FB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[wabco]

And how about those NCAC indoor and outdoor track championships.  PLUS a great tennis season as well.  And as a finale ... you do not want to have to wrestle our wrestling team. 

The upcoming year 2011-12 will be a challenge to raise the bar beyond the heights those of 2010-11 placed it.  But when you look at all Wabash has coming back and couple that with the Rhynes ... which may - just may - be the largest incoming class in a long time .... doable ... yes ... doable  (especially if we go for 2 points for each touchdown against the Dannies).

[cave2bens]

You're jumping the gun just a tad as Wabash athletes are still competing this week. There are four very hard working Little Giants running in the 2011 Outdoor Track Nationals. Once they have come home as All Americans, we can concentrate on relaxing for the summer!

Excellent point - heck of a batch of personal and school records fell by the wayside over the past month!  Initially shocked to see Seth take out Dick Bowerman's 39 year, 5000m record, but then thought the bifocals were filthy (per usual) and mistook 400m hurdles for the 400 lineup.  What a comeback - 1st hurdles race since injury, and to qualify as a starter in the field at the NCAA championships? 

Waterman - 800m; Einterz - 5000m; Chamblee - 400m Intermediate Hurdles; McCarthy - 3000m SC (but also qual'd for 800/1500);
Congrats to Coach Morgan and Kevin McCarthy as Great Lakes Region Coach and Male Track athlete of the year, respectively!

+k for genetics, BD-84! 

WAF, and wish all four well at OWU this weekend.

[aueagle]

Huge exposure for OWU and Delaware starting Thursday....D3 Track & Field Championships....
LG's in the 800 & 5000...Saw some RHIT and many BW & Mount guys....Bishops in the hunt too...
Will try to get there on Friday....http://www.ncaa.com/championships/trackfield-outdoor-men/d3
GO BISHOPS

[luvncac]

Aueagle,

Have you seen the new scoreboard or heard the new sound system that were rushed into service in time for the track championship?  The scoreboard includes an enormous LED screen that has theater type quality which is just totally unbelievable.  My friends and I were bugging the contractor about when we could see it in use and he invited us to stop by this past Saturday afternoon when they were running it through all of the tests....what an amazing thing.....now the Bishops need to post some scores on the new board.  I'm a track guy at heart so I'm really looking forward to the next three days at Selby.

[aueagle]

Work & last minute flight costs killed my plans for track & field...
luvncac: Have not seen the new scoreboard/sound system.....
Read that they were going in....I will have to wait until fall...
Bishops have many night games this year.

[Joe Wally]

Attended what I have to believe is one of the last college graduations of the spring at Oberlin College today.

Congrats to my cousin Jordan and to all the Obies!

[DadofBashWarrior..]

Sporting News 2011 College Football issue is out.  Pre-season D3 rankings are:

1.  UW Whitewater
2.  Mt. Union
3.  Wesley
4.  St. Thomas
5.  Mary Hardin-Baylor
6.  Linfield
7.  North Central
8.  Wittenberg
9.  St. John's (MN)
10.  Montclair St.

Other mid-west teams of interest: 

11.  Wheaton
12.  Wartburg
15.  Bethel
23.  Coe

[zed07]

Of interest to some of the Wabash faithful:

http://timessentinel.com/sports/x2051362489/Former-eagle-thriving-overseas

[bashbrother]

Looks like the "Arizona Pipeline" is still producing quality kids for the Little Giants -  Got word today of a new commit.   

6' 3" 220 DE   4.8 - 40 yd - Athlete.  From what I was able to find,  he also was very productive a TE for his HS team. 

Onward and upward Little Giants.

[BashBacker#16]

I know pre-season polls don't mean a lot but were others surprised Wabash wasn't listed at all?  8-2 season ending with a 47-0 thrashing of DePauw, CJ Gum returning at MLB, both QB's returning, all of the O-line, Chamblee returns with other very talented WR's, etc.  The D-front has some question marks but have some talented guys.

Bash will be looking at about 150 reporting for camp... I believe 58 incoming Frosh.

WAF!

[bashbrother]

BB16 -

I was more surprised by a few teams that were listed in the rankings.   One in particular loses almost half their team and they are in the Top 10?    

There again,  the only publication or source that does more then simply look at the final rankings for the prior year to do their pre-season poll is D3football.com.

I like the recruiting numbers and hope the D-Line brings in a couple of studs.   It seems we have a tremendous stable of linebackers,  maybe one or two of them could be put on some high calorie diets and move up a weight class.

[wab64]

bash brother, et al.------Time has arrived for some serious looks at last year's roster to see who may be coming back (without  considering who might have run out of academic or financial qualifications)
      Based upon my recollection of 2110 two-deep charts, it would appear that WR, TE, RB and LB are in the "stable" category, QB is in the hands of the Two, and several others who have credentials, but defensive linemen are thin on the ground. Only Pat Clegg and Luke Zinsmaster had significant starting time. There are a lot of names among last year's freshman, hopefully some newcomers, BUT- on the staff is the greatest defensive lineman in Wabash history who may be able to teach them something.
      Considering all the linebackers, rather than bulking some people up, sacrificing mobility,  it may be useful to consider a return to a 3-4 setup. It looked pretty good in the days of Adi and Andy Deig, Josh Foster and a stable of others.
       Great way to kill time until August!

[hiramterriers]

Time for your Terrier update, I hear they are expecting 70 players to come in this fall! Here's some more commits.

Justin Arms
6'2" 225 Lbs
Linebacker from Upperman High School in Tennessee
All Conference

Joe Badini
6' 265 Lbs
Defensive Lineman from Rootstown High School
All Conference

Colin Butler
5'10" 210 Lbs
Fullback from Medina Highland High School
All Conference

Bryan Greenwell
5'10" 160 Lbs
Quarterback from Cape Coral High School in Florida
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKIcHfqL7os

Brandon Hanna
6' 200 Lbs
Quarterback Transfer from Lake Erie College
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jD_OHk470hM

Mike Helco
5'10" 170 Lbs
Defensive Back from McDonald High School
All Conference
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adWK-59X9lw

Greg Klisuric
6'2" 190 Lbs
Kicker from Mentor High School
All Conference

Mario Lemuel
6'2" 215 Lbs
Defensive Lineman from Peachtree Ridge High School in Georgia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tuj5jIJ8ygA

Jason McVay
5'10" 170 Lbs
Wide Receiver from Ridgewood High School

Cody Minor
6' 185 Lbs
Quarterback from Massillion Perry High School
All Conference

John Rankin
6'2" 265 Lbs
Offensive Lineman from Lisbon High School

[bashbrother]

Looks like a nice class for Hiram......  Big numbers are key...... Let's hope the Terriers can use this class to establish growth for the program! 

[hiramterriers]

Let me re phrase what i said earlier, I hear they have 70 new players joining the team this fall, to put them over the triple digits.