Category: Sports

  • Te’o undeserving of Heisman despite team success

    I bet Lou Holtz and Digger Phelps are in heaven right now. Yes, it is a great time to be a Notre Dame fan. The Fighting Irish have just capped off a stellar undefeated season when they beat USC on primetime television and were recently selected to play in the BCS National Championship Game against…

  • Men’s basketball dominates Wittenberg on the road

    Travis Marmon Sports Editor The Wooster men’s basketball team made a statement on Saturday as it took down archrival Wittenberg University 60-41 in Springfield, Ohio. The Scots have a new look this year, but their defense dominated the Tigers, who have traditionally been one of the better teams in the NCAC. Wooster held Wittenberg to…

  • Women’s basketball equals 2011-12

    Lincoln Plews Sports Staff Writer After starting the season with two consecutive wins against Franciscan University and Westminster College in the Nan Nichols Classic, the women’s basketball team stumbled with a loss against Bluffton University to fall to 2-1 going into this past Thursday’s game against Allegheny College. The Scots lost to the Allegheny Gators…

  • Swimming finishes third in Greater Cleveland Tourney

    Julie Kendall Sports Editor   Wooster’s men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams wrapped up the Greater Cleveland Tournament last Saturday by outscoring Lake Erie College with a combined score of 330-225. The win, combined with last weekend’s strong results against Hiram College and Oberlin College earned the Fighting Scots third place overall in the…

  • Why we should all be glad to see the BCS go in 2014

    Travis Marmon   For a brief, frightening moment this weekend, I thought I would miss the Bowl Championship Series when it is replaced with a playoff format in 2014. Texas A&M’s upset of Alabama meant that there would, in all likelihood, be no team from the Southeastern Conference in this year’s National Championship Game, ending…

  • Football ends season with blowout loss to OWU

    Julie KendalSports Editor The College of Wooster football team closed out the season with yet another huge loss, this time to Ohio Wesleyan University last Saturday. The 36-12 defeat dropped the Scots’ overall season record to 2-8 (1-6 NCAC), and gave OWU the conference title. Looking like a team vying for a title, the Battling…