Sports

Laura Haley Chief Copy Editor   Friday, Oct. 2 kicked off the 2020 Women’s National Basketball Association’s (WNBA) five-game series final. Competing in the finals this year are the Las Vegas Aces — their second finals appearance after defeating the number seven seed, the Connecticut …

Olivia Mittak Sports Editor   The College of Wooster men’s and women’s soccer teams were awarded the United Soccer Coaches Team Academic Award this past week. This is the eleventh consecutive award for the women’s team and the fifth for the men’s. The award is …

Samuel Casey Editor in Chief   Like the rest of the sports world, golf was held captive by COVID-19 for all of the spring and much of the summer. One minute the pros are playing in the Players Championship and smacking balls on the famed …

Matt Olszewski Senior Sports Writer   Many Wooster students are varsity athletes, competing at the DIII level in the North Coast Athletic Conference. Given how competitive this conference  is, one can imagine how difficult it is to not only be one of those varsity athletes, …

Geoffrey Allen Contributing Writer   Content Warning: This article contains reference to violence and racism. There is no doubt that the tragic death of George Floyd took the world by storm. The Black Lives Matter Movement has truly made a breakthrough in bringing about significant …

Gabriel Melmed Contrbuting Writer   By design, the NBA isn’t particularly friendly to underdogs. Professional basketball requires a very specific body type, which only a handful of adult men worldwide have. As a result, the gap in skill level between the most talented and least …