Freshman Parr earns Big Ten Player of the Week award

Illini secondbaseman Josh Parr who is barely getting his feet wet in college ball, has already been honored by the conference by being named Big Ten Co-Player of the Week. Considering his performance at the Al Ogletree Tournament over the weekend, it shouldn’t be too much of a surprise. Parr was 7 for 10 with [...]

Filed under: Awards on March 2nd, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

Looking ahead to the Al Ogletree Classic

Last weekend it was Florida… this coming weekend, our boys are going to Texas for the Al Ogletree Classic.  More specifically, they’ll be visiting Edinburg Stadium.  That’s the home of the University of Texas Pan American Broncs who are currently 0-4 this season.  Don’t make fun though.  UTPA was the home field of Al Ogletree [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on February 26th, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Illini sees leads slip away in losses to Texas-Arlington

It was a frustrating weekend for the Illini as they had leads in all three games against University of Texas-Arlington only to lose them. Friday’s game was a heartbreaker lost in extra innings. Instead of dwelling on the losses (you can check out box scores yourself with fightingillini.com’s new web feature, click on a game [...]

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