Cairns honored for NAC steeplechase championship
February 20, 2018
On Feb. 2, before the men’s basketball game against Thomas College, JSC honored Brynn Cairns for her role in winning the North Atlantic Conference (NAC) championship in the event of steeplechase during the track and field season. During the ceremony, President Elaine Collins, Director of Athletics...
Tomfoolery
February 20, 2018
The New England Patriots are arguably the most polarizing team in professional sports today, if not in history. Nearly every fan either hates them or loves them, with very few falling in between. However, I happen to be one of the rare people who have recently existed on both ends of the spectrum. I...
The Pat-Down
February 20, 2018
To brighten up my dark and depressing sports life since the Super Bowl, I have decided to rank the New England Patriots’ five Super Bowl wins for this week’s column. This rankings list will be based entirely on my own opinion of what I feel was important with each Super Bowl win. Coming in at...
Badger Briefs
JSC Athletics
February 8, 2018
Women’s basketball holds on for 70-65 win over Thomas College JOHNSON, Vt. – The Johnson State College women's basketball team defeated Thomas College 70-65 in a North Atlantic Conference (NAC) game on Friday evening at Carter Gym. The Badgers improve to 3-16 (2-11 NAC) on the season while t...
The Pat-Down
February 8, 2018
Entering into the NHL All-Star break, the young and talented Boston Bruins are taking the rest of the league by storm and becoming one of the top contenders for the Stanley Cup. Their record currently stands at 29-10-8 with a grand total of 66 points, placing them in second in the Atlantic Division and...
Big air comes to Winter Olympics
February 8, 2018
The 2018 Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang will soon be underway. Starting on Feb. 9, the 16-day event features a variety of winter sports including snowboarding, skiing, ice skating, curling, luging and much more. This year, newly added events include mixed doubles in Curling, a mass start in...
Tomfoolery
December 13, 2017
As the 2017 National Football League (NFL) season enters its final month, the ever-shifting playoff picture has begun to solidify. For those of you who tend to follow professional football peripherally, the NFL is divided into two conferences, the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football...
LSC women’s basketball player makes 1,000-point mark
Emma Quinn
December 13, 2017
Editor’s Note: Emma is an Electronic Journalism Arts student at Lyndon State College. This article is part of a collaboration with Basement Medicine to better represent our unified community. Over Thanksgiving break, Mikayla Hodge topped the 1,000-point mark in her basketball career after leading ...
The Pat-down
December 13, 2017
Twenty-six games into the season, the Boston Celtics have become the best team in the NBA. They are 22-4, sitting atop the Eastern Conference, and are poised to continue winning at a remarkable rate for the remainder of the season. What was most impressive was their ability to go on a 16-game winning...
Marqwon for the Wynn
December 13, 2017
Fortunately for JSC, Marqwon Wynn, a senior guard for the Johnson State College (JSC) Men’s Basketball Team, has found a real sense of family in Vermont, far from his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware. Although the Badgers have slumped of late, dropping three consecutive games, Wynn’s play has...
Early season ski and ride conditions looking good
December 13, 2017
Vermont skiing is almost in full swing. With mountain after mountain opening for the season all across Vermont, some even pushing up their opening dates at the last minute, it’s time to look at some of the biggest names in the state and what the conditions are like from south to north. Killington...
Tomfoolery
November 29, 2017
After 16 years as the head men’s basketball coach at the University of Louisville (UL), the turbulent tenure of Rick Pitino has finally concluded as he was terminated by the college on Oct. 16. Pitino’s coaching talent has never been in question. Before being hired at UL he led Providence College...
Badger Briefs
JSC Athletics
November 29, 2017
Men’s B-ball downs St. Joseph JOHNSON, Vt. – The Johnson State College men’s basketball team defeated the College of St. Joseph 79 -63 in their season opener on Wednesday, Nov. 15, in Carter Gym. The Badgers start their season 1-0 while the Fighting Saints go to 0-2. 1st HALF The teams trade...
Women’s basketball team looks forward to a building season
November 29, 2017
The women’s basketball 2017-2018 season is underway at JSC with a new squad with few familiar faces. With a talented freshman class coming in to try to fill the shoes of the six seniors who graduated last year, it creates the challenge of trying to create good team chemistry and develop talent through...
What the future holds for the men’s basketball team
November 29, 2017
Basketball season is here at JSC and it couldn’t have come any sooner. This year’s team is categorized as being mentally tough, having good depth of talent, and good chemistry; key ingredients of a championship basketball team. Entering his third year as head coach, Miles Smith has brought in...
Lyndon cross country runner shares her story of self-discovery, makes cover of NCAA magazine
Emma Quinn
November 8, 2017
Editor’s Note: Emma is an Electronic Journalism Arts student at Lyndon State College. This article is part of a collaboration with Basement Medicine to better represent our unified community. Sierra Hargrave has run away from a dark past filled with childhood abuse, which turned to substance abuse,...
