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 Boys
high school basketball 
[JAN.
31, 2001]  
 
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 Illini Central vs.
Delavan 
Illini
Central topped Delavan in overtime by three points in a real barnburner that
never varied by more than five points at the end of each quarter. 
Quarter
scores: 12-14, 24-23, 36-31, 46-46, 53-50. 
Leading
the game for IC in high points were Arnold 20, Grimsley 9, Miller 8 and Fletcher
8. 
Illini Central
team stats: Miller 4-0-8, Hankins 1-0-2, Fletcher 3-2-8, Herman, Giesler Scott,
Arnold 8-4-20, Deters 2-0-4, Giesler 1-0-2 and Grimsley 2-5-9; totaling 21 field
goals and 11 free throws, for 53 points. 
Mount Pulaski vs.
Buffalo Tri-City 
The
Hilltoppers tamed Buffalo with a 70-58 win at Buffalo. 
Leading
the game for Mount Pulaski in high points were Brown 25, Davis 9 and Smith 8. 
Four
3-point field goals for the Hilltoppers were scored by Brown (2), Davis and
Anderson. 
Mount Pulaski
team stats: Brown 9-5-25, Davis 3-2-9, Gieske 3-0-6, Blaum 1-1-3, Clark 1-1-3,
Schilling 1-1-3, Smith 4-0-8, Wilson 3-0-6, Anderson 3-0-7; totaling 28 field
goals and 10 free throws, for 70 points. 
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 Girls
high school basketball 
[JAN.
31, 2001] 
 
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 Illini Central vs. Petersburg 
IC
got off to a slow start but flip-flopped the game in the second half. Down by
nine in the first quarter, 16-25, they picked up only 14 points to Petersburg’s
17 in the second quarter for a 12-point lag at the half, 30-42. At the end of
the third quarter they were tied 58-58. Still tied after the fourth, 76-76, they
inched out Petersburg, winning by one point in overtime, 84-83. 
Leading
the game for IC in high points were Winkelman 28, Damm 17 and Harvey 15. 
Illini
Central team stats: Birch, McDonnell, Damm 5-5-17, Hankins, Seer, Blackstock,
Montgomery 1-0-2, Durdle, Harvey 6-3-15, Francis 1-0-2, Oney 4-2-11, Sh.
Blackstock 2-1-5, Meikle, Winkelman 12-4-28, Bitner 1-2-4; totaling 32 field
goals and 17 free throws, for 84 points. 
Three 3-point
field goals for IC were scored by Damm (2) and Oney. 
Olympia vs. Prairie Central 
Olympia
fell to Prairie Central at Stanford 
Quarter
scores: 6-18, 13-27, 26-36, 41-53. 
Leading
the game for Olympia in high points were Gaither 10 and Prager 8. 
Olympia
team stats: Lubbert 1-0-3, Prager 3-0-8, Fraher 2-4-8, Gaither 3-2-10, Litwiller
1-0-2, Doombos 1-2-4, Floyd 3-0-6; totaling 14 field goals and 8 free throws,
for 41 points. 
Five 3-point
field goals were scored for Olympia by Gaither (2), Prager (2) and Lubbert. 
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 Boys
high school swimming 
[JAN.
31, 2001] 
Olympia
115, Lincoln 60
 
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 Event
winners: 
200-yard
medley relay — Olympia (Kindred, Brooks, Hentzen, Clark), 2:01.15 
200
freestyle — Brooks (O), 2:14.60 
200
individual medley — Eaton (O), 2:33.82 
50
freestyle — Hentzen (O), 26:68 
Diving
– Doctorian (O), score unavailable 
100
butterfly — Sloot (L), 1:01.57 
100
freestyle — Eaton (O), 58:99 
500
freestyle — Hentzen (O), 6:00.11 
200
freestyle — Olympia (Clark, Doctorian, Peine, Eaton), 1:51.20 
100
backstroke — Sloot (L), 1:06.14 
100
breaststroke — Kindred (O), 1:12.40 
400 freestyle
relay — Olympia (Hentzen, Eaton, Brooks, Kindred), 4:05.91
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 Junior
high volleyball 
 [JAN.
31, 2001] 
At
Stanford:
 
Seventh
grade  —
 Chiddix defeated Olympia 15-0, 15-11 
Eighth grade  —
 Chiddix defeated Olympia 15-8, 15-2
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 Illini
Central vs. Midwest Central 
 [JAN.
30, 2001] 
On
Monday afternoon, Illini Central’s girls basketball team faced off against
Midwest Central. The Lady Cougars were down in the first quarter, but they came
back in the second quarter and stayed ahead of Midwest for the rest of the game.
Illini Central won 65-54.
 
