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Basement Medicine

The student-run community news site of Vermont State University - Johnson

Basement Medicine

The student-run community news site of Vermont State University - Johnson

Basement Medicine

Tomfoolery

Tomfoolery

Tom O’Leary December 6, 2018

For the last 13 years, the NFC East division has been the definition of parity in the National Football League (NFL), as it hasn’t had a repeat winner during that stretch. However, heading into the 2018-2019...

Patrick Bell

The Pat-Down

Patrick Bell December 6, 2018

Over the weekend, I watched the most recent ESPN 30 for 30, a documentary series that covers a wide range of sports stories. This particular story was about the life and death of Junior Seau, a defensive...

North Atlantic Conference Coach of the Year Keven John

John named NAC Coach of the Year

Patrick Bell December 6, 2018

In his first season as head coach of the women’s volleyball program at NVU-J, Keven John was named North Atlantic Conference Coach of the Year. He inherited a program that hadn’t won a game in their...

Tomfoolery

Tomfoolery

Tom O’Leary November 9, 2018

Traditionally in professional sports, a team can never have too much talent. Acquiring and developing as much talent as possible is essentially the primary directive for roster construction. But can a...

Patrick Bell

The Pat-Down

Patrick Bell November 9, 2018

As the Los Angeles Clippers took the floor against the Denver Nuggets to start the season, it was the first time they had played a game without star players Chris Paul, Blake Griffin, and DeAndre Jordan...

Men’s basketball has high hopes for success

Chad Copeland October 25, 2018

The Northern Vermont University-Johnson men’s basketball team has a new look for the 2018-2019 season. The Badgers have 11 new faces on this year’s roster with seven returning players. The Badgers...

Badger Briefs

NVU-J Athletics October 2, 2018

Badgers XC competes in Vermont State Meet LYNDONVILLE,Vt.- The Northern Vermont-Johnson men’s cross-country team competed in the Vermont State Meet on Saturday morning hosted by Northern Vermont University-Lyndon. Kenneth...

Patrick Bell

The Pat-Down

Patrick Bell October 2, 2018

It’s the month of October, and that means the NBA season is right around the corner. I’m excited for this season for many reasons, so I’ll take the time in this column to discuss them. Let’s...

Michele Whitmore

Whitmore taking on new role as men’s tennis coach

Patrick Bell October 2, 2018

Used to wearing multiple hats, Associate Dean of Students Michele Whitmore has donned yet another: she is now the men’s tennis team head coach. Whitmore isn’t new to the tennis scene. She has been...

Greg Eckman

Eckman hired as new associate athletics director

Patrick Bell October 2, 2018

Greg Eckman has been promoted to associate athletic director of athletics at NVU-J. “Greg Eckman has earned this opportunity,” said Associate Dean of Athletics and Recreation Jamey Ventura. “Greg...

Badger Briefs

NVU-J Athletics September 18, 2018

Johnson Leads Age Division at Inaugural Triathlon Race SOUTH BERWICK, ME — The Northern Vermont University-Johnson women’s triathlon team soared at the Pumpkinman Triathlon on September 8th and 9th...

Nikola Knapova

New coach Keven John setting up volleyball for success

Patrick Bell September 18, 2018

Volleyball is growing at a rapid pace at NVU-Johnson. New this year to campus is men’s volleyball. It’s a sport, described by many, that is growing quickly at the high school and collegiate level.Vermont...

Head Coach Andrew Lafrenz

Women’s soccer looks to remain competitive with young squad

Patrick Bell September 18, 2018

Third-year head coach Andrew Lafrenz and the women’s soccer team are looking to work hard and grow this season. Being a young squad with only one senior on the team is a big challenge to overcome....

Arthur Clayton, Daniel Arriola, Alex Vetere, Joseph Holloway

Men’s soccer aims for success

Patrick Bell September 18, 2018

The men’s soccer team season is underway, and is looking to be the best under second year head coach Shane Bufano. In his first year, Bufano had to bring in close to 20 players to add to the five...

