Sports

  • Chiefs and 49ers set to collide in Super Bowl rematch

    Chiefs and 49ers set to collide in Super Bowl rematch

    As the dust begins to settle on the 2024 National Football League (NFL) season, the stage is set for Super Bowl LVIII (58). This year, fans will witness a rematch of the 2020 Super Bowl between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers.   If you ask NFL fans, most will tell you that

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  • Etown Wrestling loses heartbreaker to Alvernia

    Etown Wrestling loses heartbreaker to Alvernia

    The Elizabethtown College wrestling team welcomed Alvernia University to Elizabethtown, Pa. this past weekend on Saturday, Feb. 3 at home. It was their second head-to-head matchup this season. While the Blue Jays had hoped to get some revenge for their earlier defeat, they went on to lose a nailbiter, as Alvernia narrowly escaped this one

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  • Men’s and Women’s Basketball bounce back over the weekend

    Men’s and Women’s Basketball bounce back over the weekend

    Last Saturday afternoon, Elizabethtown College’s  men’s (8-13, 5-9 conference) and women’s (15-6, 11-3 conference) basketball teams produced wins against Moravian University (M: 7-14, 3-11 conference, W: 7-14, 6-8 conference), 68-65 and 84-46 respectively.  The men’s team put on a dominating first half, outscoring Moravian 43-26. Fourth-year Dylan Rowe opened the scoring with two buckets, pushing

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  • Video Game Review: Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands

    Video Game Review: Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands

    As I blazed through my backlog of video games over winter break, one game I found rather unenjoyable was Gearbox Software’s latest entry in the eponymous Borderlands franchise— Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands. Despite the exemplary gameplay and presentation of this expansion on Borderlands 2’s best DLC pack, the poor writing, unfulfilling level design and overall lifelessness

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  • Athlete of the Week: Drew Bridges

    Athlete of the Week: Drew Bridges

    Drew Bridges, a sophomore field hockey player and chemistry major, is this issue’s Athlete of the Week. She had eight goals, one assist, 50 shots and 37 shots on goal. Bridges was the leading goal scorer for our Jays this year, followed by first-years Hannah Long and Mia Fino.   Starting her field hockey career at

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  • Etown basketball kicks off 2023 season

    Etown basketball kicks off 2023 season

    The Elizabethtown College men’s and women’s basketball teams kicked off their seasons last week on Saturday, Nov. 11. It was the second game for the men’s team, as on Wednesday, Nov. 6, the men’s team took down Cabrini University for their first of the season. On Saturday, they welcomed Stevenson University to Etown for a

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  • 2023 NFL midseason review

    2023 NFL midseason review

    We are just over halfway through the 2023 National Football League (NFL) season, and it’s been a tremendous first 10 weeks. From standout rookies to stars on pace to rewrite the history books, there are many storylines catching the eyes of the football world. This regular season has the chance to be one of the

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  • Video Game Review: Final Fantasy XVI

    Video Game Review: Final Fantasy XVI

    The recent string of low-quality releases from modern game companies boggles the mind as making a relatively good game should not showcase much difficulty. While fantastic games like Octopath Traveler II and Hi-Fi Rush were released this year, titles with broken and boring gameplay like Forspoken, Redfall and Gollum have appeared too often. Thankfully, Square-Enix

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  • Etown soccer season ends in Landmark Conference playoffs

    Etown soccer season ends in Landmark Conference playoffs

    The Elizabethtown College men’s and women’s soccer teams came up short in the playoffs this past week. The men’s team fell to Goucher College on Tuesday, Oct. 31 in the quarterfinals 3-2. The women’s team found success in the quarterfinals with a 2-1 win over Moravian University, but their season came to an end on

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