Winkleman
led Illini Central’s team with eight field goals, five free throws and 21
points. Oney and Damm were also assets to their team, scoring 15 points each.
Oney shot two of the team’s four 3-pointers, plus four field goals and one
free throw. Damm made one of the team’s 3-pointers, along with three field
goals and six free throws. Harvey scored six points with her two field goals and
two free throws. Francis made one field goal and two free throws to earn four
points. Montgomery shot the team’s remaining 3-pointer, and Sh. Blackstock
made one point. Altogether, the Lady Cougars made four 3-pointers, 18 field
goals and 17 free throws. 
Midwest
made four 3-pointers as well, but only 17 field goals and eight free throws. 
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 Hartem
junior high volleyball vs. Tremont 
 [JAN.
30, 2001] 
Yesterday,
Hartsburg-Emden’s junior high volleyball team played an away match against
Tremont. Hartem brought back two victories.
 
The
seventh grade team beat Tremont 15-4 and 15-13. The eighth grade team defeated
Tremont 15-9 and 15-8. 
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 Lincoln
Gators swim at weekend meet in Champaign 
[JAN.
29, 2001] 
When the Lincoln Gator Swim
Club participated in the 2001 Mid Winter Classic at Champaign on Jan. 27 and 28,
two swimmers on the team turned in new A times.
 
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 Brennan Elsas achieved two new A
times: one in the 25-yard freestyle, with a time of 16.70, and another in the
50-yard backstroke, with a time of 43.80. Brennan has now achieved A times in
three different events.
 
Sam Wood also achieved some new A
times this weekend. He has earned four A times so far. His new ones are in the
25-yard free, with a time of 16.87; in the 25-yard fly, with a time of 19.36;
and in the 50-yard backstroke, with a new team record time of 42.58. Sam also
broke his own 100 IM record by three seconds with a time of 1:38.94. 
Other results for Gator swimmers
among the top 10 finishers are listed below. 
8 and under girls 
Alberta Danley
— 25 free, 3rd B;
50 fly; 1st C, 53.99; 100 free, 7th B; 50 back, 4th C; 25 breast, 10th B; 50
free, 5th B 
Katie Martin
— 100 IM, 9th C; 25
free, 8th C; 50 breast, 6th C; 25 fly, 10th C; 50 back, 8th C; 25 breast, 6th C 
  
 
 
  
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8 and under boys 
Brennan Elsas
— 25 free, 2nd A;
50 breast, 6th B; 25 back, 4th A; 50 back, 4th A; 25 breast, 5th B; 50 free, 1st
B, 38.13 
Sam Wood
— 100 IM, 1st B,
1:38.94, team record; 25 free, 4th A; 50 breast, 4th B; 25 back, 2nd A; 50 fly,
1st B, 45.76; 100 free, 2nd B; 25 fly, 4th A; 50 back, 3rd A, 42.58; team
record; 25 breast, 4th B; 50 free, 2nd B 
Zach Ziemba
— 100 IM, 4th C; 25
free, 4th B; 25 back, 6th C; 50 fly, 6th C; 100 free; 3rd C, 25 fly, 6th B; 50
back, 7th C, 50 free, 5th C 
9 and 10 boys 
Andy Martin
— 50 free, 7th C, 50
breast, 7th C; 100 back, 7th C; 50 back, 6th C; 100 breast, 4th C 
11 and 12 girls 
Cathy Caldwell
— 50 free, 2nd C;
50 fly, 10th C; 100 IM, 3rd C; 50 back, 1st C, 42.43 
Gabrielle Ernst
— 200 IM, 5th B;
50 breast, 6th B; 50 fly, 2nd B; 100 IM, 3rd B; 50 back, 4th B; 100 breast, 3rd
B; 100 free, 3rd B 
  
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 LCHS vs. Springfield 
 [JAN.
29, 2001] 
This weekend Lincoln Community High School’s boys basketball team
competed against Springfield in an away match. 
The Railsplitters beat Springfield 67-52.
 
Alexander, with
23, made seven field goals and nine free throws to earn a third of Lincoln’s
points.  Tungate aided the team with
seven field goals, two free throws and 16 points. 
Williams scored the team’s one 3-pointer plus three field goals and
three free throws, to equal 12 points.  The
rest of the individual statistics were as follows: 
Schonauer 4-0-8, Ashley 2-0-4, Komnick 1-0-2 and Schrader 1-0-2.  
The
Railsplitters shot one 3-pointer, 25 field goals and 14 free throws. 
Springfield made seven 3-pointers, 12 field goals and
seven free throws.
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 Hartsburg-Emden vs. Tremont 
[JAN.
29, 2001] 
Hartsburg-Emden
traveled to Tremont this weekend to compete in a boys’ basketball game. 
Tremont won 60-42.
 
