The Courier

Scots Sports

26 January 2007
Volume 119, Issue 10

Monmouth swimmers charger to the finish line  

The Monmouth Men’s and Women’s Swimming team has had a lot of positive growth since its inception in 2004. This season has statistically been the Scots’ best season yet and looks to conclude on a high note. Both the men and women can be expected to make some noise at the conference meet as they close out the year. Both teams are coached by head coach Keith Crawford.

In their first meet after the lengthy winter break, the swim team welcomed Augustana College to the Pepper Natatorium. Again, the men defended their home deck defeating Augustana handily, 141-115. As for the women, their small numbers got the best of them. Despite a valiant effort, the team was not able to edge out a victory over the visitors from Augie. The Scots fell, 81-164.  Read More...

Men’s basketball improves in 2006-2007 

 The Fighting Scots men’s basketball team went into the winter break only having won nine games and had the rest of their season in question. The men had some trouble trying to keep a steady starting...    Read More...

Faceoff: Professors debate importance and merit of sports

By: Tobias Gibson
Contributing Writer

By: Craig Vivian
Contributing Writer

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MC track off to fast start

The Monmouth College indoor track teams dominated their season opener at Knox College on Saturday, Jan. 20. As a team, the men tallied 194 points to claim first place; the next closest team was Cornell College, who scored 85 points in 15 events.   Read More...

Midwest Conference games just ahead

During December and the early days of January, while the rest of us were enjoying our time away from Monmouth, the women’s basketball team was hard at work. With the bulk of their regular season coming with little fan support, the basketball team went 6-7.    Read More...

Heating up the track

On Saturday, Jan. 20 the Monmouth College women’s track team made the 16-mile trip to Knox College to participate in the Prairie Fire Quad track meet. The Scots opened their season with a bang by winning the meet easily, scoring 185 points.    Read More...