Sports

  • 2024 NFL season preview

    2024 NFL season preview

    The 2024 National Football League (NFL) season is upon us. The Kansas City Chiefs are looking to win a third straight Super Bowl, while other teams are attempting to make a statement and dethrone the two-time defending champions. However, a lot has changed in the last couple months. From players signing lucrative deals with new

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  • Etown away game weekend recap and updates

    Etown away game weekend recap and updates

    This past weekend, several of Elizabethtown College’s athletic teams traveled on the road to play their respective matches. The men’s and women’s track and field teams, the men’s and women’s tennis teams and women’s soccer team were scheduled to compete this weekend, hoping to capture wins before coming back home. On Friday, Sept. 6, the

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  • Field hockey earns first win of 2024 season

    Field hockey earns first win of 2024 season

    The Elizabethtown College field hockey team netted their first win of the season this past Saturday, Sept. 7 in an exciting victory that came down to the wire. The Blue Jays bested the St. John Fisher Cardinals and protected their home of Wolf Field, winning 4-3. It was a statement win for Etown, coming back

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  • Video game review: Gestalt Steam & Cinder

    Video game review: Gestalt Steam & Cinder

    Something I often mention is the necessity for certain games to make themselves noteworthy. Metroidvanias—and rogue-likes—with buttery-smooth pixel art can feel like they’re a dime a dozen at times, and someone’s hard work could easily get lost in unstable digital marketplaces.   I highly praise games when they take new approaches to commonplace mechanics, as they

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  • Etown softball falls short in doubleheader with Wilkes

    Etown softball falls short in doubleheader with Wilkes

    The Elizabethtown College softball team kept it close in both games of their doubleheader on Saturday, April 20 against Wilkes University but would fall short in both games. The weekend series saw the Blue Jays dominate on the mound in both games, but the bats were unable to come up big on the offensive end,

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  • NBA Playoffs: Teams to watch

    NBA Playoffs: Teams to watch

    The regular season is over. Those words mean one thing for basketball fans across the globe – the start of the National Basketball Association (NBA) playoffs. The atmosphere the NBA playoffs bring always proves to be one of the best in all of sports. This year, there’s been the potential birth of young dynasties, teams

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  • Men and women’s track and field compete in Mason-Dixon Invitational

    Men and women’s track and field compete in Mason-Dixon Invitational

    On April 19 and 20, the Elizabethtown College men and women’s track and field teams competed at the Mason-Dixon Invitational at Gettysburg College, in Gettysburg, Pa. The men’s team won one event and placed eight out of the 13 schools competing. The women’s team won two events and placed third out of the 10 schools

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  • Video Game Review: Cave Story

    Video Game Review: Cave Story

    The most popular games of all time almost always have incredible teams behind them. Chrono Trigger featured the best talent Square-Enix could get their hands on, and now the turn-based role-playing game is rightfully heralded as one of the best games in its genre and of all time. However, one of these all-time classics was

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  • Blue Jay tennis falls to Wilkes

    Blue Jay tennis falls to Wilkes

    Elizabethtown College’s men’s and women’s tennis teams played against Wilkes University on Saturday, April 13 in Landmark Conference action. It was a very windy day and it made for challenging conditions. Unfortunately, both Blue Jay teams fell to the Colonels.  The women’s team went in with a 6-6 record but lost by a final of

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