Game with Rose-Hulman will be rescheduled
Staff Report The Franklin College baseball game against Rose-Hulman at Victory Field in downtown Indianapolis has been canceled due to inclement weather. The game will be made most likely on April 30 or May 1 but it will not be played at Victory Field.
Commentary: Glory of Division III athletics
By Alex Engelbert aengelber@franklincollege.edu Far from the glamour, fortune and fame lies the NCAA’s purest attempt at the true meaning of collegiate athletics. Within Division III, one will find athletes of humility, passion and unwavering appreciation for the value of competition. These athletes demonstrate a clear preference for team camaraderie and pride, as opposed to [...]
Softball has sights set on conference tourney
By Carney Gillin cgillin@franklincollege.edu A conference championship is an honor celebrated by any team. A conference championship won by a team with a new coach is even more impressive. The softball team at Franklin College is in its first season under the direction of Coach Butch Zike. Zike and his Grizzlies have their eyes set [...]
Tennis team has successful spring break trip
By Anna Wilson Awilson2@franklincollege.edu The Franklin College men’s tennis team spent its spring break with rackets in hand. After beating Hartwick College, out of New York, 9-0, the Grizzlies beat conference foe Manchester University 7-2, moving the team’s overall record to 8-5 and conference record to 5-2. “We played well and I was encouraged with [...]
Franklin beats Hanover, hits six home runs
By Ben Brown benjamin.brown@franklincollege.edu Since opening up conference play 0-3 against Manchester, the Franklin baseball team has started to turn its season around. Since those three losses, the team has won seven of its last 12 games, which brings the team’s record to 13-13 with a conference record of 5-6. Most recently in conference the [...]
Loses to Defiance 85-66
The Franklin Men’s basketball team lost in the first round of the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference 85-66. After losing to Defiance University in the final game of the regular season, the Grizzlies had to travel to Ohio to face the Yellow Jackets again. Franklin fared no better in this game, despite getting off to a [...]
Season ends with big loss
Franklin’s football team saw its season come to an end in the Lone Star State Saturday as they lost in the second round of the NCAA Division-III playoffs 63-17. The Grizzlies played the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, the second ranked team in the nation. The Cru got off to a fast start against the Grizzly [...]
Grizzlies fall to Baldwin-Wallace by two
The Franklin College women’s basketball team came up just short in the championship game of the 2012 Franklin College tip-off tournament. Despite being down ten or more points three times in the second half, Franklin battled back to tie the game against Baldwin-Wallace College 84-84 with less than a minute to go. But the Yellow [...]
Franklin football fantastic
The Franklin football team is on to the second round of the NCAA Division-III playoffs for the second time in as many years after an easy win over Adrian College 48-10. After a scoreless first quarter, the Grizzly offense came alive putting up 28 points in the second quarter. The offense was once again led [...]
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