Year: 2015

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Indoor track and field season ends on the national podium

While the rest of school sought the sun or feverishly caught up on homework over spring break, Hillsdale women’s indoor track and field took second place at the NCAA Division II national championship in Birmingham, Alabama. The Charger men finished in 14th place with three All-American performances. “The men were pretty darn solid,” Head Track...

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Emily Oren shatters record

Winning the Distance Medley Relay at nationals wasn’t enough for junior Emily Oren. She was determined to win one more race— and beat a Division II record while doing it. Last weekend, Oren led the women’s track team to a second place finish at the NCAA Division II national championships. On Friday night, Oren ran...

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Pistol Pete to leave the Charger family

Before practice started one day, head basketball coach John Tharp watched his assistant coach drill jump shot after jump shot. “You’re like the famous Pistol Pete!” Tharp remembers comparing Brian McCauley to Pete Maravich. Since that day McCauley has rarely been referred to as “Brian” on campus or in the arena of college basketball. “Even...

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Baseball goes 3-7 over spring break

The Hillsdale Chargers baseball team traveled over 1,400 miles over spring break in order to play 10 games against the Maryville University Saints, Alderson-Broaddus University Battlers, and Trevecca Nazarene University Trojans. The Chargers split a four game series with Maryville, dropped two to Alderson-Broaddus, and took one of four from Trevecca to end the trip...

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March Madness predictions

While the NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament officially began Tuesday with two play-in games, the maddening part of March Madness begins today as the round of 64 tips off and college basketball fans watch their brackets slowly crumble after each upset. Three professors, two basketball players, and one basketball coach try to predict who...