The Charger football team's second loss of the season came down to the last moments again. With only 13 seconds left in the game University of Indianapolis snuck a touchdown by the Charger defense pulling a win over Hillsdale and a final score of 30-34. Hillsdale's first loss came at Ferris State University in September when Ferris kicked a field goal in the final three seconds. (0) comments
A shooting war is one of the most educational places on earth. It offers a terrible insight into the nature of man for those willing to dig beneath the obvious lessons of tactical movement and fire superiority. Its intensity condenses the whole spectrum of emotion and behavior, simultaneously forcing all of it to surface. (1) comment
Though the Charger basketball teams won't begin official practice until Oct. 15, both team's coaches and players expect great things from the abundance of talented new players this year, and believe they can overcome the loss of last season's key players. For the first time, head coach John Tharp and his staff will lead the Chargers in their official season. (0) comments
Two marathons down, and one to go - there's only 26.2 more miles between assistant track and field coach Sarah Hinkley and the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China. Though she will have to wait until April for her shot at the Olympics, Hinkley qualified for the 2008 women's marathon trials, at the Grandma's Marathon in Duluth, Minn. (0) comments
For a few weeks during the volleyball season's peak, head coach Chris Gravel and his wife and assistant coach Stephanie Gravel are slaves to the team. Chris usually works 50-60 hours each week during this period, he said, and Stephanie works at least 40. With six-year-old daughter Brooklynn at home, this means plenty of babysitting slots to fill. (0) comments
I love roller coasters. The ups, the downs, the adrenaline rushes are all exhilarating. So to be a Colorado Rockies fan has always been right up my alley: the ups, the downs, the adrenaline rushes, especially this season. The 2007 season began as it usually does each year, with my brother and I joking about how this is finally Colorado's year and that the road to the World Series goes through Coors Field. (0) comments
Men and women's cross country teams found redemption last weekend at the Michigan Intercollegiate Championships. After a disappointing finish previously at the Notre Dame Invitational, the Hillsdale men and women's team finished second and third respectively in a race featuring some of Michigan's finest cross country runners. (0) comments
Hostage negotiators could take lessons from Kurt Kirner, Hillsdale College's new swim coach. Kirner is friendly, soft-spoken and apparently persuasive. "The student athletes at Lawrence [University] loved him," said head basketball coach John Tharp, who coached alongside Kirner at Lawrence until last year. (0) comments
