All Entries in the "Sports" Category
Cards Are Back in Action
Some Cardinals fans feel as if the World Series was just last week. Others have been crossing off the days until Opening Day. For all of the diehard Cardinals fans, spring training 2012 has officially started. All of the Red Birds have arrived at their spring training camp in Jupiter, Fla. and are ready to [...]
Saints Talk: Episode Four
Here is the newest episode of Saints Talk! In our first segment, we talk about the Maryville University women’s basketball team. In our interview with head coach Chris Ellis, we discuss the team’s first conference tournament victory over University of Missouri-St. Louis and the Saints’ second round matchup against Northern Kentucky. In our second segment, [...]
Wrestling Team Season Recap
In two weeks, three Saints wrestlers will be competing in Pueblo, Colo. for a national title after qualifying at last weekend’s regional qualifier; however, the end of the season comes with mixed results. While sending three wrestlers to nationals, two of which are true freshmen and other a regional champion, is quite respectable for most [...]
When the Saints Come Splashing In
On Jan. 19, 2012, Maryville University announced plans for the addition of a women’s swimming and diving team. This new sport will be added to the university’s growing athletic program starting in Fall 2013. “Athletics conducted a study to determine the best opportunities to add a women’s sport. We evaluated conference opportunities, finances, facilities, personnel [...]
Saints Talk: Episode Three
Here is the third episode! In our first segment we interview Maryville wrestling coach Mike Denney for the first time this year. The Saints are only a few days away from regionals at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota. Along with regionals this upcoming weekend, we discussed the move of the wrestling team from Omaha, Neb. [...]
Braun’s Suspension Lifted While Suspicion Remains
On Feb. 23, 2012, reigning National League MVP, Ryan Braun, won his appeal of the 50-game suspension he was handed by Major League Baseball after testing positive for an elevated level of testosterone. Baseball’s appeals process worked, and we didn’t loose another superstar to the ugly truth that he was using performance enhancing drugs. Hooray, [...]
Mentality of a Champion
The season is about over for the Maryville Saints wrestling team. With a little more than 8 matches left to be had between the national qualifier and the national tournament, it is truly crunch time for the Saints. And it was at this time last year that assistant coach Mario Morgan was gearing up for [...]
Saints Talk: Episode 2
Here is the second episode of Saints Talk! In our first segment, we talk with women’s basketball player Abby Duethman about becoming the seventh Saints women’s basketball player to score 1,000 points and ead coach Chris Ellis about this past weekend and their upcoming games. In our second segment, we talk with men’s basketball head [...]
Through Thick and Thin, the Life of a College Coach
What qualities make a coach great? Think back to any coach you had that stood out from the crowd and think for a minute about the characteristics he possessed. What comes to mind for most people is someone who was a great leader, motivator, competitor, or a technician. However, many coaches have these traits and [...]
Some People Get All the Glory While Others Do Most of the Work
What is the one person that every team relies on to help them achieve as much as possible? If you answered the head coach, in a sense you are correct. For each team the head coach is mostly responsible for the success or failure of the team. But that isn’t what I meant. What I [...]
