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Tee
ball
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Tee ball rosters at
Lincoln Park District
[JUNE
6, 2001]
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Session 110 Monday/Wednesday
Team 1 —
Yankees
Aaron
Becker
Dane
Eimer
Steven
Frederick
Austin
Horchem
Joshua
Horchem
Brent
Hunsley
Austin
Jones
Meghan
Kurtz
Kyle
Mitchell
Joseph
Andrew Olden
Taylor
Alyse Olden
Jason
Sheley
Team 2 —
Braves
Colton
Amberg
Alex
Bender
Ashlynn
Glick
Seth
Graue
Tayler
Heidbreder
Chanse
Hoagland
Luke
Koning
Natalee
Larson
Jacob
Roy
Jamaal
Scott
Ryan
Sloan
Harrison
Splain
Team 3 —
Devil Rays
Cody
Bennett
Brian
Cade
Brianna
Carroll
Brady
Coppinger
Caleb
Coppinger
Austin
Goodman
Marissa
Greer
Chelsea
Jones
Hannah
Jones
Brandon
Klemm
Mathew
Langdon
Adam
Papirnik
Dustin
Paulus
Team 4
— Cardinals
Austin
Brooks
Grant
Cooper
Brady
Curry
Hank
Freed
Kyle
Jones
Colby
Leith
Henry
Nettles
Tyler
Skelton
Alyssa
Stephenson
Elaine
Tiffany
Sam
Tiffany
Wesley
White
The
Yankees and Braves will practice Monday (June 11) and Wednesday (June 13) at 9
a.m. The Devil Rays and Cardinals will practice Monday (June 11) and Wednesday
(June 13) at 10 a.m. All games and practices will be on the girls ball diamond.
In case of rain team will meet on the indoor tennis courts. Schedules will be
passed out at the first practice.
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this section]
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Session 111 Tuesday/Thursday
Team 1 —
Brewers
Bowen
Casper
Stephen
Combs
Ryan
Hedrick
Clayton
Irwin
Blake
Lengacher
Mason
Madigan
Austin
Moore
Bryant
Moore
Mason
Newman
Team 2 —
White Sox
Abriana
Ellegood
Cody
Heidbreder
Kyle
Klockenga
Stephen
Kutz
Kelsey
Shanle
A.J.
Shoemaker
Dillon
Smith
Alexandra
Turner
Hunter
Wieber
Team 3 —
Pirates
Christian
Arteman
Austin
Brummett
Maxwell
Cook
Triston
Cooper
Victoria
Fitzpatrick
Shelbi
Frye
Jarrod
Grover
Michelle
Paulus
Clint
Robison
Team 4 —
Cubs
Robbie
Beard
Edward
Bowlby
Cole
Boice
Justin
Broom
Dalton
Brown
Forrest
Dunston
Ryan
Fisher
Wyatt
Phillis
Will
Podbelsek
The
Brewers and White Sox will practice Tuesday (June 12) and Thursday (June 14) at
9 a.m. The Pirates and Cubs will practice Tuesday (June 12) and Thursday (June
14) at 10 a.m. All games and practices will be on the girls ball diamond. In
case of rain teams will meet on the indoor tennis courts. Schedules will be
passed out at the first practice.
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High school
softball
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Olympia’s
softball team takes 2nd at state
[JUNE
4, 2001]
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Class A state
tournament at East Peoria Eastside Centre
Olympia vs.
Casey-Westfield
The
last two consecutive years Casey-Westfield has bumped Olympia from the state
championship competition. Not this year though. The Spartans were already in the
playoffs, and the girls knew they could tackle this longtime foe.
Despite
the rain and pressure for a state championship with batters on base, Jessie Shay
kept her game, continuing her shutout pitching run for the Spartans and leading
them to a 1-0 win. Shay was assisted by her defense comrade Alicia Flessner as
catcher.
Shay
had no runs, two walks and one strikeout in the championship game.
Mindy
Bachman had two base hits, and Tricia Gaither is credited with batting in the
game’s only run, made by Megan Gale in the top of the seventh.
