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Tornado watch canceled early
By Rick Hobler
[SEPT.
19, 2001] The
Taylorville Tornadoes blew into town last night intent on doing some
serious damage to the Lady Railers’ volleyball record. The storm
took only 45 minutes to pass and never touched ground. No damage was
reported.
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In
its CS8 Conference home opener, the Lady Railers took control from
the start and never let up. Behind the exceptional serving of Kelli
Gleason and Missy Aper and with focused team play by everyone, the
Lady Railers crushed the Tornadoes 15-1, 15-4. The Railers’ record
now stands at an incredible 16-3-1 overall and 1-0 in conference
play. Taylorville’s record falls to 5-7.
The
only time the Railers didn’t score in Game 1 was when they hit the
ball too long. Taylorville was able to score only once on the
Railers, when the scoreboard showed 3-1. After that, the Railers
notched 12 successive unanswered points to win the game.
From
the service line it was truly a "senior moment." First,
there was no stopping senior Kelli Gleason. Kelli accounted for an
incredible 12 service points, including two aces and a nine-point
run to end the game. The remaining three Railer scores came on
serves by seniors Darcy White and Christina Xamis. The offensive and
defensive net play of Cook, McFadden times two, White and Conrady
made sure that when the ball hit the floor it was on the Taylorville
side.
In
Game 2 the Railers used their entire team to once again completely
shut down the Tornadoes. Coach Howe rotated through the Railer bench
throughout the game. The always energetic and smiling Missy Aper ran
off five service points for the Lady Railers, and Kelli Gleason
added three more to her night’s total. Kills, dinks and blocks
across the entire Railer front line quickly brought home the match
victory. Tina Cook had some beautiful touch shots in addition to her
usual lethal left-hand kills. Christina Xamis displayed excellent
passing and defensive skills throughout the game and made the final
kill of the game to wrap up the victory. Taylorville also had no
solution for the hitting and blocking of Darcy White, Michelle
McFadden, Kari McFadden and Samantha Conrady.
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this article]
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Taylorville
managed a total of only four points, and that was only after the
game and the match were no longer in question.
The
Lady Railers seemed more focused and ready to finish last night than
I had seen before. They didn’t suffer any midgame letdown. When
they had Taylorville backed against the wall, they finished the
matter. The Tornadoes were little more than a passing breeze last
night. Tornado watch canceled.
The
junior varsity continued to play well, as they also defeated
Taylorville in a two-game match.
The
Lady Railers travel to Rantoul on Thursday and return home for what
is sure to be a hotly contested match against Olympia next Monday,
Sept. 24. After last year’s match against Olympia, (those who were
there haven’t forgotten) I challenge anyone with even an ounce of
school spirit to be at Monday’s match. You won’t want to miss
it! GO, RAILERS!!
[Rick Hobler]
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College
volleyball
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Lincoln
College vs. Lincoln Christian College
[SEPT.
19, 2001] Lincoln
Christian College defeated Lincoln College in three games at the
Lincoln College gym Tuesday night. LCC won by scores of 30-28,
30-13, 30-26.
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The
loss drops the Lynx record to 5-6 on the season. Lincoln
College is at home again Wednesday against Lewis & Clark.
Beth
Guy had another outstanding night for the Lady Lynx with 15 points
and 25 set assists. Erica Miller had four kills and nine digs,
while Molly Owens had eight kills and two blocks. Janine
Buettner contributed five kills, three digs and three blocks.
[Bill
Martinie,
Lincoln College sports information director]
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High
school
volleyball
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Brave, but no chance
By Rick Hobler
[SEPT.
18, 2001] What
do you do when your record is 14-3-1 and the other team’s record
is 5-6? Apparently you play just well enough to win. That’s what
the Lady Railers did last night as they defeated the short-handed
and undersized Mount Zion Braves 15-10, 15-5. The team described it
as "terrible." I describe it as a win.
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Mount
Zion came into the game missing three of its starters and should
have been no match for the taller and stronger-hitting Lady Railers.
Someone forgot to tell the Lady Braves that fact in Game 1. The
Railers played the first game from behind until successive and
decisive kills by Kari and Michelle McFadden and a dink by Kelli
Gleason turned the tide.
As
the game began, the Railers were actually too strong as they hit
several balls long on kill attempts from the net. The Braves weren’t
beating the Railers, they were beating themselves. After the Railers
led 1-0, they didn’t regain the lead again until it was 9-8.
