2009 Football News
DEFIANCE, Ohio – The National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame recently announced its 2010 NFF Hampshire Honor Society, which is made up of collegiate football players from all divisions of play who maintained a grade-point average of 3.2 or higher.
DEFIANCE, Ohio – Former Defiance College football player and student coach, Don Martindale, was recently named as the defensive coordinator of the National Football League’s Denver Broncos.
DEFIANCE, Ohio – Just days after being named NCAA Division III All-Ohio by OhioCollegeFootball.com, Defiance College’s Kyle Longsdorf has been named D3football.com Third-Team All-North Region.
DEFIANCE, Ohio – OhioCollegeFootball.com officials recently announced the 2009 NCAA Division III All-Ohio Teams, with Defiance College’s Tom Foos and Kyle Longsdorf each being honored by the website. Foos garnered First-Team honors, with Longsdorf being named Third-Team All-Ohio.
GREENWOOD, Ind. – The 2009 All-Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Team was announced by the HCAC league office on Wednesday, as voted on by the conference’s eight head coaches. Defiance College placed nine student-athletes among the 91 athletes to receive the award. [HCAC Release]
GREENWOOD, Ind. – The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference has selected Kyle Longsdorf as its Defensive Player of the Week, after he racked up 22 tackles in Defiance’s 35-0 victory against Bluffton on Saturday at Coressel Stadium.
DEFIANCE, Ohio – Defiance College sent its 18-man senior class out in style on Saturday by scoring a lopsided, 35-0, win against Bluffton on Senior Day. The 35-point margin of victory was DC’s highest against the Beavers since joining the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference in 2000.
DEFIANCE, Ohio - Saturday will mark the final collegiate contest in the careers of Defiance College’s 18 seniors. The Yellow Jackets will recognize each of those 18 student-athletes before taking the field to clash with the Bluffton Beavers.
CINCINNATI, Ohio – A strong third quarter nearly allowed Defiance to erase a 14-0 halftime deficit at the 27th-ranked Lions of Mount St. Joseph on Saturday, but the Mount held off the rally and escaped with a 24-16 win over the Yellow Jackets.
DEFIANCE, Ohio – The Hanover Panthers won for only the second time this season and snapped DC’s two-game win streak with a 30-27 victory over the Yellow Jackets at Justin F. Coressel Stadium on Saturday. The loss also snapped a four-game win streak by Defiance against the Panthers on the gridiron.
DEFIANCE, Ohio - Defiance will be hoping to earn its third-straight victory overall and its fifth-straight against Hanover when it hosts the Panthers at Justin F. Coressel Stadium in Saturday’s 1:30 pm game. Fans can follow the action online by viewing the free webcast or following the live stats.
DEFIANCE, Ohio – Defiance College’s Anthony Sierra has been named to the D3football.com National Team of the Week for the second-straight time. The freshman corner was selected to the team from more than 70 nominated student-athletes from around the nation.
DEFIANCE, Ohio – For the second week in a row, the Defiance College football team claimed a pair of Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Player-of-the-Week awards after Anthony Sierra and Alex Bonilla led stout performances from the defense and special teams in DC’s 20-7 win at Anderson. [HCAC Release]
ANDERSON, Ind. – On a night which saw offense come at a premium, Defiance College turned to a stingy defensive effort and a clutch special teams performance to move into fourth place in the Heartland Conference standings with a 20-7 victory at Anderson.
DEFIANCE, Ohio ? Just one day after being named as the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Week, Defiance College?s freshman cornerback, Anthony Sierra, was selected to D3football.com?s 26-man National Team of the Week.
DEFIANCE, Ohio – Anthony Sierra and Tom Foos played major parts in lifting Defiance to a 28-21 conference victory at Rose-Hulman and have both garnered Player-of-the-Week accolades from the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference.
