Friday, April 10, 2020
Castleton’s baseball team began its season on Feb. 22 in Florida against Elmira College. In March due to the weather in the New England region the team was continuing their schedule on the road. This time they were traveling to Virginia to play games against The Apprentice School, Tufts University […]
I hope everyone is doing well! Although most sports have closed up their locker rooms and athletes around the country have hung up their cleats/skates, the motorsports world is still buzzing. NASCAR, Indycar, IMSA, and Formula 1 have all put their racing seasons on pause. NASCAR postponed all races until […]
“Heartbroken” ironically seems to be the best word to describe the general feeling amongst the senior baseball and softball players at Castleton University. With the LEC abruptly cancelling competition for the remainder of the 2019-2020 season due to the outbreak of COVID-19, Spartan seniors Sara Baker, Calli Van Gorden, Jake […]
The Spartans’ early season struggles continued this past Saturday as they lost to the SUNY Canton Kangaroos 12-10 at Dave Wolk Stadium. Castleton is now 0-3 on the year, but head coach Bo McDougall doesn’t want the team to be discouraged with the slow start. “The tough thing looking at […]
Jay Condon has been Castleton’s Track & Field coach for two seasons. Before Castleton Condon coached high school at Granville and Hudson Falls in New York and was a collegiate coach at RPI in New York. Condon currently teaches middle school English in New York. I had the pleasure of […]
A year off from a sport can provide many things for an athlete. Relaxation. Mental and physical recovery. Reassurance. For Castleton University softball team’s third baseman Sara Baker, returning to the program for her senior year is an exciting time for both her and the Spartans, after a wake-up call […]
I was born in Staten Island, New York and moved to New Jersey when I was 8. I consider myself to be a Jersey kid, though. And I guess you can say I am a man of many nicknames like J-rock, Yeet, Feliep, J and many more. But my most […]
The past couple of weeks has seen three wins and one loss for the women’s ice hockey team. The three wins all came in overtime against Southern Maine, Suffolk, and Salem St., and the single loss came to Johnson & Wales. Their game on February 8. against Southern Maine was […]
The Spartans were tied 4-4 against the Johnson and Wales Wildcats in the overtime period when Anton Tarvainen tipped in a shot that ended up in the back of the net. The Spartan Arena crowd erupted with excitement, but the referee waved off the goal due to a high stick […]
The Spartans’ men’s and women’s alpine ski teams continued their dominant form with their showing in the giant slalom at West Mountain on Feb. 9. The men finished first while the women finished second. Even with their second-place finish, Castleton’s women took home their third straight MacConnel l Division title. […]