The Carthage College women’s golf team (46-41-1) finished fifth at the Friday-Saturday, Oct. 2-3 CCIW Women’s Golf Championship at the Highland Park Country Club in Highland Park, ...
Carthage finished fourth at the Tuesday, Sept. 22 Elmhurst College “Bluejay Classic” at the Oak Brook Country Club in Oak Brook, ...
Carthage tied for eighth place at the Saturday-Sunday, Sept. 26-27 DePauw University “Small College Classic” at the Deer Creek Golf Course in Clayton, Ind. ...
The Carthage College women’s golf team (41-36-1) played host to the Carthage Invitational on Monday, Sept. 28 at Bristol Oaks Country Club in Bristol, Wis. Wisconsin-Whitewater won the ...
The Carthage College women’s golf team (30-26) finished 14th at the Saturday-Sunday, Sept. 19-20 Illinois Wesleyan University “Fall Classic” at the Ironwood Golf Course in ...
9.14.09 | Women's Golf
The Carthage College women’s golf team (25-14) finished ninth at the Friday-Saturday, Sept. 11-12 Olivet College Fall Invitational at the Medalist Golf Club in Marshall, Mich.
Close | Full Story
9.8.09 | Women's Golf
The Carthage College women’s golf team (19-6) finished third at the Tuesday, Sept. 8 North Central College “Cardinal Classic” at the Cress Creek Country Club in Naperville, Ill. Wheaton College (Ill.) won the 10-team event with a 350 team score, five strokes ahead of second-place the University of St. Francis (Ill.) at 355. Carthage was third at 362, followed by Elmhurst College fourth at 368, the Carthage junior varsity team fifth at 383, Augustana College (Ill.) sixth at 390, North Central seventh at 392, Elmhurst College eighth at 395, Aurora University ninth at 415 and Benedictine University (Ill.) 10th with a 442 mark.
Close | Full Story
9.6.09 | Women's Golf
The Carthage College women’s golf team (14-4) traveled to Jacksonville, Ill., on Saturday-Sunday, Sept. 5-6 to play in the Illinois College Invitational at the Links Course at Nichols Park. The second day of the event was rained out, and Illinois Wesleyan University won the 17-team tournament with a 309 team score, 10 strokes ahead of second-place William Woods University at 319. Washington University (Mo.) was third at 328, followed by Quincy University fourth at 336, Carthage fifth at 338, Millikin University sixth at 344, St. Ambrose University seventh at 346, McKendree University eighth at 348, Grinnell College ninth at 366, Augustana College (Ill.) 10th at 368, Monmouth College 11th at 388, Illinois College 12th at 392, Carl Sandburg Community College 13th at 421, Knox College 14th at 424, Lincoln Community College 15th at 440, Benedictine University (Ill.) 16th at 493, with MacMurray College not completing the first round.
Close | Full Story
9.6.09 | Women's Golf
The Carthage College women's golf team (5-0) opened its 2009-10 season by winning the Friday, Sept. 4 Robert Morris University (Ill.) “Fall Classic” at the Foss Park Golf Course in North Chicago, Ill. Carthage won the six-team event with a 330 team score, five strokes ahead of both the University of St. Francis (Ill.) and Wheaton College (Ill.) tied for second at 335 each. North Central College was fourth at 336, followed by Elmhurst College fifth at 340 and Robert Morris sixth with a 377 mark.
Close | Full Story
7.30.09 | Women's Golf
The Carthage College women’s golf team opens its 2009-10 season on Sept. 4 by playing in the Robert Morris University (Ill.) “Fall Classic” at the Foss Park Golf Course in North Chicago, Ill. , beginning at 9 a.m.
Close | Full Story
Did You Know...
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.
Bosko Djurickovic
Carthage men's basketball coach Bosko Djurickovic’s CCIW winning percentage entering the 2009-10 season (.663, 224-114) is the sixth-best in the 63-year history of the league, and his 224 wins placed him first among active conference coaches.
With a victory over Ohio Wesleyan University on March 6, Carthage College baseball coach Augie Schmidt IV will became only the 17th coach in NCAA Division III history to reach the 700-victory plateau.
Red Men's 1,000th Basketball Win
With an 85-60 win over Concordia University (Wis.) on Nov. 28, Carthage won its 1,000th men's basketball game. The program began in 1907.
Coach Leanne Ulmer
Head women's volleyball coach Leanne Ulmer entered the 2009 season with a .759 winning percentage over seven seasons, which ranks 12th among active NCAA Division III coaches. Ulmer has won six CCIW titles in nine years at Carthage, inclduing a shared title in 2004 and outright titles in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009.
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, then the Bears’ home turf, to an indoor contest at the Chicago Stadium.
Carthage's 24th Varsity Sports Begins in 2009-10
Carthage launches its 24th varsity sport in 2009-10, as the women's lacrosse team begins varsity play with a March 9-13 trip to Southern California.
Coach Brady Lindsley
Carthage women's tennis coach Brady Lindsley won his 200th career match in the fall of 2009. Lindsley, with a 204-79 record heading into the spring 2010 portion of the season, has been named CCIW "Women's Tennis Coach of the Year" three times.
Former Carthage basketball player Kent Dernbach (2002-03) is currently the Northern Illinois University Director of Men’s Basketball Operations. Dernbach held the same post at George Mason University from 2007 to 2009.
Little All-Americans
The Associated Press has named 16 Carthage football players "Little All-Americans" since 1938, including punter Tyler Funk, a 2009 honoree.
|