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Three years later, Nimrick, Rams ready for rematch with Byron
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It's a game Hannah Nimrick remembers all too well. As a freshman on the Riverdale varsity girls' basketball roster three years ago, the Rams' all-time leading scorer played a key role in her team advancing to a Class 2A sectional-final showdown with Byron and its own freshman standout, Sophie Reecher. Up by 13 points at halftime, Riverdale saw the Tigers launch an impressive second-half comeback to force overtime, where they finished the job with a 50-40 victory that denied the Rams their first sectional championship. Now, Nimrick and Reecher and their respective teams will square off yet again, this time in tonight's 7:30 semifinal at the Somonauk Sectional. Riverdale takes its 25-2 record up against a Byron team that has a school-record 29 wins in 31 games. "Me and (coach Mick) Kopriva talked about it when they put the brackets together and we saw we might have a chance at playing Byron,'' said Nimrick. "My first thought was that was 6-4 freshman (Reecher) that I had to guard. She was so intimidating that night. I'm just so excited that we get to go up against them again. "We were up by 13 at half, and we felt we had it in the bag, but we just lost sight of the game. That was an emotional game. I really wish that group had made it a lot farther.'' Riding a 16-game winning streak that includes last Friday's 50-42 regional-title win over host Sterling Newman -- giving Riverdale its third such title in four years -- the Rams not only have Reecher to contend with, but a 6-foot-1 guard in sophomore standout Ellie Lehne. "Hopefully the outcome is different this time,'' said Kopriva. "Byron's a good club, and we're going to have a little trouble with their height, so we hope to put some pressure on their guards. We've played good defense all year, so we just have to keep playing hard.'' The experience four-fifths of the Riverdale starting lineup gained during the volleyball season, when the Rams advanced to the 2A Final Four and placed third, could also prove valuable in a game of this magnitude. "They're used to winning, and they want to win,'' said Kopriva. "They're used to playing in tight situations, so there's some carryover there.'' Nimrick thinks that if the Rams play to their capabilities, nothing should stand between them and the Sweet 16 -- not even the ghosts of sectionals past. "If we're on, no one can beat us,'' she said. "We're all excited to play, and we're ready to go out and play our best.'' 
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Today is Thursday, May 23, the 143rd day of 2013. There are 222 days left in the year.
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1888 -- 125 years ago: The Rock Island Lumber Company has recovered 5,000 of the8,000 logs that were carried away by the Mississippi River flood last week.
1913 -- 100 years ago: John J. Ullemeyer has been awarded the contract to furnish RockIsland fire and police department members with uniforms, at the city's expense.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Work on Aledo's new $38,000 swimming pool was started thismorning at South Park when ground for the pool was broken by Mayor John W. Murphy.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Students and teacher at Moline High School called today "MissLeona Day" day at the school in honor of the government teacher who retires at theend of the school term. Although she's been teaching for 43 years at the school, Miss Dayfound a new way of arriving at the school this morning. At 7:30 a.m., a police squad carpulled up in front of Miss Day's home and escorted her to school. A caravan of students' cars joined the procession along the way.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Barbecue cooking and riverfront antics are planned for Discover the
River Day Saturday in Leach Park, Bettendorf. A 5K run, wind surfing, a canoe race, hogcalling and more will round out the day under the Interstate 74 bridge.
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