Sports
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Golden Eagle athletics have roller coaster year
“It was a roller coaster year,” said Clarion Athletics Director Dave Katis. And that would be a perfect way to describe the 2012-13 athletic year for Clarion University. From great wins like the football team’s win against East Stroudsburg on a game winning three-yard touchdown run by freshman Travis...
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Should athletes be considered above the law?
Jacob Oberdorf: Being a professional athlete comes with a lot of off the field baggage that must be dealt with on a regular basis. Arguably, the most prevalent is the fact that every move the athlete takes is as if it is being performed under a microscope. Every little...
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Clarion track and field has success at Paul Kaiser Classic
On Saturday April 27, the Clarion University women’s track and field team traveled to Shippensburg University for the Paul Kaiser Track & Field Classic and left with some promising results. Junior distance runner Megan Toddy ran a final time of 11:10.42 in the 3000-meter steeplechase, qualifying her for Nationals...
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Clarion softball ends troublesome season with pair of losses over weekend
The Golden Eagle softball team ended its season by traveling to Bloomsburg University on Friday, April 26. Clarion dropped both games of the double header by the scores of 10-0 and 10-1. One of the few high points of the day came from Clarion freshman Christina Tressler, who...
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Five new members to join Sports Hall of Fame
The Clarion University “Sports Hall of Fame” will induct five new members on Friday, May 10 for the class of 2013. Cary D. Grubb will be the 12th Clarion baseball player to be inducted into the Clarion Sports Hall of Fame. Grubb graduated from Clarion in 1987. He started...
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Clarion baseball’s struggles continue on weekend road trip to Eastern Pennsylvania
As the season comes to the end, the Golden Eagle baseball team still struggles to add wins to its record. Saturday afternoon Clarion traveled to Shippensburg and were swept in a double header. Shippensburg, ranked No. 5 in the region, was a difficult team to handle. “We played decently...
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Pittsburgh Marathon will be “Boston Strong”
Clarion runners aren’t letting the Boston Marathon incident prevent them from participating in the Pittsburgh Marathon. Ciara Shorts, who is a standout on the Clarion University women’s cross country team, is running in the event. She said she isn’t nervous about participating in the event after what transpired in...
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Struggles continue as Mercyhurst sweeps Clarion baseball over weekend
As the school year is slowing coming to an end, so are the sports teams. Starting on Saturday the Golden Eagles baseball team had a two-game series with Mercyhurst University. Although one of the games was postponed, the other game didn’t go so well for the Golden Eagles. The...
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Face Off: Should there be a universal DH in baseball?
Jacob Oberdorf - The designated hitter rule has been kicked around the world of Major League Baseball since 1906. The rule was not officially put into effect until Jan. 11, 1973 when the then 24 American League organizations voted to bring it into their league. The role of the...
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Clarion softball comes up short on senior day
Just as soon as it started, the 2013 Clarion University softball season is closely nearing the end. The Eagles recognized two seniors during a double-header in their home finale against Indiana University of Pennsylvania on Tuesday, April 23. “The seniors have done a great job at leading this young...
