Category: Sports

Throughout the past year, many players in the NFL have protested the national anthem in various ways, the biggest and most controversial of which is taking a knee for the duration of the national anthem. The most recent protests came from none other than the Cleveland Browns in their Monday night game against the Giants…

Roger An Contributing Writer The College’s cross country team started off the season with their annual Wooster Invite Friday at L.C. Boles Golf Course. The meet featured a trio of events, featuring the women’s 4K and 5K and men’s four-mile, as opposed to the traditional combination of an 8K for men and 6K for women,…

Ben Blotner Sports Editor Wooster’s football players have been grinding away for weeks now in preparation for the 2017 season. As they go through daily offensive and defensive drills along with rigorous conditioning, the team is more than ready to take on the challenge ahead. “We’re definitely looking pretty solid. We have a lot of…

Sam Kuhn Senior Sports Writer Over the weekend, both the men’s and women’s soccer team had scrimmages to finalize their preparations for the coming season. The women’s team had two scrimmages, winning both. They turned in a dominant performance, winning 7-0 against Bluffton and beating Lake Erie College 3-2. They return a very young team.…

As many sports enthusiasts may know, the Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston Celtics have a plan in place to make arguably the biggest move of the 2017 NBA offseason. They plan on trading away four time All-Star Kyrie Irving for standout point guard Isaiah Thomas, defensive specialist Jay Crowder, rookie center Ante Zizic and a prized…

Ashley Ferguson Sports Editor Rugby fans will be familiar with calls like, “that’s a ruck,” and now, Wooster students who may have been unfamiliar with the sport before have the chance to join the action. Now in its second semester at the College, the women’s rugby team kicked off the fall season with its first…