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Sports Editor Matt Daniels has this to say about what’s happening in the area:
Danville Area Community College volleyball team at the News-Gazette office in Champaign on Aug. 9. Front row: Kayla Cordes, Hal Brazelton, Kaitlyn Lange, Kendall Roberts. Middle row: Desiree Glaze, Nikita Taylor, Peyton Williams, Molly Doggett. Back row: Lavin Davis, Madix Minick, Lakin Ariea, Aubrey Reeder.
3 reasons why we love sports today
➜ 1. It’s about more than just volleyball when the Danville Area Community College volleyball team hosts Parkland on Oct. 16 at 6 p.m. All proceeds from the match will be donated to the American Red Cross to support Hurricane Helen relief efforts.
➜ 2. Voting for this week’s newest high school athlete will be available on our website until noon Thursday.
➜ 3. The female finalists are Bella Almarod (Mahomet Seymour Diving), Aubrey Basboom (Paxton Buckley Roda Volleyball), Bridget Cassady (Champaign Central Volleyball), and Shay Ellis (Sullivan Golf). ) is. The men’s finalists are: Tate Harden (LeRoy Golf); Ethan McFarling (Fisher Golf), Xavi Prasanth (College Soccer), and Graham Ray (St. Joseph Ogden Golf).
Former Illinois men’s basketball standout Frank Williams is a member of the 2024 class of the Illinois Athletics Hall of Fame.
Number game: 8
The former Illinois State product will be inducted into the Illinois Athletics Hall of Fame at State Farm Center in Champaign on Friday at 7 p.m. Darrick Brownlow (Football), Laura DeBruler Santos (Volleyball), Janelle Froese (Soccer), Robert Holcomb (Football), Herman ‘Pete’ Velasco (Fencing), Nick Weatherspoon (Men’s Basketball), Frank -Williams (men’s basketball) and Gary Winkler (women’s track and field coach) will be the eighth class.
“Hot Ones” hosts Brad Underwood and Sean Evans share a laugh at the State Farm Center in Champaign in 2021.
crowd control
3 events I’m paying attention to
➜ 1. Purdue of Illinois Football. University of Illinois alumnus Sean Evans, host of the popular YouTube show “Hot Ones,” plans to sound the Illinois Air Raid Warning before kickoff Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at Memorial Stadium in Champaign.
➜ 2. New York Yankees vs. Kansas City Royals. Former Illini forward Michael Massie has three hits and two walks for the Royals in seven at-bats so far in the ALDS. Game 3 of the best-of-five series is scheduled to begin Wednesday at 6:08 p.m. at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri.
➜ 3. San Francisco 49ers vs. Seattle Seahawks. Thursday night will be a perfect time for former Illini Devon Witherspoon to pick up his first interception of the season in a Seahawks secondary that is in trouble.
The McDonald family from left: Philip, Hadley, Crew, and Abby.
coach corner
We ask St. Joseph Ogden volleyball coach Abby McDonald three questions.
➜ 1. My favorite sports team is…the one my children play on. Let’s go with Spartan and Panther!
➜ 2. There are three coaches I would like to have dinner with…Dick Duvall, Jim Matta, and Kevin Hambly.
➜ 3. My biggest complaint is…missing the serve at set point.