Aper led
Hartem’s team with two 3-pointers, two field goals, four free throws and 14
points.  Gleason also scored a
3-pointer for the Stags, along with two field goals and two free throws, for a
total of nine points.  Wrage made
nine points as well.  He shot three
field goals and three free throws.  Ke.
Leesman made three field goals and two free throws for eight of Hartem’s
points.  Jones scored two points for
the Stags. 
Altogether
Hartsburg-Emden made three 3-pointers, 11 field goals and 11 free throws. 
Tremont shot a total of two 3-pointers, 23 field goals
and eight free throws. 
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 Olympia
girls vs. U-High 
Olympia boys vs. Limestone 
 [JAN.
29, 2001] 
Both of Olympia High School’s basketball teams
competed this weekend.  The girls
traveled to Normal to play against University High.  The boys played at home against Bartonville Limestone.
 
The Lady
Spartans lost to U-High 56-40.  Oly’s
five 3-pointers were made by Gaither and Floyd. Gaither shot four 3-pointers,
one field goal and three free throws to earn 17 points for the Lady Spartans. 
Floyd scored seven points for Olympia with her 3-pointer, field goal and
two free throws.  The rest of the
individual statistics were as follows:  Doornbos
2-1-5, Gale 2-0-4, Litwiller 1-0-2, Prager 1-0-2, Short 1-0-2 and Lubbert 0-1-1. 
Altogether, the
Lady Spartans made five 3-pointers, nine field goals, and seven free throws. 
University High
made a total of 22 field goals and 12 free throws. 
Limestone more
than doubled Olympia’s final score, 55-23.  Kendrick was the top scorer for the Spartans. His six points
came from two 3-pointers.  Wise shot
two field goals, or four points.  Holliger
and Sherman each made one 3-pointer for Oly’s team.  The rest of the individual statistics were as follows: 
Holliger 1-0-3, Sherman 1-0-3, Wright 1-0-2, Bode 1-0-2, Lee 0-2-2, Olson
0-1-1.  As a team, the Spartans made
four 3-pointers, four field goals and three free throws. 
Limestone
scored six 3-pointers, 13 field goals and 11 free throws. 
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 Four
teams wrestle at Olympia 
[JAN.
29, 2001] 
Four
teams met in Mount Zion this weekend for a wrestling competition: Olympia, Mount
Zion, Charleston and Robinson. Olympia beat each of these teams pretty easily.
The results of the individual matches were as follows:
 
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 Olympia 48,
Mount Zion 17 
103
pounds — Olympia: Caleb Dietrich won by forfeit 
112
— Olympia: Alan DeLoriea won by forfeit 
119
— Olympia: Tim DeLoriea pinned Cox, 0:25 
125
— Olympia: Josh Collins won by pin, 1:12 
130
— Olympia: Justin Collins won by forfeit 
135
— Olympia: Brian DeLoriea decisioned Rouch, 12-4 
140
— Olympia: Carlos Sanchez won by decision, 23-6 
145
— Mount Zion: decision Nick Bauman, 7-2 
152
— Mount Zion: decision Lucas Holloway, 7-2 
160
— Mount Zion: McMillan decisioned Adam Beccue, 23-7 
171
— Olympia: Brian Eichhorn decisioned Adkins, 9-7 
189
— Mount Zion: decision Mike Petsas, 11-4 
215
— Mount Zion: decision Luke Krehbiel, 5-1 
275
— Olympia: Matt Neuhas pinned Kier, 1:31 
Olympia 68,
Charleston 6 
103
— Olympia: Caleb Dietrich decisioned McGilliard, 14-6 
112
— Olympia: Alan DeLoriea pinned Yost, 1:25 
119
— Olympia: Adam Sheppleman decisioned Kardin, 16-9 
125
— Olympia: Josh Collins won by forfeit 
130
— Olympia: Justin Collins pinned Gross, 1:07 
135
— Olympia: Brian DeLoriea won by forfeit 
140
— Olympia: Justin Dietrich decisioned Cambell, 12-9 
145
— Olympia: Carlos Sanchez won by forfeit 
152
— Olympia: Nick Bauman pinned Coleman, 5:05 
  
