SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — University of Sioux Falls senior receiver Jon Ryan has been named the Victory Sports Network Offensive Player of the Year, as announced by the organization this morning.
Ryan is also the lone Cougar on VSN’s First Team All-America team. This season Ryan broke the NAIA record touchdown receptions in Continue reading
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The NAIA Football Coaches’ Postseason Top 25 Poll has been released by the national office and the University of the Cumberlands football team ended the year with a final ranking of 19th.
This season was different from years past as the Patriots took on the obstacle of competing in the Mid-South Conference (MSC) Western Division for the first time but Continue reading
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SAINT AMBROSE FIGHTING BEES – MEN – The men’s team is currently sitting at 13-3 and are ranked number sixteen in the NAIA’s second division. The Fighting Bees (Love that name!) have won their last four in a row, including a very comfortable win over Roosevelt on the 9th by a score of 92-68. They next play on January 12th against Mt Mercy. WOMEN – The Queen Bees have a record of 14-2, are 4-0 in conference play and are ranked number nine in the NAIA’s second division. The only losses came to Marian and Calumet-St Joseph. You can see the ladies in action again on the 12th, likewise against Mount Mercy.
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TEAM: SACRAMENTO CITY COLLEGE PANTHERS
SITE: http://sccpanthers.losrios.edu/football.htm
COMMENT: This team has got the coolest imaginable artwork you could Continue reading
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NEW ORLEANS — The Gulf Coast Athletic Conference announced Friday the addition of two new members — Philander Smith College of Little Rock, Ark., and Talladega College of Talladega, Ala. — for the 2011-12 academic year. Continue reading
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LSU- SHREVEPORT PILOTS – (As in riverboat pilots) MEN – The men are scorching hot right now and are ranked 2nd in the NAIA‘s First Division, right behind the Robert Morris (IL) Eagles in the top spot. The Pilots’ record is 11-0 at the moment and they are appearing in their 13th straight Top 25 Poll. They next see action against Wiley College tonight. WOMEN – The women are struggling at 5-8 right now and have dropped their last three in a row, not counting an exhibition loss to NCAA Division 1’s Northwestern State Demons. The Lady Pilots will next take to the court tonight, likewise against Wiley College and likewise in their home digs, AKA The Dock.(LOVE that name!)
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GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY ANTELOPES
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Division: NCAA Division 2
Conference Affiliation: Pacific West Conference
Major sports: basketball, baseball, soccer, volleyball
Site: http://www.gculopes.com/
Comment: The Antelopes is one of those nicknames that is just perfect Continue reading
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CHICKASHA – Drover Head Coach Jimmy Hampton was named the National Soccer Coaches Association and NAIA Southwest Region Coach of the Year for the second year in a row.
Hampton and the other regional coaches of the year will be honored at a College Continue reading
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MARYVILLE, Mo. — One of the most successful and well-respected coaches in the history of collegiate football, Mel Tjeerdsma, announced Wednesday that he will retire following a brilliant coaching career that spanned the last four decades. Continue reading
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In keeping with the rivalry between NAIA football teams and NCAA Division 3 football teams this week I ran a contest in which readers could e-mail me to vote for who they thought would win a game played between the NAIA champions, the CC Fighting Saints and the D3 champions, the Whitewater Warhawks. By a nearly two-to- one margin the NAIA fans have spoken and the Fighting Saints have won this inaugural Balladeer’s Bowl. Congratulations to the boys from Helena, MT! Balladeer’s Blog will resume chronicling the football rivalry between these two divisions in August.
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