The Top 3 in the rankings remained the same, with the Christopher Newport University Captains (logo at left) holding at number 3, the Marietta College Pioneers in 2nd place and the Trinity (TX) Tigers retaining the top spot.
There was a lot of movement elsewhere in the poll, as you’ll see right here:
1. Trinity Tigers *** 2. Marietta Pioneers (defending champs) *** 3. CNU Captains *** 4. Salisbury Sea Gulls *** 5. Eastern Continue reading
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The Iowa Western Reivers, a noted baseball power in the NJCAA, come in at number 2 in the Division 1 poll, tied with the Louisburg Hurricanes. Walters State is in the top spot.
NJCAA1 – 1. Walters State Senators *** T2. Iowa Western Reivers *** T2. Louisburg Hurricanes *** 4. Central Continue reading
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The 2011-2012 college hockey season is over in the divisions covered by Balladeer’s Blog. The St Norbert College Green Knights (logo at left) repeated as the national champions of NCAA Division 3 hockey. It was a case of “Keefer Madness” as St Norbert’s Cody Keefer registered a Hat Trick in the Green Knights’ 4-1 victory in the title game.
Here’s a final round of congratulations to this year’s various college hockey champs!
NCAA Division 3 – ST NORBERT COLLEGE GREEN KNIGHTS (def the Oswego State Lakers)
NJCAA – MONROE COLLEGE TRIBUNES (def the Williston State Tetons – as in the mountains)
ACHA Division 1 – Continue reading
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Basketball season is over in the divisions covered by Balladeer’s Blog, so it’s on to baseball! Seamheads have been emailing me about how anxious they are to start my coverage since the season’s over a month old for collegiate play.
As always I’ll cover baseball for colleges in the NAIA, D3, D2, USCAA, NCCAA, ACCA and NJCAA all the way up through the World Series in each division.
For starters here’s a look at the Top 25 in the NAIA: 1. Lee Flames (up from 3) *** 2. LSU-Shreveport Pilots (as in riverboat pilots) *** 3. Oklahoma City University Stars *** 4. Embry- Riddle Aeronaut Continue reading
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For more of my entries on Inuit myths click here: https://glitternight.com/inuit-myth/
KIVIOQ – The greatest hero and monster- slayer of Inuit mythology. The exact structure of Kivioq’s saga varies wildly from region to region, some of them with a fully Continue reading
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All the championship games in the divisions of college basketball covered by Balladeer’s Blog are over now. Here’s a final round of congratulations to this year’s champs and the teams they faced in those title games.
NAIA Division 1 – CONCORDIA (CA) EAGLES (def the Oklahoma Baptist University Bison)
NAIA Division 2 – OREGON TECH HUSTLIN’ OWLS (def the Continue reading
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Today ends the 2011-2012 college basketball season for the divisions covered by Balladeer’s Blog. The final two championship games take place this afternoon and evening.
First up, the Western Washington University Vikings (logo above left) play the Montevallo Falcons at 1pm ET for the D2 title. Tonight at 9pm ET the NJCAA championship game features the South Plains College Texans taking on the NW Florida Raiders. The Continue reading
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Balladeer’s Blog recently got to interview Philip Lee McCall II, best-selling author, reviewer, publisher and imaginist about his latest book, Ing The Viking. McCall’s previous works include The Imaginist and Poisonous Prose: A Limited Collection of Dark Rhymes (2 volumes).
All of those books are available at Amazon.com, plus McCall has The Imaginist II coming out in just over two months. The time seemed right to try to ride Mr McCall’s coattails to some more blog hits for myself (I’m kidding!) so I sent my private jet to pick him up and fly him to my spacious villa overlooking Japan’s Inland Sea.
We passed the time trying to spot one of the thousand dragons of the Shinto god Kotohira swimming in the waters below while “PLMII” as he’s called, graciously answered my interview questions.
Balladeer’s Blog: For the uninitiated could you provide an overview of Ing the Viking’s setting and raison d’etre?
PLMII: Ing the Viking is an anthology which collects the stories of a fabled Viking’s adventures. I worked with a group of fantasy artists to render art for each tale. I was honored to have the great Larry Elmore not only excited about the project but also provide two images for the book. This book was definitely a labor of love and homage to both Norse mythology and the Pulp fiction era. There are Continue reading
Tonight the South Plains College Texans (logo at right), the Eastern Oklahoma Mountaineers, the Seward Saints and the NW Florida Raiders battle for the right to advance to tomorrow’s NJCAA Championship Game. Consolation games continue today and tomorrow featuring teams like the Monroe College Tribunes and the Otero Rattlers. The NCAA Division 2 Championship Game will Continue reading
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All you varmints can get ready for more college hoops action today as the NJCAA tournament continues and the NCAA Division 2 Final Four will play tonight to see who advances to the championship game this Saturday! Will Bellarmine get back to the title game? Find out!
The Three Rivers Raiders (logo at left, believe it or not, with Rocky the Raider) take on the defending champs of NJCAA basketball, the College of Southern Idaho Golden Eagles at Continue reading
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