Score by innings
Olympia
000 000 1 – 1-8-1
Casey-Westfield
000 000 0 – 0-8-0
This
game slated Olympia to play Nashville for a first- or second-place state title
and Casey-Westfield to play Orion for third and fourth place.
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Olympia vs.
Nashville
Olympia’s
Lady Stags softball team came home carrying their first state championship
trophy Saturday evening. Having beaten two-year champion Casey-Westfield earlier
in the day, the Lady Stags lost to Nashville 0-3.
Amy
Harre from Nashville pitched, with Tessa Schmale and Boatright catching. Jessie
Shay and Alicia Flessner took the field as the Lady Spartans’ pitcher-catcher
duo.
Harre
had seven innings, five hits, no runs, two walks and two strikeouts.
Shay
had seven innings, eight hits, three runs, three earned runs, no walks and no
strikeouts.
Olympia
hitting stars for the game were Elizabeth Sunday, with a double in the first
inning, and Mindy Bachman, who made two base hits.
Score by innings
Olympia
000 000 0 – 0-5-2
Nashville
000 201 0 – 3-8-1
Nashville ended
the season 41-2. Olympia ended 34-8-1.
[LDN]
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Legion
JV
baseball
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Lincoln Legion JV
plays weekend games in Rochester
[JUNE
4, 2001]
After
struggling to score runs Saturday, the Lincoln Cobras American Legion Post 263
junior varsity put up 11 runs Sunday against Rochester to post an 11-2
victory. The victory gives Lincoln a 3-2 record entering a Wednesday night
doubleheader against Olympia at the Lincoln Rec Center at 6 p.m.
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Saturday,
Lincoln dropped the first game to Rochester 5-3 and was beaten by Petersburg 5-2
in the second game. Lincoln left 22 base runners in the
doubleheader. Lincoln was able to collect 15 hits in the twin bill,
but they were unable to come up with the big hit.
Matt
Brayfield earned the pitching victory for Lincoln Sunday with seven strikeouts
and three walks in four innings. Trent Kavelman hurled the final inning of the
game, which was halted by the eight-run rule after five innings. Brayfield,
Bryce Cunningham and Jason Williams all had two hits, including a double each.
Brayfield had a pair of RBIs, Cunningham had three RBIs, and Williams had one
RBI. Chris Matson also had a pair of hits, both singles, and drove in a
run. Collecting one hit each were Mitch Sheley, Miles Musick and Bobby Ward.
Saturday
against Rochester, Blaen Fletcher took the loss for Lincoln as Rochester pushed
across two runs in the bottom of the sixth to break a 3-3 tie. Leading
Lincoln at the plate was Williams, with two hits and a run scored.
Fletcher had one hit and two RBIs, while Sheley, Cunningham, Musick and Jason
Bednarko each collected one hit.
In
the Petersburg game, Chris Gosda suffered the loss. Bobby Ward collected
three hits and drove in the two Lincoln runs in the bottom of the seventh
inning. Collecting two hits each were John Peters and Jason Williams, one
a double. Cunningham had the only other Lincoln hit.
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this article]
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Sunday
game
Lincoln
Cobras 501 05 –11-11-0
Rochester
020 00 – 2-7-3
Brayfield
(W), Kavelman (5) & Peters; Wellbaum, Berecz (4) & Klicking.
Saturday
Game one
Lincoln
Cobras 020 100 0 – 3-7-1
Rochester
012 002 x – 5-9-0
Fletcher
(L), & Bednarko; Gideon (W) & Jeffers.
Second game
Petersburg
020 100 2 – 5-7-1
Lincoln
Cobras 000 000 2 – 2-8-2
Bultman (W)
& Heubner; Gosda (L), Cunningham (7) & Peters.
[Bill
Martinie]
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High school
softball
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Olympia bringing
home their first
state tourney softball trophy
[JUNE
2, 2001]
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Class A state
tournament at Eastside Centre
Olympia vs. Johnston City
Jessie Shay (26 wins, 5 losses)
kept her streak of scoreless wins going one game out from the state title. With
catcher Alicia Flessner, the two led the team's defense to a 3-0 win over
Johnston City in a game that was moved up two hours to 5:30 p.m. to avoid the
ensuing storm headed for Peoria.
