The baseball team lost 11 of the 12 games it played down south over spring break. “A rough trip,” said head coach Eric Theisen. The Chargers played non-conference teams in Louisville, Ky., and Clearwater, Fla., between March 8. and Mar. 15. They lost all but the week’s last game against Lock Haven University. Theisen said...
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March 6, 2014July 12, 2022Sports
Baseball splits opening games
Hillsdale College baseball split their first two games of the season last weekend, nabbing rookie head coach Eric Theisen his first win. The Chargers (1-1) defeated Davis & Elkins College, 3-2, in the season opener before dropping the double-header’s second game, 6-1. The Chargers’ two Sunday games were cancelled on account of a winter storm....
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February 27, 2014July 12, 2022Features
The house that Reynolds built: 140 years later
When Lorenzo Reynolds heard the fire alarm, he ran the mile from his lawn to his insurance office in downtown Hillsdale. The building in flames, he hurried inside to recover his books. An explosion threw him out of a second story window and into the street, where he was resuscitated and carried back to...
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February 27, 2014July 12, 2022Sports
Baseball preview: Give everything, expect nothing
After a semester and a half of drills, weights, running, scrimmages, drills, “chalk talks,” game-planning, roster-tweaking, and more drills, Charger baseball begins their season this weekend. First-year head coach Eric Theisen leads the squad as they try to improve on last season’s record (20-25), which was the team’s best in a decade. Theisen said their...
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February 13, 2014July 12, 2022Sports
Biermann manages big numbers at Wide Track Classic
More than 900 runners flocked to Hillsdale College last weekend to compete in the second-ever college track meet held in the Margot V. Biermann Athletic Center. The large number of runners forced meet organizers – the Hillsdale coaches – to get creative. Athletes were not allowed to set up their camps in Biermann to avoid...