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Make the kick count

It’s no secret that people go to games to watch Tom Brady and Russell Wilson— not Stephen Gostkowski and Steven Hauschka. NFL kickers’ jobs are boring: When 99.5 percent of the extra point kicks are successful in NFL games, the extra point is basically a foregone conclusion. Fans don’t even need to watch— they expect...

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Baseball wins home opener

In their home opener, the Hillsdale College baseball team bounced back from a tough weekend series against the Malone University Pioneers with an 8-2 victory over the Albion College Britons last night. After dropping three of four to the Pioneers in their first GLIAC series of the year, the Chargers are now 6-14 overall. The...

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Softball opens GLIAC play Saturday at home

GLIAC play opens Saturday for the Charger softball team. Hillsdale will host Findlay in a doubleheader at 1 and 3 p.m. at Johnny Williams Field. Last year’s games against the Oilers (10-9) proved to be the nail in the coffin for Hillsdale, who, like Findlay, went 13-13 on the season in conference play. Findlay came...

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Outdoor track ready to run

With the addition of a promising freshman class, the track team is ready to sprint into the outdoor season and improve upon their success from last year. The men’s team placed fourth overall in the GLIAC last year and the women’s team finished eighth. “Last year was our best to date in my time here,...

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Volleyball to host spring tourney

The Hillsdale College volleyball team will host their spring alumnae round robin tournament in the Dawn Tibbetts Potter Arena on Saturday. Hillsdale has been hosting the alumnae tournament on and off for the past twenty years. This year, however, saw an increase in the amount of alumnae interested in playing. Enough former players committed to...