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— Olympia: Adam Beccue decisioned Bollinger, 3-2 
171
— Olympia: Brian Eichhorn pinned Cordes, 1:42 
189
— Olympia: Mike Petsas pinned Walden, 1:17 
215
— Charleston: Wurtsbaugh pinned Luke Krehbiel, 3:42 
275
— Olympia: Matt Neuhas pinned Smith, 1:38 
Olympia 49,
Robinson 12 
103
— Olympia: Brent Kendrick pinned Stangle, 1:38 
112
— Olympia: Alan DeLoriea decisioned Ault, 9-7 
119
— Olympia: Kevin McCuen pinned Robinson, 3:32 
125
— Olympia: Cody Lingle decisioned Freed, 16-1 
130
— Olympia: Eric Seline decisioned Midaft, 22-6 
135
— Olympia: Brian DeLoriea decisioned Glover, 12-5 
140
— Robinson: D. Lindy decisioned Justin Dietrich, 12-7 
145
— Olympia: Nick Bauman decisioned M. Lindy, 16-6 
152
— Olympia: Lucas Holloway pinned Littlejohn, 2:53 
160
— Double forfeit 
171
— Olympia: Brian Eichhorn decisioned Parker, 18-1 
189
— Robinson: Midget decisioned Mike Petsas, 10-4 
215
— Robinson: won by forfeit 
275
— Olympia: Matt Neuhas pinned Robinson, 5:13 
 
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 Lincoln
College vs. Lincoln Land 
[JAN.
29, 2001] 
Lincoln
College’s basketball teams competed in Springfield on Saturday against the
Lincoln Land Loggers and brought home two victories. 
The Lady Lynx beat the Lady Loggers 92-81. 
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the first half, the Lady Lynx were behind the Lady Loggers by one point, 44-43,
but they worked hard to stay ahead of Lincoln Land in the second half. 
Four of the Lady Lynx really stood out in Saturday’s game: 
Ronni Beebe, Christine Lott, Tameeka Dawson and Tiffany Thomas. 
Beebe shot four field goals and 11 free throws to earn her 19 points. 
Lott’s nine field goals gave her 18 points. 
Dawson scored 17 points with seven field goals and three free throws. 
Thomas made the team’s two 3-pointers plus three field goals and two
free throws, to equal 14 points.  The
rest of the individual statistics were as follows: 
Sarah McLaughlin 3-2-8, Tammy Bausley 3-1-7, Jesse Dullard 3-0-6, Candace
Sheley 1-0-2 and Shaquia Humphrey 0-1-1. 
Altogether, the
Lady Lynx scored two 3-pointers, 33 field goals, 20 free throws and 92 points. 
The Lady
Loggers shot four 3-pointers, 22 field goals, 25 free throws and 81 points. 
  
 
 
 
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In the men’s
game, Lincoln’s Lynx led in the first half and only increased their lead in
the second half.  Brian Moffit and
Eric Crockrell each scored 14 points for their team — Moffit with seven field
goals and Crockrell with six field goals and two free throws. 
The next highest scorers were Creston Coleman and Jay Bates, each with 12
points. Coleman shot five field goals and two free throws.  Bates scored four field goals and four free throws. Marlon
Brooks made two of Lincoln College’s four 3-pointers plus two field goals and
one free throw, to equal 11 points.  Gene
Reed shot the other two 3-pointers for the team, along with two field goals, and
earned 10 points for the Lynx.  Michael
Sams and Brian Thorsen each made three points for their team. 
Lincoln
College’s men’s team scored a total of four 3-pointers, 28 field goals, 11
free throws and 79 points.  Their
record is now 16-4, and they are ranked eighth in the nation. 
Lincoln
Land’s men’s team made three 3-pointers, 16 field goals, 12 free throws and
53 points. 
For their next
games, the Lynx and Lady Lynx are scheduled to compete against Spoon River’s
teams on Wednesday, Jan. 31, here in Lincoln. 
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 LCC
Angels top Cincinnati; 
Preachers defeat North Central 
[JAN.
29, 2001] 
The basketball tournament
hosted by Lincoln Christian College is over. 
The participating teams included one that was not listed in Saturday’s
posting about the tournament: North Central. 
On Saturday afternoon, Lincoln Christian’s Preachers and Angels each
played a game.  The ladies competed
against Cincinnati Bible College.  The
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Angels got ahead of Cincinnati and led the whole game. 
The final score was 54-39.  Lincoln’s
Robbins scored half of her team’s points and all six of the team’s
3-pointers.  In addition, she made
three field goals and one free throw, for a total of 25 points. 
O’Malley was the next highest scorer, with 10 points. 
O’Malley made four field goals and two free throws. 
Wertin helped the team with three field goals and one free throw, or
seven points.  The rest of the
individual statistics were as follows:  Flaherty
2-0-4, Jewell 2-0-4, Szostek 1-0-2 and Vownen 1-0-2. 
  
  
As a team, the
Angels shot six 3-pointers, 16 field goals, four free throws and 54 points. 
Cincinnati’s
ladies made a total of four 3-pointers, 10 field goals, seven free throws and 39
points. 
  
