LDN - Sports

Sports News, Archives, Mayfield's Mutterings, Schedules,

Announcements, Calendar, Sports News Elsewhere (fresh daily from the Web)

Tuesday, June 10

[JUNE 10, 2003] Mustang League baseball score reported Monday night:

CEFCU 13, Graue Pharmacy 4

CEFCU's offense was paced by Shea Zwilling, Arie Mikesell, Evan Shirley and Jacob Price with two hits each and a hit by Corey Janssen.

Pitchers were Shea Zwilling and Corey Janssen.

[Duane Moore]

Bronco baseball

[JUNE 10, 2003] Precision Products came away with an exciting 12-9 victory over Mount Pulaski No. 2 in Bronco League action Monday night.

Ethan Tabor, Blake Dutz and Justin Diedrich each had two hits. Dutz and Tanner Smith each had three RBIs on the night.

Stellar defense by catchers Tad Juilfs and Chris "Porkchop" Hill was a key in this victory by Precision.

[Craig Smith]

Articles from the past week

Monday:

Olympia girls repeat as state softball champs
Lincoln Christian College announces new athletic director and men's basketball coach

Saturday:

No new postings on this page

Friday:

Wayne Angel named Illinois men's track and field coach

Thursday:

PGA's Henry is guest for Weibring Redbird Classic

Wednesday:

No new postings on this page

Tuesday:

Olympia softball team wins super-sectional game

Inter-league mutterings

By Jeff Mayfield

[JUNE 9, 2003] I don't know how many major league players read the LDN (but, who could blame 'em?), but it may be more than we originally thought. How's that? Well, take for instance, last week's column. In it, we discussed how the Cubs would need to hold their own with the D-Rays and the Yanks and that the Cardinals would really have to make some hay while playing at home. Both teams did just that. So, the LDN would like to thank whoever is responsible for getting that message out. It's always exciting when our local source intended primarily for area fans oozes into such places as professional locker rooms. I never thought we'd ever get that close to the action and have inside sources. Since we're so inside… does anybody have any stock market tips for us?

I thought the Cards might fare well against the Toronto Blue Jays, but I was a little worried about how hot the Jays were coming into that series. I would've been happy with two out of three. A sweep was sweeet (spelling error intended because it was so special and to see if any of those national spelling bee-ers notice us)! A sweep over Baltimore would've been just as nice, but on Saturday not much went right for the Cards.

The Cubs slid by Tampa Bay but then held on to take two of three from the Yankees. That may prove to be bigger than most people could've imagined. By virtue of those wins, the Cubs stay in first and stave off both the Cards and the Astros… but, look out for Houston.

The 'Stros are on a holy tear. I know they just swept the lowly D-Rays (sorry, Swanny), but they're getting healthy arms back in. When Wagner gets in the game, the W's are in the bank! Both the Cards and the Cubs have let the Reds hang around, and by letting Houston and Cincinnati stay in the race, that may be a recipe for disaster!

Saturday never turned out to be the sports day everyone envisioned. Funny Cide failed to become the first horse in 25 years to take home the Triple Crown, as Empire Maker took the Belmont on one of the sloppiest tracks you'll ever see.

Roger Clemons did not win his 300th game, as we guess he decided he'd rather do that against the Cards instead of the Cubs (who's advising this guy anyway?). In fact, could be a marquee matchup building with the possibility of Redbirds ace Matt Morris pitted against Clemons on either Friday night or Saturday afternoon.

[to top of second column in this article]

Note: One other Cardinal note of interest… Stopper Jason Isringhausen threw another great inning down at AA Tennessee, lending speculation that Izzy could rejoin the Birds sometime this week in Boston or at Yankee Stadium… Does that sound weird to you National League purists or what???

The NHL playoffs continue to be one of the most exciting in years, as many fans, including those who are only casual hockey fans (if there is such a category), continue to root for the Hollywood fantasy team, the Anaheim Mighty Ducks. We'd like to see 'em win, too. But could they possibly go into New Jersey and beat the Devils on their home ice? It will all come down to the goal tending.

The Nets have wrestled away home-court advantage from the Spurs because San Antonio could not stop Jason Kidd. If you let him run wild, he will kill you!

Greg Taylor keeps asking me about Annika Sorenstam. Well, Greg, she returned to the LPGA tour two weeks ago. And what has she done in those two tourneys since returning, you ask? Only win them both! She is truly the best women golfer in the world right now!

Anybody got tickets for the US Open?

If you're looking for a fun track in the area… go over and check out Crane Creek; it is a lot of fun.

If you're a high school or junior high boy or girl hoopster, there may STILL be some openings out at LCC for this week's camps. Go on out to the new Laughlin Center right now to check in!!!

Gotta fly… Have a great week, everyone!

[Jeff Mayfield]

Last week: Stormy mutterings
Archived columns

Flowers and Things

515 Woodlawn Road
Lincoln, IL

(217) 732-7507

"Your Professional Florist"

Lincoln Community Theatre
presents
"NUNCRACKERS"
June 13-21
2 p.m. on Sundays &
8 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday
Phone 217-735-2614
P.O. Box 374, Lincoln, IL 62656 http://www.geocities.com/
lincolncommunitytheatre

Our staff offers more than 25 years of experience in the automotive industry.

Greyhound Lube

At the corner of Woodlawn and
Business 55

No Appointments Necessary

Announcements

Basketball camp dates announced

[MAY 14, 2003] NORMAL -- First-year Illinois State head basketball coach Porter Moser has announced his camp dates for the summer of 2003.

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.

[to top of second column in this article]

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.

[Click here to download the Adobe Acrobat reader for the PDF file.]

[Todd Kober, director of media relations,
Illinois State University]

Back to top