2009 Around the Mid-Atlantic columns

November 17, 2009 JHU's season plays tough start to finish

November 10, 2009 Fans help feed rivalries' fire

November 3, 2009 Ogun's season reshaped by injury Sometimes the mountain a player has to climb doesn't involve a difficult opponent or a week of grueling practice. Sometimes it's much more personal and challenges his physical and mental limitations in ways he hadn't before known.

October 27, 2009 There's more to Juniata than win No. 1 In December 2008, coach Carmen Felus inherited a Juniata team that had won just five games in the previous five seasons. It’s a tall mountain to climb for any head coach, a journey that is marked by milestones along the way.

October 20, 2009 Bishops have a history as late bloomers After going through the nonconference slate 1-2 this year, North Carolina Wesleyan was on familiar ground. Every year since the program began in 2004, that’s how the season has started.

October 13, 2009 ODAC's undefeateds meet with grit Talented teams have a knack for throwing other good teams off their game and for making opponents' strengths seem more like weaknesses. Winning in these situations comes down to coaching and on-field adaptability.

October 6, 2009 From friends to foes, then back again How do two best friends compete against each other every year and still almost never see each other play?

September 29, 2009 Making history in Gettysburg You can tell Barry Streeter is still passionate about football even after 31 years at the helm of the same program.

September 22, 2009 Every second counts for Ferrum, Bridgewater It’s easy for a team to let the hangover of a close defeat burden its poise and execution on the field afterward. And it’s easy to fall prey to the same mistakes over and over.

September 15, 2009 From the battlefield to the gridiron As Rodney Beasley winced from the pain, the tragedy of the moment was compounded by the fact that this day in January 2005 was his wife’s birthday. Perhaps luckiest of all was that the bullet missed his spine.

September 8, 2009 Two coaches learn to apply the big picture There’s more to being a football coach than winning on the field. It’s a like-it-or-not situation, but two coaches from the Mid-Atlantic were given the keys this summer to better handle those and other aspects of the job.

September 1, 2009 Games to watch for 2009 The beauty of Division III is that we as a community are there, too – as well as here and everywhere else you look. It’s just not always so obvious.