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

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Jesse Streeter, Kate Abdel-Fatah, and Brynn Cairns

Fourteen student-athletes receive NAC all-academic team recognition

Patrick Bell February 20, 2018

Fourteen JSC student-athletes that competed during the fall season received NAC all-academic team recognition on Jan. 31. Director of Athletics Jamey Ventura notes that it’s quite an accomplishment...

Brynn Cairns

Cairns honored for NAC steeplechase championship

Patrick Bell 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...

Tom O'Leary

Tomfoolery

Tom O’Leary 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,...

Patrick Bell

The Pat-Down

Patrick BEll 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...

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...

Patrick Bell

The Pat-Down

Patrick Bell 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...

Big air comes to Winter Olympics

Big air comes to Winter Olympics

Madison Doucette 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...

Tom O'Leary

Tomfoolery

Tom O’Leary 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,...

Mikayla Hodge with Kevin O’Reilly and Jackie Brock Hodge

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...

Patrick Bell

The Pat-down

Patrick Bell 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...

Marquon Wynn

Marqwon for the Wynn

Tom O’Leary 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...

Zach Higley rides at Smugglers’ Notch

Early season ski and ride conditions looking good

Madison Doucette 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...

Tom O'Leary

Tomfoolery

Tom O’Leary 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...

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...

Women’s basketball team looks forward to a building season

Patrick Bell 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...

Marquon Wynn

What the future holds for the men’s basketball team

Patrick Bell 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...

Lyndon cross country runner shares her story of self-discovery, makes cover of NCAA magazine

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...

Patrick Bell

The Pat-down

Patrick Bell 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...

Kylie Aither in action

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...

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...

Tom O'Leary

Tomfoolery

Tom O’Leary 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...

JSC women's rugby team

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...

David Pasiak

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...

Four colleges to depart from North  Atlantic  Conference

Four colleges to depart from North Atlantic Conference

Tom O’Leary 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...

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...

Tom O'Leary

Tomfoolery

Tom O’Leary 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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