From: Peoria Journal Star (Peoria, IL)
Southern Miss introduced Oklahoma State offensive coordinator Todd Monken as its new football coach Tuesday, confident that the 46-year-old can return the Golden Eagles to their winning ways after the worst season in school history. “You want high expectations,” said Monken, who was an All-America quarterback at Knox College in Galesburg. “You want to be at a place where winning is expected. And this is one of those places.”… Read more…
From: The Register Mail (Galesburg, IL)
Knox College linebacker Mike Hendrick has earned two more postseason honors following another outstanding year on the gridiron. Hendrick was named to the D3football.com 2012 All-West Region third team defense and Beyond Sports Network’s (BSN) 2012 Honorable Mention All-American Team at linebacker. He led the Midwest Conference with 13.3 tackles per game and a season total of 133 tackles, the third-most in the country… Read more in the Register-Mail… More about Mike Hendrick’s selection for the D3 Senior Classic…
From: The Register Mail (Galesburg, IL)
[Knox College men’s basketball coach] Kevin Walden has seen a lot of great basketball in his time… “I started my junior and senior year in high school,” said Walden, a post player who graduated from Peoria Notre Dame High School in 1997 and went on to play for Knox College. “Those were some pretty great days for hoops in the city… It was a Who’s Who down there back then.”… Walden’s got tales from the days when hoops reigned state king in Peoria. “When I was a sophomore, Frank Williams was a freshman playing up with the Manual sophomores,” Walden recalled. “He was their tallest player, so I had to guard him.”…
The Midstate 6 Conference back in Walden’s era featured the likes of Mike Robinson, A.J. Guyton, Frankie King, Sergio [McClain], and Marcus [Griffin]. “Those guys were great players because they were great people. It was how they handled themselves that made them really impressive.”… Read more…
From: The Register Mail (Galesburg, IL)
Tom Wilson writes about the Knox-Monmouth football game 85 years ago, one year prior to the creation of the now-famous Bronze Turkey Trophy: On Thanksgiving Day 1927… it appeared that the game was doomed to possibly end in a scoreless tie until a very unexpected defensive play by Knox occurred when Monmouth was approaching scoring territory in the final stanza. Monmouth quarterback Walker attempted a lateral pass to his tight end Mohlenbrock near the Knox 25-yard line. Out of nowhere streaked Knox husky defensive end Will Massie who grabbed the pass with one hand and raced 75-yards down the field for the only score of the game… The famed Bronze Turkey [trophy] was not introduced until one year later… Read more…
From: The Register Mail (Galesburg, IL)
1997 Knox College grad Brent Huff served as the trainer for the United States racquetball team at this summer’s IRF World Championships in the Dominican Republic… Here’s Brent’s account of his career: I have been playing racquetball for over 30 years… My interest in athletic training came after tearing my ACL during basketball my senior year [in high school]… I did my rehab with Scott Sunderland, head athletic trainer at Knox College. After spending about 6 months in the training room with Scott, I began my pursuit of my future career.
After graduating from Knox, I worked under Scott as a graduate assistant… I feel very blessed to have had the opportunity to have Scott as my mentor and friend. He is a great athletic trainer and has had numerous opportunities that prove it, e.g. working the Pan-Am Games and Olympics… Read more…
From: The Register Mail (Galesburg, IL)
Knox College swept MacMurray College in women’s and men’s soccer on Wednesday [Sept. 19] and claimed the new traveling Ferris Trophy in the process. The Prairie Fire women’s team defeated the Highlanders 2-0. The victory also gave the Prairie Fire possession of the Ferris Trophy. The Knox men’s team completed the sweep with a 7-1 win… Both Galesburg and Jacksonville have connections to the Ferris Wheel and its inventor, George Ferris… Read more…