Tricia Gaither and Rebecca
Alberts each made double base hits. Alberts starred in the day driving in two
runners on base with her double in the second inning for the first points of the
game. Nicole Prager stacked the deck with one more run brought in by Gaither off
her hit in the fifth inning.
Score by innings
Olympia
020 010 0 -- 3-5-1
Johnston City 000 000 0 -- 0-2-2
Olympia's record is now 33-7-1. The
Lady Spartans go up against long-standing rival Casey-Westfield (35-1) in state
semifinals at noon on Saturday. That team has knocked them out at quarterfinals
the last two years. Olympia girls summer team beat them in a game this last
summer, though.
Good luck, Lady Spartans!
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Hockey
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Local
youths bring home championship hockey trophy
[JUNE
1, 2001] Seven-year-old
Haylen Sampson and 6-year-old Dylan Miller, both Lincolnites, traveled with
their team, the Springfield Kings, this past Sunday for the Mite A Division of
the Chicago Cup Showdown in Bensonville. The team won the championship by
beating a team from Littleton, Colo. They brought home a big trophy for the
showcase at the Nelson Center in Springfield.
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Part
2
Steinfort
flying high as an
Air Force Academy Falcon
Introduction
by Jeff
Mayfield
[APRIL
27, 2001] This
week's LDN Sports Talk takes on a different look than ever before.
Since I couldn't get the LDN powers-to-be to send me out to Colorado
Springs to do this interview, Race and I struggled together by
e-mailing. I spent a Saturday coming up with a list of 20 to 25
questions and finally just told him to answer them when he could. He
did that while going to class, studying for a test, practicing and,
I think, writing a paper. It is very easy for a sports writer like
me to have nothing but admiration for young men like Race Steinfort.
I'm glad people like him are protecting Payne at night while he
sleeps (or keeps his parents up). I hope you loyal LDN fans will
enjoy Race's written response to my list of questions as much as I
did! On behalf of the LDN, thank you, Race. We all wish you nothing
but the best!
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Response
from Race Steinfort
[click here for Part 1]
I
am majoring in aeronautical engineering as well as getting my math minor.
I’d like to someday go into airplane design. However, once I graduate, I
will go off to Undergraduate Pilot Training (UPT) where I will be trained
for approximately one year to fly jets. Following UPT, I will have a
10-year commitment to the Air Force in which I hope to fly F-15s and/or
A-10s.
[Race Steinfort]
I
have been swimming competitively for about 16 years now, and yes, it has
prepared me for swimming here. College is a whole new game, though.
Instead of swimming every event possible, I now specialize in two to three
events: the 100/200 back and the 1,650 (mile) free.
As
for people I should thank, there are far too many to list. I think the
main contributors were a man named Fred Plesé and my parents.
Mr.
Plesé has been a huge inspiration in my life. This man, through rain,
dark, snow, and hail, managed to show up at 5:30 in the morning at least
three times a week and get into the water to swim with my father and me.
He started from barely being able to swim for five minutes to swimming for
an hour-plus and getting out hardly even breathing hard, with a giant grin
on his face like he had just conquered the world (or at least the pool).
To this day he still swims with my father every other morning. His
dedication to swimming, his job and a giant family, and more importantly,
his ability to, day after day, show up at 5:30 a.m. ready to jump in a
cold pool with a giant smile on his face has made me believe that no
matter how cold the water is or what lies ahead, the only way to go is
just smile and jump in.
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I
also have to thank my parents for all their support and love. They were
there when I needed prodding and they were there to pick me up when I
fell. They’ve been there through everything, and I know for sure that I
wouldn’t be who and where I am today if it weren’t for them.
The
only advice I have to give is to never underestimate yourself or your
abilities and never take the easy way out. Some people believe that they
can’t get anywhere because they were never given an opportunity. No one
is ever given an opportunity; you have to make one for yourself, whether
it’s in a pool, on a court or in a classroom.