With
the Railers down 6-3, Darcy White’s excellent serving brought the
Railers back within striking distance. Then the emotional turning
point of Game 1 and the match took place, with the Railers down 6-8
and Mount Zion’s Jennica Burne serving. Burne had just served two
successive points, including an ace, to put her team back in the
lead.
On
Burne’s next serve though, Kari McFadden had something to say. She
said it in the form of a passionate, hard kill that found the Lady
Braves running for cover to the back of the court: Side out to
Lincoln. Kari then rotated to the service line while her
"little" sister took care of the net. Michelle McFadden
delivered another hard kill to bring the Railers within one. With
Kari serving again, senior setter Kelli Gleason called her own
number and dinked the ball into the Braves’ open court, and the
Railers were even. They never looked back after that.
Great
front-line blocking by various Railer duos, point-winning kills by
Tina Cook, Samantha Conrady and Darcy White, and the serving of
Kelli Gleason and Samantha Conrady finished out Game 1. The Railers
had struggled, almost beat themselves, but had survived to win.
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Game
2 was a different matter. No more "bravery" from Mount
Zion, as Lincoln took the lead early, crushed Mount Zion’s spirit
and dominated to the end. Except for a few minutes of mental letdown
by the Lady Railers, it was no contest. The Railers jumped out to a
quick 7-0 lead on solid team play. Solid defensive play by Darcy
White, both on the back line and at the net, and front-line team
blocking, kept Mount Zion from scoring for most of the game. When
Mount Zion did score, it was usually as a result of Railer mistakes.
The mental lapse came with Lincoln ahead 12-1. The Railers allowed
four Mount Zion scores before putting the match away 15-5.
In
the post-game huddle, the team told coach Howe that they played
"terrible." Enough said. While I wouldn’t go that far,
they certainly played below their potential and will need to sharpen
their focus as they begin conference play tonight. The Lady Railers
will need to avoid the "we’re way ahead" mental lapses,
stay focused and put opponents away when they have the opportunity
to do so.
Lincoln
improves its record to 15-3-1 with the win. Mount Zion falls to 5-7
but looks to improve as their injury list shortens.
The
Lady Railers begin CS8 Conference play at home tonight against
Taylorville. A full slate of action is on hand, beginning at 5 p.m.,
as the freshman, junior varsity and varsity teams all take the court
against the Lady Tornadoes.
In
junior varsity action last night, the Lady Railers breezed to
victory in their first game, 15-6, but had to come from behind to
take the match game by the score of 15-13.
GO,
RAILERS!
[Rick Hobler]
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Women’s
golf
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Lincoln
College in Monmouth, Knox College tourneys
[SEPT.
18, 2001] Lincoln
College participated in golf tournaments at Knox College and
Monmouth this past weekend. The Lady Lynx finished seventh at the
Monmouth tourney with a team total of 420. Illinois Wesleyan won the
meet with a 328 total.
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Carrie
Hoffert and Michell Rutherford each had rounds of 102, while Dori
Booth came in with 107 and Gina Billy finished at 109.
Lincoln
College had only three golfers for the Knox tourney; therefore, they
did not qualify for team totals. The Lady Lynx were led by Gina
Billy with a 123 total. Booth had a round of 126 and
Rutherford shot a 139.
[Bill
Martinie,
Lincoln College sports information director]
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Men’s
soccer
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Lincoln
College vs. Illinois Central College
[SEPT.
18, 2001] After
taking a 2-0 lead into intermission, the Lincoln College Lynx men’s
soccer team exploded for six goals in the second half to defeat
Illinois Central College in Peoria Monday afternoon. The contest was
a makeup from a previous date.
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Lincoln
College raised its season record to 3-2 and will play host to
Parkland College at 4 p.m. Wednesday.
Isaac
Honegger scored the first Lynx goal on an assist from Steve Gorton,
and then Jesus Cruz scored the first of three straight goals with an
assist from Ryan Foy.
Cruz
opened the second half with two goals in the first five minutes, the
first coming on an assist from Mike Fox and the second assisted by
Honegger. Gorton followed with a goal off an assist from Fox,
to stretch the LC lead to 5-0.
