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<title>Dublin beats Springfield 31-12</title>

    

    


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<description>Final from Dublin Coffman: 31-12. Springfield&amp;#8217;s season is over with a 6-5 record. The Wildcats are running out of time. Seven minutes left and Springfield needs a score. Dublin is wearing Springfield down: Plays that went for no yards are...</description>
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Final from Dublin Coffman: 31-12. Springfield&amp;#8217;s season is over with a 6-5 record.

The Wildcats are running out of time. Seven minutes left and Springfield needs a score.

Dublin is wearing Springfield down: Plays that went for no yards are now going for six or eight, and the Springfield offense has no room to move.

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<dc:subject>High School Football</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2009-11-07T18:23:28-04:00</dc:date>
<dc:creator>bplasters@coxohio.com</dc:creator>
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<title>Witt men, women each picked fourth in NCAC basketball poll</title>

    

    


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<description>From the North Coast Athletic Conference: WOOSTER MEN, OHIO WESLEYAN WOMEN FAVORED AS NCAC PREPS FOR 26TH BASKETBALL CAMPAIGN CLEVELAND &amp;#8212; Wooster&amp;#8217;s men and Ohio Wesleyan&amp;#8217;s women were tabbed as the favorites in preseason voting by coaches of the North...</description>
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From the North Coast Athletic Conference:

WOOSTER MEN, OHIO WESLEYAN WOMEN FAVORED AS NCAC PREPS FOR 26TH 
BASKETBALL CAMPAIGN

CLEVELAND &amp;#8212; Wooster&amp;#8217;s men and Ohio Wesleyan&amp;#8217;s women were tabbed as 
the favorites in preseason voting by coaches of the North Coast 
Athletic Conference.

Five-time defending NCAC champion Wooster topped Ohio Wesleyan in the 
men&amp;#8217;s balloting by a 20-point margin after picking up nine of 10 
possible first-place votes to total 99 points. The Battling Bishops 
were second with 79 points. North Coast tournament finalist Wabash was 
a point behind (78) in third, followed closely by Wittenberg (74) in 
fourth with the remaining first-place vote. Hiram totalled 65 points 
for the fifth spot in the poll, while Allegheny (50), Kenyon (42), 
Denison (31), Earlham (21) and Oberlin (11) rounded out places six 
through 10, respectively.

The Fighting Scots return nine letterwinners and four starters from a 
team that went 23-7 overall and won the NCAC Tournament. The Scots 
will look to junior guards Ian Franks (Greenwich, OH/South Central) 
and Nathan Balch (Westerville, OH/Olentangy) and sophomore forward 
Justin Hallowell (Worthington, OH/Thomas Worthington) for leadership. 
All three were All-NCAC performers a season ago, and Hallowell was the 
North Coast&amp;#8217;s Newcomer of the Year and conference tournament MVP.

Defending NCAC tournament champion Ohio Wesleyan took seven of nine 
first-place votes for 78 points in the women&amp;#8217;s coaches&amp;#8217; poll to 
outdistance Kenyon by a 14-point margin. The coaches predicted the 
three-time NCAC champion Ladies (64) would finish second. Defending 
conference champion Dension received the remaining two first-place 
nods and was tabbed third with 61 points, followed by 11-time North 
Coast champs Wittenberg (57) in fourth, and 2009 tournament finalist 
Allegheny (48) in fifth. Wooster (39), Hiram (29), Earlham (15) and 
Oberlin (14) rounded out the women&amp;#8217;s poll in positions six through 
nine, respectively.

The Battling Bishops return 12 letterwinners and four starters from a 
team that won its fifth NCAC tourney crown after entering the event as 
the fourth seed. Ohio Wesleyan compiled an 17-12 overall record a year 
ago and bowed out in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. A trio of 
juniors, post Kayla Gordon (St. Louis, MO/Mehlville), guard Pam 
Quigney (Mentor, OH/Mentor) and wing Tyler Cordell (Columbus, OH/St. 
Francis DeSales) are returning all-conference performers.

The 2009-10 season begins on Sunday, November 15. The NCAC Tournament 
will be held at the end of February, with the men&amp;#8217;s and women&amp;#8217;s 
semifinals and finals at the site of the respective high seeds on Feb. 
26-27.

