CMU, EMU play late game of double header at Ford Field
When Central Michigan’s football team plays Eastern Michigan at Ford Field November 6, they won’t be alone.
Wayne State and Hillsdale College will play the first game of the day at 12 p.m., with the CMU game following at 4:30 p.m.
Kelly/Shorts construction continues
Phase two of the resurfacing of Kelly/Shorts stadium started Tuesday.
Construction crews are now leveling off the crown that was built during the last resurfacing. The process is expected to take more than a week.
Workers will begin to install FieldTurf after the second phase is complete.
Field hockey hires new assistant coach
Field hockey coach Cristy Freese will welcome Earl Marais to her staff effective July 1.
Marais will fill a vacant position left by former assistant coach Kristen Manson. Manson returned to James Madison, her alma mater, to take an assistant coaching job.
Marais is from South Africa and has been teaching and coaching at the high school level in North Carolina.
“We are very excited because he has a great deal of experience not only in coaching, but also in administration,” Freese said. “He has played and coached a great deal, and has tried to learn as much as he can.”
Freese said she is happy to bring this caliber of coaching for her team.
“The team is very excited,” she said. “When Kristen left, I told them that I was going to get the best coach I can, and I think I did that by getting Earl here.”
While Marais should bring his international connections, Freese said that was not why she hired him.
“The best field hockey is played internationally,” Freese said. “Usually when we recruit international players, they contact us, not the other way around.”