  
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teams from LCC and North Central ended the first half of their game with Lincoln
Christian ahead by two points.  In
the second half, the Preachers tied and surpassed North Central’s team to end
the game at 92-87.  Once again, Matt
Clark was a key player for the Preachers, scoring a third of the team’s
points. Clark made four 3-pointers, six field goals and 10 free throws, to equal
34 points.  Antoni Okusami, Donnie
Bowman and Dante Watson were also important contributors in Saturday’s game. 
Okusami made six field goals and five free throws to earn 17 points for
Lincoln.  Bowman shot five field
goals and four free throws, or 14 points.  Watson
scored 13 points with his five field goals and three free throws.  Jim Turney helped his team by earning nine points with one 3-pointer, one
field goal and four free throws.  Josh
Weber made four points and Jake Raymer made one point for Lincoln. 
Altogether, the
Preachers shot five 3-pointers, 25 field goals, 27 free throws and 92 points. 
North Central
made 11 3-pointers, 16 field goals, 22 free throws and 87 points. 
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             High
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            [JAN.
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             Olympia
            vs. University High 
            
            University
            High traveled to Olympia yesterday afternoon to compete in a
            basketball game and beat Olympia 75-40. 
            Kendrick,
            Lee, Holliger and Hayes each made a 3-pointer for the Spartans. 
            Lee scored the most points for Oly in yesterday’s game: 11. 
            Besides his 3-pointer, he also made three field goals and two
            free throws.  Wise and
            Holliger made the second highest number of points for Olympia’s
            team.  Wise shot two
            field goals, three free throws and seven points. 
            Holliger shot two field goals in addition to his 3-pointer,
            to equal seven points.  The
            rest of the individual statistics were as follows: 
            Kendrick 2-0-5, Olson 2-1-5, Hayes 1-0-3 and Bode 1-0-2. 
            As a team, the Spartans shot four 3-pointers, 11 field goals
            and six free throws. 
            U-High
            made a total of 11 3-pointers, 16 field goals and 10 free
            throws. 
            The sophomore teams for Olympia and University High
            played a close game, but the final score still went to U-High,
            60-54. 
            
              
            Illini
            Central vs. Pleasant Plains 
            
            Illini
            Central beat Pleasant Plains in an away game yesterday afternoon,
            61-57. 
            The
            Cougars played a balanced game, with each player participating
            equally.  Miller made
            six field goals, four free throws and 16 points. 
            Hankins shot four field goals, seven free throws and 15
            points.  Fletcher and Grimsley each made 11 points. 
            Fletcher scored three field goals and five free throws. 
            Grimsley made five field goals and one free throw. 
            Arnold shot the team’s one 3-pointer, another field goal
            and one free throw, to equal six points. 
            Deters made two points for the Cougars. 
            Altogether, the team made one 3-pointer, 20 field goals
            and 18 free throws. 
            Pleasant
            Plains scored five 3-pointers, 14 field goals and 14 free throws. 
            
              
            Hartsburg-Emden
            vs. Greenview 
            
            Hartsburg-Emden
            played an away match in Greenview yesterday. 
            Unfortunately, the Stags lost the basketball game to
            Greenview, 61-39. 
            Gleason
            was the Stags' top player in yesterday’s game. 
            He made three 3-pointers, two field goals and one free
            throw, or 14 points.  In
            addition to Gleason’s three 3-pointers, Behrends shot another
            3-pointer.  The rest of
            the individual statistics were as follows: 
            Anderson 3-0-6, Wrage 2-1-5, Aper 2-0-4, K. Leesman 0-4-4,
            Behrends 1-0-3, L. Jones 1-1-3. 
            The Stags scored four 3-pointers, 10 field goals, seven free
            throws and 39 points. 
            Greenview
            made three 3-pointers, 21 field goals, 10 free throws and 61
            points. 
            
            
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             College
            basketball tournament at Lincoln Christian 
            
