Congrats Chargers, Follow the BU greats, and more news on recruiting and cheating

First, congratulations to the Peoria Christian boys soccer who won last night and advanced to the State Finals Chamionship game tonight against Lisle.
I have had the great pleasure of coaching virtually every one of those kids at some point, and I am very happy for them and proud of them.

Likewise, Peoria Notre Dame's boys soccer won a very tight and difficult match last night against Morton to advance. I have also coached some of their guys in days gone by and they even have one kid that transferred to PND from PCS!

Good luck to both teams in the State Tournament and bring home the hardware!
I'll be up there in Naperville with about 1000 other PCS fans -- even Lisle, whose school is located just 5 miles from the location of the IHSA soccer playoffs, didn't bring any bigger and better crowd than PCS did!!



If you want to follow all of your favorite Braves playing pro ball - bookmark this blog page and use the links.
Click on either the links or the player's name to see their pages...

- Anthony Parker - Cleveland Cavaliers
http://www.nba.com/cavaliers/media/parker_hp_101029.jpg

- Aba Koita - La Rochelle Rupella 17 France NM2

-Marcellus Sommerville - Paris-Levallois in the ProA

-Theron Wilson - Salon Vilpas Vikings Finland Korsliga

-Lawrence Wright - UU-Korihait Uusikaupunki Finland Korsliga

-Phillip Gilbert - SOBA Dragons Rhoendorf German ProA Division

-Eddie Cage - A.D. Tarrogona Spain LEB Silver Division

-David Collins - Ydra Asfalistiki ENAD Agios Dometios Cyprus

-Will Franklin - Etoile du Sahel Tunisia's Division 1

-Zach Andrews - Niigata Albirex in Japan's BJ League

-Patrick O'Bryant - Fujian SBS China

-Danny Granger - Indiana Pacers

-Cameron Rigby plays for the Knox Rangers in Australia

-James Hamilton just retired after a long, successful career in England



Then -- Here's a video of Sam Maniscalco's old AAU teammate, Evan Turner with a super crossover that schools DWade! Wade just stands and shrugs as if he doesn't believe his eyes...
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont_lie/post/Video-Evan-Turner-gets-dastardly-on-Dwyane-Wade;_ylt=AgR2yLoLFjjb2YrLcYXT6hW8vLYF?urn=nba-280592

I have to believe Sammy Maniscalco taught ET this move when they played AAU ball together...;)



Here's a great thread -- you choose the caption, but read a few of those other people present!!
These guys belong right at the top of the
Worst Cheating College Coaches ranking...
http://www.volnation.com/forum/tennessee-vols-basketball/113425-caption-photo.html



Here's a great inside story of Illinois' Jerrance Howard and top recruit Mike Shaw who Illinois just landed...

it details how it was ALL Jerrance that dealt with the top recruit, and how Jerrance became a "big brother" to Shaw and did just about everything on a regular daily basis except move in and room with the kid...
In fact, some of this sounds a little fishy but I guess it was all legal...

http://illinois.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1145323

But read some of what Mike Shaw says ...he mentions that
"Illinois first made contact with him when he was still in 8th grade"...

In this John Supinie column the quote goes this way...
"I grew up watching Illinois,'' Shaw said. "When I saw coach Weber in the stands when I was younger, it was real big for me. As I got older, he was always there from the jump. I felt they really wanted me. I felt the love.''
He's been a target since the Illini first made contact in the eighth grade."
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/warrenville/statenews/x1471838323/Updated-Mike-Shaw-verbally-commits-to-Illinois

But -- it is a VERY CLEAR NCAA violation for anyone associated with Illinois to "make contact" with Shaw when he's in 8th grade....so this is also quite suspicious...hmmm...

Anyway -- what's with Wayne McClain?? How come no article on recruiting in the past several tears even mentions McClain? I thought he was the man for the Illinois pipeline and Peoria pipeline? What's his job there?