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ST. PAUL, MN – The NCCAA recently honored recipients of multiple awards, including two Maranatha awards, the Presidential Award for Excellence and Game Plan 4 LIFE Character Award at the Hall of Fame Banquet at Northwestern College in St. Paul, MN on Friday, May 31. The Presidential Award is presented annually to the institution in [Continue Reading...]
WATERTOWN, Wis. – The Maranatha men’s and women’s teams were honored on Tuesday with the Northern Athletic Conference (NAC) All-Sportsmanship Award while also receiving individual recognition for the All-Sportsmanship Team. The 2012-13 season marks the sixth straight year that Maranatha has collected the women’s award, while the men last won in ’09-’10, and have won [Continue Reading...]
When Curtis Malmanger first started coaching, his intent was simple—to be faithful at his task. Through the years, however, this diligent and detail-minded coach has affected hundreds of athletes and coaches through his “style of play,” and now retires from the realm of football after 25 fruitful years at Maranatha. In his earliest years, Malmanger [Continue Reading...]
WATERTOWN, Wis. – Maranatha softball player, Autumn Peotter, was recently selected to the Northern Athletics Conference (NAC) Second Team All-Conference for the third-straight year. Peotter has made the Second Team since 2010, with her freshman year the only exception. The senior left fielder had a .333 batting average on 32 hits, four RBI’s and four [Continue Reading...]
Box Score CHICAGO, Ill. – For the seniors on the baseball team, Tuesday put the icing on the cake for the past four years, with a single nine-inning game played at U.S. Cellular Field, home of the Major League’s Chicago White Sox. The team lost 6-0 to the Illinois Institute of Technology, but kept it [Continue Reading...]
Box Score (Game One) Box Score (Game Two) WATERTOWN, Wis. – The Crusader baseball team were defeated at the hands of the Wisconsin Lutheran Warriors, 13-0 and 23-0 on Saturday afternoon. The Warriors were held to just six hits by senior pitcher Derek Funkhouser (Paris, Ill.), who finished with three earned runs while striking out [Continue Reading...]
Box Score (Game One) Box Score (Game Two) MILWAUKEE, Wis. – The Alverno Inferno posted two wins over the Maranatha Crusaders with scores of 9-1 and 5-4 on Tuesday evening in Milwaukee, Wis. Alverno jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning of game one on three hits but did not score more [Continue Reading...]
Box Score (Game One) Box Score (Game Two) WATERTOWN, Wis. – The Crusader baseball team stuck with the MSOE Raiders for eight innings in a 12-1 game loss, and succumbed 12-0 in game two on Monday evening, for the team’s last home game of the season. After a scoreless first, MSOE notched a run in [Continue Reading...]
Box Score (Game One) Box Score (Game Two) RIVER FOREST, Ill. – Maranatha’s softball team, playing in its second doubleheader on Saturday, and third in the past two days, gave the #3 team in the conference, Dominican University, a challenge with a 5-2 loss in game one and 9-1 in game two. Maranatha jumped out [Continue Reading...]
Box Score (Game One) Box Score (Game Two) RIVER FOREST, Ill. – The softball team continued its recent success with narrow losses to the #5 Concordia Chicago Cougars on Saturday afternoon. Against Concordia Chicago, the Crusaders and Cougars exchanged blows in the first game as the teams carried a 2-2 tie after the top of [Continue Reading...]