In a “must-win” game, the Carthage College men's basketball team (10-10, 4-5 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) overcame an 11-point second-half deficit to outlast ...
It was a battle all the way, but the Carthage College men's basketball team (9-10, 3-5 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) fell to CCIW-North Central College (13-6, 7-1 CCIW), 77-74 in ...
The Carthage College men's basketball team (9-9, 3-4 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) snapped a three-game losing streak on Tuesday, Jan. 24 with a 77-58 win over CCIW-opponent ...
The Carthage College men's basketball team (8-9, 2-4 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) ended a brutal, three-game road stretch on Saturday, Jan. 21, with an 90-70 loss to CCIW-opponent ...
The Carthage College men's basketball team (8-8, 2-3 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) came back from a 16-point second-half deficit but still wound up on the short end of a 79-73 ...
1.14.12 | Men's Basketball
The Carthage College men's basketball team (8-7, 2-2 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) opened a three-game stretch of CCIW-road games on Saturday, Jan. 14 with 69-61 loss to No. 25 Illinois Wesleyan University (13-2, 4-0 CCIW) at the Shirk Center in Bloomington, Ill.
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1.10.12 | Men's Basketball
The Carthage College men's basketball team (8-6, 2-1 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) dismantled CCIW-opponent North Park University (4-10, 0-3 CCIW), 82-47, on Tuesday, Jan. 10 at Tarble Arena in Kenosha, Wis.
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1.7.12 | Men's Basketball
The Carthage College men's basketball team (7-6, 1-1 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) upended CCIW-opponent Millikin University (1-12, 0-2 CCIW), 86-50, on Saturday, Jan. 7 at Tarble Arena in Kenosha, Wis.
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1.6.12 | General
Kenosha, Wis., has become a hot spot for area athletes to flock to play basketball. Carthage College's men's and women's basketball teams have 36 players on their rosters including 27 from Illinois and 20 from the TribLocal area.
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1.4.12 | Men's Basketball
The Carthage College men's basketball team (6-6, 0-1 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) opened its CCIW-schedule on Wednesday, Jan. 4 with a 73-50 loss to North Central College (7-5, 1-0 CCIW) at Merner Fieldhouse/Gregory Arena in Naperville, Ill.
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12.31.11 | Men's Basketball
The Carthage College men's basketball team (6-5, 0-0 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) closed out its non-conference schedule on Friday, Dec. 30 with a 69-65 loss to Washington College (Md., 7-5) in the championship game of the California Lutheran University “Thrivent Financial” Tournament at the Gilberts Sports & Fitness Center in Thousand Oaks, Calif.
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12.30.11 | Men's Basketball
The Carthage College men's basketball team (6-4, 0-0 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) opened play in the California Lutheran University “Thrivent Financial” Tournament on Thursday, Dec. 29 with a 76-48 win over Geneva College (3-7) at the Gilberts Sports & Fitness Center in Thousand Oaks, Calif.
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12.19.11 | Men's Basketball
Carthage College center Luke Johnson (Fr., Naperville, Ill./West Chicago-Wheaton Academy) was named College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin “Men's Basketball Player of the Week” on Dec. 19.
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12.17.11 | Men's Basketball
A three-pointer at the buzzer by Kevin Sykes gave the Carthage College men's basketball team (5-4, 0-0 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) a thrilling, 79-76 win over Cardinal Stritch University (9-3) on Saturday, Dec. 17 at the Stritch Gym in Milwaukee. The Wolves were ranked 12th in the Dec. 12 NAIA Division II coaches poll, and the Carthage win was the third in a row for the Red Men.
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12.11.11 | Men's Basketball
The Carthage College men's basketball team (4-4, 0-0 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) won its second game in two days on Sunday, Dec. 11 with a 75-61 victory over Coe College (3-5) at Tarble Arena in Kenosha, Wis.
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12.10.11 | Men's Basketball
The Carthage College men's basketball team (3-4, 0-0 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) snapped a four-game losing streak on Saturday, Dec. 10 with a 51-43 win over Albion College (3-3) at Kresge Gymnasium in Albion, Mich.
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12.6.11 | Men's Basketball
The Carthage College men's basketball team (2-4, 0-0 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) lost to Lake Forest College (6-1), 63-60, on Tuesday, Dec. 6 at Tarble Arena in Kenosha, Wis. The loss was the fourth in a row for the Red Men since winning the season-opening Carroll University “Johnson Bank Tip-Off Tournament.”
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1.28 | Men's Basketball
Tarble Arena - Kenosha, Wis.
Red Men
74
North Central College
77
1.31 | Men's Basketball
North Park Gym - Chicago, Ill.
Red Men
87
North Park University
80
2.4 | Men's Basketball
Griswold Center - Decatur, Ill.
Red Men
4 p.m.
Millikin University
2.7 | Men's Basketball
Tarble Arena - Kenosha, Wis.
Red Men
7:30 p.m.
Wheaton College
Carthage Men's Basketball at Augustana on Jan. 21, 2012 View Video
Men's Basketball vs. Calvin on Dec. 2, 2011 View Video
Steve Djurckovic's Final Points at Tarble Arena View Video
Carthage Men's Basketball Edges Millikin on Feb. 19, 2011 View Video
Carthage Men's Basketball at North Park on Feb. 16, 2011 View Video
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Did You Know...
Emily Goetz
Former Carthage graduate assistant women's lacrosse coach Emily Goetz is now the head women's lacrosse coach at Loras College.
Brotherly Love
Sixteen sets of brothers have played soccer for Carthage men's coach Steve Domin since 1995.
