Anoka’s DeWayne Johnson, Becker’s Dwight Lundeen, Verndale’s Mike Mahlen, Brigham Young’s Roger French, and the late Dave Hylla from Proctor are 2009 inductees in the Minnesota Football Coaches Association’s Hall of Fame and will be recognized at a hall of fame banquet Saturday night at the Doubletree Hotel in St. Louis Park.
The Minnesota Football Coaches Clinic, with support from the Gophers, takes place today through Saturday at the Doubletree and on campus. Among the clinic speakers will be St. Louis Park native and Montreal coach Marc Trestman, former Baltimore Super Bowl coach Brian Billick and Gophers coach Tim Brewster.
Brewster talking about his aggressive recruiting approach and willingness to pursue the best players in the country: “To be quite honest with you, we’re recruiting anybody, anywhere, any time.”
Brewster also told Sports Headliners he likes the work in spring practice of redshirt sophomore place-kicker Eric Ellestad from Armstrong High School. He’s trying to replace Joel Monroe on kickoffs, extra points and field goals. Brewster said Dan Orseske from Chicago was the best high school punter in the country last fall. He will be a freshman with the Gophers this summer and possible replacement for Justin Kucek who, like Monroe, has used up his eligibility.
For an inter-league road game, how can it be any better for local fans than the June 12-14 Twins dates in Chicago against the Cubs in historic Wrigley Field?
The Cubs will lose to the Yankees in the 2009 World Series, according to the Sporting News Magazine baseball preview.
Coach John Anderson’s Gophers baseball, 1-1 in Big Ten games, plays Ohio State tomorrow night and Saturday afternoon at the Metrodome, with a third game scheduled outdoors starting at 1:05 p.m. on Sunday at Siebert Field.