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Field hockey poses a challenge to rival
Aleksi Pelkonen Sports Editor The College of Wooster Field Hockey team succumbed to a late comeback by the Tigers of DePauw University (4-2, 2-0 NCAC) on Saturday to lose 6-5. The Scots (3-4, 1-2 NCAC) led 5-4 at halftime thanks to goals from Kerry O’Connor ’17 and Rachel Wetzel ’17 and a hat-trick from Kayla…
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Why I am not watching the NFL
It’s two weeks into the NFL season and I have not yet watched a single game. Over the past year, I have wrestled with my position on football. Faced with an increasingly unanimous body of evidence that determines football to have deeply troubling and severe long-term health effects on its participants, it is harder than…
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Scots football tops conference rival Allegheny at home
Shelley Grostefon Senior Sports Writer While The College of Wooster’s football team’s first home game was initially delayed by classic Ohio weather, the team waited out the rain with successful results. The Scots’ first home game in the 2016 season ended with an exciting victory over longtime rival Allegheny College, 49-40. The team was coming…
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Men’s and women’s tennis teams start season off strong
Ashley Ferguson Contributing Writer The College of Wooster’s men’s and women’s tennis teams broke out last weekend in competition against Walsh University and Oberlin College to kick off their regular seasons in style. The Fighting Scots women competed in the non-scoring Oberlin College Invitational, where they turned in tidy wins in doubles play on Saturday.…
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Volleyball continues fast start to season
Aleksi Pelkonen Sports Editor The Wooster volleyball team continued their dominant start to the season, winning all three of their matches at the Northwestern Pennsylvania Classic last weekend. The Scots lost only one set all weekend, easily disposing of Grove City College (25-19, 26-24, 25-14), Saint Vincent College (25-20, 25-13, 25-19) and Morrisville State College…
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Ryan Lochte is a disgrace to USA Olympians
Aug. 14, 2016: United States Olympian Ryan Lochte speaks with reporters about an incident involving himself and three other Olympic swimmers. According to Lochte, Brazilian civilians dressed as law enforcement ordered the four swimmers out of their taxi and commanded them at gunpoint to get on the ground. Lochte supposedly refused. However, as media coverage…
