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Area game results

[APRIL 10, 2002]   

At Fairbury

Olympia                    311 000 0 -- 5-10-2

Prairie Central           002 001 1 -- 4-  8-0

Tyler Thornton (2-0), Lance Leesman (6), Ryan Sherman (7), Steve Raliegh (7) and Ryan Kendrick, Rush Olson (5).  Hitting stars:  Raleigh (2 hits, 1 homerun) and Chris Frank (2 hits, 1 double, 1 RBI).

Area game results

[APRIL 10, 2002]   

At Stanford

Olympia                     200 0(10) -- 12-15-0

Central Catholic         000 0  0    --   0-  1-1

Jessie Shay (6-1), Amanda Wilson (5) and Amber Lessen, Katie Tucker (5).

2B-Tricia Gaither.  Three hits-Gaither, Shay.  Two hits-Alisha Brand, Tiffany Prager.  RBI-Gaither 2, Shay 2, Prager 2.  Pitching-Shay (4 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 5 strikeouts), Wilson (1 IP, 0 H, O R, O BB, 3 strikeouts).

Olympia and Lincoln at Clinton

[APRIL 10, 2002]   Olympia boys team took second with 141 points and Lincoln took fourth with 74 points against (in order of placement) University High (152.2), Clinton (120.8), Lexington (38) and Decatur St. Teresa (28).  The Olympia girls team took second place with 131 points and Lincoln took third with 90.3 points against University High (190), Clinton, (82), Decatur St. Teresa (47) and Lexington (35.7)

Boys placing for Olympia:

100-meter dash – 2. Dillenburg, 11.8

200 dash – 1. Joyce, 23.2

400 dash –  4. Raes, 55.2

800 run – 6. Slager, 2:10.8

1,600 run – 5. McClain, 5:01.7; 6. Seline, 5:03.8

110 hurdles – 1. Sholty, 15.7; 3. (tie) Neisler, 17.7

300 hurdles – 1. Sholty, 41.9; 4. Myers, 45.9; 5. Neisler, 46.0

High jump – 1. Raes, 5-10; 3. Neisler, 5-8; 4. Stephey, 5-8; 5. McQue, 5-4

Long jump – 5. McClure, 17-4

Shot put – 1. Schultz, 49-10; 6. Bradshaw, 39-1

Discus – 1. Schultz, 147-7; 2. Hieronymus, NA; 6. Schmidgall, 113-7

400 relay – 1. Olympia (Weaver, Sholty, D. Burg, Joyce), 44.9

800 relay – 2. Olympia, 1:40.0

1,600 relay – 1. Olympia (Brand, Sholty, Joyce, Dillenburg), 3:34.9

3,200 relay – 3. Olympia, 8:47.3

Girls placing for Olympia:

400-meter dash – 1. Crawford, 1:06.0

800 run –  4. Westerfield, 2:41.6; 6. Lindgren, 2:47.8

1,600 run – 1. Floyd, 5:48.1

3,200 run – 3. Floyd, 12:39.1

100 hurdles – 2. Hish, 17.8; 3. Hentzen, 18.0; 4. Bennett, 18.7

300 hurdles –  2. Hentzen, 52.0; 4. Fredericks, 53.2

High jump – 2. (tie) Rader and Crawford, 4-10

Triple jump – 4. Hish, 30-5

Shot put – 3. Cook, 27-10

Discus – 1. Cook, 91-5

400 relay – 3. Olympia, 55.6

800 relay – 3. Olympia 1:57.6

800 medley relay – 4. Olympia 2:03.4

1,600 relay – 1. Olympia 4:24.3

3,200 relay – 1. Olympia (Fredericks, Boone, Rader, Freshour), 10:34.6

Boys placing for Lincoln:

200-meter dash – 3. Aderman, 24.6; 4. Barnes, 24.7; 6. Schneider, 25.2

400 dash – 6. Guffarin, 58.0

110 hurdles – 3. (tie) Heidbreder, 17.7; 6. Sheley, 19.9

High jump – 2. M. Fox, 5-8

Long jump – 1. Andermark, 19-4; 4. McNamara, 17-6½

Triple jump – 4. Sheley, 35-4

Pole vault – 3. (tie) Frost, 8-0; 5. Barringer, 8-0; 6. Valdes, 7-0

Shot put – 3. Tibias, NA; 5. Neitzel, 39-5

Discus – 4. Neitzel, 117-2

400 relay – 4. Lincoln, 48.0

800 relay – 5. Lincoln, 1:41.2

3,200 relay – 4. Lincoln, 9:06.6

Girls placing for Lincoln:

