Category Archives: Sports

Langston Hood, Senior Sports Writer Wooster’s swimming and diving teams continued their dominant dual meet record as both the men’s and women’s teams defeated Hiram and Oberlin in commanding fashion last Saturday. The men downed Oberlin by a score of 131-121 and defeated Hiram 205-39. The women’s team followed suit with a 144-98 win overContinue reading “Swimming and Diving Dominate in Dual Meet”

Peter Foulke, Sports Editor This Saturday, Jan. 28, the Wooster women’s basketball team faced off against the number one team in the NCAC, the DePauw University Tigers. The Fighting Scots were searching for their first conference win this season and their first win since Nov. 16. However, they ultimately fell short in their goal, losingContinue reading “Women’s Basketball Lose to First-Place DePauw”

Eliot Barrengos, Contributing Writer The Wooster Scots men’s basketball team lost last Saturday, Jan 28 to the Oberlin Yeomen ending a five-game win streak by the Scots, and serving up Wooster’s first loss in nearly three weeks. The Scots, who have historically dominated Oberlin, never found their mojo on Saturday, and struggled maintaining possession andContinue reading “Men’s Basketball Loses to Oberlin, Breaking 35-Year Streak”

Langston Hood, Senior Sports Writer The Fighting Scots women’s basketball team looked to turn their season around in Saturday’s NCAC matchup with the Denison Big Red. With gut-wrenching losses against Kenyon and Hiram over the last 10 days, Wooster had played close games and shown that they could compete. Denison had a similar run ofContinue reading “Women’s Basketball Falls Valiantly Against Denison”

Langston Hood, Senior Sports Writer The Fighting Scots’ men’s basketball team welcomed the DePauw Tigers into Timken Gymnasium on Saturday, Jan. 21, for a heated conference battle. The Tigers were navigating the NCAC well, aside from losses at the hands of Wooster in their first meeting and a 10-point defeat from their Tiger counterparts, Wittenberg.Continue reading “Men’s Basketball Stops DePauw’s Win Streak”

Thomas Pitney, Sports Editor On Saturday, Dec. 3, the Wooster men’s basketball team traveled to Greencastle, Indiana to face off against the DePauw University Tigers. DePauw represented one of the biggest challenges for the Scots this season, as the Tigers entered this match with an overall record of 7-1 and a conference record of 1-0.Continue reading “Men’s Basketball Defeats DePauw, Improves to 4-1”

Miles Rochester, Sports Editor On Saturday, Dec. 3, Wooster’s women’s basketball team hit a slight bump in the road, as they fell to the home team — the University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg Bobcats — by a score of 70-58. Although the Scots put on a strong performance early on against Greensburg, they were unable to capitalizeContinue reading “Women’s Basketball Falls in Close Road Contest”

Langston Hood, Senior Sports Writer The Wooster swim and dive team played host to nine different institutions at the Wooster Invitational from Dec. 1 through Dec. 3. From Thursday to Saturday, competitors, coaches and fans filled both Wooster High School’s Ellen Shapiro Natatorium and the College’s Timken Natatorium. The University of the Cumberlands, PennWest UniversityContinue reading “Scots Swim and Dive Stands Out at Wooster Invitational”

Langston Hood, Senior Sports Writer On Nov. 10, the Fighting Scots women’s basketball team traveled to Bluffton University to take on the Beavers in a Saturday night showdown. Wooster looked to notch their first win of the season after falling to Franscisan University in the season opener. The game would serve as Bluffton’s season opener,Continue reading “Women’s Basketball Falls in Second Game of the Season”

Miles Rochester, Sports Editor The frontrunning men and women of Wooster’s cross country program took to the roads and trails of Holland, Michigan with a collective goal of competing and running their hearts out in the  Great Lakes Cross Country Regional Championships. Although the brisk air and untimely snow provided an extra challenge for theContinue reading “Cross Country Ends Their Season Strong at Regional Meet“