CALVIN SPORTS REPORT FOR JAN. 23, 2007
Shuttle Service Provided for Calvin-Hope Men's Basketball Game Saturday;
Satellite Parties Scheduled for Calvin-Hope Men's Basketball Game Saturday
SHUTTLE SERVICE INFORMATION
Calvin/Hope Men's Basketball Game
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Calvin College Fieldhouse
2:00 p.m. tip-off
Shuttle Location:
1580 East Beltline
Two vans will be providing transportation beginning at 12:00 noon and will run
after the game until the Fieldhouse has been cleared.
Due to campus construction and the Worship Symposium on this date, parking
will be extremely limited. It is anticipated that parking for the Worship
Symposium will fill the Prince Conference Center parking lot as well as the
west parking lot of Calvin’s main campus.
The shuttle location for this game has been changed to 1580 East Beltline
(Calvin’s new advancement building and the former Heartwell Building).
NOTE: guests are encouraged to park appropriately on campus and, in an attempt
to be as neighborly as possible, are discouraged from parking on nearby streets
adjacent to the campus (e.g., Morningside, Hampshire).
Questions? Contact Norm Zylstra
normz@calvin.edu or 616.648.6273
SATELLITE PARTIES TO RECONVENE FOR CALVIN-HOPE MEN'S BASKETBALL GAME
On Saturday, January 26th, hangouts like Zeek's Pizza in Kirkland, Washington
and Ozzie's Restaurant in St. Louis, Missouri will have something in common
with 70 other sites across the country. They will all be tuning in to watch
the action unfold as the men's basketball teams from Hope College and Calvin
College meet on the hard-court for the 167th time.
The events, organized by the Alumni Associations of Hope College in Holland,
MI and Calvin College in Grand Rapids, MI, will be celebrating the 10th
Anniversary of a tradition that brings alumni, parents, and friends from the
two schools together each winter.
Over the years fans of this nationally recognized rivalry have had much to
cheer about. Since 1920, the two teams have faced each other 166 times, with
each team winning 83 of the contests. Amazingly, over the history of the
matchup, only 55 points separate the two teams. Hope has scored 11,176 points,
while Calvin has scored 11,121.
The "satellite parties", today hosted in New York, Los Angeles, and 68 other
locations in between, were started in 1999 after representatives from both
schools discovered a satellite broadcast of the Monon Bell Rivalry, an annual
college football matchup between DePauw University and Wabash College. The
first year of the Hope vs. Calvin telecast featured rented time on a satellite
that relayed the signal from WGVU in Grand Rapids, MI to just over 20 sites.
Today, with the help of digital satellite broadcasting and CSTV (College
Sports Television Network), the WGVU telecast of The Rivalry has grown to
include 70 official sites. A complete listing of the parties, as well as
statistics and history of the Rivalry, can be found online at
www.calvinhope.com or www.hopecalvin.com.
The next meeting between the two teams, a 88 year-old tiebreaker of sorts, is
scheduled to tip-off on Saturday, January 26th at 2:00 PM Eastern Time. If you
listen carefully, you'll be able to hear the cheers from a location near you.
Jeff Febus
Sports Information Director
Calvin College
(616) 526-6169 Office
(616) 526-8551 Fax
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