Category: Sports

The Hillsdale College softball team fell to the University of Illinois at Springfield in both games of the team’s opening doubleheader Monday at an indoor dome in Rosemont, Illinois. The Chargers racked up one run in each contest, compared to the Prairie Stars’ respective five and two. “We made only one error in two games....

Coming back from an injury last season, junior pitcher Lucas Hamelink is excited for the upcoming baseball season.  He said the team is ready for a great season, and he’s looking forward to being able to play healthy. How long have you been playing baseball, and what got you started in it? I’ve been playing...

Mike Roberts kept getting faster, picking up speed each year he ran. In middle school he was a standout; in high school, an All-American; at Hillsdale College, almost a national champion. A middle and long distance runner, Roberts used to smoke sprinters for fun in footraces. Horsing around after practice his sophomore year of college,...

The Hillsdale Chargers baseball team lost three of four games against the Bellarmine University Knights this weekend in Louisville, Kentucky. The Chargers’ lone win of the weekend came in the first game of Sunday’s doubleheader, when the Chargers knocked off the Knights 5-4 in a seven inning affair. The win came on the back of...

The Hillsdale College men’s basketball team’s season ended last Thursday despite the Chargers’ tight 65-61 victory over the Saginaw Valley Cardinals on Senior Night. The Northwood Timberwolves defeated the Lake Superior State Lakers in overtime to leave the Chargers on the outside of the GLIAC tournament for the first time in John Tharp’s eight seasons...