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Ultimate Frisbee team on the way to Nationals

By STEPHEN HAMWAY   Club sports face an uphill battle for attention from the Puget Sound community, often being overshadowed by larger, better funded programs. However, what Puget Sound’s ultimate Frisbee team has accomplished is simply too exciting to ignore. Puget Sound’s ultimate team will be traveling to Milwaukee, Wis. to take part in the [...]

Puget Sound ends season with a split against Pacific and Whitman

The Puget Sound baseball team finished off their 2013 season with a doubleheader this weekend on Saturday, May 4 against Northwest Conference rivals Whitman and Pacific. Since these two games were the last for the Loggers, both were considered important wins. Overall, the Loggers were relatively successful the majority of their season, heading into their [...]

Rainiers put on a show at Cheney Stadium

Rainiers put on a show at Cheney Stadium

Even as most of the sports within our campus community have begun to wind down, the larger Tacoma sports scene is just heating up. Tacoma’s history in the Pacific Coast League dates all the way back to 1904, when the Tacoma Tigers played their first game.  However, the franchise and the league left the city [...]

Beginnings and endings for Logger athletics

The school year is at its end. With one week left, students are beginning to focus on finals and their soon-to-be freedom. For graduating seniors, the next week is bittersweet as they move on from college life and enter the real world. But for those returning, there is much to look forward to in the [...]

Loggers finish season at Twilight meet

In the final Track and Field event of the season, three lone Logger athletes represented Puget Sound at the Pacific Twilight Meet on May 4 in Forest Grove, Ore., home of Pacific University. Junior Joe Cerne (Enumclaw, Wash.) finished 15th in the discus competition, throwing the discus 36.99 meters (121 feet and 4 inches). He [...]

Track and field has strong meet in NWCs

The men’s and women’s track and field teams concluded the Northwest Conference Championships in Salem on April 27 to finish fifth and seventh, respectively. The two-day competition, which features all eight teams in the Northwest Conference, represents the finale for track and field’s conference schedule. Puget Sound totaled six athletes who were awarded on the [...]

A spring to remember for Logger athletics

A spring to remember for Logger athletics

As the semester comes to a close, it seems appropriate to take a look back at the many accomplishments of our Logger athletes during the spring 2013 season. Notably, Logger athletics reached and proceeded to surpass their goal for 125 cumulative wins for the 2012-2013 school year. This achievement was the centerpiece of the Drive [...]

Collins’ revelation changes NBA

Collins’ revelation changes NBA

On Monday, April 29, NBA player Jason Collins made history by becoming the first active, openly gay player in a major American sports league. Collins, a 16-year veteran center who has played for six different organizations, outed himself by penning the cover story of the May 6 edition of Sports Illustrated, where he wrote more [...]

Rowing team has successful meet

The Puget Sound rowing teams wrapped up a weekend on the water this past Sunday, April 28 at the WIRA Championships in Sacramento, Calif. The Loggers had an impressive showing and reestablished just why they are one of the top Division III crews on the West Coast. Both the women’s varsity and second varsity eights [...]

Baseball loses two of three games

Baseball loses two of three games

The Puget Sound baseball team traveled south to Oregon last weekend, Saturday, April 27 and Sunday, April 28, for their last set of away games against the Willamette Bearcats. This game series was the last conference league set for the Loggers before they conclude their full season next week. During the first game the Loggers [...]