Nick
Buysse scored the sixth goal for the Lynx and Cliff Scattergood got
an assist. Scattergood then followed with an unassisted
goal, and Shefiu Ogunlana finished off the scoring with a corner
kick. Justin Cronin was in goal for the Lynx and was credited with
one save.
"We
played a very steady game," said coach Mark Howard.
"In the second half of the SCI game (last week), we made some
changes and told the kids to just go out and play. They
responded well in the second half of the SCI game, and it continued
over into the game at ICC today."
[Bill
Martinie,
Lincoln College sports information director]
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High
school swimming
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Lady
Railers at Woodruff Invitational
[SEPT.
17, 2001] The
girls of the Lincoln Lady Railer swim team participated in the
Woodruff Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 15. The Railers finished
eight out of 14 teams, with 84 points. Dunlap won the event.
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Lincoln
had two top-six finishes — the 150-yard, three-person breast relay
and the 200 free relay. Members of the breast relay were Ally Ray,
Holly Shehorn and Emily Wilkinson. Their time was 2:00.17. The 200
free relay members, Samantha Davison, Dea Welsh, Stephanie Couch and
Emily Wilkinson, completed their race in 1:55.58.
The
Lady Railers travel to Petersburg on Tuesday to compete against
Petersburg-Porta and Quincy in a triangular meet.
[Ruth
and George Sloot, coaches]
[Click
here for Lincoln placings at Woodruff Invitational]
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LCHS
swimmers at
Woodruff Invitational |
Year |
Name |
12 |
Micole Caskey |
12 |
Brittany Shaw |
12 |
Emily Wilkinson |
11 |
Elizabeth Brooks |
11 |
Samantha Davison |
11 |
Jamie Fuiten |
11 |
Jamie Hamblin |
11 |
Ally Ray |
11 |
Holly Shehorn |
11 |
Dea Welsh |
10 |
Jessica Carey |
10 |
Stephanie Couch |
10 |
Danielle Edwards |
10 |
Amy Holmes |
10 |
Elizabeth Meyer |
10 |
Cara Slack |
10 |
Sonya Zeitler |
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Lincoln
placings at Woodruff Invitational |
Events |
Swimmers
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Place |
Time |
200 M R |
Couch |
Wilkinson |
Welsh |
Davison |
8th |
2.11.94 |
3 x 150 |
Caskey |
Slack |
Zeitler |
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9th |
6.32.38 |
3 x 100 IM |
Shehorn |
Couch |
Welsh |
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10th |
3.54.44 |
3 x 50 free |
Fuiten |
Shehorn |
Meyer |
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9th |
1.35.46 |
3 x 50 fly |
Welsh |
Davison |
Couch |
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7th |
1.40.70 |
3 x 100 free |
Wilkinson |
Ray |
Brooks |
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7th |
3.29.23 |
500 crescn. relay |
Carey |
Slack |
Shaw |
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9th |
6.41.85 |
200 free relay |
Couch |
Welsh |
Wilkinson |
Davison |
6th |
1.55.58 |
3 x 50 back |
Hamblin |
Shaw |
Fuiten |
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10th |
2.03.19 |
3 x 50 breast |
Shehorn |
Wilkinson |
Ray |
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6th |
2.00.17 |
F-S 200 free relay |
Meyer |
Holmes |
Edwards |
Carey |
9th |
2.16.34 |
400 free relay |
Ray |
Caskey |
Brooks |
Fuiten |
11th |
5.05.34 |
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College
volleyball
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Lincoln
Christian College vs. Mount Mary
[SEPT.
17, 2001] The
LCC Angels claimed victory at Saturday afternoon’s away game with
Mount Mary in Milwaukee, Wis., winning 8-1.
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Brittany
Robbins and Lindsey Jones each brought in three goals, supported by
one goal each from Rebecca Davis and Emily Best.
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Lincoln
College vs. IVC and Rend Lake
[SEPT.
17, 2001] Lincoln
College defeated Rend Lake 30-25, 30-25 in volleyball action at
Lincoln Saturday, after losing a tough match to Illinois Valley
College earlier in the day. IVC beat the Lady Lynx
27-30, 34-32, 15-10.
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Lincoln
will take a 5-5 record into its next match, which is Tuesday against
Lincoln Christian College.
