Freshman Ethan Jones waits for the pitch. Photo by Sarah Grubbe. With April coming to a close, Lawrence’s baseball and softball teams are wrapping up the regular season and preparing for the final few games of the year. Both teams have been busy, playing a total of 10 games in the last week alone. Both…
Lawrence basketball ends season with games against Lake Forest
Before the final men’s basketball game on Saturday, Feb. 18 at Lake Forest College’s home court, both the Lawrence Vikings and the Foresters were 10-7 in the Midwest Conference and tied with Cornell College for third place in the league standings. However, Cornell had successfully seized a victory against Beloit College, pushing Saturday’s game between…
Basketball: Games Against Monmouth
Last weekend, the Lawrence men’s basketball team (9-8, 6th place MWC) charged to a thrilling Midwest Conference victory last Saturday, Feb 11th against Monmouth, 6-11, 7th place Midwest Conference (MWC). There were almost one thousand spectators in attendance at Alexander Gymnasium. The Vikes came up strong in the first nine minutes with four layups, including…
Basketball hunts for tournament berth in final games
Photo by Victor Nguyen There are only five games left until the Midwest Conference tournament starts, and only the top four teams can join the tournament. Following the Vikings’ loss at Cornell on Tuesday, January 31st, the men’s basketball team was standing in fifth place in the conference, one win behind Grinnell. Therefore, the…
Super bowl conference championship games
Four teams came into the conference championship games for each of the two National Football League (NFL) conferences, each led by high-profile, “elite” quarterbacks. For the careers of one or two, that adjective is debatable, but each put on a season worthy of the title in 2016. Matt Ryan led the Atlanta Falcons to an…
Soccer season ends with games against Beloit
Both the Men’s and Women’s Soccer Teams traveled to Beloit to play their last games on Saturday. Both teams finished the season with solid last games. The men, whose standing is 6-10-1 and 2-6-1 overall for their Midwest Conference came into the game with good perseverance. They lost by one goal, made in the second…