Volume 71, Issue 3 The Independent Sports Club of Central Illinois September 2016 OrTganizehd to heelp prIovidSe CeCntral IlliBnois yUouth thLe bestL sportEs progrTams inI thNe country! Proudly serving our community for over sixty years. New Location for ISC Coaches Smoker “In the News” Note: Event Date has moved up to Sept. 28 ISC Coaches Smoker Gets New Home: The continued growth of our signature Continued growth of the ISC’s premier fundraising event has led us to a new location event has led to a bigger and better venue for this year’s ISC Coaches Smoker. After four years at the Gateway Building on this year. the Peoria riverfront, this year’s event has been relocated to The Warehouse on State, a new banquet and event space in the Warehouse District of downtown Peoria. Mike Stout Memorial Golf Outing: Another successful day on the links helped Committee chairman Jeff Doeden led the move to the larger facility, which will allow raise nearly $5,000 for the ISC. our guests more room to socialize. State-of-the-art audio and video capabilities should greatly improve the overall experience by making it easier to hear the insight Scholarship winners announced: Nearly offered by two NCAA head coaches. 80 applicants were narrowed down to eight winners of the ISC college scholarships, Following tradition, this year’s featured guests are Bradley men’s basketball coach the most recipients in the 20-year history Brian Wardle and Illinois men’s coach John Groce. Journal Star sportswriters Kirk of the award. Wessler and Dave Reynolds are again expected to handle the Q&A portion of the evening. Steak Fry speaker selected: Former Richwoods football coach Rod Butler will This year’s event has been moved up slightly from its traditional October date and be the featured speaker at the ISC Steak will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 28. The move was necessary to accommodate a Fry on Nov. 17 at the Lariat Steakhouse. request from Coach Groce, who has decided neither he nor anyone on his staff will make any public appearances once basketball practice officially begins. ISC Website Launched: We’re finally getting with the times. Look for The Warehouse on State is connected to Thyme Kitchen and Craft Bar at 736 SW www.iscpeoria.com to be up and running Washington. They will handle the catering this year, with beverages provided by soon. Baumgarten Distributing. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., with the program scheduled to start at 7. $50 cash raffle No. 3: Drawn at the Smoker, be sure to get your ticket that has The annual fundraiser will feature various drawings and raffles, including our $50 a 1-in-7 chance of winning at least $200, cash raffle (with a top prize of $1500) and pair of Bradley Men’s Basketball season with a top prize of $2500. tickets. Some seats at the $70 and $60 level are still available, with VIP seating already sold out. For tickets, contact Doeden at 309-453-3633. ISC Website Coming Soon See story on page 3. Page 2 Official Newsletter of the Independent Sports Club of Central Illinois September 2016 Mike Stout Memorial Eight Awarded ISC Scholarships For the 20th consecu - Golf Outing tive year, the ISC Great weather led to a great day on June 20 for the annual Mike awarded college schol - Stout Memorial Golf Outing at Pine Lakes Golf Club in arships that now total Washington. more than $75,000 since the program’s in - Twenty foursomes participated this year, and while those ception in 1997. numbers are down slightly from years past, the smaller field allowed us to play the course in under four hours and get to the Nearly 80 applicants clubhouse for a great steak dinner and liquid camaraderie. from graduating sen - iors at Tri-County area Cash prizes were awarded in two flights. A group led by ISC high schools were re - 2016 winners, front (l to r): Meghan Georgieff and past president Jeff Doeden won A Flight for the second time in Emma Rohn - Dunlap. Back (l to r): Matthew Thole - ceived this year, mak - three years. Doeden was helped by Bradley men’s golf coach Princeville, Randy Meneweather - Washington, ing for another diffi - Nicholas Campbell - Pekin, Gabriel Sowards - Dunlap, Jeff Roche, Matt Geary and Brett Tilley to a winning total of Rich Moore - ISC Board. Not pictured: Breanna cult job for the 14-under par 29-28 – 57. The team of Paul Maras, Jeff Ott, Todd Springer - Farmington, Shelby Terrell - Limestone. selection committee. Davis and Ryan Julius finished one shot off the winning pace Scholarship committee chairman Rich Moore has developed a with a 27-31 – 58. detailed selection process that awards points based on three Doeden’s group also scooped the only skin in A Flight with a main criteria. 1) Varsity sport participation and awards. 