I know the Midwest Conference has changed its rules about spring ball which has allowed teams to have practices in the spring and play a game against another college (usually out of the country). I was wondering what schools took advantage of playing another college this spring. I know Carroll went up to Canada and played a college from up there, Carroll won 51-0, but had heard the team they played was not good at all.

Congrats to former IC Blueboy quarterback Peter Jennings on being named Carroll's QB Coach. Hopefully good things will be happening in Waukesha come fall!!!

http://athletics.carrollu.edu/news/detail.asp?newsid=3375&teamid=392

Carroll annoucned yesterday that Mark Krzykowski will be the new head coach of the Pioneers. Coach K has been defensive coord. for the team since 2006 and is a former alum of Carroll. I wishing nothing but the best to Coach K, his staff, and players on this upcoming season and years to come!!!

HELLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Also former Carroll head coach Henny Hiemenz was hired at the new offensive coordinator at Concordia University in Wisconsin it was announced.

The current plan at Carroll is to the normal national search for a new head coach, but my feeling is current interim head coach Mark Krzykowski will have the title of head coach sooner rather than later. Coach Krzykowski has the support of current players and many formers players and parents backing him to get the head job at the school. He is a former Carroll grad and would make a perfect fit for the school in my opinion.  Now I'm not saying that Coach K is a shoe in for the job, but my guy feeling is that he will be given the job when the dust clears.

Roop, not sure what you mean by that statement by the school being in the best part of town, but I doubt off campus issues had anything to do with Coach Henny stepping down as coach. Where Carroll is located in Waukesha is a pretty nice part of town, not sure if you are from the area or not.

Hickory being an alum of the school myself, I can tell you that the end of the year meetings and evaluations had a big part to do with Henny stepping down as head coach of the program. Meetings were held with the AD to discuss certain things with players and coaches alike, but it came down to certain issues I'm sure consistency with winning was one of them. Coach Mark Krzykowski has taken over on an interim basis, but I'm sure many current and past players would like to see Coach K get the nod as the new head coach. It says Henny had resigned, but took another position within the school not sure if that is an expanded role as a teacher or not.

I'm sure in the next few days it will be posted on Carroll's website, but I have heard from players now and who just graduated that he was asked to submit his resignation or be fired. No specific reason has come up, but I'm sure a few things will surface once the dust clears.

I would say Carroll has been in the upper part of the conference the last 5 to 6 years, but has not gotten over that hump of beating one the of the upper teams. Always brought teams to the brink of upsets but unable to finish. I thought Coach Hiemenz did a decent job over his 5 years at head coach, but he has been a coach at Carroll for almost a decade. I wish him the best in the future, and heres to hoping Carroll rights the ship and gets back to competing for  a Conference Championship soon!!

Rumor today coming from Waukesha, WI is that Henny Hiemenz the head coach of Carroll Pioneers was either asked to step down as coach or be fired. He supposedly tendered his resignation after 5 years of being the head coach. He did have two teams in his 5 years at the helm that did post a 7 and 3 record. Obviously there is probably more to it than this, but that is what I was told.

My picks for this weekends games...

Monmouth vs Ripon.... Ripon 35 Monmouth 14

Grinnell vs Knox..... Grinnell 28 Knox 6

Illinois College vs St. Norbert.... St. Norbert 35 IC 21

Beloit vs Lake Forest..... Beloit 28 Lake Forest 21

Carroll vs Lawrence... Carroll 33 Lawrence 12

Let's hope I'm not 100% correct on this, HOPE to see the Scots pull one out to help a certain team in southeastern Wisconsin near Milwaukee!!!

Picks for this weekends games....

Grinnell vs Beloit... Beloit with a 28-17 win.

Knox vs Ripon.... Ripon BIG!

IC vs Lawrence.... IC 35 Lawrence 12

Monmouth vs St. Norbert.... St. Norbert 28 Monmouth 14

Carroll vs. Lake Forest... Carroll 49 Lake Forest 13

Here are my picks for this weekends games....

Monmouth vs IC.... Monmouth 28 IC 24 in a close one

Lake Forest vs Grinnell..... Grinnell 35 Lake Forest 14

SNC vs LU.... SNC 35 LU 6

Beloit vs Knox.... Beloit 42 Knox 12

Game of the Week

Carroll vs Ripon.... Carroll 28 Ripon 21... This is a game that will go back and forth and have some ugly parts at times as I'm sure every Carroll/Ripon game does.

Final in Waukesha... Carroll 33 Beloit 21, Carroll takes back the Pio-Buc Trophy!