100 meter dash – 1. Dawson, 12.7; 4. Dorsey, 13.7

200 meter dash – 3. Dorsey, 28.2; 5. Robbins, 28.2

400 meter dash – 3. Smith, 1:08.5

100 hurdles – 6. Conklen, 19.1

300 hurdles –  6. Conklen, 57.9

High jump –  4. (tie) Burch, 4-6

Long jump – 1. Dawson, 17-7; 2. Robbins, 15-1

Triple jump – 2. Whalen, 30-6

Shot put – 3. Cook, 27-10

Discus – 1. Cook, 91-5

400 relay – 2. Lincoln, 53.9

800 relay – 4. Lincoln, 2:00.8

800 medley relay – 6. Lincoln, 2:06.4

3,200 relay – 5. Lincoln, 12:10.7

[APRIL 10, 2002]  CHAMPAIGN — The Fighting Illini 2001-02 season officially came to a close Tuesday night with the 80th annual Kiwanis Men’s Basketball Banquet, held at the Round Barn Banquet Center. For the nearly 600 in attendance it was a time to celebrate the achievements of the 2002 squad, which included a run to another Big Ten championship and a trip to the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament. Illinois won 26 games on the year, the third-most in school history, and was ranked in the top 25 for the entire season.

For the second year in a row, Frank Williams earned the team’s Most Valuable Player Award by vote of his teammates. Williams becomes the second consecutive back-to-back winner of MVP honors, following teammate Cory Bradford in 1999 and 2000.

Also for the second consecutive season, junior Brian Cook won the Ralf Woods Free Throw Award for having the highest free-throw percentage in Big Ten games. Cook was 46-of-50 (.920) from the line in conference games.

Senior Cory Bradford was named the Kenny Battle Most Inspirational Player. Also voted on by the Illini team, Bradford earned the respect of his teammates, having started all 134 games of his collegiate career for a UI and Big Ten record.

The Matto Award, given in honor of former Illini guard Matt Heldman, who died in a car accident, was given to senior Lucas Johnson. The award signifies all-around hustle and enthusiasm on the floor.

[Kent Brown, assistant athletics director / sports information director, University of Illinois]

[APRIL 8, 2002]  The Lincoln varsity baseball team journeyed to Harrisburg last weekend to expand their competition to southern Illinois. Host Harrisburg (10-2 this season) took the first game 6-4, but the Railers rebounded to defeat Carbondale 12-8 in the second game.

Single-A Harrisburg has an excellent baseball tradition, going to state last year with their Legion team and boasting some of the better players in southern Illinois. They outhit Lincoln 9-to-6, but the Railers had tying runs on in the last inning, gave a good fight, yet came up short.

The game was scoreless through 2 1/2 innings, and then Harrisburg exploded with four runs in the third with the help of a Railer dropped ball at first base. The Bulldogs added two more in the fourth. Though Harrisburg scored in only two innings, it proved to be enough for the victory. Ryan Williams took the loss for Lincoln, going four innings and giving up six hits and two walks.  Only four of the six runs scored on Williams were earned.

The Railers’ first runs were scored by Andy Knopp and Danny Schick, both of whom reached base on a fielder’s choice and were driven home on a single by Ryne Komnick. Mike Martin scored in the fifth after reaching on an error, moving to third on a single by Jeremy Ohmart and coming home on a Derek Schrader single to left field. Another Railer run came in the sixth inning. Matt Boyer was walked, pinch runner Michael Aper stole second and moved to third on a single by Komnick, and Aper scored on a sacrifice bunt by Mitch Sheley.

Two runs down, the Railers threatened again in the seventh. Ohmart singled and stole second, and Knopp drew a seven-pitch walk. With two outs, the pressure was applied to freshman catcher and pinch hitter Neil Rohrer, batting for the first time in the game. Rohrer faced a Harrisburg reliever who had come into the game to clamp down on the rally. Rohrer took his cuts but found no contact. Nonetheless, the Railers played a respectable game and were able to use 15 players. Ohmart, Schrader and Komnick had two hits each.