2) Aca - deuce on the 187-yard par 3 No. 3. demic achievements including class rank, GPA and ACT score. Long-time ISC supporters Leroy Compton, Kevin Elder and 3) Participation in clubs, activities, church, community service, John Fleming were joined by past president Bill King to litigate etc. Extra points can be earned by submitting additional infor - the winning score in B Flight, a 33-33 – 66. First-time event mation such as a resume, letters of recommendation or a personal entrants Tony Olson, Jeff Burdett and Brad Belser – playing out essay. of first-time event sponsor Knuckles Pizza – finished runner-up After all applications were scored, the best were reviewed by the in B Flight with a 32-34 – 66. scholarship committee. Four boys and four girls – the largest Matt Meyer (Closest to Pin on No. 5), Dan McGann (Longest number of recipients in program history -- were selected to re - Putt on No. 10) and Matt Geary (Longest Drive on No. 13) took ceive $1,000 each. home $50 each for their individual efforts. This year’s winners were Nicholas Campbell (Pekin), Meghan Generous contributions from dozens of ISC supporters allowed Georgieff (Dunlap), Randy Meneweather (Washington), Emma us to assemble what many said was the best collection of raffle Rohn (Dunlap), Gabe Sowards (Dunlap), Breanna Springer prizes in memory. And with healthy participation in the raffle (Farmington), Shelby Terell (Limestone) and Matthew Thole and the 50/50 drawing, this year’s event cleared nearly $5,000 (Princeville). that will benefit ISC recipients. The ISC salutes this year’s scholarship recipients and all the out - For next year, we are considering moving the event to a Friday standing student-athletes who submitted applications. Best of to boost participation. luck in your future endeavors. September 2016 Official Newsletter of the Independent Sports Club of Central Illinois Page 3 ISC Steak Fry Nov. 17 www.iscpeoria.com Help the ISC kick off the holidays by attending the annual Steak At our July meeting, the ISC board of directors approved a Fry, which honors our past presidents. recommendation to join the 21st century. Hosted by ISC board member and past president Ron King, this year’s event is Thursday, Nov. 17 at the Lariat Steakhouse on We have hired Derek Oddo, a Bradley graduate who is a self- Glen Avenue in Peoria. Former Richwoods High football coach employed graphics/web designer, to design and build a website for the club. Rod Butler -- who led the Knights to the 1985 Class 5A state championship -- will entertain us with his quick wit and unique Our domain is www.iscpeoria.com. The site is currently under sense of humor as our guest speaker this year. construction, but you will soon be able to log on to access Activities include our annual Turkey Raffle, tip boards and a information about ISC activities and events, club 50/50 drawing. Dinner includes appetizers, a ribeye steak cooked history, see photos, view a to order, baked potato, salad, rolls, soft drinks and draft beer. ISC Website list of those we serve and Cost to attend is $40. Doors open at 5 p.m., with dinner scheduled recognition for those who for 6 and Coach Butler taking the microphone at 7. Please join us Coming Soon support us. for what has become a fun night and a great way to start the But the site will also give us holiday season. Contact Ron King at 309-678-5004 to RSVP. the capability to receive applications from new members, grant recipients, Newsletter Advertising —— scholarship candidates and We rely on selling advertising space to offset the cost of those seeking funds for capital improvement projects. It will printing. We are now mailing the 6 newsletters a year to 650- also allow us to accept online payment for membership dues, 700 people. If you or the business you work for would like to event fees, raffle tickets, Super Bowl and NCAA squares, etc. place an ad in our newsletter, contact Greg Stewart at 309- Basically, the website will allow us to digitize what has largely 251-1050 or [email protected]. Business card size is been a paper-and-pencil organization. Our hope is that a $150/year and ½ business card size is $75/year. Selling these stonger online presence will help us become better organized ads frees up funds that allow us to provide more financial aid and also be able to utilize various social media platforms to support to Central Illinois youth sports organizations. attract, engage and retain new members. Good Luck to the ISC Steve Malpede Michael G. Strode William C. Voorhees Fred C. Wernsman KELLY GLASS, INC. 110 APPLE ST. PEORIA, ILLINOIS (309) 676-3573 FAX (309) 676-3722 GLAZING CONTRACTORS BOB KELLY Page 4 Official Newsletter of the Independent Sports Club of Central Illinois September 2016 ISC Past Presidents Mel Burdett — 1945 & ‘46 Art Whitworth — 1962 Chuck Biggins — 1976 Jeff Goranson — 1991