First football of the season

Macalester quarterback Clark Bledsoe hands off to T. Joe Loiselle during a game between the Scots and the Grinnell Pioneers on September 3, 2011 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Grinnell defeated Macalester 31-6. T. Loiselle gained 48 yards on the day.

I kicked off the 2011-12 col­lege sports sea­son on Sep­tem­ber 3 at Macalester Col­lege in St. Paul, Min­neso­ta where the Grin­nell Pi­o­neers came to vis­it the Scots. It was an over­cast day and rain passed just north, but it stayed nice­ly dry on this stretch of Snelling Av­enue. You may be ask­ing why these are… Con­tin­ue read­ing First foot­ball of the season

Featured Photo: May 16, 2010

Tom Whippler (25) celebrates with teammates after hitting the first of three home runs on the day -- this one a game-winning two-run shot in the first game -- during a 7-6 11-inning win over Concordia-Moorhead in the final elimination round game of the MIAC baseball tournament on May 15, 2010 in Dundas, Minn. St. Thomas advanced to face Augsburg in the championship round. The Auggies won a 3-2 game the previous day, but St. Thomas crushed the Auggies 17-1.