When God created the world, he made mistakes. When God created baseball, he made perfection. Now though, like irreverent and ungrateful children, the commissioner and owners have instituted new rules for the 2015 season foolishly trying to hurry the pace of a game designed to exist outside of time. But baseball doesn’t need progressive reformation....
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Track runs strong at season opener
In their first competition since the NCAA indoor national meet, the Chargers continued to build on their successful indoor season as seven athletes hit the provisional mark for the outdoor national meet at North Carolina State’s Raleigh Relays. Many of those who didn’t hit provisional marks ran personal best times in their events. Junior Emily...
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Softball team splits series with Tiffin
After indefinitely postponing its opening GLIAC games against Findlay Saturday, the Chargers fought hard to take the second game in its doubleheader with Tiffin Wednesday night. Tiffin won the first 1-0, but Hillsdale charged back to win the second 10-4 at Williams Field. Sophomore Bekah Kastning went 4-5 in the game, with big hits from...
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Charger Chatter: Bekah Kastning
Sophomore Bekah Kastning, the first Charger softball player to record five home runs and five triples in a single season since 1995, talks about her team’s goals for for this season. So you had a stand-out game over spring break? Yes, in a game against Dominican College. I hit a walk-off triple to win the...
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Chargers’ scorekeeper to retire after 40 years
When the baseball diamond was behind central hall, the Roche Sports Complex did not yet exist, and Jack McAvoy and Frank “Muddy” Waters were working in athletics on campus, Joan and Bill Van Arsdalen moved to Hillsdale, and Bill soon began working with scorekeeping for the football team, then for the basketball team. That was...