WolfPack baseball team to host 2013 NJCAA tournament hopes to keep winning

Madison College's Shane Alder pitches during the team's game with Elgin Community College on April 23.

Clarion Staff Report
May 8, 2013

Update:  (from Madison College WolfPack website) Madison College is proud to play host to the 2013 NJCAA Region IV Baseball Tournament from Friday-Sunday, May 17-19, at Robin Roberts Baseball Field on the Madison College Truax campus. The tournament winner advances to the NJCAA Division II College World... Read more »

Plan to resolve Title IX complaint gets approval

Kim Johnson-Bair, Staff Writer
May 8, 2013

Madison College has reached a settlement in the Title IX case from last fall. A complaint filed cited disparities in the number of male to female sports programs, representation and funding at the college. The new plan will add women’s soccer to the athletic program and will begin documentation for... Read more »

2012-13 Athletic Awards

Clarion Staff
May 8, 2013

Sportspeople of the Year Madison College women’s basketball player Courtney Spangler is the 2012-13 female sportsperson of the year. Spangler led her team in scoring with 547 points this year (17 points a game), averaged nine rebounds a game and had a team-high of 61 steals. She was the team’s MVP... Read more »

Cory Sims to coach WolfPack soccer

Ryan Spoehr, Copy Editor
May 8, 2013

Cory Sims, a local strength coach and personal trainer, has been named as the new WolfPack men’s soccer head coach. Sims served as assistant coach last season. “He’s very bright, very energetic, has a good soccer knowledge and has a desire to succeed in soccer,” said Steve Hauser, Madison College... Read more »

Softball team ends season in semifinals

Clarion Staff Report
May 8, 2013

The Madison College softball team’s season came to an end on May 5 with an 11-1 loss against the College of DuPage in the NJCAA Region IV Tournament semifinals. DuPage dominated the game, taking a 5-1 lead after one inning and limiting the WolfPack to just three hits. Madison College struggled defensively,... Read more »

Baseball: WolfPack winning despite all the rain

Clarion Staff Report
April 24, 2013

With the way rain and snow have impacted the baseball schedule this spring, it might seem like Mother Nature has been the only winner. But the Madison College baseball team has won plenty as well, despite having to work around a fluid schedule. The WolfPack has won 13 of its last 15 games to improve... Read more »

Softball team drops back-to-back doubleheaders, record now 9-15

Clarion Staff Report
April 24, 2013

The Madison College softball team has had more games cancelled due to weather in the last two weeks than they’ve played. In fact, the only two days the team was able to play were April 20 and April 21. Both days, though, saw fairly similar results – the WolfPack lost both games of a doubleheader. The... Read more »

NFC North review – Part 4: Pack’s draft should stack picks to get more hits

Michael Klein, News Editor
April 24, 2013

Green Bay Packer fans were treated to another division title in 2012. As last September’s game against Seattle demonstrated, however, it’s all about the finish. The Pack followed a successful regular season with a divisional round loss to the eventual NFC Champion 49ers. A new challenge awaits Packers’... Read more »

Boston Marathon bombings in global perspective

Map of world

Michael Klein, News Editor
April 23, 2013

The Boston Marathon is not the only sports event to be interrupted by terrorism; here is a list of a few more to put this issue into a global perspective.   Munich, Germany - 1972 Type of Attack: Massacre At the 1972 Summer Olympics Palestinian group Black September killed two athletes of the... Read more »

Softball team opens home season by playing 3 games in one day

Clarion Staff Report
April 10, 2013

Madison College’s softball team played 16 games before it had a chance to play on its home field. On April 7, it made up for lost time playing three straight games against Harper College, winning the first two games before falling one run short in the final game. The WolfPack started the day with a... Read more »

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