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Henry ranked No. 49 on the tour money
list in 2001 with $1,073,847 earned. After finishing his collegiate
career at Texas Christian as the 1998 Western Athletic Conference
Player of the Year, Henry turned professional and joined the PGA
Tour in 2000.
Illinois State head golf coach Harland
Kilborn is looking forward to introducing Henry to the long-standing
event.
"Over the years, D.A. has done such a
great job of bringing quality guests back with him for this event.
With J.J. Henry joining D.A. this year, again that's the case,"
Kilborn said. "In my conversations with J.J. on the phone, he is a
real energetic guy, and he is looking forward to interacting with
the Bloomington-Normal golfing community and being a part of the
special event."
A native of Fairfield, Conn., Henry won
the 2000 Buy.com Knoxville Open on the Nationwide Tour. He has
finished runner-up twice on the PGA Tour, at the 2001 Kemper
Insurance Open and the 2001 Texas Open. His best finish in 2003 was
a ninth-place effort at the BellSouth Classic, where he led the
field in greens in regulation at 80.6 percent (58-of-72).
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At TCU in 1998, Henry was also named
the Taylor Made NCAA Player of the Year, named to the Palmer Cup
Team and selected as a first-team all-American. Henry also claimed
medalist honors at the 1998 WAC Tournament and led the Horned Frogs
to the league title thanks, to a hole-in-one on the 17th hole of the
last round. He went on to finish as the individual runner-up at the
1998 NCAA championships.
There are spots still available for the
24th edition of the Weibring Redbird Classic, which has changed its
format to a two-best ball foursome shamble. The event will begin on
June 30 at the Crestwicke Country Club with a cocktail party and
auction starting at 6:30 p.m. On July 1, Weibring and Henry will
host a clinic at the ISU Golf Course at 8:30 a.m., followed by the
tournament and a late lunch.
To make
reservations or for more information, please contact Pat Cattron at
(309) 438-3803 by June 15. In addition to seeing and interacting
with the likes of Weibring and Henry, participants will also receive
a Bryon Nelson sweater vest and a golf shirt as a tee gift.
[Todd Kober, director of
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Illinois State University] |
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Hats off to Mount
Pulaski's baseball team for an outstanding season. They did come up
a little short versus Rochester at Pleasant Plains this weekend, but
they did finish the season with a sparkling 22-7 record. Who knows
what may have happened had they been able to slip past the Rockets?
Congrats to senior
Lydia Moehring. The LDN has learned that Moehring was named to the
Central State Eight all-conference softball team. She was joined by
teammate Tiffany Tungate, who was a special mention selection.
Congratulations
should also go out to Ryne Komnick and Curt Courtwright, who made
the CS8's baseball all-conference team. They were joined in the
honor circle by Paul Phillips, who was chosen special mention.
The Railers finished
the season 18-17 and 7-7 in league play -- good enough for a
third-place finish.
The Lady Railers went
6-8 in the league, and that got them a tie for fourth place.
Also on the award
train was Tricia Dorsey, who made the CS8 elite track squad!
The Cubs suffered a
through a tough weekend series with the Astros, taking a 1-0
nail-biter on Saturday that saved them from getting swept. And
Houston is a team they're going to have to figure out how to beat if
they want a return to the playoffs. Why do I say that? Because they
haven't won a series with Houston since 1992. Over the last 10 years
the 'Stros have enjoyed a 84-49 record versus the Cubbies, and that
won't get it done.
Anybody got tickets
for Saturday's Cubs-Yankees game?
Word on the streets
is that the Cubs may select Tulane's Michael Aubrey with the sixth
pick in the upcoming amateur draft. Aubrey is rated as the No. 2
hitter available in the upcoming sweepstakes. The White Sox appear
interested in Brian Anderson with the No. 15 pick. He is rated as
the No. 2 five-tool player available! No word on what the Cardinals
may do with their top pick.
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 The Cubs and White
Sox are now regarded as two of the better minor league systems in
all of baseball… Oh, how times have changed. I wonder if either one
would trade their entire system with the Cardinals? I'm sure they'd
make 'em a good deal???
Speaking of the
Redbirds, Jason Isringhausen is going to try to heat up his arm and
get it ready for big league play for a third time. He is scheduled
for a rehab assignment this week. Since all of the Cards' minor
teams seem to be on the road, there is some speculation that Jason
will stay in St. Louis and maybe pitch in middle inning situations
or in mop-up roles.
Hopefully the Birds
will have many games well in hand so he can get the work he needs.
This team is desperate for him, and it's bordering on the miraculous
that St. Louis has held this close to the leaders when they've blown
so many games. Think I'm over-exaggerating this thing and blowing it
way out of proportion? How about this factoid… Cardinal relievers
have blown 14 of 26 save opportunities! Fourteen of them! Whitey
Herzog is probably spinning in his… bass boat!
St. Louis did hang on
for a much-needed win yesterday over those pesky Bucos. But they
came ever so close to getting swept! They are three-for-four on the
current 13-game homestand, and they'd better start to make some hay
quickly!
How 'bout Kenny Perry
winning in back-to-back weeks? He told Jack Nicklaus this weekend
after his second straight victory that he didn't know how Jack won
so many tournaments. Perry said he was both physically and
emotionally drained! That's the way I am after only nine holes here
in league play!
Have a great week, everybody!
[Jeff
Mayfield]
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Moser and his Redbird staff will host
three camps this summer, with a pair of day camps and one team camp.
The first day camp runs June 16-19 and
is for boys entering grades 1-12. The second day camp is open to
boys entering grades 1-8 and is scheduled for July 15-18. The day
camps are designed for commuters only and focus on the basic
fundamentals of dribbling, passing, shooting, rebounding, defense
and game play.
The cost for either day camp is $170.
Each camper receives a basketball and a T-shirt.
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The team camp, which caters to high
school and junior high teams with boys entering grades 6-12, will be
June 20-22. The camp format is round-robin and tournament team play.
The cost for the team camp is $170 for
commuters and $205 for resident campers. Each will receive a camp
T-shirt.
For more information about the
basketball camps, call the Redbird men's basketball office at (309)
438-8681 or click
here for an application form.
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here to download the Adobe Acrobat reader for the PDF file.]
[Todd Kober, director of
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