            [JAN.
            27, 2001]  This
            weekend Lincoln Christian College is hosting a basketball tournament for both
            men’s and women’s teams.  Kentucky Christian College, Cincinnati Bible College and
            Central Bible College are here to compete against Lincoln and each
            other.  Last night,
            Lincoln played two games.  The
            Angels lost to Kentucky 75-44. 
            The Preachers lost to Central 83-70. 
             Kentucky Christian
            College started the game ahead and never let up. 
            As a team, Kentucky shot five 3-pointers, 27 field goals, six
            free throws and 75 points. 
            One of Lincoln’s
            Angels,
            Robbins, made all of the team's five 3-pointers as well as three
            field goals, for a total of 21 points. 
            Jewell shot three field goals and three free throws to equal
            nine points.  Flahderty
            earned six points with her three field goals. 
            Spiering, Wertin, Urton and O’Malley each made two points
            for Lincoln.  Altogether, the Angels scored five 3-pointers, 13 field goals, three
            free throws and 44 points. 
            According to the
            Preacher’s coach, Randy Kirk, “The first four minutes of the
            second half killed us. That’s where the ballgame was won....We
            tried to crawl back in it, but we could never get over the hump.” 
            The closest the score of the game was 72-64.  Besides the lead Central had over Lincoln, coach Kirk
            observed, “...when they missed, they got easy put-backs.” 
            Central Bible College
            made seven 3-pointers, 24 field goals, 14 free throws and 83
            points. 
            Matt
            Clark scored almost half of the Preacher’s points. 
            Clark made four 3-pointers, six field goals and eight free
            throws, to equal 32 points.  The
            next highest scorers were Jake Raymer and Dante Watson, each with 12
            points.  Raymer shot one
            3-pointer, two field goals and five free throws. 
            Watson made six field goals. 
            Donnie Bowman scored one 3-pointer, two field goals and one
            free throw.  Jim Turney
            and Antoni Okusami helped their teams with four points and two
            points respectively.  As
            a team, the Preachers made six 3-pointers, 19 field goals, 14 free
            throws and 70 points. 
            The new record for Lincoln’s Preachers is 15 wins and 10
            losses.
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             High
            school girls basketball 
            
            [JAN.
            26, 2001]   
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             Mount
            Pulaski vs. Williamsville 
            
            Mount
            Pulaski High School’s girls basketball team played an away match
            yesterday afternoon against Williamsville.  Williamsville defeated the Lady Hilltoppers 63-27. 
            Mount
            Pulaski’s team had one 3-pointer, made by Faith.  The individual statistics were as follows: 
            Clevenger 4-0-8, Sanders 2-4-8, Faith 2-0-5, Rucks 0-3-3, K.
            Beckers 1-0-2 and Howe 0-1-1.  Altogether, the girls made one 3-pointer, eight field goals and eight free throws. 
            Williamsville shot a total of three 3-pointers, 20
            field goals and 14 free throws. 
            
              
            Olympia vs. Normal Community 
            
            The
            Lady Spartans hosted Normal Community High School’s basketball
            team in Stanford yesterday.  The
            game went to Normal, 50-41. 
            Olympia’s
            top player in yesterday’s game was Gaither. 
            She scored one 3-pointer, five field goals and three free
            throws to equal 16 points.  Doornbos
            was Oly’s second highest scorer, with nine points from four field
            goals and one free throw.  Just
            behind Doornbod was Bachman.  She
            shot four field goals, or eight points. 
            The remaining individual statistics were as follows: 
            Litwiller 1-1-3, Prager 1-0-2, Gale 1-0-2 and Short 0-1-1. 
            Normal’s
            girls scored a total of eight 3-pointers, eight field goals, 10 free
            throws and 50 points. 
            Olympia and Normal’s junior varsity teams competed as
            well.  Normal won again, 48-35. 
            
              
            
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             Swimmers
            meet at Olympia 
            
            [JAN.
            26, 2001] 
            Three high school
            boys swimming teams gathered in Stanford yesterday for a meet: 
            Olympia, University High and Pontiac. 
            Olympia lost to University High 85½-16½. 
            They also lost to Pontiac, 62-39. 
            The event results were as follows: 
            200-yard
            medley relay
            — University High:  Watson, Toca, Kelley and Carroll, 1:50.15; Olympia was
            fourth of five 
            200
            freestyle
            — University High:  Sinn, 2:04.47; Olympia was fourth and fifth of five 
            200
            individual medley
            — University High:  Su, 2:09.00; Olympia was third of five 
            50
            freestyle
            — Pontiac:  Roeschley,
            24.09; Olympia was third of five 
            1-meter
            diving
            — Pontiac:  Sullivan,
            151.85; Olympia was third and fifth of five 
            100
            butterfly
            — University High:  Watson, 57.64; Olympia was fifth of five 
            100
            freestyle
            — University High:  Sur, 52.39; Olympia was fourth of five 
            500
            freestyle
            — University High:  Toca, 5:20.05; Olympia was third and fourth of five 
            200
            freestyle relay
            — University High:  Shoot, Hocker, Robinson, Carroll, 1:41.43; Olympia was fourth
            of four 
            100
            backstroke
            — University High:  Watson, 59.69; Olympia was third of five 
            100
            breaststroke
            — University High:  (tie) Carroll and Mohrman, 1:12.94; Olympia was fifth of five 
            400
            freestyle relay
            — University High:  Watson, Simm, Toca, Carroll, 3:42.60; Olympia was fourth and
            fifth of five 
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             Olympia
            wrestles at meet in Normal 
            