Patrick Bell

The Pat-Down

Patrick Bell May 10, 2018

Over the weekend, a friend of mine texted me a picture of his hypothetical soccer lineup of the best current 11 players from all over the world. There was a catch though, and that catch was that you could...

Tom O'Leary

Tomfoolery

Tom O’Leary May 10, 2018

As I have been writing this column over the past two semesters, I have often analyzed the current state of the professional sports teams I am most passionate about. But due to the structure of our production...

Badger Briefs

JSC Athletics May 10, 2018

Castleton takes doubleheader sweep over Johnson JOHNSON, Vt. – The Johnson State College softball team split a doubleheader with Lyndon State College, winning 11-0 and falling 8-6 in extra innings on...

Senior student-athletes

Sports banquet honors student-athletes and coaches

Patrick Bell May 10, 2018

On Tuesday, May 1, the JSC sports banquet took place in the SHAPE varsity gym to honor the student-athletes, coaches and athletic department for their successes on and off the playing surface. Kylie...

Badger Briefs

JSC Athletics April 26, 2018

Men’s lacrosse loses on senior night to New England College BURLINGTON, Vt. – The Johnson State College men’s lacrosse team fell to New England College 25-0 in a North Atlantic Conference (NAC)...

Tom O'Leary

Tomfoolery

Tom O”Leary April 26, 2018

Heading into the 2018 Major League Baseball (MLB) season, the Boston Red Sox were largely overlooked as a legitimate World Series contender. Even the most devoted fans had tempered their expectations after...

Patrick Bell

The Pat-Down

Patrick Bell April 26, 2018

The injury bug has hit the Boston Celtics hard as they head into the first round of the 2018 playoffs. With many players on the team out for the foreseeable future, it has allowed other players on the...

Aly Finn

Annual rugby tournament honors former player

Patrick Bell April 26, 2018

Every year, the women’s rugby team hosts a tournament to celebrate one of their former players. The annual Alyson Finn Memorial Tournament will take place Saturday, April 28, on the rugby pitch at...

Badger Briefs

JSC Athletics March 29, 2018

Men’s tennis loses in opener to Castleton STOWE, Vt. – The Johnson State College men’s tennis team fell to Castleton University 0-0 in their season opener on Saturday at Topnotch Resort. Doubles The...

Tom O'Leary

Tomfoolery

Tom O’Leary March 29, 2018

For Major League Baseball (MLB), spring training represents a period of refreshed optimism for each team regardless of the prior results. It is also a time when each team hopes to address the questions...

Patrick Bell

The Pat-Down

Patrick Bell March 29, 2018

On the early morning of March 22, sources told ESPN insider Jeff Goodman that Dan Hurley, University of Rhode Island’s men’s basketball coach, was leaving to go to the University of Connecticut on...

Kim Loeffler

New triathlon head coach aims to jump-start program

Patrick Bell March 29, 2018

On March 6, JSC announced that they hired Kim Loeffler as the new triathlon head coach, the first in program history. Jamey Ventura, the director of athletics at JSC, notes that the search committee...

Tom O'Leary

Tomfoolery

Thomas O’Leary March 15, 2018

Currently, one of the most incendiary debates in the sports world is whether or not college athletes should be paid. The conversation focuses most acutely on Division I men’s basketball and football...

Steven Foote

Lacrosse team in full rebuild mode with new head coach

Photo and story by Patrick Bell March 15, 2018

The JSC lacrosse season is here with new faces and a new coach, Steven Foote, who coached last year at the College of Southern Maryland. His primary goal is to improve last year’s team, which lost every...

JSC Athletics March 15, 2018

Men’s lacrosse loses in opener to Salem State SALEM, MASS. – The Johnson State College men’s lacrosse team fell to Salem State College 21-1 in their season opener Saturday afternoon at Alumni Field. The...

Kaitlyn Woodward

Chemistry is the key to success for young softball team

Photo and story by Patrick Bell March 15, 2018

There is still snow on the grass at JSC, but the softball season is already underway for the 2018 season. In his 10th season as head coach, Robert Gervais believes that, despite the youth and inexperience...

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