Ed’s Word: Number: 18 July 7, 2009
1. I leave for Alaska tomorrow, back on the 20th so if there is any real important news, send it to me, but also send it to Jeff Pape for immeidate release. Find out more info: http://www.thepapefoundation.org
2. Attended a small tribute memorial to former coach at Lyons - Bert Kraus. Bert is in the IWCOA Hall of Fame and the National Hall of Fame, Illinois Chapter and was a Grand Marshal. I believe Bert was also in the Tennis Hall of Fame too.
3. Santiago Joseph Gomez, infant son of Hector, passed away recently. Hector runs the Gomez Wrestling school and has 5 other children.
4. I don’t know how many of you get the Herald, but they had a nice article about Mike Albanese, HWT from Naperville North in it. Mike was an excellent Wrestler, but will be going to College of DuPage to further his skills in Cooking, etc. COD does not have wrestling.
5. The Illinois Junior Greco Team WON their 3rd straight National Dual Meet Championship by defeating Florida in the finals. Bryan Medlin led this team. Illinois had 34 technical falls in this tournament, which is a tournament best. On the All Dual meet team were Jake Bellis at 105 and Josh Castellano at 145. Illinois went unbeaten with a 9-0 record, they lost just 23 individual bouts. Placings of the States: l. Illinois; 2. Florida; 3. Wisconsin; 4. Minnesota; 5. Arizona; 6. California; 7. Iowa; 8. Kansas.
6. The Illinois Junior Free Style Team finished 7th in the National Duals. They lost close ones to Oklahoma on a criteria tie breaker; Ohio; Iowa and New Jersey. They had won 4 in a row, then lost 4 and then won l. Edwin Cooper made the All Tournament team; 6 Ohio Wrestlers made this team. State Placements: l. Ohio; 2. New Jersey; 3. Minnesota 1; 4. Oklahoma; 5. Iowa; 6. California;
7. Illinois; 8. Missouri. 7. Pennsylvania, which is supposed to be loaded, did not enter a team in either FS or GR. Watch out for them at Fargo.
8. Jeremy Hunter has been promoted to Assistant coach at Illinois; Mike Poeta will be the Volunteer Assistant Coach, they will join with Carl Perry.
9. Mike Tamillow, former All American just finished 3rd in the Canada Cup.in FS.
10. Asics GR Nationals in Utah held recently the following Illini placed: Champions: Age 9-10 - Jason Renteria at 65; Age 11-12 - 60 - Louis Hayes; 70 - Austin O’Connor; 95 - Kamal Berg; 112 - Dru Worker. Age 13-14 - 210 - Michael Johnson Jr. Only Champions were listed.
11. Hope a lot of you are joining us at the Smile Foundation golf outing on the 28th at White Pines in Bensonville - If you do not play golf, like me, you can still sponsor an event, and or go to the luncheon. This is July 28th.
12. Hate to miss the best tournament around during the Summer - The Midwest Nationals - held at Bloomington on Saturday July 11th. An excellent tournament for those who did not qualify for Fargo.
Scandal is the coin of contemporary celebrity. It keeps the public interested. If something is not worth doing at all, it’s not worth doing well. Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirtuality. Words are like diamonds. Polish them too much, and all you get are pebbles. There is no need to believe what an artist says, believe what he does; that’s what counts. More things grow in the garden than the gardener sows. Where there is great love, there are always miracles. Every generation of Americans needs to know that freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.
Ed