            [JAN.
            26, 2001] 
            Yesterday
            afternoon three teams met in Normal for a wrestling competition: 
            University High, Olympia and Prairie Central. 
            The Spartans won both of their matches against the other two
            teams. 
            Olympia creamed
            Prairie Central 61-9.  The individual results were as follows: 
            103
            pounds
            — Olympia:  Caleb
            Dietrich pinned Schladenhauffen, 1:29 
            112
            — Olympia:  Alan
            Deloriea pinned Lee, 3:53 
             119
            — Olympia:  Tim
            Deloriea pinned Mashburn, 1:58 
            125
            — Olympia:  Josh
            Collins pinned Scheider, 2:22 
            130
            — Olympia:  Justin
            Collins pinned Rathbun, 1:29 
            135
            — Olympia:  Brian
            Deloriea defeated Broquard, 9-2 
            140
            — Olympia:  Carlos
            Sanchez won by forfeit 
            145
            — Olympia:  Nick
            Bauman won by forfeit 
            152
            — Prairie Central:  Brian Meints decisioned Lucas Holloway, 8-1 
            160
            — Olympia:  Adam
            Beccue pinned Ziller, 3:23 
            171
            — Olympia:  Brian
            Eichhorn decisioned Reis, 6-5 
            189
            — Olympia:  Mike
            Petsas decisioned Doran by fall, 20-6 
            215
            — Prairie Central:  Kintner pinned Krehbiel, 0:47 
            275
            — Olympia:  Jimmy
            Bradshaw decisioned Miller, 4-3 
            Olympia also solidly beat University High, 48-18. 
            The individual results were as follows: 
             103
            — Olympia:  Caleb
            Dietrich made technical fall over Baugh, 15-10 
            112
            — University High:  Solomon decisioned Alan Deloriea, 6-4 
            119
            — Olympia:  Adam
            Seppleman won by forfeit 
            125
            — Olympia:  Josh
            Collins pinned S. Brandon, 2:40 
            130
            — Olympia:  Justin
            Collins won by forfeit 
            135
            — Olympia:  Brian
            Deloriea decisioned Schrag, 7-1 
            140
            — Olympia:  Carlos
            Sanchez won by forfeit 
            145
            — University High:  McCoy pinned Bauman, 5:08 
            152
            — Olympia:  Holloway
            decision Chris Phillips, 12-0 
            160
            — University High:  Josh Phillips won by forfeit 
            171
            — Olympia:  Brian
            Eichhorn won by forfeit 
            189
            — Olympia:  Mike
            Petsas decisioned H. Brandon, 11-6 
            215
            — Olympia:  Krehbiel
            decisioned Palomino, 8-1 
            275
            — University High:  Carpenter decisioned Newhaus, 6-4  
            The new record for Olympia’s wrestling team is 21 wins and only
            3 losses.
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             Lincoln
            College vs. Parkland College 
            
             [JAN.
            26, 2001] 
            Parkland
            College’s men’s and women’s basketball teams came to Lincoln
            yesterday afternoon to compete against the teams from Lincoln
            College. The Lincoln men’s victory over Parkland was a sound
            71-54. The Lady Lynx lost to Parkland by a small margin, 69-64. 
            Brooks
            and Bates led the Lynx to victory by scoring 21 and 20 points
            respectively. Brooks made three 3-pointers, two field goals and
            eight free throws. Bates made eight field goals and four free
            throws. Coleman helped his team with five field goals and one free
            throw, or 11 points. The rest of the individual statistics for the
            Lynx were as follows: Crockwell 4-0-8, Moffit 2-1-5, Sams 2-0-4 and
            Reed 1-0-2. Altogether, Lincoln men’s team shot three 3-pointers,
            24 field goals, 14 free throws and 71 points. 
            Parkland
            College’s men scored three 3-pointers, 13 field goals, 19 free
            throws and 54 points. 
            Lincoln
            College’s women made six 3-pointers: two by McLaughlin and one
            each by Bausley, Sheley, Humphrey and Dullard. The top scorers in
            the Lady Lynx game yesterday afternoon were Dawson with 15 points
            and Beebe with 14 points. Dawson made seven field goals and one free
            throw. Beebe made three field goals and eight free throws. Besides
            her 3-pointer, Sheley shot three field goals, to make nine points.
            McLaughlin scored eight points with her two 3-pointers and one field
            goal. The rest of the individual statistics were as follows: Thomas
            3-0-6, Bausley 1-0-3, Humphrey 1-0-3, Dullard 1-0-3, Lott 1-0-2 and
            Story 0-1-1. As a team, the Lady Lynx made six 3-pointers, 18 field
            goals, 10 free throws and 64 points. 
            Parkland
            College’s women shot four 3-pointers, 20 field goals, 17 free
            throws and 69 points. 
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             Illinois
            State vs. Southwest Missouri 
            
