The IRTC Golf Tournament & Other ILLINI News (JORDAN BLANTON UPDATE)

THE IRTC GOLF OUTING

Lake of the Woods was always fun, an early bucket of balls at the driving range, some practice on the putting greens, then a good time on the course. The best part, of course, was taking the little one on the driving range and the course to watch him hack away.

He did not take instruction.

So his swing still looks like a combination hammer throw and jockey whacking his horse in the home stretch. He took wrestling instruction much better. 

With the IRTC Golf Outing, you can have fun with a bunch of wrestlers! I bet that most of them suck at golf like me, so there will be comedy. Maybe some wrasslin' on the fairways, too. Here's the course, with some annotations from me:

Here's the link to sign up your foursome, and here's another link to become a sponsor. But while you're on the ILLINOIS Regional Training Center site, you'll want to see the new front page with an action photo of IMAR on it:

CONRAD POLZ

ILLINI Great Conrad Polz is the guest clinician for Beat the Streets this week. If you want to get better, you should be here:

JORDAN BLANTON

I've been following Beat the Streets Chicago on Twitter, and that organization is super-impressive. They are teaching Wrestling and Life. Who better to teach Wrestling and Life than Jordan Blanton? He's a Guest Clinician as well:

I happen to know the high regard that Coach Blanton holds for Coach Polz. He discussed it in this interview with the ILLINI Wrestling Blog and Forum and Beyond's War Room here:

HIGHLAND PARK

This is from Coach Poeta:

When Highland Park hit the news, the first thing I thought of was Mike Poeta. That's where he won his ILLINOIS high school state championships. The second thing I thought of was that the Poetas are going to be at celebrations. That's who they are. 

Yes, a Poeta was there. Mike's brother. And he had to scoop up kids and run to safety. They were unharmed. 

So, what remains are best wishes for the injured and tears for the dead.