Blair Bruns, Blake Dutz and Tad Juilfs had two hits each. Justin Diedrich had a hit and scored three runs in the game. Devon Sutton had a hit, scored two runs and knocked in two.

Tyson Smith went the distance on the mound, giving up four hits while fanning 12 batters.

Brandon Stolzenberg had two hits and two RBIs for Logan County Bank.

Monday:

• Doug Collins scholarship goes to Alexander

Saturday:

• No new postings on this page

Friday:

• Bronco baseball

Thursday:

• Weber completes UI coaching staff

Wednesday:

• Bronco results

• LCC announces new men's soccer coach

• LCC announces new women's soccer coach

• O'Brien is Jill Hutchison Endowed Scholar at Illinois State

Tuesday:

• Mustang baseball

• Bronco baseball

Is there a better man to have as the U.S. Open champion than Jim Furyk? A consistent, hardworking, highly respected individual just seems like the kind of guy you'd like to see win a major. And even though the TV ratings probably don't reflect it, I personally like it a lot better when you turn on your TV and have no idea who is going to win. How many times have you turned it off on a Saturday knowing that Tiger wasn't in contention? Having guys like Furyk, Nick Price, Vijay Singh and a host of other names that you don't follow as closely as say, Tiger, Phil, Ernie and the boys actually makes the golf tourneys much more exciting to follow. I think that the rest of the tournaments this summer are going to be up for grabs and may make for one of the most exciting summers of golf in recent memory.

Several local residents took in the tournament festivities, but none more conspicuous than our own Elks pro, Adam Walsh. We spotted him following the Justin Leonard group. Perhaps Leonard should've grabbed some tips from the pro as he went by.

This is also that time of year when we are almost overrun by the number of scramble tournaments in the area… Don't you just love it? I doubt that I will ever be good enough to compete in tourneys by myself, but for some reason I can really get focused in a scramble and hit enough decent shots that usually I can beg a threesome somewhere to pick me up! And pick me up they usually do, making for a lot more fun than I usually have playing this great game.

Do the Cardinals have the worst timing of any team in any sport? First, they meet the Reds after they had played horribly for two months. The result was the Reds taking a four-game sweep and also winning in St. Louis, which has become more of a trend than I care to see. Then they played the Astros, who had just been stinking it up everywhere. The result was more losses. This past weekend they go into the house that Babe built, with all the Clemens hoopla, and lay an egg for three straight days! What's up with that?

Through it all, the Cubs are just a few days away from being in first place into July. How do you like Dusty Baker now?

Congratulations to the Spurs on winning another NBA title! On the most recent edition of “FANdamonium” many kids out at the Railer basketball camp told you fans that they would indeed win it all. Congrats also to Tim Duncan on another MVP award. Any doubters now? We were thrilled to see the Admiral, David Robinson go out on the highest note possible -- 13 points, 17 rebounds and two blocked shots. Happy sailing, David!

Wouldn't the Spurs be a nice team for Lincoln's Brian Cook to end up on? We're still hearing middle to end of the first round for Brian, with teams like Phoenix and Utah showing considerable interest.

Still lots of basketball, volleyball and other sports camps going on in the area. Call your local college to find out which ones still have openings.

Have a great week, everybody!

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