Doubling Up
With a school-record 12 doubles in the May 5, 2011 Lakeland game, the Carthage baseball team tied an NCAA III game record first set by Bridgewater State University versus the Massachusetts Maritime Academy on March 29, 1997.
Coach Tim Rucks Hits 100
Carthage football coach Tim Rucks won his 100th career game with a 40-23 decision at Millikin University on Oct. 8, 2011.
Bosko Djurickovic
Carthage men's basketball coach Bosko Djurickovic’s CCIW winning percentage entering the 2011-12 season (.669, 245-121) is the sixth-best in the 65-year history of the league, and his 245 wins placed him first among active conference coaches.
Augie Schmidt IV Reaches 700 Wins
With a victory over Ohio Wesleyan University on March 6, 2010, Carthage College baseball coach Augie Schmidt IV will became only the 17th coach in NCAA Division III history to reach the 700-victory plateau.
Carthage Baseball in the NCAAs
The Carthage baseball team made its 18th NCAA regional appearance in 2011.
Carthage's 24th Varsity Sports Began in 2009-10
Carthage launched its 24th varsity sport in 2009-10, as the women's lacrosse team began varsity play.
First NFL Playoff Game
John “Popeye” Wager, ‘31, was a lineman for the 1932 NFL Portsmouth (Ohio) Spartans, who played the Chicago Bears in the first-ever NFL post-season game. The Spartans finished the regular season in a first-place tie with the Bears, whose owner, George Halas, had a playoff game scheduled and moved from Wrigley Field to an indoor contest at the Chicago Stadium.
Red Men's 1,000th Basketball Win
With an 85-60 win over Concordia University (Wis.) on Nov. 28, 2009, Carthage won its 1,000th men's basketball game. The program began in 1907.
Coach Brady Lindsley
Carthage women's tennis coach Brady Lindsley won his 200th career match in the fall of 2009. Lindsley, with a 219-93 record heading into the fall 2011 portion of the season, has been named CCIW "Women's Tennis Coach of the Year" three times.
Leanne Ulmer's 300th win
Carthage women's volleyball coach Leanne Ulmer won her 300th career match with a 3-0 decision over Southwestern (Texas) on Sept. 16, 2011.
Brady Lindsley Wins No. 250
Carthage men's tennis coach Brady Lindsley won his 250th match on April 23, 2011 with a 9-0 win at Principia College.
Brooke Mix Scores Her Second Career Hole-in-0ne
Carthage College women's golfer Brooke Mix (Sr., Westfield, Ind.) scored a hole-in-one on Sept. 23, 2011 on the first day of the Wisconsin-Whitewater "Fall Fling." Mix' ace came on the 130-yard 15th hole at the Riverside Golf Course in Janesville, Wis. It was the second collegiate hole-in-one for Mix, with the other coming on Sept. 4, 2009 on the 11th hole of the Foss Park Golf Course at the Robert Morris “Fall Classic.”
Carthage Turns on the Lights
Carthage added lights to its baseball facility in April 2010. Assistant coach Cory Everts flipped the switch in the bottom of the eighth inning of an April 24 game versus Augustana College (Ill.), marking the first-ever use of the bulbs in a game situation.
Carthage's "Mr. Touchdown"
The last living member of Carthage's first football team, the 1895 squad, was William Simmons, "02. Simmons was honored at a 1958 Carthage game for scoring the Red Men's first-ever home touchdown in an 18-0 win over Quincy University on Nov. 28, 1895 in Carthage, Ill. Simmons scored on a 75-yard fumble recovery.
Paul Smith
Paul Smith, a member of Carthage’s inaugural men’s soccer team in 1981, was inducted into the Wisconsin Soccer Association Hall of Fame in 2010. A native of Racine, Wis., Smith set a Carthage game record that season by collecting four assists against Milton College on Oct. 21. Smith is currently the outdoors editor of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.
Carthage's First Hole-in-One
Carthage men's golfer Don Huff scored the Red Men's first-ever hole-in-one on Oct. 10, 1981 against Lawrence University at Rainbow Springs in Mukwonago, Wis. Huff aced the third hole with a seven-iron.
Kent Dernbach
Former Carthage basketball player Kent Dernbach (2002-03) was named an assistant men's basketball coach at Wisconsin-Stevens Point in October 2011. Dernbach had been the Northern Illinois University Director of Men’s Basketball Operations. He held the same post at George Mason University from 2007 to 2009.
Coach Leanne Ulmer
Head women's volleyball coach Leanne Ulmer enters the 2011 season with a .782 winning percentage over 10 seasons, which was raned ninth among active NCAA Division III coaches thru 2009. Ulmer has won six CCIW titles in nine years at Carthage, including a shared title in 2004 and outright titles in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009.
Rob Lytle
Former University of Michigan football tailback Rob Lytle, who died on Nov. 20, 2010, played for the Denver Broncos Super Bowl XII team that lost to the Dallas Cowboys in 1978. Denver’s head coach that year was Robert “Red” Miller, who assisted Carthage head coach Art Keller from 1955 to 1957.
Little All-Americans
The Associated Press has named 17 Carthage football players "Little All-Americans" since 1938, including punter Tyler Funk, a 2010 honoree.
L.J. Marx Reaches 100 Wins
Carthage men's volleyball coach L.J. Marx won his 100th career match on April 9, 2010 with a 3-0 win over Fontbonne University in the semfinals of the M-III Volleyball Conference Tournamrnt in Kenosha, Wis.
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