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Moline's coach Ford still sits on 299 wins after loss to Springfield Southeast
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PEORIA – Going into the 2012-13 girls' basketball season, Moline coach Steve Ford stood just seven wins from 300. Averaging 22.5 wins per season, he's still not there 19 games into his 14th season,sitting on No. 299 after Friday's 63-42 loss to Springfield Southeast in the consolation bracket of the Peoria Manual Tournament. Though he knew of the number going into the season, Ford is not concerned about whether he gets No. 300 before the calendar year ends, with one last chance today vs. East St. Louis, a 59-27 Friday loser to Springfield Lanphier, in the tourney's consolation third-place game at 1 p.m. "I'm not worried about that. I'm worried about the kids and taking beatings like you do with the kind of schedule that we have," said Ford, battling respiratory congestion for a second-straight day of the tourney. "But the girls have had a great attitude and have worked hard. I just hope it pays off the final third of a season. Ford, with a career record of 299-133, called Southeast, 11-4 and coached by former Quincy coach Sandi Devoe, one of the toughest the Maroons (6-13) had met when it comes to defensive pressure. "We've seen some pretty good pressure," the coach said. "But their front-court pressure might be one of the better ones." That caused Moline into a lot of what they didn't want to do. The Maroons committed 27 turnovers and shot just 32 percent (17-for-54). They shot 23 percent (7-of-30) in the first half. Still, Moline was right there, trailing 19-18 with 2:40 left in the first half, before SE scored 11 straight and then never lost its double-digit lead. With leading scorer Morgan Gerard absent because of a mandatory college-prep test, an offensive spark was missing, too. Sophomore Hailey Cook led Moline with seven points. Freshman Lexie Gerard was tops in rebounds with seven. "I don't know if Morgan being gone was a 21-point difference or not," said Ford. "But we now need to refocus on the Western Big 6, next Thursday. Our schedule has been challenging and demanding, and hopefully that pays off for us." That will be the case whether Ford will be going for win No. 300 in that WB6 game against United Township or not. 
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Today is Saturday, May 18, the 138th day of 2013. There are 227 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: A large variety of children's wagons and gigs have arrived in thecity and are being sold at war prices.
1888 -- 125 years ago: All Rock Island retail houses, with the exception of a clothingstore and a jewelry store, have agreed to early closing hours during the summer months.The store will be closed at 8 p.m.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Baseball enthusiasts in Rock Island are attempting to raise$20,000 to keep the Island City Park open, despite the fact that the city has no franchise inorganized baseball this year.
1938 -- 75 years ago: The organization of a third rural young people's unit will beundertaken tomorrow night at the Milan Presbyterian Church, with Mrs. Mildred K.Wellman, home advisor, and Robert Smith, county farm adviser in charge.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Deere & Co. will begin a "big switch" on its telephone systemMonday morning. The extension numbers of all 1,600 telephones on the firm's EastMoline and Moline exchanges will be changed Monday morning.
1988 -- 25 years ago: East Moline's June Jamboree VI -- Nostalgia Days, will seemlike a '60s revival with the appearance of stars like Bobby Vee, Freddie Cannon, PeterNoone, Turtles, The Grass Roots and Lou Christie. This year's festival has beenexpanded to five days, June 22-26, at the Northeast Park complex.
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