competition
College vs. high school sports: Bigger, better, stronger
TERESA DULAC SPORTS EDITOR Transitioning from high school sports to college sports can be challenging. About 1 in 14 high school athletes go on to play in college sports, which is a minuscule number. There are many differences between high school and college sports, and they can vary somewhat between college divisions, but they stand true whether you are a Division I or Division III. […]
Franciscan rugby wins East Region Cup Championship
JOHN GALLAGHER SPORTS EDITOR The Franciscan University rugby team found themselves on the winning end of the Central East Region Cup Championship, as they overcame Taylor University on Sunday in a 45-17 victory characterized by 31 second-half points. Play opened on a chilly afternoon at Franciscan University, conveniently the host site for the championship showdown. […]
Intramural sports sponsor community among students and athletes
KETRINA CLEMONS STAFF WRITER The Finnegan Fieldhouse echoes with sounds in the evenings, and the fields are full of students who are not competing in the NCAA brackets. Why? Because it’s intramural season. Intramural athletics is an individual experience to each athlete that participates. For one athlete who does not feel fit enough for a […]
Student Sports Column: While you’re waiting
JOHN GALLAGHER SPORTS EDITOR The contemporary sports world is marked by an unprecedented age of record-breaking athletes, individuals paid hundreds of millions of dollars to jump higher, run faster and work harder than the competition. However, in the interest of seeking similarities between sports, there is an athletic element of competition present in each and […]
They want it
JOHN GALLAGHER SPORTS EDITOR There’s a concept in the world of athletics that to this day fascinates me. When two teams compete – be that two men on a tennis court, or eleven women on a soccer field – all of the practice time, the independent workouts and ice baths and conditioning periods and film […]