-NCAC-

2009-10 Men&amp;#8217;s Poll (Coaches)

    1.      Wooster (9)     99
    2.      Ohio Wesleyan 79
    3.      Wabash  78
    4.      Wittenberg (1) 74
    5.      Hiram 65
    6.      Allegheny 50
    7.      Kenyon  42
    8.      Denison 31
    9.      Earlham 21
    10.     Oberlin 11


2009-10 Women&amp;#8217;s Poll (Coaches)

    1.      Ohio Wesleyan (7) 78
    2.      Kenyon  64
    3.      Denison (2) 61
    4.      Wittenberg 57
    5.      Allegheny 48
    6.      Wooster 39
    7.      Hiram   29
    8.      Earlham 15
    9.      Oberlin 14


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<dc:subject>College Basketball</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2009-11-05T13:35:55-04:00</dc:date>
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<title>Wittenberg climbs to No. 2 in D-III football regional rankings</title>

    

    


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Trailing only top-ranked Mount Union, Wittenberg ascended to No. 2 in the North Region, as the NCAA released its Division III regional rankings Wednesday.

The Tigers can clinch a playoff berth and a share of the NCAC title by beating Allegheny at home Saturday, Nov. 7. The regional rankings help determine playoff seeding.

If it wins its last two games against Allegheny and Wooster, Wittenberg would likely gain a high seed and and a home playoff game (or games).

The Tigers ranked No. 12 in the American Football Coaches Association poll and No. 14 in the D3Football.com poll.

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<dc:subject>Wittenberg</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2009-11-04T17:19:07-04:00</dc:date>
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<title>Wittenberg climbs to 14th in latest poll</title>

    

    


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<description> Wittenberg rose from 17th to 14th in the latest D3football.com Top 25 Poll. The Tigers beat Denison 41-7 on Saturday, Oct. 31, to improve to 8-0 and 5-0 in the North Coast Athletic Conference. The Tigers have outscored their...</description>
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Wittenberg rose from 17th to 14th in the latest D3football.com Top 25 Poll.

The Tigers beat Denison 41-7 on Saturday, Oct. 31, to improve to 8-0 and 5-0 in the North Coast Athletic Conference.

The Tigers have outscored their eight opponents 202-0 in the first half and 264-3 in the first three quarters. Witt&amp;#8217;s opponents hold a 34-30 edge in the fourth quarter. Wittenberg has been denied three shutouts because of scores in the final two minutes.

The Tigers host Allegheny on Nov. 7. The Gators are coming off a big win over Wooster. They trail the Tigers by one game in the NCAC.

Season photos.



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<dc:subject>Wittenberg</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2009-11-01T20:26:49-04:00</dc:date>
<dc:creator>djablonski@coxohio.com</dc:creator>
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<title>On this date in area sports history ...</title>

    

    


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<description>Thirty seven years ago on this date, Oct. 30, 1972, Sports Illustrated listed a Wittenberg soccer player in its Faces in the Crowd: Howard Hendershott, a freshman soccer player at Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio, set a new school scoring...</description>
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Thirty seven years ago on this date, Oct. 30, 1972, Sports Illustrated listed a Wittenberg soccer player in its Faces in the Crowd:

Howard Hendershott, a freshman soccer player at Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio, set a new school scoring record for one game with five goals in a 10-1 victory over Capital University, accomplishing the feat in only a minute and 11 seconds.

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<dc:subject>College lacrosse</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2009-10-30T06:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
<dc:creator>djablonski@coxohio.com</dc:creator>
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<title>John Legend sings National Anthem at World Series</title>

    

    


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Springfield native John Legend sang the National Anthem before tonight&amp;#8217;s Game 2 of the World Series at Yankee Stadium.

From the Wall Street Journal:

WSJ: A lot of veteran performers have screwed up the national anthem. They take it for granted and they forget the words. What are you doing to avoid that?

John Legend: I don&amp;#8217;t want to jinx myself, but I&amp;#8217;ve done the national anthem a few times before. It&amp;#8217;s challenging because you do it by yourself a cappella in front of millions of people. The song itself, the way it&amp;#8217;s composed, it can be tough: it&amp;#8217;s low at the beginning and high at the end. You want to start in the right pitch, so you end on the right pitch. Some singers start too high at the beginning and they have no where to go at the end. I&amp;#8217;ll be fine.

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<dc:subject>Major League Baseball</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2009-10-29T19:51:02-04:00</dc:date>
<dc:creator>djablonski@coxohio.com</dc:creator>
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<title>Football playoff potentials for area teams</title>

    

    


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<description>Very unscientific and I won&amp;#8217;t project who beats who, but here&amp;#8217;s how area teams could advance to the state playoffs. This will be in Friday&amp;#8217;s paper, as well. • Springfield (6-3) needs to beat Wayne for a spot in Division...</description>
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Very unscientific and I won&amp;#8217;t project who beats who, but here&amp;#8217;s how area teams could advance to the state playoffs. This will be in Friday&amp;#8217;s paper, as well.

