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Jeremy Crouch

tornado

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For those who might be interested -- try to get out and support Jeremy Crouch tonight!
Easy to get to his first game in his new job as teacher & high school basketball coach...

Jeremy is now the head boys basketball coach at Illini Bluffs High School and they play their FIRST GAME
tonight at 7:30PM in the Peoria Heights Thanksgiving Tournament - vs. Peoria Christian HS.
The game is at Peoria Heights High School - located between Knoxville Ave (Rt 40) and Prospect on Glen Avenue.
There's no Molinari's left playing at PCS but they should be modestly competetive and quick.....and it's been a few years since IB has really been real competetive in basketball..under IHSA HOF coach Mike Colston
 
tornado said:
For those who might be interested -- try to get out and support Jeremy Crouch tonight!
Easy top get to his first game in his new job as teacher & high school basketball coach...

Jeremy is now the head boys basketball coach at Illini Bluffs High School and they play their FIRST GAME
tonight at 7:30PM in the Peoria Heights Thanksgiving Tournament - vs. Peoria Christian HS.
The game is at Peoria Heights High School - located between Knoxville Ave (Rt 40) and Prospect on Glen Avenue.
There's no Molinari's left playing at PCS but they should be modestly competetive and quick.....and it's been about a few years since IB has really been real competetive in basketball..under IHSA HOF ocach Mike Colston
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Mike Colston would definately be a hard act to follow. Great Coach,great guy. Wish Jeremy all the best . If Jeremy can do half of what Mike did for IB he will be a HOF'er someday to.
 
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This should be a good game...PCS will be pretty decent this year and IB will be good as well...hope to catch some of the game...
 
tornado said:
For those who might be interested -- try to get out and support Jeremy Crouch tonight!
Easy to get to his first game in his new job as teacher & high school basketball coach...

Jeremy is now the head boys basketball coach at Illini Bluffs High School and they play their FIRST GAME
tonight at 7:30PM in the Peoria Heights Thanksgiving Tournament - vs. Peoria Christian HS.
The game is at Peoria Heights High School - located between Knoxville Ave (Rt 40) and Prospect on Glen Avenue.
There's no Molinari's left playing at PCS but they should be modestly competetive and quick.....and it's been a few years since IB has really been real competetive in basketball..under IHSA HOF coach Mike Colston
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A few years since they've been competitive? They were runner-up to Rock Island Alleman in the Williamsville Holiday Tournament last year, and beat local final four team Dee-Mack as well as Brimfield. I think they're record was 17-9, and they lost a bunch of close games.
 
mrcoachdude said:
This should be a good game...PCS will be pretty decent this year and IB will be good as well...hope to catch some of the game...
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I heard today from an area coach that I talked with -- that there are some issues at IB and we might be seeing some news coverage about it soon...
 
wily coyote said:
Mike Colston would definately be a hard act to follow. Great Coach,great guy. Wish Jeremy all the best . If Jeremy can do half of what Mike did for IB he will be a HOF'er someday to.
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I believe Coach Colston retired 9 seasons ago, as I'm fairly certain I was coaching on the opposing team's staff for his last game. It doesn't seem like it's been that many years.
 
JC is a perfect 1-0 in his head coaching career...
both teams played terribly sloppy and tried to give the game away...way too fast paced with 2 turnovers for every 3 trips upcourt...

on the final play Illini Bluffs trailed by 1 as PCS made a nice 10 pt comeback - and then with no time left on the clock a ref whistles what many in attendance thought was a phantom foul and the kid drained 2 FT for a 1-point IB win
Congrats to JC but it'll be an uphill climb...

BTW the assistant for IB is also an ex-Bradley Braves player - Kevin Jones who was Jeremy's high school teammate at Pekin..
 
tornado said:
Congrats to JC but it'll be an uphill climb...
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I'd be very surprised if they don't have a good record this year. I don't really know much about what they have as my kids are in the middle school and grade school. I do know the younger high school classes for sure had very good records in middle school.

It does sound like they looked bad last night, but I think they will have a good record.
 
tornado said:
like what prob every new coach who deals with kids & parents in a small community have to deal with..
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If every new coach deals with it then why would there "be news coverage about it?" I spend alot of time around that school and know most all of the teachers, administrators, coaches and school board members personally and no one has said a word about anything. I actually called a couple of coaches last night after your post and no one has any idea about any "issues." Lord knows we're on the news enough with some of the other things that have happened and our teachers strike, but I'm not sure it's a good idea to make an accusation like that without a little proof.
 
Because you haven't heard anything does not mean others who have heard something are wrong.

I will be happy to discuss further in private but let me just ask two questions...JC is widely liked but I doubt anyone would get 100% parent approval....given some of the little known circumstances at IB...
have either of the last two basketball coaches had any such issues with parents and why were they dismissed??.....if you know the answer to those two quesitons then you could hardly deny that there might be more than a few parents asking the school board for a little more input & accountability..
 
tornado said:
Because you haven't heard anything does not mean others who have heard something are wrong.

I will be happy to discuss further in private but let me just ask two questions...JC is widely liked but I doubt anyone would get 100% parent approval....given some of the little known circumstances at IB...
have either of the last two basketball coaches had any such issues with parents and why were they dismissed??.....if you know the answer to those two quesitons then you could hardly deny that there might be more than a few parents asking the school board for a little more input & accountability..
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Sounds like Small School America.

Happens all over the place.

I wish Jeremy well.
 
srw said:
Sounds like Small School America.

Happens all over the place.

I wish Jeremy well.
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That's for sure. Good luck JC, you will always be one of my favorite Braves and I hope someday you might find your way back here if you so choose. Congrats on your first win, keep it up.
 
tornado said:
JC drops to 1-1 with a loss last nite
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Illini Bluffs wins the Peoria Heights tourney with a 3-1 record. Sophomores also won the Peoria Christian tourney. Once again, no one I spoke to while attending all four games that IB played knows anything about any issues and it appears that JC is doing great. Guess I'll just wait to see what the news coverage of our "issues" will be.
 
Hmmm... that's odd -- you say you were there??

Because the PJ Star says it was Peoria Christian who captured the Peoria Heights Tournament Title
http://www.pjstar.com/sports/preps/x143555152/Peoria-Christian-wins-at-the-Heights

"Peoria Christian captured the 34th annual Peoria Heights Thanksgiving
tournament with a 43-28 win Saturday over Deer Creek-Mackinaw.
The boys basketball tournament win was the Chargers (3-1) first since 2008."

I actually don't know as I was not there - but we need to get a resolution to this discrepancy.
 
It seems both Illini Bluffs and Peo Christian went 3-1. Might Peo Christian have been awarded the tournament title on point differential?
 
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