Sports

  • All-American athlete welcomed as assistant coach

    All-American athlete welcomed as assistant coach

    Elizabethtown College has welcomed a Division I All-American athlete as an assistant coach for the cross-country and track and field teams. Stefanie Cassel, who graduated from Edinboro University, started this year as an assistant coach at Etown. Cassel got her bachelors in exercise science from Edinboro and has her masters in exercise science and physical

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  • Men’s basketball continues strong start with win over Messiah

    Men’s basketball continues strong start with win over Messiah

    In their last game before Landmark Conference play begins, the Elizabethtown Blue Jays men’s basketball team looked to capitalize on their non-conference schedule with a record above .500 to begin the season against the Messiah Falcons on Saturday, Nov. 16.  Messiah and Etown were neck and neck in the first half, with either side only

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  • Star-studded market has all the attention in MLB offseason

    Star-studded market has all the attention in MLB offseason

    The Major League Baseball (MLB) offseason always starts off slow. Depth signings are made early on, but the big name players typically wait to pounce on a big-time offer. This offseason’s free agent market is filled to the brim with stars that can change the direction a franchise is headed. From aces that can take

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  • Video Game Review: Zenless Zone Zero

    Video Game Review: Zenless Zone Zero

    Similar to Honkai Star Rail, Zenless Zone Zero is the most recent release developed and published by MiHoYo. As much as I enjoyed Honkai Star Rail, it quickly lost my interest. The turn-based combat clashed with the “fun-in-short-bursts” gameplay quirks woven into its mechanics. Despite the developers’ best efforts to make it function, divvying up

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  • The NCAA’s fifth year for Division III athletes comes to an end this season

    The NCAA’s fifth year for Division III athletes comes to an end this season

    Year five or year four? This decision is a complete game-changer for some collegiate athletes. As the curtain closes on the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA) unprecedented extra year of eligibility, student-athletes must decide if they will seize the moment for one final season. With COVID-19 upsetting the lives of many, college athletes were no

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  • Cleveland Cavaliers begin 2024 NBA season in historic way

    Cleveland Cavaliers begin 2024 NBA season in historic way

    The 2024 National Basketball Association (NBA) season has seen several teams dominate the first couple of weeks. The Western Conference is loaded with strong competitors, as 11 teams sit at or above the .500 record mark. In the Eastern Conference, two teams are dominating, the Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston Celtics. The Cavaliers currently sit atop

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  • Elizabethtown splits the weekend in women’s basketball

    Elizabethtown splits the weekend in women’s basketball

    Although the leaves are still falling off the trees, winter sports have begun for Elizabethtown College and the women’s basketball team kicked off their season with the Blue Jay Tournament at home this weekend. Etown got the chance to face the Marymount Saints in the tournament’s first round. The Blue Jays were neck and neck

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  • Video Game Review: Voidwrought

    Video Game Review: Voidwrought

    It’s one thing to make a game in a genre that is relatively oversaturated. It’s another thing entirely to make a game that feels like it’s trying to build its reputation off of a different title. The beloved title Hollow Knight succeeded, and success inherently begets copycats.   The game Voidwrought initially seems like an example

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  • Un-breaking new ground: What constitutes an Olympic Sport?

    Un-breaking new ground: What constitutes an Olympic Sport?

    The 2024 Olympic Games saw the addition of breakdancing/breaking to the competition. While opinions regarding whether breaking should have become a competition in the world’s biggest sporting event, the event’s inclusion allowed an enormous audience to learn more about something potentially new to them. However, its lifespan was short-lived. The 2028 Summer Los Angeles Olympic

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