Category: Sports

  • Swimming competes at NCACs

    The men’s and women’s swimming teams have a lot to be proud of after an impressive performance at the North Coast Athletic Conference Championships last week. The women finished in the top half of the eight-team field with a fourth place finish just behind Allegheny College.

  • Women’s basketball gets first conference victory in OT

    The women’s basketball team earned its first North† Coast Athletic Conference victory last week, topping the Yeowomen of Oberlin College 66-57 in overtime in Oberlin, Ohio.† Forward Jessica Wingen ’13 led all scorers with 19 points and contributed eight rebounds as part of a two-game stretch that earned her NCAC Player of the Week honors.…

  • Super Bowl ends in a victory for the Green Bay Packers

    Super Bowl XLV started off quickly for the Green Bay Packers, who gained a 14-0 lead by the end of the second quarter. After deferring the kick and giving the Steelers the ball to start the game, the Packers’ defense got an impressive three-and-out stop, against a very experienced Steelers offense.

  • Super Bowl ends but offseason woes begin for NFL fans

    Since the Super Bowl on Sunday, a new question has arisen within the American football spectrum. Will there be any† football played in the year 2011? In March, the current Collective Bargaining Agreement between the National Football League ownership and the NFL Players’ Union will expire. This expiration could result in a lockout that would…

  • Track and field steps up

    The track and field team took a major step toward a successful season last Saturday at the Polar Bear Invitational, which was hosted by Ohio Northern University. The women’s team took second place and the men’s team finished third in overall competition. Both of these indicate the possible success the Wooster track and field teams…

  • Top five Super Bowl ads that didn’t fail to entertain

    Aside from the plethora of inappropriate Ben Roethlisberger jokes and constant reminders of how bad Joe Buck is at his job, my Super Bowl watching experience was pretty fantastic: I found out there were other members of the Black Eyed Peas, the Steelers lost and Justin Bieber was in a commercial. And speaking of commercials,…