. Meridian

The Lady Hilltoppers fell to Meridian at Macon.

Quarter scores: 9-13, 14-38, 20-47, 29-58.

Mount Pulaski team stats: Howe 2-1-5, Faith 1-2-4, Stoll, Reeley, E. Beckers 1-2-4, K. Beckers 3-2-8, Rucks 1-0-2 and Sanders 3-0-6; totaling 11 field goals, 29 free throws, for 29 points.

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[JAN. 17, 2001]  Tickets may be purchased in the main office at Lincoln Community High School for the Lincoln vs. Jacksonville basketball game to be played at the Prairie Capitol Convention Center in Springfield on Tuesday, Jan. 23. Prices are $4 for adults and $2 for students, and the tickets may be purchased until noon on Jan. 23. Tickets will also be sold at the Lincoln vs. Lockport basketball game on Saturday, Jan. 20.

[JAN. 17, 2001]  It was downhill all the way as a tired team of Preachers (14-7) played Missouri Baptist (13-7) at St. Louis. It was a 41-33 Baptist lead at halftime, but by game’s end the Baptists upset the Preachers by 38 points, 94-56.

Coach Randy Kirk had a tough time reviving his team after the halftime. He said, "We were outmanned at every position. In the first half we played over our heads, we played with a lot of energy. We started running out of energy, they (the Baptists) got chewed out, and that was not a good combination.

"We played a first half attack in offense. Second half we were standing around playing offensively." Kirk added.

LCC team stats: Clark 4-2-12, Raymer 2-0-4, Weber, Bowman 2-0-4, Watson 6-2-14, Turney 4-0-10, Okusami 5-0-10 and Simmons 1-0-2; totaling 24 field goals, 4 free throws, for 56 points.

Watson, with 14, was high scorer for Lincoln, while Clark and Turney each scored two 3-point field goals.

The Preachers play Great Lakes and Grace Bible colleges in Michigan this weekend.

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[JAN. 17, 2001]  Jessica Trainer established a new single-game free throw record by connecting on 12 of 13 attempts, including 10 straight, to lead the Lincoln College women's basketball team to a 73-63 victory over McKendree at Lincoln Tuesday night. The victory runs the Lincoln College record to 12-2 for the season.

Lincoln bolted to a 15-9 lead in the first 10 minutes of the game and then outscored the visitors 22-13 the remainder of the first half to take a comfortable 37-22 lead to the locker room at intermission. Trainer was the story in the second half as she connected on all 12 charity tosses, 10 coming in the final 10 minutes of the game. The Lynx made only three field goals in the final 10 minutes but hit 17 of 25 foul shots to seal the victory.

Five Lynx reached double figures, with Trainer and Christine Lott both netting 14 to lead the way. Joining the pair in double figures were Sarah McLaughlin with 13 and Ronnie Beebe and Jesse Dullard with 12 each. McKendree stayed close by hitting seven 3-point baskets, compared to none for the Lynx. Hartrich led all scorers with 20 points, including four 3-point goals.

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Lincoln College (73) — Candace Sheley 1-1-4-3, Christine Lott 7-0-0-14, Jessica Trainer 1-12-13-14, Tammy Bausley 0-3-4-3, Jenny Story 1-0-0-2, Ronni Beebe 3-6-6-12, Sarah McLaughlin 6-1-6-13, Jesse Dullard 5-2-3-12.  Totals: 24-25-36-73.

McKendree (63) — Witte 3-3-4-11, Martz 1-0-0-2, Louden 2-0-0-4, Hartrich 8-0-0-20, Beiermann 3-3-4-10, Durham 3-1-2-7, Stearns 2-0-0-4, Bisso 2-1-4-5. Totals: 24-8-14-63.  Three-point goals: Witte 2, Hartrich 4, Beiermann 1.

[Bill Martinie,
Lincoln College sports information director]

[JAN. 16, 2001]  Illini Central High School hosted Athens for a basketball game in Mason City. The IC girls beat Athens 64-54.

Damm scored half of Illini Central’s points. She made three 3-pointers, six field goals, and 11 free throws to equal 32 points. Winkelman also was an asset to the team with her 17 points. She shot six field goals and five free throws. Oney made two 3-pointers and one field goal, or eight points. The rest of the statistics were as follows: Harvey 1-2-4, Montgomery 0-2-2 and Hankins 0-1-1.

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[JAN. 16, 2001]  National power Indian Hills rolled to a 92-64 victory over the Lincoln College Lynx at Ottumwa, Iowa, on Monday night. The seventh-ranked Lynx drop to 12-4 on the season.

Indian Hills used a huge 21-10 scoring advantage from the bench to post the victory over the Lynx. Lincoln stayed within range during the first half despite Indian Hills shooting a torrid 61 percent (17 of 28). Lincoln trailed by 11 at halftime, 43-32, and the hosts outscored the Lynx 49-32 in the second half. The Lynx managed only 33 percent shooting from the floor in the second half (15 of 45).  

Jay Bates and Marlon Brooks, with 19 points each, were top scorers for Lincoln College. Brian Moffitt contributed 10 points for coach B. J. McCullum.  Eric Crockrell pulled down nine rebounds to lead the Lynx. Indian Hills had a slim 44-43 rebounding edge in the contest. J. K. Edwards led all scorers with 20 for the hosts.

Lincoln College (64) — Michael Whrle 0-0-0-0-0, Gene Reed 0-1-0-0-0, Creston Coleman 1-6-0-0-2, Jay Bates 7-11-5-8-19, Ryan Brinker 0-3-0-0-0, Marlon Brooks 9-26-0-0-19, Michael Sams 2-4-0-0-4, Brian Moffitt 5-14-0-1-10, Eric Crockrell 3-8-0-5-6, Brian Thorsen 2-5-0-0-4.  Totals: 29-78-5-14-64.  Three-point goals: Brooks 1.

Indian Hills (92) — Brandon Brooks 7-10-1-1-16, Chauncey Leslie 3-6-0-2-8, Jake Wessel 2-2-4-4-8, Marcus Cooke 6-7-3-4-15, Willie McCloud 1-5-0-1-2, Jerome Harper 5-10-0-1-12, J. K. Edwards 10-17-0-3-20, Jason Sarchet 2-3-1-1-5, Chris Alexander 1-3-4-5-6.  Totals: 37-63-13-22-92.  Three-point goals: Brooks 1, Leslie 2, Harper 2.

[Bill Martinie,
Lincoln College sports information director]

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