• Springfield (6-3) needs to beat Wayne for a spot in Division I, Region 3 playoffs. It&amp;#8217;s that simple, and also that difficult. Wayne (6-3) and hasn&amp;#8217;t lost to a Springfield team since 2002.

• Tecumseh&amp;#8217;s almost assured a first-round game, yet the Arrows (8-1) still have much to play for. A win at Bellefontaine gives them a share of the Central Buckeye Conference Kenton Trail Division and possibly a higher Region 8 seed.

• West Liberty-Salem (9-0) can clinch an undefeated regular season and the Ohio Heritage Conference by winning at Cedarville. Region 20 is especially crowded at the top, so a Tigers&amp;#8217; home playoff game is not automatic.

• Southeastern (7-2) needs to beat Triad to ensure its first playoff appearance since 2002. Should the Trojans beat Triad they have a shot at a playoff home game.

• Shawnee (6-3) needs to beat Stebbins (0-9) and hope a couple things fall in place to go to the Region 12 playoffs.

• Graham (7-2) first needs to beat rival Urbana (5-4), then a win and some help puts the Falcons in the Region 10 playoffs. The Falcons already clinched a share of the CBC Mad River title.

• A scenario exists for Catholic Central (5-4) to make the Region 24 playoffs. First the Irish need to beat Mechanicsburg (6-3), one of its biggest rivals. Mechanicsburg&amp;#8217;s run of seven straight playoff appearances looks to be over, even with a win.

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<dc:subject>High School Football</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2009-10-28T16:33:28-04:00</dc:date>
<dc:creator>bplasters@coxohio.com</dc:creator>
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<title>Mascot Faceoff: Wittenberg vs. Wooster</title>

    

    


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<description> News release from Wittenberg University: First-Ever Online Mascot Face-Off Between Wittenberg and Wooster Builds Collegiate Spirit, Highlights Competition and Provides Comic Relief Imagine the scene. Wittenberg&amp;#8217;s beloved Tiger mascot going head-to-head with Wooster&amp;#8217;s Fighting Scot mascot in a face-off...</description>
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News release from Wittenberg University:

First-Ever Online Mascot Face-Off Between Wittenberg and Wooster Builds Collegiate Spirit, Highlights Competition and Provides Comic Relief

Imagine the scene. Wittenberg&amp;#8217;s beloved Tiger mascot going head-to-head with Wooster&amp;#8217;s Fighting Scot mascot in a face-off destined to define the ages. For Wittenberg University and The College of Wooster, the fate of their respective mascots will come down to the votes of fans as the first-of-its-kind contest gets underway today, Oct. 26, at www.mascotfaceoff.com.

The drama, the thrill of competition, and rigors of athletic preparation unfold in unique fashion online as the four-minute face-off airs on both schools&amp;#8217; respective Web sites for two weeks prior to the Wooster-Wittenberg football game, Nov. 14. In addition to providing the ability for fans to vote for the winner, the Web site integrates social media technology, including Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.

The brainchild of Wittenberg&amp;#8217;s Offices of University Communications and Alumni Relations, the face-off idea quickly grew in popularity following conversations with the same offices at The College of Wooster. From there, Wittenberg designed and deployed the interactive Web site, which includes a video showcase of each mascot as well as pages for fans of each institution.

Voting will conclude on Nov. 14 at the end of the football game between the two longtime Division III Ohio rivals. Between now and then, a series of video vignettes featuring campus administrators and students from each institution will be strategically used to encourage fans to vote for their favorite mascot in a competition that will go down in history as one of the finest in the world of sports.

MascotFaceoff.com

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<dc:subject>Wittenberg</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2009-10-26T16:23:44-04:00</dc:date>
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<title>Wittenberg up to No. 15 in AFCA poll</title>

    

    


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Wittenberg jumped one spot from No. 16 to No. 15 in the latest American Football Coaches Association Division III poll.

The Tigers are 7-0 and 4-0 in the North Coast Athletic Conference with three games remaining: at Denison and home against Allegheny and Wooster. They beat Carnegie Mellon 28-7 on Saturday, Oct. 24.

