State Journal-Register The Lincoln High School boys basketball team was supposed to host Lanphier for the Class 3A sectional championship last year. The COVID-19 pandemic, instead, dashed its hopes to partake in a bygone Central State Eight Conference rivalry with more than just bragging rights on the line. The winner would've advanced to the Springfield Supersectional at the Bank of Springfield Center for a chance at a state berth. The Railsplitters and Lions did find some consolation on Saturday at Lober-Nika Gymnasium, almost a year since that anticipated showdown on March 13 was canceled. But Lincoln (3-0) cherished it more in the end, surging to a 56-49 nonconference victory over the host Lions (0-1).