Over the course of this past women’s basketball season, five players have been redshirted or simply benched due to severe injuries that heal over months of surgery and therapy. Sophomore Betsy Bildner began her basketball career in grade school. She remembered that her fourth grade teacher used to come to her games. Quicky, Bildner grew...
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Charger Chatter: Michael Vanchieri
Senior right-fielder for Hillsdale’s baseball team, Michael Vanchieri, has learned three languages and showcased his musical talents at multiple Hillsdale events in addition to completing his biochemistry major in the past four years. Why did you choose to attend Hillsdale College to play baseball? It was the best deal financially and I...
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Ladies First draws larger crowds
Hillsdale College basketball teams suffered lower attendance at home games this season–and many on campus blame a Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) policy that requires women’s teams to play after men’s teams every other season. This year, average attendance for women’s games at Jesse Philips Arena dropped to 168, down from 298 last year....
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Football charges into en-zone
This winter, the football team incorporated yoga sessions into their eight week offseason conditioning schedule. The team practiced yoga on Wednesdays for 45 minutes, and because of the large size of the team, there were two sessions with about 40 guys in each. Yoga was suggested by some football players during last year’s winter conditioning,...
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Emmaline Epperson: Basketball, Brackets, and Boyfriends
When I chose to take Sports Writing, I expected to fumble my way through the class, learning sports lingo that I could use at future dinner parties. The first few weeks, I sat in class confused and disoriented, trying subtly to look up names of athletes and terms like the ‘Pro Bowl’ on my phone....