Leading
the Lady Lynx in the tournament were Amy Cox of Bloomington with 10
kills, three blocks and nine points. Janine Buettner
contributed 10 kills and four blocks, while Erica Miller had 11
kills, eight digs and 16 points. Sarah McLaughlin, a Lincoln High
School graduate, contributed four digs and four points, while Marie
Burash added 11 points, one ace and four kills.
"We
played a very solid match," said coach Mark Tippett. "We
let the match against IVC slip away from us, but I was pleased with
the way we rebounded against Rend Lake. Both of these
teams were very good, and we played well with the exception of a
couple of defensive lapses. We came out and played with a lot
of emotion against Rend Lake, who was a very athletic team.
"We
had the lead against IVC in the second game; however, we let it slip
away. Our passing became a little off and that cost
us. We had two chances at game point; however, we didn’t get
the job done. The IVC match was really a game of runs, as both teams
went on scoring stretches."
[Bill
Martinie,
Lincoln College sports information director]
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High
school swimming
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LCHS vs.
Limestone and Dunlap
[SEPT.
14, 2001] In
a three-way meet at home on Thursday, Lincoln Community High School
swimmers scored 80 points. Dunlap won with 150, and Limestone had
55. Placings for Lincoln swimmers are listed below.
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200-yard
medley relay — 2. Stephanie Couch, Emily Wilkinson, Dea Welsh,
Samantha Davison, 2.10.95; 5. Holly Shehorn, Ally Ray, Jamie
Fuiten, Brittany Shaw, 2.26.42. 200
free — 3. Jessica Carey, 2.41.23; 5. Jessica Alexander,
2.47.42. 200
IM — 5. Stephanie Couch, 2.52.05; 6. Amy Holmes, 3.31.60. 50
free — 2. Samantha Davison, 28.16; 3. Emily Wilkinson,
28.21. 100
fly — 3. Jamie Fuiten, 1.25.67; 4. Elizabeth Brooks,
1.28.25. 100
free — 4. Dea Welsh, 1.03.56; 3. Stephanie Couch, 1.03.4.
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500
free — 3. Holly Shehorn, 7.02.14; 5. Jessica Carey, 7.22.42. 200
free relay — 2. Stephanie Couch, Samantha Davison, Dea Welsh,
Emily Wilkinson, 1.54.55; 4. Danielle Edwards, Jamie Hamblin,
Katie Simpson, Sonya Zeitler, 2.25.21. 100
back — 3. Brittany Shaw, 1.22.83; 5. Liza Volk, 1.31.52. 100
breast — 4. Emily Wilkinson, 1.24.44; 5. Holly Shehorn,
1.33.67. 400
free relay — 4. Elizabeth Brooks, Mikki Caskey, Jamie Fuiten, Ally
Ray, 5.06.12; 5. Jessica Carey, Danielle Edwards, Amy Holmes,
Elizabeth Meyer, 5.16.67.
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Men’s
soccer
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Lincoln
College vs. Springfield College of Illinois
[SEPT.
14, 2001] Springfield
College of Illinois, ranked 12th in the latest poll, handed Lincoln
College a 4-1 setback in men’s soccer at Lincoln Thursday
afternoon. The loss drops the Lynx record to 2-2 for the
season while SCI goes to 5-1.
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Visiting
SCI scored three times in the first half to take a 3-0 lead. The
Lynx battled to a tie in the second half, each team scoring one
goal. The lone Lincoln goal came off the foot of Nick Bussey on
an assist by Steve Gorton.
LC
goalie Justin Cronin had seven saves in the net. Chris Schilling,
SCI goalie, was credited with five saves. Both Lincoln and
Springfield had 14 shots on goal.
Mike
Ngonyani scored three of the SCI goals in the contest, two coming in
the first half. The fourth goal was scored by
Murphy. Collecting assists for SCI were Justin Pierce, Carlos
Castro, Vince Murphy and Kystar.
"They
are a very good team," said Lynx coach Mark Howard.
"We will have to regroup and see where we go from here."
[Bill
Martinie, Lincoln College sports information director]
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Women’s
volleyball
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Lincoln
College vs. Carl Sandburg College
[SEPT.
14, 2001] Lincoln
College reached the .500 mark by downing Carl Sandburg College at
Galesburg Thursday night. LC stands at 4-4 and will host
Illinois Valley and Rend Lake in a tri-match Saturday beginning at
11 a.m.
