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Golf plays through storm

Stormy weather and travel difficulties plagued the golf team in their two tournaments this weekend. On Monday, the Chargers competed at Plum Hollow Country Club in Southfield, Michigan in an out-of-conference tournament hosted by Lawrence Tech. Due to travel delays, the team was only able to play 18 of the 36 holes so they did...

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Grand Valley alumnus hired as new track coach

The track and field coaching staff was finally completed two weeks ago with the addition of another assistant coach. Nathan Miller, the newest member of the staff, specializes in jumps and short sprints. He started nearly two weeks ago, the third new coach hired this semester. Joseph Lynn, distance coach, and Janine Kuestner, throws coach,...

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Club sports add variety to campus

Hillsdale students are persistent. So when their sport of choice isn’t offered in the varsity variety, they start a club. The college now offers more club sports opportunities than ever before, including men’s and women’s soccer, rowing, co-ed tennis, co-ed swim, men’s rugby, and men’s volleyball. While some of the teams just finished hosting tryouts...

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Senior shines in golf tournament

In their second collegiate appearance, the Charger golf team finished in last place, but saw high individual rankings. The final team score for the weekend at the Al Watrous Memorial Tournament hosted by Saginaw Valley State University was 626, earning the team eighth place out of eight teams. Senior co-captain Matt Chalberg led the team...

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New ACT standards challenge athletic recruiting

Rising school standards and NCAA rule changes will pose new challenges to the athletic department. Going along with the college’s trend of gradually boosting its academic profile, a campaign has been implemented to increase the freshmen class’s average ACT score to 31 by 2018. Since nearly 25 percent of the student body are varsity athletes,...