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The second game against Carbondale had a rough beginning for the Railers. Andy Knopp started the game with a tender arm and gave up four hits and a walk in the first inning, coming out of the game with obvious arm pain. Carbondale capitalized and ended up with four runs in the first inning. Junior Chris Gosda relieved Knopp and had a good outing, going 3 2/3 innings and allowing just one hit and two runs (neither earned).

The Railers scored their first run in the third inning on a RBI hit by Gosda that brought Mike Martin home. In the fourth, the Railers tallied four runs on base hits by Danny Schick and Ryan Williams and a sacrifice fly by Mike Aper. Lincoln scored three more in the fifth with the help of a bunt single by Blake Schoonover, another single (two RBIs) by Schick and an RBI single by Derek Schrader.

After six innings the score was tied at 8-8. Schoonover had relieved Matt Boyer in the sixth and helped to squelch a Carbondale rally; then he held them scoreless in the seventh, thanks in part to a double play when a line drive was hit to shortstop Mitch Sheley, who doubled off the runner at first.

The big inning and the big hit came in the bottom of the seventh. Ryan Williams walked, Derek Schrader beat out an infield hit, and Mike Aper was intentionally walked to load the bases with one out. Matt Boyer them whacked a 1-0 pitch to deep left center. Fans knew the winning run would score on the play, but it wasn’t immediately clear that the ball, which hit the top of the fence and fell back to the field, would be ruled a home run — a grand slam to win the game 12-8.

The Railers, now 4-6 on the year (with a suspended tied game still undecided against Sacred Heart-Griffin) will play Springfield away on Tuesday and home on Thursday.

[Rich Knopp]

Area game results

[APRIL 8, 2002]   

At Peoria

Game 1

Illini Central               102 021 1 -- 7-7-6

Peoria Christian         000 102 0 -- 3-3-6

Josh McDaniel (2-0) and Travis Scott.  Home run: Travis Scott (one on in third).  Hitting star: Scott (3 hits, double, 3 RBI).  Pitching star:  McDaniel (7 innings, 3 hits, 0 ER, 14 strikeouts).

Game 2

Illini Central               (11)02 014 -- 18-9-4

Peoria Christian            4  10 000 --   5-4-4

Matt Brayfield, Bryce Cunningham (3, 3-0), Chris Morton (5) and Travis Scott, Matt Birch (4).  Hitting star:  Jason Thomas (2 hits).

At Springfield Showcase

Coal City                  000 000 0 -- 0-1-0

Hartsburg-Emden     101 010 x  -- 3-7-0

Ryan Kendrick (3-0) and Rush Olson.  Hitting stars:  Steve Raleigh (3 hits, double, RBI) and Jeff Darnall (2 hits, RBI).  Pitching star:  Kendrick (7 innings, 1 hit, 0 runs, 8 strikeouts).

Area game results

[APRIL 8, 2002]   

At Morton

Game 1

Lincoln                      000 000 0 -- 0-1-4

Morton                      211 017 x -- 9-9-1

Shanna Goodman and Emily Wilkinson.

Game 2

Lincoln                      000 012 0 --   3-  9-3

Morton                      221 500 x -- 10-11-4

Beth Carmitchel and Kelsey Walsham.  Hitting star:  Holly Maestas (2 hits, RBI).

Olympia at Metamora Invitational

[APRIL 8, 2002]   Olympia's boys' team took second with 94 points against (in order of placement) Chatham Glenwood (103), Normal Community (77.5), Pekin (75), IVC (68), Pontiac (53.5), Metamora (49), Canton (47), Eureka (46), Normal West (40) and Herscher (29). The girls' team tied with Eureka for fourth with 84 points against Pontiac (128), Metamora (108.5), Normal Community (91), Pekin (57), Central Catholic (42.5), Champaign Central (40), Springfield (34), Canton (23.5), Herscher (15.5) and IVC (5).

