Archive - May 14, 2008

By MICKEY ALVARADO

It was cold, getting darker by the second and play had been suspended for at least 20 minutes before visiting Lincoln's varsity girls soccer coach decided his girls had taken enough punishment. He conceded the victory to Tecumseh with more than eight minutes remaining in the contest.

The Railspliters had a player collide violently with Tecumseh senior Hanna “Hat Trick” Hall with the Indians leading 6-2 and the accident essentially ended the contest. Hall had already scored three goals for a hat trick but looked to possibly add several more with her momentum still peaking in the second half.

Lincoln had taken the initial lead in the first half with a goal that slipped past Tecumseh's Rachael Ries just two and a half minutes into the game but Hall evened the score with a netter from the right side just seven minutes later. Tecumseh's defense stiffened up and began shutting down the Railsplitters, which allowed Hall to make several hard offensive runs at Lincoln, but was held to the outside and easily blocked. Hall finally booted the ball right in front of the Railsplitters goalie and her teammate, Ashton Lacelle, was right where she needed to be to send it flying to the back of Lincoln's net.

Hall charged right again and scored another netter at the 6:53 mark, placing the ball just over the Lincoln goaltender's outstretched hands.

The Railsplitters tightened the match to 3-2 just under three minutes later and the teams left the field at halftime to plot out their second half attacks.

Britton-Deerfield opened its baseball tournament at Deerfield on Saturday, May, 10, with a 16-5 mercy ruled win against Waldron but lost 8-1 to Summit Academy to end the day.

Jason Case won the opener for B-D after pitching all five innings. He allowed five hits and walked one while striking out five.

B-D's Mike Burman, Mike Smith and Justin Holubik each had multiple hits and scored runs for the win.

Burman was handed the pitching loss against Summit Academy. He pitched six innings, allowed six hits and walked two while striking out eight.

Paden Sampsel and Brandon Keller recorded B-D's only hits in the game.

The other half of the tournament was played out at Britton High School where Madison opened with a 10-0 loss to Dundee and then finished its day with a 15-4 loss against Manchester.

Just the day before, Friday, May 9, B-D lost 7-4 at Madison.

Madison benefited from a couple early errors in the first inning to score four unearned runs.

Brandon Keller pitched six innings for B-D and gave up five hits and six walks while striking out 11.

B-D was led offensively by Matt Bailey and Brandon Keller who each had two hits and scored runs.

Chase Mann led Madison, going 2-for-4 at the plate and also earning the win on the mound.

B-D lost 7-4 against Clinton on Monday.

Case took the loss, pitching five innings and allowing eight hits, seven runs (six earned), three walks while striking out four. Brandon Keller pitched the sixth inning and hit a batter.

Offensively, B-D was led by Cameron Taylor and Case who each had two hits. Keller had a double while Holubik scored two runs.

BD is now 2-14 overall and 1-9 in the Tri-County Conference.

CLASSES HAVE now formed for the free 12-week health seminar with the Transitions Lifestyle System.  Classes will teach about low glycemic index eating, exercise, stress reduction, supplementation and more.  The seminar will be held every Monday evening from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Newsong Connection Center, 133 E. Chicago Blvd., downtown Tecumseh. This Monday’s guest speaker will be Natalie LaRoe from Fitness 4 You.  The topic will be “Staying on Track.”  LaRoe will speak on fitness and wellness.  Free giveaways will be presented.  

During Promenade on Saturday, May 17, from 2 to 4 p.m. at Newsong Connection Center, there will be free one-on-one consultations.  The consultations offered will be in regards to health and weight management.  Free samples will be available.  Snacks will be provided.

A RIBBCUTTING ON  will be held Thursday, May 22 at 8:30 a.m. at Curves for Women, 1407 W. Chicago Blvd. to welcome new owners Troy and Nicki Wright.