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Lincoln
College got outstanding performances from Amy Cox, Erica Miller and
Beth Guy as they downed Carl Sandburg 30-28, 30-12 and 31-29.
Cox
had 10 kills, three blocks, eight points and three aces for the Lady
Lynx. Guy contributed 15 points, four aces and 27 set
assists, while Miller had nine kills, nine points and three aces.
"It
is great to get to the .500 mark. We played very consistent
volleyball and were fundamentally sound all night. Carl Sandburg
played extremely well in the first and the third matches, but we
were able to overcome that with good play of our own."
[Bill
Martinie, Lincoln College sports information director]
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Women’s
soccer
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Lincoln
College vs. Springfield College of Illinois
[SEPT.
13, 2001] Lincoln
College fell behind 4-0 in the first half and, although scoring two
goals in the second half, was unable to catch visiting Springfield
College of Illinois in a women’s soccer game at Lincoln Tuesday
afternoon. SCI won the contest by an 8-2 margin.
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Scoring
goals for Lincoln College were Ayana Evans in the 64th minute and
Lyndsey Pickering in the 71st minute.
"Our
lack of numbers hurt us again today," coach Todd Spellman
stated. "Until we get some of our injured players back, it
is going to be tough for us."
The
loss drops the Lady Lynx to 0-3 on the season.
[Bill
Martinie, Lincoln College sports information director]
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LCC
vs. Culver-Stockton
[SEPT.
13, 2001] In
women’s soccer, LCC lost to
Culver-Stockton 2-0. LCC’s season record
is now 1-5.
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Part
2
Oaks,
Railers battle to be competitive
Jeff
Mayfield interviews John Oaks
[SEPT.
4, 2001] I’ve
heard it said that it takes three years to turn a losing athletic
team into a winner. Others suggest that it takes five years for such
a transformation. Personally, I have no idea how long it takes. I do
know that it will take time. I take my hat off to the new coach of
the Lincoln Railer football team, John Oaks. He has stepped up to
this challenge. We all know what football has been like around here
the last few years. It will do no good to bring up the past again. I
can tell you that the current group of Railers seems to be throwing
support behind coach Oaks and his staff. The LDN hopes that the
community will as well. During the middle of last week the LDN was
able to attend their workout and talk with the coach on the field
immediately after practice.
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[Click here for
Part 1] Q.
Ball control sounds like it will be the key for this week and for
the rest of the season. Will you try to keep the ball between the
tackles, will you spread the offense like you said earlier, or will
you just mix it up?
A.
It depends on how soon we get Sam Moore back. Our offense has taken
a hit, in that we don’t have a tailback with near the capabilities
of Sam. We’ll be working that position by committee. Players who
could see time in that slot are T.J. Swinford, a junior; Scott
Maestas, a senior; and maybe Jason Melton, a sophomore, could rotate
in there some. We want to try to move the ball without Sam, so we’ll
rely on Jim Babbs who’s a good fullback with some quickness. He’s
not real big, but he’s a tough hitter up in the hole. You can’t
just run in, you can’t just run out. We don’t have the speed to
run outside, and we can’t just run up the middle because teams
will gang up there. So, we hope to mix it up some.
Q.
If the offense can get untracked, do you think that will bode well
for the Railers against Chatham?
A.
It’s really hard to assess them from just that one game that we
saw. We really don’t know how we’ll match up against them. They
gave up 30-plus points to Chicago, but Dunbar’s a pretty doggone
good team, too. We’ve got to worry about ourselves and make
ourselves better. We’ve got to go into the game and make as few
mistakes as we can and take it from there. We’ll prepare against
their offense and we’ll prepare against their defense, but the key
for us is to concentrate on ourselves — limiting our mistakes and
improving our execution — and see where that takes us.
Q.
What have been some of the pleasant surprises that you have
encountered since coming to Lincoln?
A.
We’ve been real happy with the players’ attitudes and with their
work ethic. I think we need to get a few things going in the right
direction and gain a little extra intensity and enthusiasm on their
part.
Q.
What about the things that must improve in order to compete?
A.
Two things: We have to get stronger; we must build the weight
program to a higher level, and that’s going to take time. Also, we
must build the numbers back up on every level of the program. We’ve
got too many kids playing both ways right now. We need to have fewer
kids sustaining injuries so that we can become a stronger program.
Hopefully this freshman class that has 40 in it will continue to
grow and get better. That should be a good start in the right
direction for us.
