Community recognizes outstanding young people at Friday Parade of Champions

 

[April 05, 2024] 

Friday afternoon top notch teams in the Lincoln and Logan County area were honored with a parade around the Logan County Courthouse Square in Lincoln.

There were many groups represented including the West Lincoln Broadwell basketball and volleyball teams, teams from Chester East Lincoln and Mt. Pulaski schools, Railer wrestlers, FFA members, State Choir members, LCHS Special Olympics as well as the Lincoln Park District Special Olympians, just to name a few.

The streets were lined with people there to salute their favorite teams, not the least of which was the Lincoln Lady Railers State Champion Basketball teams.

The parade began with another outstanding person. Though not a student at any of these schools now, Grand Marshal Tim McDougall has long been dubbed as the Number One Railer Fan in Lincoln and Logan County, rarely missing a game, and being the flag runner at all the basketball and football games.

McDougall was driven around the square in the back of a shiny red convertible from Xamis Ford.

There were many notable youth in the parade, and all of them had their personal cheering section in the audience. The one team that seemed to have 100 percent of the crowd excited was the Lady Railers.

The ladies made school history this year, being the first team from LCHS to win a state championship. They did so with a top notch set of players who broke their own records over and over again throughout the season.

So well have these ladies done that both the Logan County Board and the Lincoln City Council passed resolutions and proclamations for the Lady Railers

City of Lincoln Mayoral Proclamation - Pdf

Logan County Board Resolution # LO 23/24 37 – Pdf

[Nila Smith]