Leelanau Sports Guy at sportspig.com

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

Almost 200 riders are set for the 2nd Annual Tour de Leelanau this Saturday. The men’s race starts at 10:00 AM in Leland, while the women start at approximately 11:35 at the Homestead near Glen Arbor. Both races are longer than last year. Visit the official site below for a race course map and more info.

Read Nearly 200 set for Tour de Leelanau in the Record Eagle
View Photos from 2005 Race at Flickr (including some by yours truly)
Visit the Official Site

Photo 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

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

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

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

I don’t cover golf too often in the blog, but I stumbled upon this article reviewing Arnold Palmer’s King’s Challenge Golf Course. I don’t play golf much anymore, but when I used to I did enjoy this course. My scores weren’t great, but hey, it was fun! The #8 par 5 hole is amazing and MichiganGolf.com writer Brandon Tucker talks about that and more in the article below.

Read King’s Challenge G.C. near Traverse City: A classic N. Michigan golf course at MichiganGolf.com

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

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

After a successful first year the Tour de Leelanau will return this September for a 2nd annual race. The race will take place on Saturday, September 16th. More info will be available soon on their website.

Visit the official Tour de Leelanau website

The Record Eagle has a nice article on the Traverse City Alliance, a club rugby team made up of players from seven area schools. Glen Lake, Suttons Bay and Lake Leelanau St. Mary are all represented on the team. The Alliance are 4-0 on the season as they get ready to compete in the Midwest Tournament in Elkhart, Indiana this weekend.

Read Traverse City rugby club drubs Lowell in the Record Eagle

The Traverse City Alliance Rugby team opened it’s fifth season of play behind strong performances from Elliott Gallagher and Daisy Dalzell for a 41-0 win over Grandville. The team consists of students from the Traverse City High Schools, as well as Suttons Bay, Glen Lake and Lake Leelanau St. Mary.

Read T.C. Alliance 41, Grandville 0 in the Record Eagle [you will have to scroll down]

The Record Eagle’s Jeff Peek caught up with Liz Shimek to talk about her thoughts on the WNBA draft and how she is looking towards the upcoming season.

Read Shimek ready to learn in the Record Eagle

It was a crazy day for Liz Shimek but in the end it all worked out as she is in the WNBA and a member of the Houston Comets.

Here’s what the official site of the Houston Comets says about their draft…

Entering Wednesday’s draft, the Houston Comets had three picks among the top-30 selections. They finished Wednesday with four players selected in the top-30 headlined by Michigan State’s Liz Shimek.

Read Houston Comets Add Four in 2006 Draft at WNBA.com
Official Site of the Houston Comets
Read Drafted, then dealt in the Record Eagle

In what is becoming a crazy day for Liz Shimek, the Phoenix Mercury have traded Shimek (18th pick) and Mistie Williams (21st pick) to Houston for the (15th pick) Ann Strother.

Welcome to the wacky world of the WNBA Draft!