The Pat-down
November 8, 2017
All in one moment, I felt shocked, hopeless, sad, fearful and disgusted. This was when the Boston Celtics’ highly-prized free agent Gordon Hayward fractured his ankle going up for an alley-oop against the Cleveland Cavaliers in the first quarter of the opening game of the season. It was a freak...
Aither breaks multiple school records
Shannon Rooney
October 26, 2017
Kylie Aither, a senior captain on the Johnson women’s soccer team, broke the all-time previous record in points and goals at Johnson on Sunday, Sept. 24, during a home soccer match against Paul Smith’s College. It was a hot, Sunday afternoon, approaching halftime of the game, when Aither shot...
LSC student-athletes discuss problems with training and gym space
Michael Loverde
October 26, 2017
Editor’s Note: Michael is an Electronic Journalism Arts at Lyndon State College. This article is part of a collaboration with Basement Medicine to better represent our unified community. For all college athletes, year-round preparation for the season is a necessity. However, for athletes in the N...
Tomfoolery
October 26, 2017
Rejoice, Boston Red Sox fans, for our embattled manager John Farrell has been fired. Despite a mostly successful five-year stint at the helm, in which he led the team to three division titles and a World Series championship while also surviving cancer, the majority of “Red Sox Nation” (myself included)...
Women’s rugby continues winning streak
Caroline Loftus
October 26, 2017
For the JSC women’s rugby team, it’s been a season for the books. Currently, the women’s team is 3-0. The first game they played this season was against New England College, which they won 61-0. Desiree Penrod, the co-captain of the team, has always appreciated the traditions of JSC rugby. “For...
Lyndon hires Pasiak as new basketball head coach
Michael Loverde
October 2, 2017
Editor’s Note: Michael is an Electronic Journalism Arts student at Lyndon State College. This article is part of a collaboration with Basement Medicine to better represent our unified community. Over the summer, Lyndon Athletics hired Dave Pasiak to replace head men’s basketball coach...
Four colleges to depart from North Atlantic Conference
October 2, 2017
The North Atlantic Conference (NAC), of which Johnson State College athletics is a member, is facing upheaval as four of its institutions will be departing as of May 2018. Currently, the NAC consists of 10 colleges: Castleton University (CU), Colby-Sawyer College (CSC), the University of...
Lyndon faces NCAA sanctions for misapplied scholarships
Dylan Clark
October 2, 2017
Editor’s Note: Dylan is an Electronic Journalism Arts at Lyndon State College. This article is part of a collaboration with Basement Medicine to better represent our unified community. As student athletes arrived on campus to begin their fall preseason, they would soon come to realize ...
Tomfoolery
October 2, 2017
With the Boston Red Sox officially clinching a playoff berth for the second consecutive season and simultaneously closing in on another American League East Division crown, “Red Sox Nation” is growing increasingly optimistic, and rightfully so. But despite these accomplishments, concerning trends...
Johnson Drops NAC Opener to Colby-Sawyer
Cameron Creamer
September 14, 2017
JOHNSON, Vt. – The Johnson State College women’s tennis team fell to Colby-Sawyer College 9-0 in their first North Atlantic Conference match of the season on Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 12. DOUBLES Colby-Sawyer (4-0, 2-0 NAC) won all three doubles matches to take a 3-0 lead over Johnso...
Aither Scores Four as Badgers Down Newbury
Cameron Creamer
September 14, 2017
BROOKLINE, Mass. - The Johnson State College women’s soccer team defeated Newbury College 4-1 in a non-conference game on Sunday afternoon, Sept 10. Kylie Aither (Hyde Park, Vt.) scored four goals to bring her season total to nine in the win. SCORING 1st Half: Aither led off the game...
Badgers top Green Mountain for First Win of Season
Cameron Creamer
September 14, 2017
JOHNSON, Vt. - The Johnson State College women’s tennis team beat Green Mountain College 7-2 on Sunday afternoon, Sept. 10. Doubles Johnson was able to take two out of three doubles from the Eagles before going into singles. The team of Kali Covell (Hartford, Vt.) and Nicole Monick (B...
Post-merger student-athlete possibilities: What’s the sitch?
Michael Loverde
September 14, 2017
Editor’s Note: Michael is an Electronic Journalism Arts student at Lyndon State College. This piece is the first in a collaboration with Basement Medicine to better represent our unified community. With the unification of Johnson and Lyndon approaching, students have heard the benefits...
JSC nixes women’s LAX team
September 14, 2017
After just three seasons at the varsity level, the Johnson State College women’s lacrosse program has been suspended indefinitely, effective June 2017. “As an athletic director, you never want to have to suspend a sport,” said Director of Athletics Jamey Ventura. “But it is my job...
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