MBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[Word Life]

To all you Thunder fans out there, your recruiting won't miss a beat.  Mike Schauer can recruit as well as any one at the Division 3 level.  He played for 2 years, and coached for 7 years under Bill Harris.  We hated to see him leave Gordon, but those of us closest to him and the program know it was the right move for him and definitely the right choice by Wheaton.  Best of luck to you guys...although you won't really need it.

[robberki]

Congratulations to Chris Edquist, who was just named North Park assistant men's basketball coach, replacing Steve Schafer, who moved on to Benedictine.  Chris was a four-year starter for the Vikings and brings a strong work ethic, a solid understanding of the nuances of the game, and a positive attitude to the Viking bench.  He's also a great guy!  Best wishes, Chris!!

I was wondering when this would hit d3hoops.com...congrats to my friend Chris!

[mr_b]

Congratulations to Chris Edquist, who was just named North Park assistant men's basketball coach, replacing Steve Schafer, who moved on to Benedictine.  Chris was a four-year starter for the Vikings and brings a strong work ethic, a solid understanding of the nuances of the game, and a positive attitude to the Viking bench.  He's also a great guy!  Best wishes, Chris!!

I was wondering when this would hit d3hoops.com...congrats to my friend Chris!

It's going to be a little lonelier over in Old Main.

[Gregory Sager]

Congratulations to Chris Edquist, who was just named North Park assistant men's basketball coach, replacing Steve Schafer, who moved on to Benedictine.  Chris was a four-year starter for the Vikings and brings a strong work ethic, a solid understanding of the nuances of the game, and a positive attitude to the Viking bench.  He's also a great guy!  Best wishes, Chris!!

I was wondering when this would hit d3hoops.com...congrats to my friend Chris!

It's going to be a little lonelier over in Old Main.

My congratulations to him as well. "Cousy" is a good man. You could tell from his demeanor, style, and work ethic as a player that he had the makings of a future coach. Having said that, his coaching resume to date is fairly thin. However, I suspect that this was overcome in the hiring process by his personal virtues -- his intelligence, knowledge of the game, unflappable nature, and willingness to work hard -- and by the fact that he was an admissions counselor at North Park and thus has a thorough knowledge of the sort of student-athlete that NPU can and ought to recruit.

He also brings the interesting perspective of being intimately familiar with the NPU men's basketball program without actually having been personally involved with it over the past half-decade. Instead, he's sat in the stands as a fan with Rob Berki and I and endured our nonsensical in-game commentary. I only hope that we haven't eroded his basketball acumen too badly.

[Mr. Ypsi]

OK, I'm officially having to deal with my own mortality.

Farrah Fawcett, less than 18 months older than me, dead at 62 from cancer.  (She was the ONLY reason to watch Charlie's Angels, though I usually still didn't. )

Michael Jackson, over a decade younger than me, dead at 50 for so far undisclosed reasons (an 8-year-old finally fought back?).

I guess I'd better call my folks (90 and 91, less than 2 months from their 68th wedding anniversary) to see how worried I should be.  

(Apologies to Farrah, who died way too young.)

[usee]

OK, I'm officially having to deal with my own mortality.

Farrah Fawcett, less than 18 months older than me, dead at 62 from cancer.  (She was the ONLY reason to watch Charlie's Angels, though I usually still didn't. )

Michael Jackson, over a decade younger than me, dead at 50 for so far undisclosed reasons (an 8-year-old finally fought back?).

I guess I'd better call my folks (90 and 91, less than 2 months from their 68th wedding anniversary) to see how worried I should be.  

(Apologies to Farrah, who died way too young.)

Don't forget Ed McMahon....famous people always die in 3's and he was only a little younger than you.

[Gregory Sager]

Farrah Fawcett, less than 18 months older than me, dead at 62 from cancer.  (She was the ONLY reason to watch Charlie's Angels, though I usually still didn't. )

Two words, my friend: Jaclyn Smith.

Don't forget Ed McMahon....famous people always die in 3's and he was only a little younger than you.

Hey-oh!

[Mr. Ypsi]

Greg: yeah, I guess all the Angels were hot, but the show was still bad.  They just hadn't caught on to the Baywatch technique for soft-core porn!

USee: now that was cold.   Ed was only 4 years younger than my dad.

