2022 HOMETOWN HEROES MAGAZINE

2022 Hometown HEROES Magazine LINCOLN DAILY NEWS May / June 2022 Page 41 Cody Tucker did the honors of auctioning off a basketball signed by Chicago Bulls player Demar Derozan, and Republican primary candidate for Illinois Representative of the 87 District Mary Burress had the distinct pleasure of winning the ball with a bid of $400. After the auction, Burress was honored to be invited to pose for a group photo with all the team members both young and seasoned, holding the ball for all to see. Game two The second game of the night was between the WLB kids and the local law enforcement officers. This game was a hoot almost from the beginning. The law enforcement team was definitely a little more talented than the firefighters and they gave the kids a run for the money. However, did they win….no, did they lose…. no. How can that be? Well blame it on the scorekeepers. Perhaps more entertaining than the action on the floor was the action of the scoreboard. There was at least one basket made by the WLB kids that ended up giving the team an additional 10 points. We don’t know…it just happened. But that was not the last time it happened. Throughout that second game the score would jump wildly, sometimes with no ball in the basket at all. Lincoln Police Chief Matt Vlahovich wrote the book on stall tactics and keeping one offensive guard on the WLB team occupied. How did he do that? Well, he had to stop in the middle of the game and tie his shoes (calls for time outs were never recognized by the refs). Now one would think that the chief of police could tie his shoes quickly, but honestly we never saw a toddler take as long to ‘wrap the bunny ears” as what it took the good Chief. Continue 8