Author: Ryan Reese The Campus: How long have you been skiing?Anna Furney: I've been skiing since I was two and I grew up skiing at cochran ski area in vermont. I started racing when I was 6 and then I moved over and competed on the club team at Stowe. I went to the Winter Academy in Vermont for high ...
Author: Zamir Ahmed Raeder earns POTW honorsThe Middlebury men's hockey team's first-year goaltender Doug Raeder was named NESCAC Player of the Week for men's hockey for his work during the week of Dec. 26 to Jan. 2. Raeder guided the Panthers to two wins in the Middlebury College Holiday Classic as ...
Author: Justin Golenbock The most phenomenal trend in the NFL this season has been the increasing emergence of Clinton Portis as my favorite human being. While re-watching the tape of his newest pre-game alter ego, "Coach Janky-Spanky," I realized that there was something startingly familiar with the ...
Author: Sarah Luehrman As January begins, the 10-2 Middlebury women's basketball team charges ahead on its best start in four years. "We have great senior leadership and a lot of depth," comments head coach Noreen Pecsok on the team's midseason status. "And that should serve us well going into league ...
Author: Jeff Klein For a few games, Middlebury basketball's unbelievable start to the season seemed like ancient history. Now, the tide has turned once again.After an impressive 64-48 road win at Skidmore, men's basketball defeated University of New England 61-50 at home on Sunday to stage back-to-back ...
Author: Steve Beslow It has been an eventful few weeks for the men's hockey team, even with the holiday season. After a tough-luck tie against Plattsburgh on Dec. 9, Middlebury headed into Winter Break in need of some rest and recuperation. Judging by their recent play, it would seem that the Panthers ...
Author: Michael McCormick The Middlebury women's squash team got its season off to a luke-warm start this past weekend with two wins and two losses at the Wesleyan Round Robin Invitational. On Friday, Dec. 2, the Panthers played their first competition of the season against Bates, the ninth-ranked team ...
Author: RYAN W. REESE, SPORTS EDITOR Snow Bowl set to open slopesSince the winter's first true snow fell this past weekend, many Midd kids were finally satisfied to know that the white stuff and winter sports are on their way. Middlebury's own Snow Bowl has announced that its tentative opening day is ...
Author: Jeff Klein During pre-season, men's basketball coach Jeff Brown saw promise in his young team. "The teamwork, cooperation and work ethic are all strong," he said at the time. Six games into the regular season, his words are ringing true - unbelievably true.In front of a boisterous Middlebury ...
Author: George Mayer The Middlebury men's swimming and diving team got back in the water on Saturday to take on the Lord Jeffs of Amherst in Amherst, Mass. Although the squad had several weeks to prepare since its recent competitions against Connecticut College and Tufts on Nov. 19, the Panthers fell ...
Author: Justin Golenbock The handling of the controversy surrounding the New Orleans Saints' uncertain future seems poised to define the righteous reign of Paul Tagliabue, the current NFL commissioner who announced on Monday that the 2005 LSU/San Antonio Saints would return to the Louisiana Superdome ...
Author: ZAMIR AHMED, SPORTS EDITOR On Saturday, Dec. 3, the International Students Organization (ISO) held the first session of its inaugural Middlebury World Cup of Soccer in The Bubble of the Peterson Family Athletics Complex, bringing together students from across the world for some friendly competition. ...
Author: Tom McCann, Sports Editor The Campus: Where did you grow up?Erica Goodman '06: I grew up in Fort Anne, N.Y., which is about an hour away from MiddleburyCampus: Have you always played basketball? EG: Yeah, I've played basketball for about as long as I can remember, but I also played ...
Author: Steve Beslow After opening the season with decisive wins at Tufts and Connecticut College, Middlebury's men's hockey team maintained its untarnished record at this weekend's PrimeLink Great Northern Shootout at SUNY Potsdam. Generally considered Division III's most competitive in-season tournament, ...
Author: Tom McCann, Sports Editor The Campus: Where did you go to school?Jimmy Butcher: I'm from Long Island - went to Garden City High School - public high school. Campus: Did you run there?JB: I did, I ran four years of track and four years of cross country. I was captain of my team my junior and ...
Author: Sarah Poling Luehrman Two tournaments in, it's safe to say that things are looking very good for the Middlebury women's basketball team this year. The Panthers currently boast a 4-1 record when they trailed 1-3 this time last year, and they are looking at another home game this weekend against ...
Author: ZAMIR AHMED, SPORTS EDITOR With the recent success of many Middlebury teams over the past two weeks, it is no surprise that three athletes were honored by the NESCAC for their impressive contributions to their teams' winning ways. On Sunday, first-year Annemarie Cellino was named NESCAC Player ...
Author: Justin Golenbock "OH, MY GOD, WE'RE HAVING A FIRE…sale…OH, THE BURNING! IT BURNS ME," shouts Florida Marlins General Manager Larry Beinfest into his cell phone."Could you maybe try that…simpler," responds principle Red Sox owner John W. Henry, and just like that an aging, cost-ridden ...
Author: Ryan W. Reese Many teams struggle with winning a championship and encounter a sluggish start to the following season or get knocked off by teams gunning to defeat the defending title-holders. There is always a danger of slacking off, looking down from the top of the polls or getting blinded ...
Author: James Kerrigan The green grass of Battell Beach was host to the first annual Middlebury Muggle Quidditch World Cup on Sunday, Nov. 20, with the trophy awarded to the formidable Falcons. Battell Beach has been home to countless activities during each season over the past few years. From pigskin ...