[Mr. Ypsi]

A Beastly game in Chicago: Cubs and Sox tied 6-6 after 6.

Sorry, the devil made me do it!

[sac]

Farrah Fawcett, less than 18 months older than me, dead at 62 from cancer.  (She was the ONLY reason to watch Charlie's Angels, though I usually still didn't. )

Two words, my friend: Jaclyn Smith.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Three deaths last week of people who probably SHOULD have been famous.  Who can identify John F. Mitchell (81), John Houghtaling (92), or Hortensia Bussi (94)?

And RIP, Kodachrome, killed off by Eastman Kodak at age 74.

[dansand]

Three deaths last week of people who probably SHOULD have been famous.  Who can identify John F. Mitchell (81), John Houghtaling (92), or Hortensia Bussi (94)?

And RIP, Kodachrome, killed off by Eastman Kodak at age 74.

I'll admit I had to google all three of 'em.

Not to interrupt this week's death watch/Charlie's Angels retrospective, but I made a couple of additions to the recruit list and added some info.

Augustana:
Jonathan DeMoss, 6-3, 200, St. Charles, IL (North HS)
2007-08: 12.3 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 2.4 apg, 1.5 spg
2008-09: 10.2 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 3.4 apg, 1.1 spg
*St. Charles North career leader in scoring, rebounding and assists
*2-time Upstate Eight All-Conference (+Honorable mention as a soph)
*2-time Daily Herald & St. Charles Republican All-Area
*Kane County Chronicle (HM) and Courier News All-Area (2nd team)
*IBCA Class 3A/4A Special mention All-State

George Dexter, 6-6, 200, Bettendorf, IA (Bettendorf HS)

Year     GP   FG-FGA   Pct 3FG-FGA   Pct  FT-FTA   Pct  Off Def  Tot  Avg  PF   A  TO Blk Stl  Pts  Avg
2008-09  26   96-202  .475   2-9    .222  88-117  .752   55  98  153  5.9  64  34  55  11  29  282 10.8

*1st team All-Mississippi Athletic Conference
*Quad City Times 2nd team All-Metro
*Iowa-Illinois Senior Showcase participant
*IBCA Southeast Region All-Star
*4A All-Sub-State
*Ranked 27th overall in Iowa class of 2009 by IAHoops.com

Brandon Kunz, 6-7, 200, Lake Zurich, IL (Lake Zurich HS)

Year     GP   FG-FGA   Pct 3FG-FGA   Pct  FT-FTA   Pct  Off Def  Tot  Avg  PF   A  TO Blk Stl  Pts  Avg
2006-07  27   54-115  .470   0-0       -  38-67   .567           130  4.8      35      16  28  146  5.4
2007-08  21  101-178  .567   0-0       -  33-54   .611           141  6.7      25      24  33  235 11.2
2008-09  29  145-278  .522   2-9    .222  57-97   .588   99 193  292 10.1  84  66  59  67  27  349 12.0

*Lake Zurich single-game record holder for rebounds (23) and blocked shots (10)
*Daily Herald Lake County All-Area
*Highland Park News 2nd team All-Area
*Sun Times All-Area Special mention
*Lake County News Sun Special mention All-Lake County
*IBCA 3A/4A North All-Star

Kameron Norton, 6-6, 205, Downers Grove, IL (Downers Grove North HS)
2008-09: 13.0 ppg, 8.5 rpg, 75% FT
*Grandson of former heavyweight boxing champion Ken Norton
*All-Elgin Holiday Tournament
*West Suburban Silver All-Conference
*Downers Grove Reporter Progress All-Area
*Daily Herald DuPage County Honorable mention All-Area
*2nd place 2009 IHSA Class 4A Slam Dunk Contest

Luke Scarlata, 6-8, 235, Berwyn, IL (Morton Township HS)        
2006-07: 6.3 ppg, 5 rpg, 3 bpg
2007-08: 15 ppg, 10 rpg, 3 spg, 3 bpg, 2 apg
2008-09: 14.1 ppg, 11.2 rpg, 4.3 bpg, 2.2 apg
*Ranked 46th overall in Illinois class of 2009 by the Chicago Sun Times
*3-time Suburban Life All-Area
*2008 West Suburban Gold Conference Player of the Year
*2-time West Suburban Gold All-Conference
*2-time Chicago Tribune Special Mention All-State
*IBCA 3A/4A 3rd team All-State
*Champaign News-Gazette Honorable mention All-State
*IBS Large School Honorable mention All-State
*IBCA 3A/4A North All-Star

