Donnie Laur will be on the IHSA-TV Playoff Pairings Show on Oct. 23.  The host will be Dave Bernhard.

Don Laur will focus on these teams on the show.

• Mt. Carmel Golden Aces
• Greenville Comets
• Marion Wildcats
• Chester YellowJackets
• DuQuoin Indians
• Nashville Hornets

from the Blog World, WGCY News, Gibson City

Book On Illinois High School Football Published

To coincide with the start of the 2010 Illinois high school football season, a longtime high school sports writer is releasing a book on the history of the sport in Illinois.

The book is Dusty, Deek, and Mr. Do-Right: High School Football in Illinois, by Taylor Bell, the longtime high school sports writer for the Chicago Sun-Times. The title makes reference to Tuscola quarterback Dusty Burk, Pittsfield coaching legend Donald “Deek” Pollard and Evanston coach Murney “Mr. Do Right” Lazier.

“We talked to the great players and the great coaches. We dealt with the great programs and the great teams, not just the large schools but the small schools and the mid-size schools and the great games and so forth,” Bell said.

Many of the stories took place before high school football playoffs began in 1974. Programs chronicled include DuQuoin, Metamora, Geneseo and Decatur St. Theresa, which had great programs in the 1940s and 1950s. The book also discusses winning programs at schools such as East St. Louis, Mount Carmel, and Joliet Catholic.

The book is published by the University of Illinois Press.

By Jason Clay www.SIUSalukis.com

CARBONDALE, Ill. - The Southern Illinois football team announced Thursday that they have added six players to its 2010 roster, highlighted by a pair of transfers from the Football Bowl Subdivision.

Carl Harris, a wide receiver from Rutgers, and Myron Walker, a nose tackle from Kentucky, have transferred to SIU and are enrolled in school.

In addition to Harris and Walker, the Salukis have added Harper Junior College linebacker Blair Lane and Dalton Morgan, a transfer from Eastern Illinois. Morgan will have to sit out the 2010 season in compliance with NCAA transfer regulations.

Nico Krajecki, a 6-3, 235-pound tight end from Chicago, Ill. (Fenwick HS) has also joined the team, as has Sammy Biggs. Biggs is a four-time Missouri Valley Conference champion sprinter with the SIU track and field team, but will carry out his remaining year of athletic eligibility with the Saluki football program. Biggs was a member of the football team in 2007 and 2008, but did not see any game action.

Harris is a 6-1, 190-pound receiver from Atlantic City, N.J. He was a walk-on with the Scarlet Knights in 2008 and 2009, but did not see any game action. He will have three years of eligibility with the Salukis.

Walker, a 5-11, 275-pounder from Marrero, La., redshirted at Kentucky in 2009 and will have four years of eligibility. Walker was one of the nation's top 100 defensive tackles listed by Rivals.com and the No. 28 prospect in Louisiana by SuperPrep coming out of Archbishop Rummel High School in 2008.