Sports & Rec

Maddie Conley Online Editor Campus saw an outbreak of Pokémon characters yesterday. Don’t worry, the colorful creatures seen running around have been identified as the men’s wrestling team. The game involves senior team members acting as “trainers” chasing after the underclassmen acting as Pokémon. The trainer who catches the most …

Megan Bomba Sports Editor With lacrosse season in full swing, feelings of spring, hope and anticipation are arising among the players. Both the Messiah Women’s and Men’s Lacrosse teams are looking to improve on their record from last year with relatively young rosters. A new season brings together a new …

Megan Bomba Sports Editor Passion. It is one of the five P’s that the Daisy Dukes strive to have. The other four include glory (spelled “pglory”), pride, unity (also spelled “punity”) and passion again. The Daisy Dukes continue a tradition that has lasted through the generations. Each year, the Messiah …

Natalie Vermeulen Student Writer 60-meter hurdles, high jump, shot put, long jump, 800 meters…and one MAC Championship pentathlon winner made up this weekend. Sophomore Taylor Wiederrecht won gold in the pentathlon at the MAC Championship Indoor Track & Field meet, and her score made her nationally ranked—a goal she never …

Maddie Conley Online Editor The Super Bowl is only hours away. Eagles and Patriots fans are squirming with anticipation. Hot wings are getting ordered and jerseys are being donned. Here are a few fun facts to kick off the 2018 Super Bowl. Super Bowl Rings The Super Bowl is not …

Lilly Kashishian Student Writer Fall means pumpkin spice, pumpkin lattes, basically pumpkin everything and, of course…football! As we head into the 2017-2018 NFL season there are a lot of questions to be answered. Will the Madden Curse affect superstar quarterback Tom Brady? Will Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott have a …

Becky Kimmel Editor-in-Chief While you were spending your summer days lounging on the beach, the Messiah campus was busy getting a bit of a face lift. You may have noticed the detour by the railroad tracks has paved the way for a state-of-the-art fitness center and even a parking garage.  …

Brandon Byers Student Writer With the construction of the new athletic complex in the Sollenberger Sports Center set to be complete in August, Brubaker Auditorium will no longer be hosting sporting events. So let’s take a moment to look back on some of the memories of the old Brubaker Auditorium. …

Willie Hope, III Sports and Rec Editor For the second time in as many seasons, the Messiah women’s basketball team defeated Stevenson University in the MAC Commonwealth semifinals. But now the Falcons are heading to Reading, where their season has ended for the past two years. The Falcons and the …

Willie Hope, III Sports & Rec. Editor In his first three years in the Messiah basketball program, Joshua Clippinger has experienced a lot. Clippinger, the only player on the team who has been in the program for four years, only played 24 minutes his freshman year. That year, the team …