Railers suffer 46-7 loss to Effingham in week two

[September 07, 2019] 

The Lincoln Railers Football Team opened Apollo Conference play at Effingham Friday night and it was the Flaming Hearts getting the 46-7 win.

Effingham scored the first touchdown of the night on a run from the six-yard line from Logan Brown just four minutes into the game. The kick for the extra point by Beau Hefner was no good. Effingham up 6-0 early.

The Flaming Hearts would score again on a nine-yard run by Chase Woomer with 2:53 on the first quarter clock. This time Ivan Angel was the kicker and he was good for the extra point. The Flaming Hearts jumped out to a 13-0 lead.

Effingham took a 20-0 lead just before the first quarter ended when Tristin Duncan scored on a 49-yard pass. Duncan caught the ball around the eight-yard line and ran it in for the touchdown.

The Flaming Hearts added to their lead in the second quarter on another touchdown and extra point. 27-0 now the Effingham lead.

Lincoln's offense would score a touchdown for the first time this season around the 6:00 mark in the second quarter on a 5-yard run by 5'8 senior Payton Anderson. Alex Bogdanic, a 6'2 senior, was good on the kick for the extra point for Lincoln and the Railers were on the board, trailing 27-7.

The Flaming Hearts stretched the lead to 33-7 just before the half on a 67-yard fumble return by Logan Brown. The kick for the extra point was no good and with 27.2 seconds remaining in the first half the Flaming Hearts had a comfortable 33-7 lead.

The Flaming Hearts would go on to score a touchdown in each of the remaining quarters and hand the Railers a 46-7 loss.

Lincoln falls to 0-2 on the season and 0-1 in the Apollo Conference.

Next week Lincoln travels to Taylorville to take on the Tornadoes in week 3.

[Teena Lowery]