The
key is to take the harder path. Sometimes it takes giving up some things
such as time and freedom, but in the end, it’s just like an investment.
That which you gave up will turn into something much better. For me, the
time and freedom and other things that I have given up in the past have
allowed me to swim Division I and attend a great college; and the freedom
and regular college life that I’m giving up right now will allow me to
fly a $30 million aircraft at two times the speed of sound. You cannot
give up everything, but unless you make some sacrifices, you will not be
able to achieve your goals.
Yes,
I would recommend the Air Force Academy and I am glad I came, but I would
have to add one thing. It is not for everyone. It is a different life. I
already told you a little about freshman year for me. It wasn’t easy and
it was rarely fun. The academy offers a great education, great
friendships, and I get paid to go to school, but in return I have pledged
to give my life in the defense of our nation. I owe at least five years to
the Air Force after I graduate and 10 years if I become a pilot.
It
is something that must be well thought through before the decision is
made. But I’d have to say jumping out of airplanes and flying fighters
is an excellent way to spend a summer!
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Part
1
Steinfort
flying high as an
Air Force Academy Falcon
Introduction
by Jeff
Mayfield
[APRIL
26, 2001] This
week's LDN Sports Talk takes on a different look than ever before.
Since I couldn't get the LDN powers-to-be to send me out to Colorado
Springs to do this interview, Race and I struggled together by
e-mailing. I spent a Saturday coming up with a list of 20 to 25
questions and finally just told him to answer them when he could. He
did that while going to class, studying for a test, practicing and,
I think, writing a paper. It is very easy for a sports writer like
me to have nothing but admiration for young men like Race Steinfort.
I'm glad people like him are protecting Payne at night while he
sleeps (or keeps his parents up). I hope you loyal LDN fans will
enjoy Race's written response to my list of questions as much as I
did! On behalf of the LDN, thank you, Race. We all wish you nothing
but the best!
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Response
from Race Steinfort
I’ve
been at the USAF Academy for almost three years now. I am currently a
Second Class Cadet (junior) and I am still happy with my decision to come,
though during my Fourth Class year (freshman) I wasn’t so sure about
that one.
[Marshal Haylett and Lincolnite Race Steinfort, teammates
on the U.S. Air Force Academy swim team, the Falcons, pose on a
crisp-looking day in the Colorado Rockies.]
The
application process was a pretty lengthy one. It entailed sending in an
application to both the academy and my congressmen, including my
representative, the Illinois senators and the vice president. Any of those
four government officials could give me a nomination to the academy. Rep.
Dick Durbin gave me my nomination. The process for nomination consisted of
a few questionnaires and an interview. The next step was to get accepted
to the academy. This consisted of a physical fitness test, a very lengthy
application with everything from medical history to police records to
exactly why I wanted to attend the academy, an interview with an Air Force
liaison officer, and an essay on why I wanted to come and what I wanted to
do in the Air Force.
One
of my requirements for a college was Division I swimming, with the other
being aeronautical engineering. I planned on swimming here, and there’s
no doubt that it has helped me make it through here. I have been one of
the top backstrokers here, placing sixth in both the 100 back and 200 back
at the Mountain West Conference, with a 50.02 and a 1:50.09 respectively.
My best swim at that meet was in the morning, where I finally broke 1:50
in the 200 back to go a 1:49.39, my lifetime best.
We
do get to travel quite a bit. We usually alternate with teams, going to
their place one year and having them here the next. The main teams we
always swim against are University of Washington, BYU, Utah, UNLV and
Wyoming, to name a few. We also travel during Christmas break. We usually
leave shortly after Christmas to go somewhere warm like California or
Florida to train day in and day out for a little over a week.
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The
question of whether or not being intercollegiate is an advantage is a
pretty tough one. Yes, it has helped me a lot, but it has also made some
aspects of life more difficult. The best part of being on a team here is
the camaraderie and the friendships. We have a very close team here, and
all the guys on the team look out for each other like brothers.
The
hardest part of the academy is the loss of freedom during freshman year.
