-- Petersen, Miller
honored: St. Ambrose University's Karl Petersen
and Black Hawk College's Lindsay Miller have garnered weekly honors for their recent play
from their respective conferences.
Petersen, a 6-foot-9 senior center, was simply dominant for the Bees as the No. 2
nationally ranked club logged two more Midwest Classic Conference victories to take
command of the league race. His efforts landed the Davenport Central prep MCC Player of
the Week honors.
On Saturday against Waldorf, he poured in a career-high 33 points and completed the
double-double with 14 rebounds in the 14-point victory. For the week, Petersen, averaged
26 points and 13 rebounds while shooting 61-percent from the field. He also added four
blocked shots, giving him the league lead in that category with 47.
Miller, a 5-9 freshman center from Elmwood, earned NJCAA Region IV Player of the Week
honors by scoring 62 points and grabbing 42 rebounds in three games against Carl Sandburg,
Illinois Valley and South Suburban. Her big game came against Carl Sandburg in which she
scored 31 points and had 20 rebounds.
College wrestling
-- Rusk hosts youth camp: Former Orion High School state champ and Augustana College and University
of Illinois wrestler Steve Rusk is planning on hosting a youth wrestling camp, beginning
Feb. 26 and running through the first weekend of July. It will be held in the Augustana
wrestling room each Thursday at 6:30 p.m.
``When I was here, that's how I got so much better,'' said Rusk, recalling his
formative days. ``I want to get things picked back up in the area.''
One of the big draws for the camp is that Rusk is planning on bringing in guest
clinicians -- including former QC standouts as well as wrestlers from Coach Mark Johnson's
University of Illinois program as well as some from Iowa City.
The camp is open to wrestlers through high school age and will touch on folkstyle,
freestyle and Greco wrestling. The cost will be $100 per wrestler. Part of the camp will
include meets against other programs and also tournament competition.
For further information, contact Steve Rusk at (309) 786-9345.
College soccer
-- Two from QCs sign with WIU: Western Illinois women's soccer coach Richard Moller announced his first
recruiting class this week, including a pair from the Quad-Cities.
United Township defender Kim Slutz and Assumption two-way player Angie Guy are part of
Moller's nine-player class.
``Kim is a player we identified at our summer camp,'' Moller said. ``She is a
well-rounded defender who reads the game very well, can challenge in the air with anyone
we will face. Her competitiveness will give her and opportunity to make an immediate
impact for us on defense.
``Angie is a natural team leader, who will inspire her teammates with her great work
ethic. She is a very consistent player who can be counted on to get the job done game in
and game out.''
College softball
-- Cooney has big weekend: Former United Township softball standout Christine Cooney went 2-for-3
against Mississippi State, coached by the coach of the United States Olympic softball
team. She batted 6-for-16, a .375 average, over the weekend.
Cooney started the first four Bradley games in center field and the last two at second
base.
Bradley has four Q-C players on its team. Joining Cooney are Joanna Pettit of Geneseo,
Brittany Dehler of Galva and and May Ruthhart of Rock Island. Bradley plays next in
Chattanooga on Feb. 20-22. Bradley also plays Western Illinois on April 7 in Macomb.
Prep gymnastics
-- Muskeyvalley ready for state date: Rock Island sophomore Shelly Muskeyvalley has earned a trip to the IHSA
state gymnastics meet in Palatine, finishing as one of the top at-large competitors in the
floor exercise not on a state-reaching team.
Muskeyvalley scored a 9.325 in the floor exercise at last weekend's sectional, placing
her 22nd among the 32 gymnastics participating at state in that event.
The top seed is freshman Allison Buckley of Hoffman Estates Conant with a score of
9.775.
The state finals begin Friday with prelimaries at Palatine High School. The parade of
competitors begins at 12:30 p.m. The floor exercise prelims begin at 6:30 p.m. Saturday's
finals will begin at 6:30, with the floor exercise being the last of the four events to be
decided.
