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While sports reporter Elise Hester considers the baseball boys to be her friends, she also enjoys teaching them a lesson. illustration by Andrea Nebhut

Setting Sport Boys Straight

Elise Hester January 17, 2018

Buckle up boys and girls because your favorite ace reporter is here with a new recurring — or never again to be seen, depending on how well this goes over — segment dedicated to setting sport boys...

Senior Meredith Licata takes part in what Hester calls the "contrived conflict." File photo

Sports are fake

Elise Hester November 29, 2017

Sports are fake. Yes, they exist. Sport boys and girls are real people and they do the sport ball on real fields and real courts. The games are real. The teams are real. The rules are real. The strike...

Senior Meredith Licata takes part in what Hester calls the "contrived conflict." File photo

A Year in Sports

Elise Hester November 28, 2017

In upsets, in walk offs, in protests, in saves of goalies, in touchdowns, in PKs, in rebounds, in calls, in five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes — How do you measure a year playing ball? At...

Senior Madeline McKay gets into the zone in this intramural dodgeball game. Photo by Allison Wolff

Intro to Intramurals

Elise Hester November 16, 2017

Intramural sports, also known as IMs, have a great place in Trinity history. From NCAA athletes to the least athletic among us, Trinity students can enjoy the wide variety of IMs offered. "No skill is...

Sarah Mullens, junior defensive setter, gets ready to get in the zone. Photo by Allison Wolff

Dig Deep: Athlete spotlight on Sarah Mullens

Elise Hester November 7, 2017

At Trinity, junior Sarah Mullens has found her people, the trusted few to whom she can fully open up. For the rest of us though, the talented defensive hitter remains a mystery; a quiet introvert with...

From left to right, Colton Hawkins, Olive Pertuit, Harry Bellow, and William Butler watch the game in excitement. Photo by Amani Canada

Astros win first World Series

Elise Hester November 2, 2017

A city once in ruin, submerged in the floodwaters of a hurricane, emerged to earn a historic World Series championship. Rewind to Aug. 31, 2017, when at noon, 34-year-old Justin Verlander signed with the...

graphic by Tyler Herron

Trinity students respond to Yuri Gurriel’s racist incident

Elise Hester November 1, 2017

On the mound is Yu Darvish, the 31-year-old son of an Iranian father and Japanese mother who came to the Los Angeles Dodgers by way of his native Japan after a stint with the Texas Rangers. At bat is Houston...

Despite the fact that the volleyball team is consistently ranked in the top 10 teams of the nation, very few fans come out to support them in the stands. Photo by Allison Wolff

Column: Why don’t people watch women’s sports?

Elise Hester October 23, 2017

Welcome back to Hester's thoughts. This article is about watching women's sports and why people do not do that thing. There's a simple answer: People do not watch women's sports because they do not want...

Illustration by Yessenia Lopez

Hester’s Laughletics: Funny stuff my coach said

Elise Hester October 23, 2017

I was touring Trinity as a prospective student when a former coach of my father had just passed away. As we sat in Laurie Auditorium, my dad chuckled, then explained he was reading an email chain in which...

Sophomore Grace Cline practices her outdoor free climbing. photo provided by Grace Cline

Trinity rock climbing club reaches new horizons

Elise Hester October 9, 2017

Since its formation in the spring of 2017, the Trinity Rock Climbing Club has established a firm footing and is climbing towards the goal of competing as a team. In the meantime, the club, which has about...

Graphic by Tyler Herron

My thoughts on Cam Newton’s sexism

Elise Hester October 9, 2017

Carolina Panthers' quarterback Cam Newton came under fire last week for comments made in a post-game interview. "Devin Funchess has seemed to really embrace the physicality of his routes and getting...

First-year defender Lindsey Peng shoots the ball across the field. photo by Allison Wolff

Are we complacent with excellence?

Elise Hester October 4, 2017

If you read my other article this week, you will have realized something, something you maybe, probably already know. Trinity is really good. Trinity is really good at being a school and at having good...