Student Run Newspaper for McPherson College
By Maxwell Brucks As one of the chalkiest tournaments of all-time wraps up, in which all four one seeds made the final four for just the second time in tournament history, many questions are being raised on if the transfer portal and NIL are to blame. When NIL (Name-Image-Likeness) was first passed in July of…
By Maxwell Brucks Having a nickname with the word “great” in it usually means that a player is good at their sport. But for hockey, it is specifically reserved for the best of the best—the elite. On Sunday, April 6, 2025, “The Great One” (Wayne Gretzky) was passed on the all-time goals list by “The…
By Maxwell Brucks One of the biggest events at McPherson College, which has usually always been on the weekend of McPherson’s All Schools Day, has now been moved to April 26th. With McPherson College getting rid of interterm, campus blowout would now be the weekend of graduation. This required tough decisions on whether to move…
By: Maxwell Brucks As the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments come up, plus The Masters and Opening Day, I wanted to go over my top ten sports days of the year. For a general basis of how I came to this conclusion, I want to say that single event days will be lower than…
By: Maxwell Brucks It’s in the name, Spring Training, and to many sports fans worldwide, it signals the start of the spring season. Gone are the cold winter months without baseball, and ushered in is some of the most entertaining baseball a person can watch. Players have no names on the backs of their jerseys,…
by Maxwell Brucks Hitting a baseball is one of the hardest things in sports; even a .300 batting average allows a player into the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. There are even days when those .300 hitters can’t get a hit. But there are also days like the one McPherson College outfielder Colt Sussex-Uphold had…
By: Maxwell Brucks One of the biggest events at McPherson College, which has usually always been on the weekend of McPherson’s All Schools Day, has now been moved to April 26th. With McPherson College getting rid of interterm, campus blowout would now be the weekend of graduation. This required tough decisions on whether to move…
By: Maxwell Brucks McPherson College is home to students from around the country, but that can make voting on election day difficult if students are not registered in the county of McPherson. Additionally, campus athletes share that voting on election day is a difficult task due to practice and class schedules. However, those who cannot…
By Maxwell Brucks McPherson college football lined up against Kansas Wesleyan on October 5 looking to avoid a double-digit loss to the Coyotes. To everyone’s surprise, as the clock hit double zeros, the Bulldogs ended with a double-digit win instead. The Bulldogs’ 42-13 win over the Coyotes was the first win over Kansas Wesleyan since…
By: Max Brucks For the Los Angeles Dodger Designated Hitter, Shohei Ohtani, breaking records and creating exclusive clubs is nothing. In a game against the Miami Marlins on September 19, Ohtani went six for six with three home runs, two doubles, and two stolen bases. This performance made him the first player to hit 50…