The Hillsdale College football team kicks off their season this Saturday at the University of Findlay, culminating several weeks of intense training and preparation for the upcoming season. The Chargers will have plenty of fresh faces in their starting lineups on Saturday, including new starting quarterback Mark LaPrairie who will lead the young Charger team...
Category: Sports
Tennis team is ‘fearless’ this fall
Much of Hillsdale’s women’s tennis team will seem astonishingly familiar this fall. Composed of seven athletes, the team neither gained incoming freshmen nor graduated any seniors, meaning all members have had previous experience on the team. “We have the same team this year so that’s not different, but the thing that is different is that...
Charger golf to swing in the season
Hillsdale College has taken golf to a new level this year, advancing from the statue variety to varsity. Thanks to an endowment by Dawn Tibbetts Potter, the college recruited six freshmen, two juniors and two seniors to re-establish the team on campus. The Division II team will compete in the GLIAC among 15 others in...
Sports facilities: revamped and renamed
Like Bumblee in “Transformers,” Hillsdale’s weight room is a whole new animal. Except instead of a grungy 1977 Chevrolet Camaro turning into a sleek, new model, the old gym turned into a pristine state of the art weight room. “It was pretty shocking,” senior Matt Eltringham said. In addition to the remodeled downstairs weight room,...
Track to host more than 1,600 athletes at Gina Relays
More than 1,600 track and field athletes will compete in Hillsdale this weekend at the Gina Relays. “It’s at the time of the year when you really start to do well,” Forino said. “This is exactly when all the magic starts happening.” The Gina Relays is the biggest track meet Hillsdale hosts. Despite fears of...