Boys placing for Olympia:

100-meter dash – 1. Joyce, 11.3

110 hurdles – 1. Sholty, 14.8

300 hurdles – 4. Sholty, 52.3

High jump – 2. Raes, 5-10

Shot put – 2. Schultz, 52-7½

Discus – 2. Schultz, 154-6

400 relay – 2. Olympia, 45.9

F-S 400 relay – 4. Olympia, 49.4

F-S 800 relay – 3. Olympia, 1:39.5

1,600 relay –  2. Olympia, 3:37.8

F-S 1,600 relay –  4. Olympia, 3:54.0

3,200 relay – 5. Olympia, 8:59.7

F-S 3,200 relay – 3. Olympia, 9:24.0

Girls placing for Olympia:

400-meter dash – 4. Freschour, 1:07.1

1,600 run –3. Floyd, (score unavailable)

100 hurdles –1. Hish, 16.8, 3. Hentzen, 17.2

300 hurdles – 4. Hentzen, 51.9

High jump – 2. Rader, 4-8

Pole vault –4. Hossler, 6-0

Discus – 3. Cook, 103-7

F-S 400 relay – 2. Olympia, 55.1

F-S 800 relay – 2. Olympia, 1:57.5

1,600 relay –  3. Olympia, 4:36.8

F-S 1,600 relay –  2. Olympia, 4:32.8

F-S 3,200 relay – 1. Olympia, 10:31.5

Lincoln College vs. Spoon River

[APRIL 8, 2002]   Dan Dunn took a no-hitter into the seventh inning Saturday, only to give up a leadoff hit as Lincoln College posted an 8-0 victory over Spoon River at Canton. Dunn threw a double-play ball and then retired the final batter to finish with a one-hitter.

Dunn did not walk anyone in the contest and fanned five.  It was his first start of the season for Lincoln College. The Lynx were led by Tim May with a pair of hits and two RBI.

In the second game Matt Gilbert evened his pitching record at 1-1 as the Lynx posted a 7-0 victory. Gilbert hurled the first five innings, giving up three hits while walking two. Charlie Deakin pitched 1 2/3 innings, giving up one hit and fanning two. Jeff King recorded the final out for the Lynx.

Jeff Harris and Kenny VanHouten each had three hits for Lincoln. VanHouten connected for a double and had three RBIs while Harris scored a pair of runs and drove in one.

Lincoln is now 3-5 in conference play and stands at 3-18 overall. The Lynx are scheduled to play every day next week, hosting Danville on Monday, Spoon River on Tuesday and Lincoln Land on Wednesday. Thursday the Lynx are at Lake Land and Friday at Millikin JV. Lincoln returns home for games Saturday and Sunday against Lake Land and John Wood.

Lincoln College   220 012 1 — 8 - 6 - 1

Spoon River 000 000 0 — 0 - 1 - 4

Dunn (W) and Pesce; McGrew (L) and Shelby

Second game

Lincoln College   102 000 4 — 7 - 11 - 1

Spoon River  000 000 0 — 0 - 4 - 2

Gilbert (W), Deakin (6), King (7) and Bartman; unknown.

[Bill Martinie]

Redbird basketball team honored at banquet

[APRIL 8, 2002]   NORMAL — Baboucarr Bojang claimed the Doug Collins Most Valuable Player award, but senior Randy Rice took home the most hardware at the Illinois State men’s basketball awards banquet Sunday night at Redbird Arena.

In front of some 400 Redbird basketball fans and supporters, Rice captured the Jamar Smiley Assists Award (4.1) and was named the team’s top defender and most improved player, to lead the Redbirds with three honors.

In addition to the team MVP, Bojang also garnered the Ron deVries Rebounding Award (7.6). Bojang, who was recognized as a second-team All-Missouri Valley Conference selection, led the O-’Birds in scoring with 13.2 points per game. He also was chosen to the Valley all-newcomer team and posted 25 double-digit scoring efforts and nine double-doubles.

Shawn Jeppson hauled in the Brad Duncan Free Throw Percentage Award (87.3 percent) and finished his career with the third-best percentage in Redbird history (85.1 percent).

Junior Andy Strandmark was awarded the Tony Holifield Field Goal Percentage Award (48.2 percent), while Vince Greene accepted the Matt Taphorn Three-Point Field Goal Percentage Award (41.8 percent).

The Dan Muller Student-Athlete Award was presented to Chad Mazanowski, a 3.18 student in criminal justice.

[Todd Kober, Illinois State University
director of media relations]

LCHS vs. Morton

[APRIL 6, 2002]   Lincoln High School scored 15 runs on 15 hits, but it wasn’t enough as Morton scored 17 times for a 17-15 five-inning victory Friday at Mike Curry Field.   The loss drops Lincoln to 4-4 on the season.

Lincoln scored in every inning of the contest, including seven in the bottom of the fifth.   The Railers had the tying runs on base; however, the runner at first was picked off for the final out.  Morton scored in every inning but the fifth.  The second inning was the big inning as Morton plated seven runs.

