The Chargers were up three points with 2:19 left in the second half against Kentucky Wesleyan College, when they missed back-to-back free throws. After defensive stops both ways, Panthers guard Brandon Hatton hit a three-point shot and sent the game into overtime. When the final buzzer sounded, the Chargers had suffered a 75-68 defeat. “Man,...
As Hillsdale College students set off for home after classes on Nov. 21, the Charger men’s basketball team was gearing up for the Hillsdale Lanes Thanksgiving Classic. After two wins over Lewis University and Purdue Northwest University in the event, head coach John Tharp sent the players home to spend Thanksgiving with loved ones. “I...
When Michael Beyer first saw “Proof,” he was working as an usher at Detroit’s Fisher Theatre during grad school in 2002. Months before, the play had received three Tony awards and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. “I thought it was refreshing. As far as new theater went it was energetically written,” Beyer said. And ever...
When head coach John Tharp got back to the bus after a 74-63 win over the University of Illinois-Springfield, his phone kept buzzing with congratulatory texts for becoming the winningest coach in Hillsdale College basketball history. With the victory, Tharp earned his 173rd victory as head coach of the Chargers, surpassing the previous record held...
The Hillsdale College Men’s Basketball team kicked off the 2017-18 season with a 77-44 loss to the Michigan State Spartans, the No. 2 team in the nation according to the Associated Press. Although the score didn’t look terribly impressive, when Hillsdale last played Michigan State in 2012, the score was similar: 80-58. The result of...