Leelanau Sports Guy's World at sportspig.com » After High School http://www.sportspig.com Leelanau Traverse City Northern Michigan Detroit Sports Blog by Leelanau Sports Guy Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:49:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Leelanau County After High School Update http://www.sportspig.com/2007/09/11/leelanau-county-after-high-school-update/ http://www.sportspig.com/2007/09/11/leelanau-county-after-high-school-update/#comments Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:14:56 +0000 Leelanau Sports Guy http://www.sportspig.com/2007/09/11/leelanau-county-after-high-school-update/ Mark Urban of the Record Eagle has compiled a report on area athletes participating in college athletics. This latest article features former Leelanau County stars…

Ben Darling (Freshman, Suttons Bay)
Men’s Soccer, Kalamazoo

Margot McGlothlin (Senior, Suttons Bay)
Women’s Cross Country, Ferris State

Holly Orban (Sophomore, Suttons Bay)
Women’s Volleyball, Lake Superior State

Sean McGlothlin (Freshman, Suttons Bay)
Men’s Cross Country, Aquinas

Alisha Glass (Sophomore, Leland)
Women’s Volleyball, Penn State

Read College Notes: Burke comes up big for Colgate in the Record Eagle

]]> http://www.sportspig.com/2007/09/11/leelanau-county-after-high-school-update/feed/ 0 Cool ESPN article on Leland’s Glass http://www.sportspig.com/2006/10/19/cool-espn-article-on-lelands-glass/ http://www.sportspig.com/2006/10/19/cool-espn-article-on-lelands-glass/#comments Thu, 19 Oct 2006 12:57:15 +0000 Leelanau Sports Guy http://www.sportspig.com/2006/10/19/cool-espn-article-on-lelands-glass/ I can’t imagine a better start to a college sports career than that of former Leland Comet star Alisha Glass. Glass has helped Penn State maintain their #2 ranking, start the Big Ten season 6-0, and remain undefeated for the season at 17-0.

Glass ranks seventh at 12.05 assists per game and eighth with 1.16 blocks per game. She is the only setter to be ranked among the conference leaders in both statistics.

Next up for Glass and the Nittany Lions are home matches versus Michigan on Friday and Michigan State on Saturday.

Read Glass steps up to challenge of leading No. 2 Penn State at ESPN.com

]]> http://www.sportspig.com/2006/10/19/cool-espn-article-on-lelands-glass/feed/ 0 Glass named MVP of Penn State’s own tourney http://www.sportspig.com/2006/09/18/glass-named-mvp-of-penn-states-own-tourney/ http://www.sportspig.com/2006/09/18/glass-named-mvp-of-penn-states-own-tourney/#comments Mon, 18 Sep 2006 19:36:59 +0000 Leelanau Sports Guy http://www.sportspig.com/2006/09/18/glass-named-mvp-of-penn-states-own-tourney/ Just received this from one of my readers…

More Honors for Alisha Glass. She was voted Most Valuable Player at this weekend’s Penn State Classic Tournament. If you, or anyone, wants to read or see more, go to gopsusports.com under Women’s Volleyball —- there’s some good shots of her playing under the website’s Photo Gallery.

The Big Ten opener with Ohio State will be televised on CSTV this Wednesday at 7 p.m.—- thats on Dish or Direct TV. We have Charter Cable, so I go over to my wife’s employer who has Dish TV.

Thanks Bob!

Here’s the Official Penn State Women’s Volleyball site

]]> http://www.sportspig.com/2006/09/18/glass-named-mvp-of-penn-states-own-tourney/feed/ 0 Glass named National and Big Ten Player of the Week http://www.sportspig.com/2006/09/12/glass-named-national-and-big-ten-player-of-the-week/ http://www.sportspig.com/2006/09/12/glass-named-national-and-big-ten-player-of-the-week/#comments Tue, 12 Sep 2006 21:06:47 +0000 Leelanau Sports Guy http://www.sportspig.com/2006/09/12/glass-named-national-and-big-ten-player-of-the-week/ Alisha GlassPhoto from GoPSUsports.com

The awards keep rolling in for freshman setter Alisha Glass. The former Leland Comet star has taken her game to Penn State, but that hasn’t stopped her from winning. The Nittany Lions are ranked #2 in the country and are off to a 8-0 start.

Here’s why she picked up the honors…

Versus the No. 7 Longhorns, Glass had a career-high 63 assists and recorded eight kills and 16 digs. She also tied her career bests for hitting (.438) and blocks (seven).

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For the weekend, Glass averaged 13.38 assists per game, 2.88 digs per game and 1.50 blocks per game while directing the squad to a team hitting percentage of .327 with an average of 17.38 kills per game against two teams in the Top 15 in the nation. She also picked up her first career All-Tournament Team honor at the Time Warner Classic Texas Invitational.

Next up for Penn State is the Penn State Invitational on Friday and Saturday.

