Sports & Outdoors

The Logger football team won their second game of the season Saturday against Lewis and Clark College at home in Baker Stadium.  This win brings the team to a 2-1 record overall and an undefeated record this season at home. It didn’t take long for the Loggers to get going on Saturday. They never went to a fourth down in the entire drive en route to scoring the first touchdown of the game with 13:48 left on the clock in the first quarter.  Quarterback Braden Foley (Bothell, Wash.) let fly...

Adrian Peterson is the first in a long line of players who may fall victim to the new policies surrounding the suspension of NFL player Ray Rice. Peterson was convicted a mere four days after Roger Goodell, the commissioner of the NFL, issued a letter to the NFL owners stating the terms of the new, more severe, Personal Conduct Policy. “I am not a perfect son. I am not a perfect husband. I am not a perfect parent, but I am, without a doubt, not a child abuser,”  Peterson said...

  After a season-ending injury last year, fifth-year senior Sam Naatz (Salt Lake City, Utah) is excited to be off the bench and back on the field for the 2014 Logger soccer season. Naatz tore his ACL in the Loggers’ second 2013 preseason game against the Trinity Tigers. “Because I tore my ACL so early in the season last year, I got eligibility to come back and play this year,” Naatz said. “Honestly, I’m pretty lucky.” Naatz said many things were put in perspective for him after tearing his ACL....

There is not one person in the world who deserves to be beaten in any way, and punishment should apply to any and all abusers even if they are in positions of power. In Ray Rice’s case, the NFL player was punished righteously. On Feb. 15, Ray Rice knocked out and spat on then-fiancee Janay Palmer in a hotel elevator. A few days later a video, which showed Rice dragging his wife out of the elevator, became available on TMZ Sports. Rice was indicted on a third-degree assault charge, but...

T he men’s and women’s golf teams wrapped up their seasons at the Northwest Conference Championships in Oregon the weekend of April 28. The men tied for second at the NWC championships, moving their conference standing to fourth. The women finished the season in ninth. It was a good weekend for junior Ricky Howard (Madison, Wisc.). He finished the tournament tied for third with a score of 148 (+4). His performance at the NWC championships, along with play at other tournaments during the season, earned him a Second-Team All Conference...

  The senior players of the baseball team have led their teammates to many victories this season, and they have dedicated four years of themselves and their lives to Puget Sound’s team and their teammates. Lucas Stone (Ashland, Ore.), Addison Melzer (Portland, Ore.), Tucker Barney (Boise, Idaho), Jarrod Beiser (Cupertino, Calif.), Jeff Walton (Carmichael, Calif.) and Christian Carter (San Diego, Calif.) deserve recognition for their commitment to the men’s baseball team. Through the seniors’ and their teammates’ efforts, this year’s baseball season has been the most successful that it has...

  The game on Sunday, April 13 was a momentous one for the softball team for many reasons: it was the last one of the season, it was seniors’ last game of their respective college careers and the team came out with a win. The season was a non-stop series of games from February to April. While the overall record was not the strongest or best, the team created lots of memories throughout road trips, practices and games. After this year, the team loses three key players who have all...