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	The Ypsilanti Courier A Heritage Newspaper Weekly Publication

Rails steamroll teams

Palmer and Anguilm have the right stuff

By Tom Perkins, Special Writer

PUBLISHED: May 8, 2008

Exactly how to contain David Palmer and Kyle Anguilm still remains a mystery to most of the teams the varsity Railsplitters have met lately.

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The duo has combined for 40 goals over the team's current four-game winning streak, including five each in a 19-7 blowout against Romulus.

"I think we're playing more aggressively offensively lately," head coach Jeff Daniels said. "The teams we play have had a hard time matching up with David and Kyle."

As the script has regularly gone with Lincoln (9-2), they held a 6-1 lead at the end of the first quarter and 12-3 advantage at halftime.

Romulus never had a chance, and while Anguilm and Palmer are a big part of the equation, the defense is doing their part on the field's other half.

Daniels said his team has switched to playing a tighter man-to-man defense, and the results have been what he hoped for.

"We've been focusing more on man to man defense so we can more aggressively pursue our opponents," Daniels said. "We are forcing them to make the plays."

Daniels said he also pleased with how his middies have stepped up after he voiced concern about their defensive performance following two losses early last month.

"I think we're doing a marginally better job there," he said.

Lincoln's success has also come with the absence of several key names from the line up.

With regionals a week off, Daniels said priority No. 1 is getting his entire team healthy and eligible.

"The big thing right now is getting everybody back on the field and healthy," Daniels said. "If we can get everybody back on the field it's going to help us out a lot. We will be in good shape."

The Railsplitters will attempt to extend their winning streak today against Tecumseh at 4 p.m. at home.

Tom Perkins is a freelance writer for the View/Courier. He can be reached at trperkins@gmail.com.