NCHS product Hirsch thrown into action for ISU
(WorldNews Sport)

NORMAL - Illinois State redshirt freshman center Garrett Hirsch made his college debut late in the Redbirds´ season-opening win over Butler on Sept. 2. Yet Hirsch´s real baptism came last Saturday in Charleston. When starting center Dean Helt suffered a first-quarter ankle injury, the Normal Community High School graduate entered the game and played several series of ISU´s 44-13 win over Eastern Illinois. `That was definitely my first collegiate game where the plays actually mattered,` Hirsch said. `It was a great experience. At that moment, you really just strap up and play. You can´t really freak out about anything. Just do what...