Jason Williams collected four hits in five trips to the plate, scored three times and drove in a run to lead the Lincoln offensive attack.  Chris Matson connected for three hits in four trips to the plate with two runs scored and an RBI.  Jason Melton, Miles Musick and Kyle Atteberry each had a pair of hits for the Railers. Extra-base hits were triples by Melton and Cory Stoltzenburg, while Williams had a double. 

Sean Ferguson was the starting and losing pitcher for Lincoln. Scott Lee and Trent Kavelman also hurled for Lincoln, with Kavelman going 1 2/3 innings with four strikeouts and no hits allowed.

Score by innings

Morton          372 50 — 17 - 16 - 5

Lincoln          213 27 — 15 - 15 - 6

[Bill Martinie]

Lincoln at Galesburg Invitational

[APRIL 6, 2002]   Lincoln took seventh with 42 points against (in order of placement) Normal West, Galesburg, Peoria Richwoods, Bloomington, Rock Island Allerman, Geneseo, Morton, United Township, Peoria Central, Peoria Notre Dame.

Placing for Lincoln:

100-meter dash — 1. Dominique Dawson, 12.3; 6. Tricia Dorsey, 13.2

200-meter dash — 1. Dawson, 26.7

Long jump — 1. Dawson, 19-7¼; 3. Brooklyn Robbins, 16-9¼

Triple jump — 5. Jennifer Whalen, 31-3½

Pole vault — 6. Whalen, 6-0

400 relay — 6. Lincoln, 55.5

800 sprint medley — 6. Lincoln, 2:04.6

LCHS sophomore baseball vs. SHG

[APRIL 5, 2002]   Lincoln scored five runs in the top of the sixth inning to take a 9-8 lead against Sacred Heart-Griffin Thursday afternoon in sophomore baseball. The game was suspended in the top of the sixth, due to darkness, with the Railers having two outs and a runner at first base.

Jason Williams had a pair of hits, drove in three runs and scored a run to lead the Railers. Brandon Babbs also collected a pair of hits, drove in two runs and scored a run. Chris Matson, Miles Musick and Bobby Maestas each had one hit for coach Gary Stoltzenburg.

Chance Burger and Williams pitched for the Railers with no decision since the game was suspended.

Lincoln plays at home Friday against Morton at 4:30 p.m.

[Bill Martinie]

LCHS sophomores vs. Mount Zion

[APRIL 4, 2002]   Trent Kavelman doubled in two runs in the fifth inning to lead Lincoln High School to a 7-5 victory over Mount Zion in sophomore baseball at Chuck Lindstrom Field in Lincoln on Wednesday afternoon. The victory evens the Lincoln record at 3-3. The Railers are scheduled to play at Sacred Heart-Griffin on Thursday afternoon and host Morton on Friday.

Miles Musick and Neil Rohrer each reached base with singles in the fifth inning prior to Kavelman’s two-out double over the left fielder’s head.

Lincoln scored two runs in the first inning on a single by Kavelman, a walk to Jason Williams, a wild pitch and a two-run single by Jason Melton. The Railers added two more in the second on a single by Brandon Babbs, a sacrifice, an error which scored one run, and an RBI single by Mitch Sheley. Melton led off the third inning with a walk, Chris Matson singled with Melton moving to third, and he later scored on a fielder’s choice off the bat of Babbs.

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Bobby Maestas picked up the victory with three shutout innings in relief of Kavelman. Maestas fanned a pair and walked one while permitting three hits. Kavelman hurled the first four innings, giving up eight hits and five runs, four of them earned, while striking out two and walking three.

Kavelman, Melton and Sheley each had a pair of hits for Lincoln, with Kavelman and Melton each having two RBIs. Babbs, Scott Lee, Matson, Musick and Rohrer all had one hit each.

Score by innings

Mount Zion     111 200 0 — 5-11-1

Lincoln            221 020 x — 7-11-1

[Bill Martinie]

Area game results

[APRIL 4, 2002]   

Normal West      220 000 — 4-7-3

Olympia              300 011 — 5-5-3

Area game results

[APRIL 4, 2002]   

Normal Community    100 036 — 10-8-0

Lincoln                       000 000 —   0-0-1

Tri-Valley        000 000 —  0-2-2

Olympia          300 133 — 10-9-0

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