            [JAN.
            25, 2001] 
            Last
            night’s contest between Illinois State and Southwest Missouri was
            a nail-biter, 63-62. At halftime, the Redbirds were up by two
            points. The Bears earned one point more than Illinois in the second
            half, but that was not enough to beat the Redbirds or extend the
            game into overtime. Illinois State beat Southwest Missouri by one
            point. 
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             Tom
            Richardson, coach of the Redbirds, commented, "They were making
            better plays down the stretch and probably deserved to win, but they
            missed a shot. If the game had lasted another minute, they probably
            would have won. I’m happy with the win, but we have to get better
            from a defensive standpoint and rebounding standpoint." 
            Tarise
            Bryson was Illinois State’s high scorer in the game. He made one
            3-pointer, five field goals and six free throws, to equal 19 points.
            Seventeen of Bryson’s points were made during the second half.
            Shedrick Ford and Cedric Knight were also crucial to the team’s
            game. Both men scored 12 points by shooting six field goals each.
            Coach Richardson particularly praised Knight, "Thank God for
            Cedric Knight, especially in the first half. We really needed him to
            step up, and he made some important plays tonight." Randy Rice
            shot three field goals and two free throws during the game to earn
            eight points for the Redbirds. Shawn Jeppson made five points,
            Traves Wilson made three points, and Rich Beyers and Dirk Williams
            each made two points in this game where every single point counted. 
              
              
            As
            a team, Illinois State made two 3-pointers, 24 field goals and nine
            free throws. Southwest Missouri shot four 3-pointers, 22 field goals
            and six free throws. 
            This
            game was the 12th win for the Redbirds in the last 14
            games. 
            [Jean
Ann Carnley]
             
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            [Jack Bartelmay, Bob Kidd, Keith Liesman and Lenny Janet enjoyed the
            Southwest Missouri game Wednesday night.] 
              
            
            [We spotted two Lincolnites in the band:  Jeff Widmer and Brock
            Boss. Do you see any others?] 
            
             
             
             
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             Illini
            Central vs. Springfield Lutheran 
            
             [JAN.
            25, 2001] 
            Yesterday
            in Mason City, Illini Central’s Lady Cougars beat Springfield
            Lutheran in a basketball game. The final score was 50-37. 
            IC's
            leading scorer, by far, was Winkelman. She shot 13 field goals and
            one free throw. The rest of the individual statistics were as
            follows: Harvey 3-0-6, Damm 1-3-5, Blackstock 2-0-4, Oney 1-0-3,
            Montgomery 1-0-2, Bitner 1-0-2 and Francis 0-1-1. Altogether the
            team made one 3-pointer, 21 field goals and five free throws. 
            Springfield
            Lutheran’s team scored 14 field goals and nine free throws. 
            The
            two junior varsity teams faced off as well. Illini Central barely
            beat Springfield, 31-29. 
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             Lincoln
            College vs. Danville 
            
             [JAN.
            25, 2001] 
            Lincoln
            College’s men’s basketball team went to Danville yesterday to
            compete against their school’s basketball team. Lincoln was ahead
            at halftime 33-23. In the second half, Danville rallied and scored
            seven more points than Lincoln, but that was not enough to overturn
            Lincoln’s previous lead. Lincoln won 63-60. 
            Marlon
            Brooks led the Lynx. He made three 3-pointers, five field goals and
            five free throws, to equal 24 points. Creston Coleman and Jay Bates
            were also assets to Lincoln’s team. Coleman scored 13 points with
            five field goals and three free throws. Bates shot three field goals
            and six free throws. Michael Sams, Brian Moffitt and Eric Crockrell
            each made four points for the Lynx. Ryan Brinker shot two points. As
            a team, Lincoln College scored three 3-pointers, 20 field goals and
            14 free throws. 
            Danville
            scored two 3-pointers, 21 field goals and 16 free throws. 
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             Lincoln
            Christian College vs. Marantha Baptist 
            
             [JAN.
            25, 2001] 
            Marantha
            Baptist came to Lincoln on Tuesday night to compete against Lincoln
            Christian College’s Preachers. Lincoln was behind in the first
            half but came back in the second half. Unfortunately, the Preachers’
            revival was not strong enough, and Marantha Baptist won 75-70. 
            Lincoln’s
            leading scorer was Matt Clark, making almost half of the team’s
            points. Clark shot two 3-pointers, 10 field goals and five free
            throws to equal 31 points. Antoni Okusami earned 14 points with six
            field goals and two free throws. Jim Turney made two 3-pointers, two
            field goals and two free throws, or 12 points. Donnie Bowman scored
            nine points via four field goals and one free throw. Dante Watson
            helped the team with four points. As a team, the Preachers scored
            four 3-pointers, 24 field goals and 10 free throws. 
            Marantha
            Baptist made 11 treys, 14 field goals and 14 free throws. 
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