WWW.JG-TC.COM MARSHALL'S MOUTH Bears' Brandon Marshall understands he might have offended some people with his demand for accountability following the Bears' loss to Green Bay last weekend. B3 COME BACK TOMORROW Mattoon's girls' basketball team plays Monticelto. BMMkenns tp Paeltliieirs MARK I TUPPER The Billikens shot better than 60 percent from the field for much of the night finishing at 57.5 percent including nine of 14 3-pointers in raising its record to 7-3. "The object of any offense is to get good shots," Saint Louis coach Jim Crews said. "When your shots go down you really look good.
Defensively, I thought we were pretty consistent. Jay's guys do a good job running their offense." Tied for the Atlantic 10 Conference lead in defense entering the game, Saint Louis bettered its 59.5-point defensive average in this one. Eastern's only real answer was freshman Alex Austin, who hit six of eight shots from the field including all three of his 3-pointers and two of three free throws for 17 points. No one else had more than six points for the Panthers, who fell to 3-9. i 1 Liz BY BRIAN NIELSEN JG-TC Sports Editor ST.
LOUIS At halftime Eastern Illinois players returned to their bench to watch part of a ceremony honor former Saint Louis basketball great Larry Hughes for organ donor service. After all, that meant something to EIU coach Jay Spoonhour, whose late father, Charlie, was a lung transplant recipient and former Saint Louis coach when Hughes played and Jay was an assistant. "I wanted to make sure our guys got out there," Spoon-. hour said. "I wanted our guys to see Larry.
They knew Larry as a player. They've heard me talk (at halftime) 12 times this year and nine of them haven't turned out very well." This one didn't ether. But who was going to come up with a strategy to stop this current Saint Louis team that posted a 72-45 non-conference men's basketball win Wednesday night. Eastern's Alex Austin puts up a shot against St. Louis University Sandy KingEIUFor tha JO-TC Wednesday.
Sea PANTHERS, B4 headed to Illini for spring semester Beckman going for immediate grid boost CHAMPAIGN In need of immediate help, University of Illinois head football coach Tim Beckman Wednesday signed five junior college players. And although the university is not yet announcing them, Beckman is also rounding up early high school graduates who can enroll at the coming semester break. That will give him a cast of new players who will begin classes in January and can get a head start on the 2013 season by participating in spring practice in March and April. By the time he can sign his class of high school recruits in February, it's expected that Beckman will have about 30 new players, possibly making it the largest incoming class in the school's history. Beckman cancelled a scheduled press conference Wednesday and said he will wait until January to talk publicly about the early enrollees, a list including Charleston High School defensive back Dillan Caz-ley, who took eight courses in the fall semester in order to graduate at the semester break.
Cazley, an Apollo Conference sprint champion, was named academic all-state by the Illinois High School Football Coaches Association. As for the five junior college additions, Beckman signed wide receiver Mar-tize Barr and offensive lineman Dallas Hinkhouse, who were teammates in leading Iowa Western to the 2012 National Junior College Athletic Association national championship; defensive tackle Abe Cajuste from Victor Valley (Calif.) College, safety Zane Petty from American River (Calif.) College and Eric Finney from College of the Canyons who Beckman projects playing his "star" position, which is a hybrid safetylinebacker. "These men are coming to Champaign from winning programs around the country," he said. "There are two national champions and several conference champions in the group. The most i i it ft I Benching Kevin KilhoHerStafl Photographer Charleston's Dillan Cazley, trying to fend off Rochester's defense during the IHSA Class 4 A football playoffs In Rochester In this photo, has signed with Illinois and Is set to enroll in the spring semester.
cial young man," Charleston "I couldn't be happier for Dil- tion at a distinguished univer-. football coach Brian Halsey lan and his family. It's a great sity and to continue to play said at Wednesday's signing. opportunity to get an educa- football. I hope the young peo Cazley BY BRIAN NIELSEN JG-TC Sports Editor CHARLESTON Rather than defending his Apollo Conference 100- and 200-meter dash championships, Dillan Cazley plans to get a good start on his Illinois football career.
The Charleston senior safety signing his letter of intent on Wednesday to play for the Illini and enroll for the spring semester meant he did more than just make 70 tackles in seven games, record three interceptions and score two touchdowns among his 14 rushes for 77 yards in a senior football season in which he missed the first five games with a broken foot. "Early Bird through (period) 7," Cazley said of this semester's class schedule "It's not all football. It's academics also." Named an academic all-stater by the Illinois High School Football Coaches Association, Cazley took eight classes this fall in order to graduate at the semester so he can enroll at Illinois next month and participate in spring football practice "It's a special day for a spe- Lake Land sophom*ore forward the ball during the Lady Lakers' evening In Mattoon. Vv ple in the area pay attention to what he has done and understand that in addition to being a great football player, you have to be an excellent student and good young man. "Last spring he worked with Mrs.
(Diane) Hutchins (Charleston's principal) and got his ducks in a row so he could graduate early. He had a pretty intense fall semester. Not only was he taking an overload but he had a broken foot and was trying to get healthy." Cazley recovered from a summer camp injury in time to play in the key games of Charleston's 9-2 season that included a 5-0 Apollo Conference championship before the Trojans lost to eventual state champion Rochester in the second round of the IHSA Class 5A playoffs. Before that he had already accepted a scholarship offer from new Illinois coach Tim Beckman as Cazley announced his verbal commitment in late February. At that point he and his older brother Keithan Hedrick, who played football See CAZLEY, B2 motivates Tame 21 turnovers as a team to win a close 64-61 game over Region 24 foe Danville Community College "I needed to send a message in the second half," said Johnson.
"We had five straight possessions where we didn't even get a shot off. I sat them down and asked how they like the view from the bench. They returned, and responded. The press really got us going." Emily Montgomery, scoring 21 points for Danville, couldn't be stopped early on, sinking four straight baskets to keep the Jaguars in contention. Iake Land's five early turnovers didn't help either as lead stood 14-13 in favor of -the Lady Lakers.
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"He wants to teach us a lesson by sitting us down, but it hurts, too. We just knew that we wanted to show him and the team that we deserve to be starting and we wanted to win the game." A fire was soon lighted. Shelby Kohr man's 22 points- led all scorers, and Lauren Bogle supplied a line of 17 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Lake Land over- Now TmHm OR RAM ON 2012 ppovad CftxM For Dotawiat 0- -exciting thing is that they- fill immediate needs for us. "They all play a different position of need and are spread across all areas of the team." After a 2-10 season in 2012, Illinois has many needs.
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