Year: 2015

With 59 seconds remaining, another gut-wrenching defeat was staring the Hillsdale College men’s basketball team in the face. But the Chargers never gave up and were rewarded with an exciting and improbable 59-58 victory on Saturday afternoon. After restoring an 11-point lead with 15:09 remaining in the second half, Hillsdale managed to score just seven...

When the gym exploded, one man stood still. As parents threw up their hands and the gym floor flooded with USA-garbed students, John Tharp, head coach of the Hillsdale men’s basketball team, stood wide-eyed and speechless after his team beat Northern Michigan University on Saturday by one point thanks to a buzzer-beating dunk. “I was...

On Sunday in Phoenix the Seattle Seahawks will face the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLIX. If you’re not a fan of either the Seahawks or the Patriots, you probably don’t like this matchup. On the one side, there’s the Seahawks who just won the Super Bowl last year, and on the other side...

The Hillsdale women’s basketball team fell short in two single-digit losses at home last weekend against teams from the Upper Peninsula. The Chargers lost to Michigan Tech 64-57 on Thursday and fell to Northern Michigan University 57-54 on Saturday. The Chargers now carry an overall record of 10-5 and a 6-4 record in the GLIAC....

Senior Ali Bauer, from Ionia, Michigan, is one of three swim team captains. She specializes in the breaststroke and sprint freestyle.  A biology major, she will attend medical school next year at Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine. When did you start swimming and why? I took lessons when I was little, and started swimming...