Brandon Hohl and Davis Hendrickson: Two of only five Illinois seniors Only a month and a half from now, the Illinois baseball team will begin their new season against Tennessee Tech. No time like the present to start to get to know our players of 2013. Before I get into…
With much hesitation, I changed the banner of IBR. I really liked the photo that was up there before (shown above). It wasn’t the sharpest image but boy, there was a lot of action and the expression on every guy’s face face is unique and priceless. And what’s with Corey…
Brandon Hohl Justin Parr A few congrats are in order. The Northwoods League just issued a few post-season awards and a few Illini were mentioned. First, among their 2012 ‘Finest in the Field’ honorees was thirdbaseman Brandon Hohl who played for Wisconsin Rapids this summer. His .973 fielding percentage was…
Fightingillini.com has just posted a solid summary of this year’s summer league action by the Illini. Big congrats go out to Will Krug who was chosen to the National Amateur Baseball Federation College World Series All-Tournament team after his performance with the Crystal Lake Cardinals. For the summer, he hit…
Three Illini players contributed to the Rochester Honkers’ win in their last game of the Northwoods League season last night. Kevin Johnson (left, 3-3) pitched a five inning shutout for the win while Reid Roper went 3 for 4 with a grand slam. To top it off, Justin Parr went…
Justin Parr is really putting it together for the Rochester Honkers in the Northwoods League this summer. Last night, he extended his hitting streak to 21 games and did it in style. He went 4 for 5 in the Honkers’ 11-3 defeat of Alexandria and hit a homerun with four…
The Post-Bulletin has a good article on the Parr twins, Justin and Jordan who are both playing for the Rochester Honkers in the Northwoods League. It sounds like Honkers Manager Zach Etheridge is getting used to seeing double: “I’m finally to the point where I can tell them apart…”I didn’t…
Congrats to Illini secondbaseman Reid Roper who was named Northwoods League Player of the Night tonight. Roper who is playing for the Rochester Honkers drove in four runs with a three-run double and a rbi double. Justin Parr also got into the action. Playing center field and left field, Parr…
Willie Argo: First Team All-Big Ten Three Illini baseball players received All-Big Ten honors today including outfielder Willie Argo who was named to the first team All-Big Ten team. In addition to Argo, shortstop Thomas Lindauer and outfielder Justin Parr were named third team All-Big Ten team. Catcher Alex Lincoln…
Coach Snider congratulates Justin Parr on his rbi triple in the 4th inning Simple fundamentals and sound strategy. That’s how Illinois won tonight’s game against the Minnesota Golden Gophers keeping postseason hopes alive. With the score tied in the bottom of the eighth and runners on first and second, Justin…