Once and Always Demons!

At the Houston Area Alumni event at Cadillac Bar and Grill, several old teammates and former Demon Football players reunited, along with a crowd of about 75 NSU alumni for an evening of reflection and celebration. Pictured are the former Demon Football players in attendance: Former Southland Conference Student-Athlete of the Year Paul Mefford, Associate Athletic Director Will Broussard, David Groman, All-Century Team member and current Houston Texan David Pittman, John Gilpin, Colby Doucet, Ryan Sweezy, David Centanni, and NSU President Dr. Webb.

Two track notes of interest

Cody Fillinich competes as the sun sets Wednesday and hopefully Friday at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

His Wednesday qualifying round, shaving the 26 national qualifiers down to 12 finalists, begins at 8 p.m. in Fayetteville, Ark.

The top 12 qualifiers advance to the finals Friday evening at 7:30. Look for a preview on nsudemons.com tomorrow.

Further south, interesting to note that former Lady Demon hepthathlete Denise Quezaire is the press secretary in the office of Louisiana Lt. Governor Mitch Landrieu. She keeps a close eye on NSU sports and especially track and field, and hopes to come to NSU next spring to see the fabulous almost-new track that she didn't have the opportunity to compete on during her career.

She and several NSU alumni stay in touch, including hurdler and decathlete Justin Wolfe, who lives in Baton Rouge and is still in the rodeo business.

Fillinch on Channel 5 KALB probably Thursday

KALB TV Channel 5 in Alexandria was at the Walter Ledet Track Complex Wednesday working on a feature package on Demon javelin great Cody Fillinich. The Golden Meadow native, who graduated last month, heads up to Fayetteville Monday and competes next Wednesday in the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

The feature story on Fillinich could air Thursday evening at 6 and 10 on KALB. Sharif Ishaq did the shooting and reporting, even chasing Cody down the runway and posting himself about 30 feet back of his 220-feet landing zone.

It was impressive to see the groupings of Fillinich's practice throws. If they were pitching wedges, they would have made a PGA pro proud. Let's see, at about 75 yards, they were probably lob wedges. Cody and his coach, Mike Heimerman, were planning a workout Thursday followed by 18 holes at Demon Hills.

Greeting the new Demons

Assistant Director of Athletics Ryan Holloway addresses Freshman Connection participants at the Organizational Browse on May 28th at the Friedman Student Union. Joining him were Associate Director of Athletics William Broussard, junior receiver Jeremy Jefferson of Shreveport and junior linebacker Lamont Simmons of New Orleans, who passed out schedule cards and greeted students. The focus of the talk was encouraging students to attend home games and take advantage of the Demon Rewards program. For more information on the upcoming season, click here. For more information on Demon Rewards, click here.

D-Bell in a great posture in Buffalo

Amid reports but no confirmation yet that 2009 Demon senior offensive lineman has signed a free agent deal with one of the New York teams in the NFL, here's a more definitive update on 2008 Demon senior Demetrius Bell's rising status with the Buffalo Bills:



http://www.buffalobills.com/news/article-1/bell-eager-to-attack-opportunity/d6659818-b031-431f-bef8-c2b5c0d969ca



We'll be contacting both the Giants and Jets Monday morning to see what they say about adding Henderson to their squad.