You come from a high school where you are at the top of the chain, and you
walk into a place where you are worth less than the dirt on the ground. It
provides quite a bit of emotional stress among other things. I seriously
doubted why I came, and I wasn’t sure that I wanted to stay. Everyone
was always yelling at me and nothing seemed to be good enough. There was
dust inside the smoke detector, a spot on the sink and my shoes were NEVER
shiny enough (just a few of the things they’d pick on). The goal was to
put as much stress on us as possible to weed out the people who didn’t
want to be there and teach the rest of us how to deal with stress. That
was pretty much all of basic training and freshman year.
This
is where swimming and the team really helped me to get away and remember
that I do have friends, and mainly, I wasn’t in this alone. Going down
to the pool every day also helps to get away from the academic grind.
This,
however, is also where sports are not so much an advantage. We, as
intercollegiates, do not have a lighter academic load than anyone else
here, despite the fact that we have three to four hours of our afternoon
devoted to practice. This provides for many late nights and long weekends
doing homework and studying. I’m taking 22.5 hours this semester as well
as swimming for three hours every afternoon. Along with this, we, as
cadets, have mandatory formations, In Rank Inspections (IRIs—uniform
inspections) and Additional Morning Inspections (AMIs—room inspections)
which we have to prepare and clean for at least twice a week and sometimes
more depending on the leadership and how we did the previous week.
Traveling
with the team is another bonus, in that for a weekend or at least a day or
two you get to leave the academy and get away for a while. The only
problem with that is that you miss classes and usually fall behind in the
process, and catching up with 22 hours is not easy! Despite the
disadvantages, the friends and the break from the grind for a day or two
or even just a few hours in the day make being an intercollegiate well
worth it in my mind.
(To be
continued)
[click here for Part 2]
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Announcements
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ALMH
golf outing planned
[MAY
29, 2001] Teams
are filling fast for the FORE-ALMH golf outing, so don’t be left out! Get your
team signed up for the outing scheduled for Friday, June 29, at the Elk’s
Country Club in Lincoln. The format will again be a four-person scramble, with a
shotgun start at 7:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Your
$75 entry fee includes greens fee and free cart rental, plus opportunities to
win prizes and awards including Hole-in-One, Top Foursomes, Longest Putt,
Longest Drive and Closest to the Pin for both men and women. Also provided are a
continental breakfast and buffet luncheon.
In
addition to golfing, a variety of sponsorships are available including Tee, Cart
and Prize Sponsorships. Appropriate recognition and benefits are provided for
each sponsor.
All
funds raised from the golf outing support the ALMH Care-A-Van service. The
Care-A-Van is a specially equipped van, custom-built to provide non-emergency
transportation for individuals who are wheelchair-bound or need transportation
assistance to get to necessary appointments.
For
more information on player registration or sponsorship opportunities, please
call Cynthia Kelley at (217) 732-2161, Ext. 405.
[ALMH
news
release]
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Play ball with the
Lincoln Park District
From Roy Logan, program coordinator
[APRIL
26, 2001] The
phase "play ball" is echoing all around the Lincoln Park
District. Teams for boys and girls have been chosen and practices are in
full swing. Registration for men's and women's softball is currently under
way. If you have not come to the office to pick up your roster and
information, you will want to do so soon.
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A
new league offered this summer is Co-ed Over 40. This league is
strictly for the recreational player. The season will not last as
long. Play will be at Memorial Park on Thursday nights.
The
success of Lincoln's summer baseball and softball programs is directly related
to the many local businesses that support the teams financially. In these
times of rising utilities and gas prices, we urge you to support the businesses
whose names appear on the team shirts. It takes not only money but
volunteers as well. Our thanks to the many people who donate their time
and talent to coaching and keeping a great game on track.
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Our summer
brochure is out and ready for you to pick up a copy to see the many
things there are to do this summer. While many of you think of us in
terms of sports, we are offering much more. This summer is guaranteed to
be full of camps, clinics, arts and crafts, and a host of other fun activities
for nearly every age. Some of our new programs will be limited in size,
and we urge you to register early. Availability will be on a first-come,
first-served basis. We have had several calls from people wanting to know when
registration for certain classes would be. The earliest date to register
will be May 4.
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