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this section]
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Q.
Are you wanting to bring up some of those sophomores to plug some of
the gaps you’ve got right now?
A.
I don’t like doing that unless we have to. We had seven or eight
sophs dress Friday night, and many of them were on special teams. We
had one of them in the regular starting lineup. We are trying to
plug some holes the best we can while trying to keep the units
intact. We’d like the sophs to stay together and achieve some
success. When you move ’em up, it’s kind of tough on those
younger levels that you’ve depleted. We’d like to keep them
intact the best we can. Right now we just don’t have the numbers
to completely do that.
Q.
I know the schedule is brutal, but what does it look like after this
week?
A.
We go to Lanphier next week and then on to Jacksonville. Certainly
Lanphier looked awfully tough in their opening win over Peoria
Manual. And Jacksonville had a big upset victory over Jerseyville. I
guess they play Taylorville, and we’ll find out how good everybody
is after that one. There are no break times in the Central State 8.
And this year seems to be more of an up year than most. There are
least five or six teams that are playoff quality. It looks like we’re
going to have our work cut out for us. We’ve just got to get our
own act together to have a chance to be competitive.
I’ve
always believed that anyplace can be competitive. It just takes time
and patience. You have to get the right things in order — like I’ve
been real happy with the booster club, and the community support
here has been great so far. The kids have had a good attitude, and
if we can keep that going through some of this drought time, then I
think we can get things headed in the right direction.
Conclusion
Everyone
here at the LDN and the community is behind you, coach Oaks, and
behind every Railer team.
Good
luck, Railers, throughout the season!
And
if you’re on a local sports team and would like some coverage,
call 732-7443 and let us know about it. You and your team may well
be the next feature!
[Jeff
Mayfield]
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Part
1
Oaks,
Railers battle to be competitive
Jeff
Mayfield interviews John Oaks
[SEPT.
1, 2001] I’ve
heard it said that it takes three years to turn a losing athletic
team into a winner. Others suggest that it takes five years for such
a transformation. Personally, I have no idea how long it takes. I do
know that it will take time. I take my hat off to the new coach of
the Lincoln Railer football team, John Oaks. He has stepped up to
this challenge. We all know what football has been like around here
the last few years. It will do no good to bring up the past again. I
can tell you that the current group of Railers seems to be throwing
support behind coach Oaks and his staff. The LDN hopes that the
community will as well. During the middle of the week the LDN was
able to attend their workout and talk with the coach on the field
immediately after practice.
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Q.
Tell us about this week’s game.
A.
We’ve got the Chatham Titans, which is their new nickname. But
they’ll be the same old tough team, I’m afraid. They have quite
a few starters back from last year’s team. They had a tough
opening loss to Chicago Dunbar. In that game their quarterback was
injured, but they’ve still got quite a few weapons. I’m certain
they may have a little more of a ground game this week, but their
backup quarterback came in and threw the ball pretty well for them,
too. So, it will be a tough opening game here at home.
Q.
How do you plan to go up against them?
A.
We'll do the best we can. We’re beat up pretty badly ourselves
right now. We lost two key starters with injuries and a third one
due to disciplinary action. We’ve kinda got the shorts in trying
to piece together a lineup out there. It’s going to be tough. I
think our best chance is to try to put together some type of
ball-control offense where hopefully we can keep the ball a little
bit and keep it out of their hands.
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this section]
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Q.
Last week you guys got off to a pretty good start but then seemed to
encounter some bad breaks and some injuries. How did you see it?
A.
We moved the ball fairly decent, but we had some little things go
against us. Some of those were our own doing. When things haven’t
gone well for a team for a number of years, those things bring you
down. We gave up a long run early in the game, and they ended up
scoring a touchdown. We then had a nice drive going ourselves and
got all the way down to the 14-yard line before three penalties in
the next four plays killed the drive. You just can’t do those
kinds of things. I think that took some of the wind out of our
sails. We were still in it, only being down 7-0 at halftime. Then we
had a couple of key injuries, one in the second quarter and one
in the third, that I think hurt us, especially when we were trying to
get the tide turned. Looking back on the game tapes, it wasn’t a
terrible performance; we just need better consistency than what we
showed. And now, obviously, with the injuries, we’ve got an even
tougher job trying to replace those guys.
(To
be continued)
[Jeff
Mayfield]
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