As the Hillsdale College baseball teams continues to improve year by year, offseason scrimmages and workouts have become an important part of the team’s success. After facing Albion and Kalamazoo colleges in exhibition doubleheaders last weekend, the Chargers are preparing for their annual Fall Classic and Prairie Challenge. Head coach Eric Theisen said fall exhibition...
Author: Stevan Bennett (Stevan Bennett)
MLB teams must extend safety netting to protect fans, players
As we enter the second week of the MLB postseason, broadcasters and commentators have given ample airtime to issues such as pace of play, the designated hitter, and the proper place for unwritten rules. They have not, however, given sufficient discussion to the most important issue in baseball: fan safety. On Sept. 20, a young...
Home run derby promises long balls, music, food, and fun
Hops on the Horizon
Every time the Hillsdale Brewing Company has set its sights on a grand opening, another obstacle has commandeered the crosshairs. Now, however, owners Roy and Felicia Finch believe that they have reached the final stretch, and hope to open the microbrewery and restaurant shortly after the new year, if everything goes as planned. The process...
Hillsdale athletics send aid to Hurricane Harvey victims
Social media seems to draw us apart too often. In the middle of Hurricane Harvey, however, University of Houston’s men’s basketball coach Kelvin Sampson took to Twitter to request aid for the city. More than 1,300 institutions answered his plea. Hillsdale College was one of these programs. Both Charger basketball teams and the football team...