The daily pitch from Sports Editor Matt Daniels: April 18, 2024
Apr. 18—➜ . The Illini guard earned Academic All-America First Team honors, the College Sports Communicators announced on Wednesday. It's the second straight First Team Academic All-America nod for Domask, who holds a 4.0 GPA at Illinois while pursuing his master's degree in recreation, sport & tourism.
➜ . said Domask is pursuing legal options to get another year at Illinois.
➜ . Check back Saturday for our special section previewing the event that unfolds next weekend.
Earned runs former Mahomet-Seymour baseball star gave up Tuesday in his second professional start. Pitching for the Columbia Fireflies, the Class A affiliate for the Kansas City Royals, the 19-year-old right-hander went 4 2/3 innings and allowed an unearned run while scattering four hits. He struck out five and walked two. Wolters, a second-round draft pick of the Royals last July and The News-Gazette's Player of the Year in 2022 and 2023, is 0-0 with a 4.50 ERA to go with six strikeouts and five walks in his first two starts with the Fireflies.
➜ . Coach 's Illinois program will try to go back-to-back in winning Big Ten titles when the 14-team, 54-hole event tees off Friday from Bulle Rock Golf Course in Havre de Grace, Md.
➜ . The only home tournament for Illinois men's golf begins Saturday at Atkins Golf Club in Urbana before play concludes Sunday, the final tune-up for coach 's program before the Big Ten championships arrive next weekend.
➜ . Two top area teams meet at 12:30 p.m. Saturday in Mahomet. Should be a good one.
➜ the Illini.
➜ Gary Wieneke, Bill Belichick and Phil Jackson.
➜ procrastination and entitlement.