Kevin Waibel, 6-7, 210, Morton, IL (Morton HS)
2007-08: 10.5 ppg, 4.3 rpg, .598 FG%, 20 blocked shots
2008-09: 6.4 ppg, 5.1 rpg
*2008 2nd team All-Mid-Illini Conference


Carthage:
Raul Guzman, 6-5, 255, Cicero Morton...15.4 ppg, 10.3 rpg, 3.8 apg, 2.3 bpg, 37% 3p...West Suburban Gold Conference Player of the Year...Suburban Life Area Player of the Year...IBCA Class 3A/4A Special mention All-State

Ben Potter, 6-3, Batavia...14.0 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 1.8 apg, 1.6 spg, 54 3pfg...Daily Herald All-Area...Suburban Life Honorable mention All-Area

Mitch Thompson, 6-6, Orland Park Sandburg...15 ppg, 9 rpg...Southwest Suburban Blue all-conference...IBCA Class 3A/4A Special mention All-State


Elmhurst:
Baile Barnett, 6-5, Gary (IN) Westside

Myles Burton, 6-6, 200, Libertyville...9.7 ppg, 5.0 rpg

Christian Dillon, 6-7, Kaneland...6.5 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 0.6 apg, 0.7 spg...Daily Herald Honorable Mention All-Area

Erik Dornfeld, 6-6, Geneseo...2nd team All-NCIC Reagan

Geneseo HS   GP   FG-FGA   Pct 3FG-FGA   Pct  FT-FTA   Pct  Reb  RRG  Pts  PPG
2008-09..... 28  109-248  .440   4-12   .333 117-171  .684  192  6.9  339 12.1

Jordan Fairbairn, 6-2, Neuqua Valley/Kishwaukee CC

Kishwaukee CC   GP  FG-FGA   Pct 3FG-FGA   Pct  FT-FTA   Pct  Off Def  Tot  Avg   A  TO Blk Stl  Pts  Avg
2007-08........ 29 125-245  .510  40-94   .426  52-68   .765            90  3.1  73          35  342 11.8
2008-09........ 28  65-167  .389  21-70   .300  40-57   .702   21  49   70  2.5  35  53   4  12  191  6.8

D'Ante Foster, 5-10, Muskegon (MI) Catholic...11.7 ppg, 4.3 apg...4th team Class D All-State...Muskegon Chronical All-Area

Mike Jackson, 6-3, Thornwood

Matt Kaban, 6-7, Driscoll Catholic...14.4 ppg, 7.9 rpg...Suburban Life All-Area...IBCA Honorable Mention 1A/2A All-State

Ethan Koehler, 6-3, 180, Midland...First team All-Tri-County Conference...IBCA 4th team 1A/2A All-State...
AP Honorable mention 1A All-State

Midland HS   GP   FG  3FG   FT-FTA   Pct  OR  DR  Reb  RPG   A  Blk Stl  Pts  PPG 
2008-09..... 28  208   28   51-85   .600 107 186  293 10.5  49   84  51  495 17.7

Antonio Little, 6-1, South Beloit...Unanimous All-NUIC...AP Honorable mention 1A All-State...
IBS Small School Honorable mention All-State

South Beloit HS   GP  FG-FGA   Pct 3FG-FGA   Pct  FT-FTA   Pct  Reb  Avg   A  TO Blk Stl  Pts  Avg
2008-09.......... 29 164-379  .433  87-218  .399  91-126  .722  108  3.7 111  44   2  87  506 17.6

James Robertson, 6-2, 175, Peoria Richwoods...16 ppg, 3 rpg, 2 apg, 86 3pfg...2008 IBCA 3A/4A 3rd team All-State...2008 1st team Mid-State 6 All-Conference

Doug Small, 6-7, Dee-Mack...IBCA Special mention 1A-2A All-State...Bloomington Pantagraph Honorable mention All-Area

Dee-Mack HS   GP   FG  3FG   FT  Reb  RPG  Pts  PPG
2008-09...... 30  166   62   41  207  6.9  435 14.5