Read Glass Tabbed Sports Imports/AVCA Division I National Player of the Week at GoPSUsports.com
Read Glass is Big Ten player of the week in the Record Eagle

]]> http://www.sportspig.com/2006/09/12/glass-named-national-and-big-ten-player-of-the-week/feed/ 0 Glass assists Penn State to win over #15 Missouri http://www.sportspig.com/2006/09/08/glass-assists-penn-state-to-win-over-15-missouri/ http://www.sportspig.com/2006/09/08/glass-assists-penn-state-to-win-over-15-missouri/#comments Fri, 08 Sep 2006 14:29:08 +0000 Leelanau Sports Guy http://www.sportspig.com/2006/09/08/glass-assists-penn-state-to-win-over-15-missouri/ Alisha Glass had a career-high 44 assists to help Penn State to a 30-19, 30-21, 30-21 win over fifteenth-ranked Missouri in the Time Warner Cable Texas Invitational. The freshman setter also had three kills for the No. 2 Nittany Lions.

Penn State continues action against the seventh-ranked Texas Longhorns at 6:30 p.m. CT today.

Read Glass leads No. 2 Penn State in the Record Eagle
Read No. 2 Women’s Volleyball Claws No. 15 Missouri, 3-0 at GoPSUsports.com

]]> http://www.sportspig.com/2006/09/08/glass-assists-penn-state-to-win-over-15-missouri/feed/ 0 Glass helps #2 Penn State to fast start http://www.sportspig.com/2006/08/30/glass-helping-2-penn-state-to-fast-start/ http://www.sportspig.com/2006/08/30/glass-helping-2-penn-state-to-fast-start/#comments Wed, 30 Aug 2006 15:00:29 +0000 Leelanau Sports Guy http://www.sportspig.com/2006/08/30/glass-helping-2-penn-state-to-fast-start/ Freshman Alisha Glass recorded 37 assists to help #2 ranked Penn State to a 30-32, 24-30, 30-23, 30-23, 15-6 win over LSU in the final of the LSU Classic. Glass has played in all 11 games and is third on the team in blocks and tied for third in digs.

Read No. 2 Penn State Women’s Volleyball Survives LSU, 3-2 at GoPSUsports.com

]]> http://www.sportspig.com/2006/08/30/glass-helping-2-penn-state-to-fast-start/feed/ 0 Shimek still getting more time http://www.sportspig.com/2006/08/02/shimek-still-getting-more-time/ http://www.sportspig.com/2006/08/02/shimek-still-getting-more-time/#comments Wed, 02 Aug 2006 16:00:25 +0000 Leelanau Sports Guy http://www.sportspig.com/2006/08/02/shimek-still-getting-more-time/ Chicago Sky rookie Liz Shimek has been getting more minutes as of late and producing. The Sky fell to the Phoenix Mercury 90-70, but Shimek played 16 mintues grabbed 4 rebounds, scored 3 points, dished out 4 assists and blocked 2 shots. Not a bad night. The Sky currently own the league’s worst record with only 4 wins and 24 losses, but that should give Shimek plenty of opportunities to show what she can do.

See Liz’s Line in the Box Score
View Liz Shimek Photos at Yahoo! Sports

]]> http://www.sportspig.com/2006/08/02/shimek-still-getting-more-time/feed/ 0 Shimek earns spot on Sky roster http://www.sportspig.com/2006/05/23/shimek-earns-spot-on-sky-roster/ http://www.sportspig.com/2006/05/23/shimek-earns-spot-on-sky-roster/#comments Tue, 23 May 2006 15:22:30 +0000 Leelanau Sports Guy http://www.sportspig.com/2006/05/23/shimek-earns-spot-on-sky-roster/ Liz Shimek earned one of thirteen roster spots on the Chicago Sky for the 2006 WNBA season. Shimek didn’t play in game 1, a 83-82 win over the Charlotte Sting.

Read Liz Shimek’s Bio at WBNA.com

]]> http://www.sportspig.com/2006/05/23/shimek-earns-spot-on-sky-roster/feed/ 0 Shimek traded for third time http://www.sportspig.com/2006/05/18/shimek-traded-for-third-time/ http://www.sportspig.com/2006/05/18/shimek-traded-for-third-time/#comments Thu, 18 May 2006 16:30:04 +0000 Leelanau Sports Guy http://www.sportspig.com/2006/05/18/shimek-traded-for-third-time/ Former Laker and Spartan star Liz Shimek is now on her third WNBA team, the expansion Chicago Sky. After being drafted by Phoenix, she was traded to Houston and now dealt to Chicago. Tomorrow is the roster deadline for WNBA teams and the Sky are expected to have a roster of 11 or 12. They currently have 14 players on their roster.

Read Shimek hopes to land with Chicago in the Record Eagle

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Read Shimek ready to learn in the Record Eagle

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