John Chambers Honored

HAMPDEN-SYDNEY, VA (09/08/2010)(readMedia)-- At Opening Convocation on Thursday, August 26, John Robert Chambers, a sophomore at Hampden-Sydney College, received the Omicron Delta Kappa Award. The ODK Award was established in 1974 to mark the 50th anniversary of the Lambda Circle and has been endowed by generous contributions from ODK alumni. This scholarship is awarded annually to a member of the sophomore class who demonstrated real leadership in their freshman year....

Mid-Week Preview

Below is the article from Salisbury State website the outcome of the NC Wesleyan Game.  There is not an article as of today on the NC Wesleyan site.  Salisbury won the game 13 to 7. 

SALISBURY, Md. – The Salisbury University football team kicked off its 2010 season on Saturday night at Sea Gull Stadium, holding on for a 13-7 victory against North Carolina Wesleyan College. The win avenged a 24-17 loss from the 2009 season.


The Salisbury defense set the tone for the first half on the opening drive when junior Brandon Lemon made a leaping interception in front of the Salisbury sideline....

Around the ODAC

Jennings is go to player at E & H

E & H Jennings is Offensive Player of the Week

Bridgewater's Jeter is Defensive Player of the Week

We have "The Game" - Guilford has the "Soup Bowl"

ODAC Teams go 5 and 2 in openers

Click here to see articles on yesterday's ODAC games.

Sep. 4

Randolph-Macon 54 Methodist 14
Bridgewater 19 St. Vincent 14
Washington & Lee 7 Frank. & Marsh. 35

Hampden-Sydney 45 Averett 30

Emory & Henry 23 Ferrum 17 Final - 2OT
Catholic 16 Shenandoah 13
Greensboro 17 Guilford 15

The Local Slant on Yesterday's Game

Below is an article from http://www.godanriver.com/ the home town paper of the Averett Cougars.  To read the article on the HSC.edu site click here.

The outcome of Averett’s season opener against Hampden-Sydney was already well determined by the time freshman quarterback Kirkland Brown finally took the reins of the Cougars’ offense....

Nice Article on Travis Lane

Below is an article from the Times Dispatch on HSC QB Travis Lane

The imprint Corey Sedlar left on Hampden-Sydney football will be seen for years to come. Look no farther than the ODAC record book, where his name can be found in the top four of every passing category.

The man standing in his shadow, about to take his place, is junior Travis Lane. He has the arduous task of keeping Hampden-Sydney's relentless passing game a thing of the present and not just the past.
"Obviously, it's tough with everyone knowing Corey and...

A Great Football Story

D3 Preview Mentions HSC

The ODAC, with Hampden-Sydney. I think the Tigers are a little stronger than we give them credit for entering their opener with Averett. How many times has a Marty Favret offense plugged in another quarterback and been off to the races? I remember worrying about a Favret offense once. That was 1998, however.

Click here to read the entire article.

ODAC Preview

Below is an article from www.Fredricksburg.com  on all the ODAC conference teams.

ODAC preview

Date published: 9/2/2010
By Steve DeShazo


Returning playmakers on both sides of the ball make Hampden-Sydney the favorite to win its third Old Dominion Athletic Conference title in the past four years.
Junior running back Kirk Rohle led the ODAC in scoring (17 touchdowns), rushed for 854 yards and caught 49 passes for the Tigers (10-1, 6-0) last season. He should keep the heat off new starting quarterback Travis Lane.
Also back is senior defensive end Will Riggenbach, the reigning ODAC defensive player of the year. He had a league-high 14.5 sacks for the ODAC's best defense....

Kickoff is 48 hour away!

Click here to read the pre-game notes from the Averett website.