Rich Thomas, 6-8, Reavis...All-South Suburban Red Conference


Illinois Wesleyan:
Tyler Bontemps, 6-4, So., Belleville East/Lincoln Land CC

Year (School)    GP  FG-FGA   Pct 3FG-FGA   Pct  FT-FTA   Pct  Off Def  Reb  Avg   A  TO Blk Stl  Pts  Avg
2005-06 (BEHS)..  4   2-2   1.000   1-1   1.000   0-0       -    2   1    3  0.8   0   1   0   0    5  1.3
2006-07 (BEHS).. 26 103-238  .433  13-31   .419  40-73   .548   68  96  164  6.3  42  61  11  46  259 10.0
2008-09 (LLCC).. 30  61-116  .526   0-0       -  23-47   .489   43  72  115  3.8   9  31   1  21  145  4.8

Bradley Ghere, 5-11, Ridgeview...IBS Small School 2nd team All-State...AP 1A 2nd team All-State...
IBCA 1A/2A 2nd team All-State...IBCA 1A/2A North All-Star

Ridgeview HS  GP    FG  3FG   FT-FTA   Pct    A  Pts  PPG
2008-09...... 33   360  130  110-129  .853  170  760 23.0

Dan Oswald, 6-2, 180, Riverside-Brookfield...16.8 ppg, .464 3p%...IBCA 3A/4A Honorable mention All-State

Luke Radliff, 6-5, 175, Mahomet-Seymour...IBCA 3A/4A Honorable mention All-State

M-S HS       GP   FG-FGA   Pct  3FG   FT-FTA   Pct  Reb  RPG   A  Stl  Pts  PPG 
2008-09..... 28  167-341  .490   41  125-157  .796  183  6.5  46   21  500 17.9

Kevin Reed, 6-7, 220, Prospect...IBCA 3A/4A Special mention All-State...2-time Daily Herald All-Area

Prospect HS  GP  FG-FGA   Pct 3FG-FGA   Pct  FT-FTA   Pct  Off Def  Reb  Avg  PF   A  TO Blk Stl  Pts  Avg
2007-08..... 28 142-244  .582   2-17   .118  83-121  .686   70 158  228  8.1  81  81 102  83  38  369 13.2
2008-09..... 29 162-289  .561   6-27   .222  58-99   .586   90 186  276  9.5  81 108  85  88  33  388 13.4

Millikin:
Geoff Kroner, 6-6, 250, Ballwin (MO) Marquette

Marquette HS  GP  FG-FGA   Pct 3FG-FGA   Pct  FT-FTA   Pct  Off Def  Reb  Avg   A  TO Blk Stl  Pts  Avg
2008-09...... 22  42-69   .609   0-0       -  26-35   .743   35  62   97  4.4  11  24   3   7  110  5.0

Frank Schmitz, 6-5, 200, Pana...21.2 ppg, 8.7 rpg...State Journal-Register All-Area First team...
South Central Conference East Division first-team...IBCA 1A/2A Third team All State

Kyle Mengarelli, 6-0, 150, Hersey...Daily Herald Special mention All-Area


North Central:
Joe Meyerhoff, 6-8, 225, Lisle Benet...12.7 ppg, 6.7 rpg...Daily Herald Honorable mention All-Area...Downers Grove Reporter Progress Honorable mention All-Area

Derek Raridon, 6-6, 190, Neuqua Valley...13.4 ppg, 66 3pfg...UEC Player of the Year...IBCA 3A/4A 4th team All-State...IBS Large School Honorable mention All-State...2-time Daily Herald All-Area

Mike Saris, 5-10, Jr., Crystal Lake South/McHenry County College...All-Skyway Conference

McHenry CC  GP   FG-FGA   Pct 3FG-FGA   Pct  FT-FTA   Pct  Off Def  Tot  Avg    A  TO Blk Stl  Pts  Avg
2007-08.... 33   65-182  .357  38-125  .302  62-72   .861           106  3.2   64          46  230  7.0 
2008-09.... 31  147-364  .404  70-195  .359 115-153  .752   27  92  119  3.8  140 107   3 102  479 15.5

Tyler Zumdahl, 6-1, 161, Eastland...18.8 ppg, 4.7 rpg, 1.9 apg, 1.9 spg, 0.8 bpg...First team All-NUIC West...Freeport Journal-Standard All-Area


