BY DOMENIC ALLEGRA ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR Young athletes try out for new sports for various reasons. Some athletes want to try something new or their parents make them play, but not for men’s volleyball’s Bryce Gatling. Gatling played tennis in seventh…
BY NATALIE HEAVREN SPORTS EDITOR Women’s basketball senior Sarah Kaminski has been in a gym and playing sports since before she can remember. The youngest of four siblings, Kaminski grew up playing baseball, softball, volleyball and basketball. The Plymouth, Minn. native…
BY DANA NICKEL CO EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Allie McCool sat in a folding chair in one of Mason’s practice courts for the basketball teams in the RAC. She fidgeted with her hands, her eyes darting between her fellow teammates still out on…
BY NATALIE HEAVREN SPORTS EDITOR Women’s basketball fell to 2-9 in conference play after losing 64-51 to Saint Louis. Here are three takeaways from the game: Marika Korpinen has sparked the stagnant offense In the last two games, Marika Korpinen has…
BY NATALIE HEAVREN SPORTS EDITOR We all saw the jokes and memes about the Patriots not being in the Super Bowl and fans being sad about it. But it was weird not watching the Patriots in the Super Bowl. Super…
BY DOMENIC ALLEGRA ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR Softball On Friday, the Patriots lost their first two games of the Stetson Lead-Off Classic in Florida to Sam Houston State and Stetson. Sam Houston State got out to a 6-0 lead by the…
BY CONOR FORREST STAFF WRITER As the Vince Lombardi Trophy finds its new home in Kansas City, it’s time to take a look back at the 2019 NFL season. The NFL is a story, and each season is a…
BY NATALIE HEAVREN SPORTS EDITOR Head coach Nyla Milleson and players Marika Korpinen and Jacy Bolton all had smiles on their faces at the post-game press conference. For the first time in a month, the Patriots were back in the…
BY CONOR FORREST CONTRIBUTOR I remember exactly where I was on Nov. 26, 2007. I was 9 years old and was in the kitchen with my family starting our day when my older brother came in with a very startling…
BY ROSS SHINBERG STAFF WRITER One might expect that a 6-foot-5-inch high school freshman would be the starting center on his school’s basketball team. However, for Mason men’s volleyball player Jack Reese, he would end up blocking a different type…