Hoof Prints - Dec. 31, 2010
December 31, 2010 – Hoof Prints Article
Hello Mustang Fans!
It has been a week of travel for the Hmielewski Family as we visited my side of the family for the holidays in Olathe and Gardner, Kansas. The roads traveling down to Kansas last Thursday were touch and go from Sioux City to Kansas City with a rain, sleet and a snowy mix the entire way with temperatures ranging from 35-31 degrees. We never did have stretches of ice, thank goodness.
We encountered much better road conditions on our return trip all the way until we hit Worthington. Worthington to Marshall was slow with stretches of ice. It was like our travel slowed down to a crawl for those last 60 miles.
We found out upon our return to Marshall on Wednesday that 34 degrees in the Kansas City area is much different than 34 degrees here in Marshall. We were in sweat shirts in Kansas and completely bundled up Wednesday night as we shoveled off the driveway. Overall, it was a very relaxing trip. We will now begin to prepare for a very busy spring semester with all our winter and spring sports in full swing. Classes at SMSU will start up again on Monday, January 10. The Mustang Booster Club and SMSU Athletics Department have a number of events coming up in January and February:
Hawaiian Night Saturday, January 29 @ 6:00 pm/8:00 pm (Women’s & Men’s BB vs Winona State)
Gold Rush Raffle Friday, February 25 @ 6:00 pm (Social Hour)
Hall of Honor Saturday, February 26 @ 1:00 pm
The SMSU Women’s Basketball team (2-8, 1-5 NSIC) and the Mustang Men’s Basketball team (5-5, 2-4 NSIC) are back in action this weekend as they welcome the University of Minnesota, Crookston (5-4, 1-4 NSIC) on Saturday, with tip-offs slated for 4:00 pm and 6:00 pm, before facing Minnesota State University, Moorhead (6-3, 3-2 NSIC) on Sunday, January 2, with the contests beginning at 3:00 pm and 5:00 pm in the R/A Facility.
The Mustangs Wrestling team (2-0-1 overall) will pick up action on January 19 when they head to Mitchell, SD to take on Dakota Wesleyan and Northwestern (Iowa) in a triangular starting at 4:30 pm.
The Mustang Wheelchair Basketball team (6-1 overall) will return to action January 15-16 as the Mustangs play host to the Timberwolves with the set at 4:00 pm and 6:00 pm on January 15 and 10:30 am on January 16. The following weekend (Jan. 21-23), the Mustangs will head to Champagne, IL for the College Conference Wheelchair Basketball Tournament
From the SMSU Athletics Department, we would like to wish all our Mustang Fans safe travels this weekend and a Happy New Year!
Go Mustangs!
Congratulations to Tom McLaughlin, who provided the correct answer to last week’s Mustang Hoofprints Trivia Question: What former SMSC Men’s Golfer finished 3rd in the NIC Tournament for the Mustangs 1973? Marshall’s own Tom “Crash” Ellingson was the Mustang Men’s Golfer who placed 3rd overall for the Mustangs in the NIC Tournament.
Hoofprints Trivia Question (please put this in a box with the title on top)
How many SMSU Athletic Department coaches and staff members once wore the Brown and Gold as former SMSU student-athletes?
The first person to email me at MustangHoofPrints@SMSU.edu with the correct answer to this question will receive an SMSU t-shirt. The winner will be announced on The Saturday Morning Mustang Show between 9:00 am and 10:00 am on 1400AM each week.