In the D3football.com poll, the Tigers jumped from No. 21 to No. 17, passing the Wabash team it beat two Saturdays ago. Wabash stayed at No. 18.

Wittenberg season photos.



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<dc:subject>Wittenberg</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2009-10-26T15:06:52-04:00</dc:date>
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<title>Northwestern boys soccer match moved to Shawnee</title>

    

    


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Due to power outages at Northwestern High School&amp;#8217;s athletic facilities, the Warriors Division II soccer match against Kenton Ridge tonight, Oct. 20, has been moved to Shawnee.

The game will begin at 7 p.m. as previously scheduled.

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<dc:subject>High School Soccer</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2009-10-20T13:11:53-04:00</dc:date>
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<title>Extra thoughts on Wittenberg-Wabash</title>

    

    


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I&amp;#8217;ve witnessed 85-90 Wittenberg football games over the last nine seasons, including 10 Wittenberg-Wabash games.

College football doesn&amp;#8217;t get much better than when the Little Giants and Tigers are on the field at the same time. It gets bigger, sure. Just up the road from Crawfordsville on Saturday, Ohio State and Purdue played in front of a crowd 10 times as big as the one that watched Wittenberg and Wabash.

But few college rivalries can match the drama of the recent Witt-Wabash games. Four times since 2002, the Wittenberg-Wabash game has been decided by a field goal.

In 2002, Wabash&amp;#8217;s Mark Server kicked a 27-yard field goal in overtime to beat Wittenberg 46-43 in Springfield.

In 2006, Wabash&amp;#8217;s Chad Finley missed a 28-yard field goal as time expired in the fourth quarter, and Wittenberg won 19-17 in Springfield.

In 2008, Wabash&amp;#8217;s Spencer Whitehead kicked a 41-yard field goal with 4 seconds left in the game to beat Wittenberg 13-10 in Springfield.

In 2009, a Wittenberg kicker finally got a chance, and Zack Harris took advantage, booting a 31-yard field goal to beat the Little Giants 10-7 in Crawfordsville.

After Saturday&amp;#8217;s games, Harris cradled the ball he booted through the uprights and a pizza as he hugged his parents outside the stadium. In 12 years of kicking, he had made kicks late in the fourth quarter, but never in the final seconds as he did Saturday.

Harris celebrated the kick with a couple of fist pumps as his teammates jumped around like little kids until they realized one second still remained on the clock.

Amid the chaos, the offensive line showed just how tight-knit they are, something Dillon Hollin talked about in this story. Senior Tony Eich was hobbling off the field when junior Jeremy Block ran out to meet him. Block picked up Eich and threw him over his shoulder (all 260 pounds of him) and had just enough energy to get him to the sideline before dumping Eich on the training staff. If you watch closely, you can see the scene in the video below.

What you won&amp;#8217;t see in any of the game footage is Wabash senior quarterback Matt Hudson. He missed the game because of an injury suffered in the previous week&amp;#8217;s game. All week, everyone wondered if he would play, but as Hudson wrote in his excellent and insightful blog on Wabash&amp;#8217;s Web site, he knew all week he wouldn&amp;#8217;t play. I suspected as much all week, also knowing that Wabash (or Wittenberg if the situation was reversed) had no reason to confirm it. It&amp;#8217;s interesting to read the background of the story, which Hudson gives in the blog entry.

Hudson: &amp;#8220;Basically, in a span of 2 hours, I go from believing that I&amp;#8217;m just being a sissy and have bruised ribs, to knowing that my lung is partially collapsed and that I need a chest tube put in, in INDY no less.  Quite a ride, to say the least.  The next thing I know, I&amp;#8217;m riding in an ambulance to Indy at 10:30 Saturday night, quite well aware that I&amp;#8217;m going to miss our second biggest game of the year next week (and to all of those who read the local newspaper, I apologize.  There was absolutely no chance I was playing this weekend, and we all knew this 7 days in advance.  All that &amp;#8220;Hudson&amp;#8217;s status in question&amp;#8221; stuff was simply to keep Wittenberg guessing.  Sorry).  So I get to Indy, they put the tube in, and within minutes, it&amp;#8217;s drained about a liter and a half of blood from my chest cavity (I guess one would consider this internal bleeding).  The morphine makes me itchy, and I get about 3 hours of sleep on Saturday night.&amp;#8221;



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<dc:subject>College Football</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2009-10-19T20:10:28-04:00</dc:date>
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<title>Wittenberg rises to 16th in football poll</title>

    

    


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After its 10-7 victory over Wabash on Saturday, Wittenberg (6-0) jumped from 22nd to 16th in the American Football Coaches Association NCAA Division III poll.