North Park:
Shaun Collins, 6-2, Jr., Aurora East/Oakton CC...First team All-Skyway Conference...brother of former NPU player Jason Collins

Oakton CC  GP   FG-FGA   Pct 3FG-FGA   Pct  FT-FTA   Pct  Off Def  Tot  Avg   A  TO Blk Stl  Pts  Avg
2007-08... 28  110-281  .392  67-197  .340  50-66   .758    -   -   91  3.3  42   -   -  36  337 12.0 
2008-09... 30  141-387  .364  95-307  .309  84-143  .587   26  87  113  3.8 103  41   4  53  461 15.4

Zach Dungee, 6-6, 225, Wheaton North...Special Mention All-DuPage Valley Conference... Daily Herald Honorable mention All-Area

Davone Robinson, 6-2, So., Chicago Senn/UW-Eau Claire

UW-Eau Claire  GP-GS  Min--Avg  FG-FGA   Pct 3FG-FGA   Pct  FT-FTA   Pct  Off Def  Tot  Avg  PF FO   A  TO Blk Stl  Pts  Avg
2007-08....... 10-0    53  5.3   2-10   .200   2-5    .400   0-4    .000    1  11   12  1.2   8  0   5   7   0   4    6  0.6

David Williams, 5-10, Tinley Park


Wheaton:
Chase Almen, 6-10, 230, Edmond (OK) Deer Creek

Deer Creek HS   GP  FG-FGA   Pct 3FG-FGA   Pct  FT-FTA   Pct  Reb  Avg   A Blk Stl  Pts  Avg
2008-09........ 23  35-103  .340   6-30   .200  11-25   .440  100  4.3  10  22   8   87  3.8

Aaron Garriott, 6-3, 170, So., Bloomington Central Catholic/SIU-Edwardsville

SIUE          GP-GS  Min--Avg  FG-FGA   Pct 3FG-FGA   Pct  FT-FTA   Pct  Off Def  Tot  Avg  PF FO   A  TO Blk Stl  Pts  Avg
2008-09...... 30-4   650 21.7  81-243  .333  36-121  .298  69-90   .767   13  52   65  2.2  57  1  68  79  2  20   267  8.9

[Gregory Sager]

Three deaths last week of people who probably SHOULD have been famous.  Who can identify John F. Mitchell (81), John Houghtaling (92), or Hortensia Bussi (94)?

And RIP, Kodachrome, killed off by Eastman Kodak at age 74.

Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away!

[Naperick]

CCIW Baseball
Carthage Baseball pitcher Sam Schissel, 1990-2009

By Steve Marovich - Carthage College Sports Information


Sam Schissel
Carthage College baseball pitcher Sam Schissel (Kenosha, Wis./Bradford) died on June 27 at his home in Somers, Wis., following a 10-day illness with flu or pneumonia-like symptoms.  The left-handed pitcher, who would have celebrated his 19h birthday on June 28, sat out the 2009 season after transferring from the University of Minnesota in January 2009.

Schissel was named 2008 Wisconsin Baseball Coaches Association first-team all-state and first-team All-Southeast Conference on a Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 1 state-championship team.  He compiled an 8-0 record with a 1.88 earned run average in 15 appearances and eight starts.  Schissel attended Park High School in Racine, Wis., his junior year and was named first-team all-conference with a 3-2 mark and a 1.33 ERA.

"Sam was a very talented pitcher, a great competitor, and we considered him a part of us," said Carthage coach Augie Schmidt IV.  "For a kid who never played in the program, he touched a lot of people.  He was a kid you couldn't help but like.  We are shocked and real saddened.  He had so much left to do."

"The Carthage athletic department and the baseball program are deeply saddened by this tragic news," said Carthage Director of Athletics Robert Bonn.  "I first met Sam when he was working on his transfer from the University of Minnesota.  He was so happy to be back in Kenosha and to be a part of the Carthage baseball team.  He had a special relationship with Augie Schmidt and pitching coach Cory Everts and was really looking forward to pitching for the Red Men.  Sam had amazing athletic talent, but I was struck by his outgoing and fun-loving personality. He made more friends in a month than most students do in their four years. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Sam's family."

[markerickson]

Tragic.

In Fall 08 a female senior student athlete at my son's high school inexplicably died of pneumonia.