Category: Sports

  • Voices from the Crowd: The Cleveland Browns will be ‘‘dangerous’’ in 2019

    As many dedicated sports fans know, the Cleveland Browns have been at the end of almost all losing sports jokes. Everything from “The Drive” to “The Fumble” to the infamous “Perfect Season Parade” (which I was in attendance for) clutters the 74 year history of the organization, which fails to include a Super Bowl trophy…

  • Track and field victorious in Fighting Scots Invite

    Ben Blotner Senior Sports Writer The men’s and women’s track and field teams performed brilliantly at the Fighting Scots Invitational on Saturday, Jan. 26, as Wooster finished first out of the six schools competing on both the men’s and women’s sides.  Along with the usual student-athletes, Dean of Students Scott Brown decided to participate in…

  • Record-setting Pettorini set to retire after season

    Chloe Burdette Sports Editor At the conclusion of the 2019 season, Tim Pettorini, skipper of the Fighting Scots baseball team, will retire as one of the most successful coaches in any sport in any division in NCAA history. As the daughter of a former Fighting Scots baseball player, I feel uniquely positioned and incredibly honored…

  • Wooster women’s basketball fights through challenging season

    Matt Olszewski Sports Editor The Wooster women’s basketball team has not had the season they expected to have, but continue to grow as a team and make huge steps in the right direction. The team started off with a 3-1 record, but has since fallen. They started off their season with a loss to Kenyon,…

  • Fighting Scots dominate over winter break

    Ben Blotner Senior Sports Writer The Fighting Scots men’s basketball team went 5-2 in the seven games they played over winter break, dropping a pair of games in Mesa, Ariz. before returning home to sweep their next five contests.  “Our team made some very good strides over the winter break,” said Head Coach Steve Moore.…

  • Swimmers compete at Wooster Invitational

    Saeed Husain Sports Editor The Fighting Scots Swimming and Diving teams hosted their largest event of the year this past week over the course of three days.  The annual meet was held from Thursday, Nov. 29, to Saturday, Dec. 1, with 12 teams participating. Events, as customary, were held at both Wooster High School (swimming),…