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Box Score (Game One) Box Score (Game Two) ROCKFORD, Ill. – Maranatha’s softball team, playing in its first of three doubleheaders in the next two days, was defeated 8-0 in both games against the Rockford Regents on Friday afternoon. Maranatha’s busy schedule includes doubleheaders on Saturday against Concordia Chicago at noon, followed by games against [Continue Reading...]
Box Score (Game One) Box Score (Game Two) RIVER FOREST, Ill. – Although the Crusaders were held scoreless in a game one 20-0 loss to Dominican on Friday afternoon, the team bounced back with five runs in a 13-5 game two loss in River Forest, Ill. Dominican scored in all seven innings, including a seven-run [Continue Reading...]
Box Score (Game One) Box Score (Game Two) MILWAUKEE, Wis. – Maranatha notched its first Northern Athletic Conference victory on Thursday evening, winning game one, 6-1 while losing game two by a slim margin, at 7-6. The Crusaders outhit the Raiders, 11-6 in the game and jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the second [Continue Reading...]
Box Score (Game One) Box Score (Game Two) LINCOLN, Ill. – Maranatha Baptist and Lincoln Christian faced off in the NCCAAII Midwest Regionals, in a best of three series with Lincoln Christian defeating the Crusaders narrowly in game one, 2-0 and 7-2 in game two. Senior pitcher Derek Funkhouser (Paris, Ill.) led the way with [Continue Reading...]
Box Score (Game One) Box Score (Game Two) FOND DU LAC, Wis. – The Maranatha softball team couldn’t pull off a win on Monday evening against the Marian Sabres, despite a strong effort in 5-1, and 8-2 losses. In the first game, the Sabres held a slim 1-0 lead after the fourth inning before pouncing [Continue Reading...]
Box Score (Game One) Box Score (Game Two) WATERTOWN, Wis. – The Lakeland Muskies pulled off a pair of wins, but not without a battle as the Crusaders took each game to nine innings, losing 5-2 and 11-2 on Monday evening. The ‘Sader’s defense set the tempo in game one, holding the Muskies to three [Continue Reading...]
AURORA, Ill. – The #1 team in the conference, Aurora Spartans and the Maranatha Crusaders squared off on Saturday afternoon, with the Spartans snagging wins of 8-0, and 18-0. The Spartans outhit the Crusaders 15-1 in game one, scoring three in the first inning and two in the second. Senior outfielder Autumn Peotter (Waupaca, Wis.) [Continue Reading...]
Box Score (Game One) Box Score (Game Two) LISLE, Ill. – In a doubleheader originally scheduled to be played in Watertown, Wis., Maranatha and Benedictine took to the field in Illinois, where the Eagles snagged victories of 16-0, and 18-4 on Friday evening. In game one, the Eagles tacked on a run in the first, [Continue Reading...]
Box Score (Game One) Box Score (Game Two) ROCKFORD, Ill. – In a Friday afternoon baseball doubleheader between the Rockford Regents and Maranatha Crusader, the Regents came out on top with scores of 19-0 and 11-1 in a Northern Athletics Conference matchup. Rockford used a big first inning in game one, in which the team [Continue Reading...]
WATERTOWN, Wis. – The NCCAAII recently honored Maranatha Student-Athlete, Torey DeLozier, as the Game Plan 4 Life Student-Athlete Character Award winner, given to one female and one male individual. DeLozier, a three-sport athlete in volleyball, basketball and softball was recognized on a combination of career achievements, and awards but focusing primarily on a display of [Continue Reading...]