Wabash (5-1) fell from 10th to 21st.

Wittenberg is one of 16 undefeated teams in the top 25.

There are four other Ohio teams in the top 20: No. 1 Mount Union; No. 9 Case Western Reserve; No. 11 Otterbein; and No. 17 Capital.

In the D3Football.com poll, Wittenberg is ranked this week for the first time. It is No. 21. Wabash is 18th, falling from 10th after losing to the Tigers.

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<dc:date>2009-10-19T16:14:38-04:00</dc:date>
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<description> By David Jablonski Staff Writer CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind. &amp;#8212; Wittenberg set an offical school record for hugs in the aftermath of it&amp;#8217;s 10-7 victory over Wabash on Saturday, Oct. 17. That&amp;#8217;s what you do when you erase almost a decade...</description>
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By David Jablonski
Staff Writer

CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind. &amp;#8212; Wittenberg set an offical school record for hugs in the aftermath of it&amp;#8217;s 10-7 victory over Wabash on Saturday, Oct. 17.

That&amp;#8217;s what you do when you erase almost a decade of frustration in Little Giant Stadium with one kick. You wrap your arms around the nearest battered, bruised and sweaty teammate, and you hug it out like brothers.

Fifth-year senior Zack Harris participated in his share of bear hugs. His 31-yard field goal with 1 second left gave the still-unbeaten and 22nd-ranked Tigers their biggest victory in years and their first on the home field of No. 10 Wabash.

The kick came one season after Wabash beat Wittenberg 13-10 in Springfield on a last-second kick of its own. It&amp;#8217;s the the third time in four seasons the game has come down to a field goal in the final seconds.

&amp;#8220;I was just glad I had a shot,&amp;#8221; said Harris, who missed most of last season with a knee injury. &amp;#8220;I remember standing on the sideline last year when they were kicking. I&amp;#8217;ve seen it three times since I&amp;#8217;ve been here in five years, and we finally got our chance.&amp;#8221;

Defensive tackle Lance Phillips, another fifth-year senior called it &amp;#8220;probably the greatest victory I&amp;#8217;ve ever had in football.&amp;#8221;

&amp;#8220;I think it&amp;#8217;s huge for the program,&amp;#8221; Phillips said. &amp;#8220;We&amp;#8217;ve never sung the fight song at Wabash. It&amp;#8217;s something we&amp;#8217;ve been reminded of quite frequently.&amp;#8221;

Wittenberg&amp;#8217;s finished its only previous victory in Crawfordsville in 2000 at a high school in town. It had since lost four straight at Little Giant Stadium.

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<dc:date>2009-10-17T19:02:33-04:00</dc:date>
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<description>From the Paper of Montgomery County (Ind.): Wabash College&amp;#8217;s football team will be without its tallest offensive weapon this afternoon. Wabash senior quarterback Matt Hudson won&amp;#8217;t play in today&amp;#8217;s against North Coast Athletic Conference rival and No. 22-ranked Wittenberg, Little...</description>
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From the Paper of Montgomery County (Ind.):

Wabash College&amp;#8217;s football team will be without its tallest offensive weapon this afternoon.

Wabash senior quarterback Matt Hudson won&amp;#8217;t play in today&amp;#8217;s against North Coast Athletic Conference rival and No. 22-ranked Wittenberg, Little Giants&amp;#8217; coach Erik Raeburn said Friday afternoon. 

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<dc:date>2009-10-17T08:19:08-04:00</dc:date>
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<description>From the Palladium-Item in Richmond, Ind.: GREENWOOD, Ind. &amp;#8212; Earlham College will join the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference beginning in the 2010-11 academic year, the conference announced this morning. Earlham has been affiliated the past 20 years with the North...</description>
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From the Palladium-Item in Richmond, Ind.:

GREENWOOD, Ind. &amp;#8212; Earlham College will join the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference beginning in the 2010-11 academic year, the conference announced this morning.

Earlham has been affiliated the past 20 years with the North Coast Athletic Conference.

&amp;#8220;We are very pleased to have Earlham College join the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference as our 10th member beginning in the fall of 2010, as they have a rich tradition of strong academic and intercollegiate athletic programs,&amp;#8221; said Christopher Ragsdale, commissioner of the HCAC.

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<dc:date>2009-10-15T17:35:07-04:00</dc:date>
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