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Football Spotlight with Luke Packard

Football Spotlight with Luke Packard

Elise Hester December 6, 2016

Senior defensive end Luke Packard grew up in Dallas, Texas as one of seven children. Packard and his six siblings were reared by disciplined and goal-oriented parents who would prefer their son to make...

Swimmers tread water at Tiger Invitational

Swimmers tread water at Tiger Invitational

Elise Hester December 6, 2016

Trinity swimming and diving hosted the Tiger Invitational at Palo Alto College Aquatic Center over the weekend of Nov. 18-20. Trinity men and women faced off against competition from both inside and outside...

Learning sport as a second language

Learning sport as a second language

Elise Hester November 18, 2016

There are ten qualities that make a great athlete. I have three: dedication, passion and stamina. Despite lacking the seven other qualities "” agility, aggression, coordination, focus, speed, strength...

Together Tigers: Women's basketball

Together Tigers: Women’s basketball

Elise Hester November 14, 2016

Last year, the No. 22 ranked Trinity women's basketball team made it to the first round of the NCAA playoffs before losing a close game to the Claremont Mudd-Scripps. This year, the defending SCAC champs...

Spotlight

Spotlight

Elise Hester November 14, 2016

For a while, I thought sophomore Emily Reed was twins: one who played basketball and one who played softball. In reality, there's just one Emily Reed, a twinless sophomore from Flower Mound, Texas.   "Trinity...

United States of the Chicago Cubs

United States of the Chicago Cubs

Elise Hester November 7, 2016

The last World Series game to be played by the Chicago Cubs was in 1945, right after the end of World War II. It was that year that, according to baseball legend, tavern owner William Sianis, cursed the...

Tigers victorious in SCAC tournament

Tigers victorious in SCAC tournament

Elise Hester October 29, 2016

At the start of the season, head volleyball coach Julie Jenkins spoke about her hopes for the team to break through into the top 25 ranked NCAA Division III volleyball teams. Tiger volleyball is now ranked...

Spotlight with international athletes

Spotlight with international athletes

Elise Hester October 29, 2016

Sophomore women's tennis player Andrea De Leon was born in Mission, Texas to Mexican parents. Moving from Mission, which has a population of just over 80,000, De Leon grew up an American citizen in Reynosa,...

Soccer Spotlight

Soccer Spotlight

Elise Hester October 28, 2016

The Trinity women's soccer team is dominant. They are a force to be reckoned with, currently 25-0, and have outscored their opponents by an incredible cumulative score of 67-3. Just last Friday, they destroyed...

"Pitch:" Fiction, or new glimpse of the future?

“Pitch:” Fiction, or new glimpse of the future?

Elise Hester October 10, 2016

Kylie Bunbury stars as baseball player Ginny Baker in FOX's new show, "Pitch." Baker is a screwball specialist called up from Triple-A for a supposedly brief stint with the San Diego Padres, making history...

Graphic by Tyler Herron

Greek life and Trinity athletics

Elise Hester October 1, 2016

Approximately one in four Trinity students is involved in Greek life, while on average, one in every five students plays on a varsity athletic team. Inevitably, there is quite a bit of overlap between...

Tennis teams check in for ITA's

Tennis teams check in for ITA’s

Elise Hester October 1, 2016

This past weekend, Trinity women's tennis competed in the ITA Regional competition. The ITA competition, which is a separate entity from NCAA tennis, sees the players competing as individual athletes,...