Category: Sports

  • Track and field continues to work toward championships

    Anna Hartig Staff Writer The Fighting Scots track and field programs competed in yet another notable meet last weekend at Denison University. The Bob Shannon Invitational highlighted big victories for both the men’s and women’s teams as they progress onto All-Ohio Championships next Saturday, Feb. 10. In the 13-team event, the men’s team finished in…

  • Cavaliers need to put ego clashes aside, focus on winning again

    Going into the 2017-18 NBA season, I was very optimistic about the Cleveland Cavaliers. Even after trading star point guard Kyrie Irving to Boston in August, I felt that the team had enough pieces to compete for the NBA Championship in June. Although the team was old and lacked chemistry, I was confident that LeBron…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…