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Wooster wins in final seconds
Roger An Contributing Writer The Wooster Fighting Scots hosted a thriller versus the Denison Big Red this past Saturday as the Conference rivals battled it out in Wooster’s Timken Gymnasium. France native Alex Baptiste ’18 started out the game with a layup to give the Scots the lead in the opening minutes. After a Denison…
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Globetrotters put on spectacular show, beat Generals
Ben Blotner Sports Editor The self-proclaimed “greatest basketball team ever” made its second-ever appearance in Wooster and first at the College on Monday, Feb. 5. In a display of rim-rattling dunks, exquisite ball-handling skills and good family entertainment, the Harlem Globetrotters bested their longtime rivals, the Washington Generals, 86-82 at Timken Gymnasium. After the teams…
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Fighting Scots welcome new athletic trainer Hovlid
Saeed Husain Chief Copy Editor Katelynn Hovlid joined The College of Wooster as the new assistant athletic trainer in January 2018. Hovlid came to the College following a two-and-a-half-year stint as head athletic trainer at Brewton-Parker College, a Division I (DI) school, in Mount Vernon, Ga. Previously, she worked as a graduate assistant athletic trainer…
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Men’s basketball grinds it out, women fall short vs. DePauw
Ben Blotner Sports Editor The Fighting Scots men’s and women’s basketball teams were both in action Saturday against DePauw University. Wooster’s women came up short against the Tigers at Neal Fieldhouse in Greencastle, Ind., while the men pulled off a 65-57 victory at Timken Gymnasium that saw Spencer Williams ’18 surpass the 1,500-point threshold for…
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Larry Nassar thoroughly deserves his life sentence for heinous crimes
Once known as one of the world’s best physicians who treated Division I athletes and U.S. Olympians, Larry Nassar will now spend the rest of his days in prison. Nassar was sentenced on Jan. 24, 2018 to up to 175 years in jail for the sexual abuse of his clients over decades. As if that…
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Track and field hosts invitational
Anna Hartig Staff Writer The College of Wooster track and field program hosted the Fighting Scots Invitational for its second home meet of the season. The six-team event was another notable meet as the men’s team finished in second place and the women’s team placed third with strong performances from both the field and distance…
