Sports

  • 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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  • Etown’s new men’s head soccer coach set to soar in 2024 

    Etown’s new men’s head soccer coach set to soar in 2024 

    Elizabethtown College is welcoming a new face to its athletics program. Moving forward, Evan Scheffey will be leading the program’s men’s soccer team. Scheffey takes over for former head coach Skip Roderick, who retired following the 2023 campaign in his 39th year as the College’s head coach.   Scheffey enters as Etown’s seventh men’s soccer head

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  • Exercise and its benefits for the body

    Exercise and its benefits for the body

    While everyone understands that exercise can keep one’s well-being high, most people presumably do not understand every contribution exercise delivers. People understand exercise can help you become more flexible, energetic and stronger, but what about the effects it has on the brain, skeleton and one’s mood? Exercise strengthens the entire body in more ways than

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