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Wednesday, April 2

High school baseball

[APRIL 2, 2003] 

At Mount Pulaski

Illini Central         000 120 0 - 3-6-0

Mount Pulaski     000 020 0 - 2-5-1

Bryce Cunningham (W), Travis Scott(6) and Trav. Scott, Matt Birch (6); Colton McClellan (L) and Camerson McClellan.

Home runs -  Illini Central - Travis Scott; Mount Pulaski - Justin Anderson.

Hitting stars - Illini Central - Trevor Scott (double, RBI); Mount Pulaski - Anderson (2 RBI).

Pitching star - Illini Central - Cunningham (5 strikeouts).

At Metamora

Olympia        000 001 0 - 1-6-0

Metamora     300 030 x - 6-7-1

Trevor Smith (L, 0-1), Derek Dudgeon (6) and Rush Olson; Zach Robison (W, 1-0) and WEs Brewster.

Home run - Metamora - Tyler Kempf.

Hitting star - Metamora - Kempf (2 hits, 4 RBI).

Pitching star - Metamora - Robison (6 Strikeouts).

Records - Metamora 2-0; Olympia 1-1.

High school softball

[APRIL 2, 2003] 

At Tremont

Olympia    (13) 61 03 - 23-22-2

Tremont       0   00 30 -  3-  2 -4

Called because of 10 run rule

Jessica Shay, Megan Rich (3 W, 1-0), Lindsay Watkins (5) and Katie Tucker; T.J. Matheny (L) and T. Timilty.

Hitting stars - Olympia - Jessica Shay (3 hits, 6 RBI), Watkins (3 hits), Mallory Toliver (4 hits) Tiffany Prager (2 hits), Kami Logsdon (2 hits), Amber Darnall (2 RBI); Tremont - Timilty (2 RBI).

Record - Olympia 2-1.

At Clinton

Hartsburg-Emden  000 000 0 - 0-1-0

Clinton                  110 000 x - 2-4-1

Nikki Chapman (L, 1-2) and Alyssa Moehring; Kamren Ferguson (W, 2-0) and Heather Polen.

Hitting star - Clinton - Amber Sturgeon (double).

Pitching star - Clinton - Kamren Ferguson (7 innings, 14 strikeouts, 1 hit).

Records - Hartem 1-2, Clinton 2-0.

High school track and field

[APRIL 2, 2003] 

At Mason City

Boys

Illini Central 73, Mount Pulaski 55, Illini Bluffs 38.

100 meters- Davis (M), 12.2); 200- McCardy (M), 25.1; 800- Waymire (M), 2:16.5; 1,600- Waymire (M), 5:28; 3,200- Hunter (IC) 12:14.1; 110 high hurdles- Van Etten (IC), 18.5; 300- intermediate hurdles- Van Etten (IC), 44.2; long jump- Davis (M), 19-2 1/4; high jump- Waymire (M), 5-10; triple jump- Wells (IC), 38-9; Discus- Auxier (IC), 125-3; 400 relay- Mount Pulaski (Coers, McCardy, Wymire, Davis), 49.0; 800 relay- Illini Central (Hatfield, Miller, Reed, Cooper, 1:50.4; 1,600 relay- Illini Central 4:09.4; 3,200 relay- Illini Central (Van Etten, Wells, Burton, McDaniel), 10:10.3.

At Mason City

Girls

Illini Bluffs 62, Mount Pulaski 44, Illini Central 36.

800 meters- Katie Nelson (IC), 3:11; 1,600- Katie Hernan (IC), 7:28; 3,200- Nelson (IC), 16:24; 100 hurdles- Conaway (M), 17.9; high jump- Ely (M), 4-9; triple jump- McDonald (IC), 28-6; shot put- Oglesby (M), 84-0; 800 relay- Mount Pulaski, 2:10.9.

Lincoln College softball vs. Springfield College

[APRIL 2, 2003]  SPRINGFIELD -- Lincoln College handed Springfield College a pair of softball setbacks here Tuesday afternoon. The Lynx, now 9-7 for the season, won the opener in five innings, 10-0, and took the second game in six innings, 12-2.

Jen Polhemus struck out six and gave up just three hits in the opener for coach Allen Pickering. Lincoln scored three times in the first inning and was never headed. Norissa Stetter, JoJo Halko and Erica Ernst each had a pair of hits. Stetter and Halko both had two doubles, while Ernst had three RBIs.

Beth Conner was the second game winner, giving up five hits in the six-inning contest. Ernst and Halko each had three hits to lead a 12-hit attack. Ernst had three RBIs, while Halko connected for a triple and one RBI. Candi Forsythe also had a pair of hits for the Lincoln College squad.

[Bill Martinie, Lincoln College
sports information director]

Articles from the past week

[MARCH 31, 2003]  My brackets are totally busted! How are yours? I didn't have one team in the Final Four … could think I don't predict for a living, huh? We'd starve this spring!

How 'bout those Marquette Golden Eagles? Has to be the team of choice in the French Quarter! And they would have even been a lot better had they finally chosen Gregg Alexander two years ago. They'd have Travis on the point, Wade doing whatever he wants, Novak on one wing and Alexander pounding them down on the other… a national championship banner just waiting to be hung! Oh well, we'll root for them anyway…

Can you say enough about the Hartsburg-Emden and Mount Pulaski volleyball teams? If I ever have any daughters, I guess I better get them in volleyball camps during pre-school! I had always thought that maybe tennis or golf was the route. All these GREAT volleyball programs have made me rethink that position! Congratulations to Hartem for winning the 7A and the 8A state championships, and we hope to see you on "FANdamonium" soon!

Speaking of "FANdamonium"… Join my co-host Greg Taylor tonight as his guests will be the voice of the Railers, Jeff Benjamin, and we think Tom Larry. Also, expect a few surprises. You can catch the show every Monday at 6 p.m. right here on the LDN or at FIX 96.3 FM or on Lincoln cable Channel 5!

I think that Texas was a lot better than people thought they were.

Marquette was kind of a sandbaggin' team. When we saw them in Indy, we thought Illinois was a lot better.

At any rate, it's time to play golf. Got your sticks out yet? Any early reports on what courses are looking good, really good deals? Send 'em in and we'll post them all for the world to see.

IF this column seems a little subdued right now, it's just hard to get real up for sports with a war going on. My heart not only goes out to the soldiers, but it goes out to innocent families and civilians all over the world. I hope that leaders one day realize that their actions DO have repercussions on everybody…

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Today is baseball's Opening Day… following last night's Opening Night. We like Atlanta, Houston or the Cubs and San Francisco. In the junior circuit we'll go with the White Sox, the Yankees and the swingin' A's!

Don't know if the Cardinals have enough pitching or can stay healthy enough to reach the playoffs again.

Would like to see the St. Louis Blues win a Stanley Cup. What are their realistic chances?

Did you see the way Davis Love III played this weekend? Fred Couples said it was the best he had ever seen Love play!

Does anyone know the secret to hitting long, straight long-iron shots?

I haven't seen so many balls heading for the water since Medinah! Or, since the last time I teed them up!

Can anyone beat Michelle Kwan?

What ever happened to Jenny Chusiaporn?

Didn't get to see it, but heard the North-South game out at the Laughlin Center had plenty of scoring!

Anybody know any good, inside rumors about the Illinois State coaching jobs? I'd jump ship for six figures and a country club membership, and I think I could promise them at least 10 wins! If you know Perk personally, throw the name into the hat…

On that hilarious note, we'll close. Have a GREAT week, everybody!

[Jeff Mayfield]

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