Affirmative Argument By Kyle Nichols Being from Florida, I grew up watching college sports, especially college football. I am a big college football fan and watch the Florida State Seminoles play every weekend. They play week after week with enormous pressure to win each Saturday. The players know if they don’t play well they will
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On Saturday, September 21, Josey Rupert broke the Eastern Women’s Cross Country record for the 6k at the Messiah Invitational. Her time was 23:33, which is about 54 seconds faster than the previous record. The competition was tough and the race was close, but Rupert is happy to call this her most significant accomplishment in
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Three weeks ago, Sebastian Carpenter was just a lowly Waltonian staff writer who had been tasked with writing up an article on the first weekend of March Madness action. Sebastian wrote that article, and he wrote it well. Said article was in fact so pleasing to the basketball gods that Sebastian’s bracket entry into the
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Men’s Tennis Coach Mark Spangler has his eyes set on returning to Conference playoffs this year with his rather young team. With only three returning players (Mylon Weaver, Tyler Schultz and lone senior, Codie Todd) Coach Spangler hopes for a season full of improvements on an individual, as well as, team level. Ultimately, he is
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Amidst the excitement of the developing spring season, there is also a twinge of melancholy, as Eastern prepares to say farewell Brad Fields. Fields will be taking over the Assistant Director position at his alma mater, Centre College in Kentucky, this fall. Fields made the following comment about his upcoming departure: “As my family and
Q: Has your team’s play on the field met your expectations thus far? A: I think the big thing, with me being a new coach, has been trust between the players and myself. I’ve been very pleased with how coachable and hungry to win this team has been from top to bottom. They are very
Coach Jed Morris shoots striaght on the baseball season Read Post »
2012, to say the least, was a disappointing year for Philadelphia sports fans. The Eagles struggled through a disappointing year while the Sixers have spent the season watching their superstar center sitting on the bench with injuries. For those fans who aren’t still hoping the Flyers can turn it around, this upcoming Phillies season offers
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If someone took you and three of your friends and put you on a sports team with nine people you had never played with before, how well could you expect to do? This is the situation Eastern University’s softball team currently finds itself in, with only four returning players and nine freshman taking the field
Youth Starting to Change Eastern Softball Team Read Post »
Last season, the men’s lacrosse team knew Dave Hoger as a friend and fellow teammate, and this year they can add coach to the list. Hoger was offered an assistant coach position with the men’s lacrosse team (EUML) recently after graduating from Eastern University in May 2012. “It has been a pleasure having Dave both
From goalie mask to coaching staff Read Post »
