Category: Sports

  • Baseball falters in NCAC play

    Travis Marmon Sports Editor The Wooster baseball team started off hot this season, winning five of its six games in Fort Myers, Fla. over spring break. The Scots have lost five of their last six, including three out of four at home to Kenyon College, to arrive at a 10-9 record (1-3 NCAC). The team’s…

  • JULIE’S JOCK JAMS, April 6th

    My love-hate relationship with the NFL draft Julie Kendall The NFL draft is in three weeks. What have you done to prepare? According to the league and every media outlet that serves it, you should be vigilantly familiarizing yourself with every eligible player’s backstory and stats, every team’s roster needs and every combination of potential…

  • Kentucky wins Division I men’s basketball championship

    Travis Marmon Sports Editor The University of Kentucky defeated the University of Kansas 67-59 on Monday in the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, delivering controversial coach John Calipari his first ever championship and the eighth overall for the school. The top-seeded Wildcats were the clear favorite throughout…

  • Men’s and women’s lacrosse teams make way through season

    Julie Kendall Sports Editor The Wooster men’s lacrosse team defeated St. Vincent College at home on March 28, bringing up their record to an even 5-5, now two-thirds of the way through the season. Wooster got off to an impressive 3-0 start this season, in which they outscored Albion College, Bethany College and Aurora University…

  • Track ends home schedule

    John McGovern Viewpoints Editor The Fighting Scots women’s track and field team took first place at the annual Wooster Invitational last Friday, while the men’s squad fought hard for a third place finish. After running with some of the best athletes in the country over spring break at the University of South Florida, the balmy…

  • Swimming and diving embroiled in bounty scandal

    Julie Kendall   I was an athlete once The College of Wooster swim team is undergoing an investigation by the NCAA for allegedly maintaining a lucrative bounty system, in which athletes would receive cash rewards for injuring competitors with the intent to take them out of the race. According to anonymous sources, Scot swimmers would…