Lincoln hockey earns fourth straight win
Dec. 22, 2009 · 9:47 a.m.
For two periods it looked as if Lincoln hockey was not only going to break their winless streak against Chelsea, but they were going to decimate the Bulldogs in...read more
Ypsilanti girls beat both city basketball teams
Dec. 22, 2009 · 9:39 a.m.
Ypsilanti High School is the city champ.
A week after routing Willow Run, the Phoenix girls basketball team gave Ypsilanti Lincoln the same treatment in a lopsided...read more
Ypsilanti women defeat Willow Run’s at home
Dec. 12, 2009 · 6:17 p.m.
From the outset, there was little Willow Run could do to stop Ypsilanti Friday, as the two women’s basketball teams went head-to-head at Ypsilanti High School.
The...read more
Ypsilanti basketball looks forward to new season
Dec. 7, 2009 · 8:44 a.m.
Don’t be too quick to revoke Ypsilanti basketball’s membership as one of the area’s elite teams.
If there is one positive that came out of their 8-12 season...read more
Lincoln hockey earns first season win
Dec. 7, 2009 · 8:34 a.m.
With their roster finally at a reasonable length, Lincoln hockey nabbed their elusive first win of the season with a 5-3 victory over Monroe on Saturday.
Although...read more
Railsplitters suffer injury in third period
Nov. 23, 2009 · 2:31 a.m.
With their bench already short due to illnesses and injuries, the last thing Lincoln hockey needed was a major injury in their season-opening match up with perennial power Hudsonville.
But that’s just what happened when senior defenseman Ricky Fite went down with a separated shoulder, and the Railsplitters gave up a 4-2 third period lead in the 7-4 loss.
“We just ran out of healthy bodies,” Ferguson said. “We outplayed them, but we were out of gas in the third period. It just wasn’t a good third period.”
Further handicapping the Splitters were their penalties. A team playing shorthanded doesn’t need to be on the penalty kill, and six of Hudsonville’s seven goals came on power play or four-on-four situations.
“When we’re five-on-five nobody is scoring on us,” Ferguson said. “Not Hudsonville, and not anyone we played in the scrimmages.”
Jarrett Pfeiffer netted two goals, and Drew Harper and Ryan Elkins each added one for Lincoln (0-1).
Pfeiffer and Harper, along with David Skeans, comprised a top line that rotated with forward Blaze Keider on defense.
After Fite went down, the Splitters kept a forward on defense on the first line and Ferguson was pleased with their effort.
“Our top line just carried the play all night,” Ferguson said.
Lincoln travels to Ann Arbor for a tournament next weekend in which they will face a second test against Troy at the Ice Cube at 4 p.m. on Friday.
Ferguson said he is largely pleased with his team’s performance in the opener and isn’t focusing on anything in particular at this week’s practices, but simply wants his team to heal.
“We just need to get healthy, that’s literally what it comes down to,” Ferguson said. “For two periods when we saw what we can do.”
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