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The Student News Site of Trinity University

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Rangers and Astros fail to conclude 2024 MLB Season with repeated success

Rangers and Astros fail to conclude 2024 MLB Season with repeated success

Rangers fail to repeat as World Series Champions while Astros face unusual early postseason exit
Anthony Romero, Sports Reporter October 17, 2024

Texas has been eliminated from the ongoing Major League Baseball (MLB) postseason. The Texas Rangers failed to qualify for the postseason, finishing with a 78-84 regular season record, 12 games worse than...

This week in sports: Stability is overrated

This week in sports: Stability is overrated

The great upset strikes hard in a record-breaking weekend
Caleb Reed, Sports Editor October 10, 2024

Football College football is a beautiful sport that combines communities and leads to some of the greatest upsets in history. The phrase “Any given day” was in full force this weekend, with the college...

Tigers to the tourney: Trinity Baseball clinches SCAC tournament spot

Trinity takes series vs Dallas to claim a spot in the conference tournament
Cole Isaacson, Sports Reporter April 26, 2024

It was a weekend of highs and lows for Trinity Baseball when they hosted the University of Dallas Crusaders. The Tigers took two of three games in the series, dropping game one and winning the next two....

Senior, Jack Baker ready to bat

Tiger Baseball pounces on Bulldogs

Baseball takes series vs TLU and moves into position for regular season title
Cole Isaacson, Sports Reporter April 18, 2024

This past weekend, Trinity Baseball took two of three games against the Texas Lutheran University (TLU) Bulldogs. The Tigers lost in game one in a 5-0 shutout but responded nicely with a walk-off victory...

Trinity Baseball Team

Tigers steamroll ETBU in a 9-3 rematch

Trinity’s stellar offense and pitching carry a victory in mid-week revenge game
John Thweatt, Sports Reporter March 29, 2024

The Tigers’ baseball team rematched Eastern Texas Baptist University (ETBU) on March 20th and played a well-rounded match after their loss against them just a week beforehand. With strong performances...

SLAM ANTONIO: Trinity baseball earns 3-0 start

SLAM ANTONIO: Trinity baseball earns 3-0 start

Trinity sweeps during its opening series, highlighted by a game-winning grand slam
Cole Isaacson, Sports Reporter February 29, 2024

Tiger Baseball swept Babson College to open the 2024 season, scoring at least eight runs in all three games. The most notable part of the series was a comeback win in game two, where the Tigers were down...

Having lost three key players since the last season, the state of the team's future pitching is uncertain.

Tiger Baseball is back again

Tiger baseball begins new season looking to repeat conference championship
Cole Isaacson, Sports Reporter February 22, 2024

Tiger Baseball comes into this season with the energy of a conference champion. Last season, the team went 31-16 en route to a conference title and an appearance in the NCAA postseason. Trinity ultimately...

Baseball "Free Agency" color

Baseball free agency: The winners so far

This year’s MLB free agency has had its share of craziness
John Thweatt, Sports Reporter February 8, 2024

In the baseball world, the bitter-cold winter months coincide with a fresh show of free agency news. Every team attempts to better themselves by signing new players and preparing for the start of the new...

Jackson Teer pitches in an April 2023 game against Schreiner University.

Reflections from a top-Teer tiger

Tigers’ pitcher Jackson Teer reflects on how he came to Trinity
Cole Isaacson, Sports Reporter February 1, 2024

When current senior and marketing major Jackson Teer transferred to Trinity in the spring of 2023, it marked an important decision: he would continue to pitch “Originally, I was kind of contemplating...

Champions at last: Rangers win World Series

Champions at last: Rangers win World Series

The Texas Rangers’ domination over the Arizona Diamondbacks left a mark in baseball history
John Thweatt, Sports Reporter November 9, 2023

The Texas Rangers won the World Series in Phoenix on Nov. 1 in a five-game series against the Arizona Diamondbacks. It is the franchise’s first title in history, with fans waiting 63 years for the Commissioner’s...

Everything’s bigger in Texas

Everything’s bigger in Texas

My once-in-a-lifetime American League Championship experience
Caleb Reed, Sports Editor October 27, 2023

For the first time in history, the Texas Rangers and the Houston Astros met in the MLB playoffs. The stakes couldn’t have been any higher: the winner would go to the World Series, the loser would go...

Race to the World Series starts now

Race to the World Series starts now

The MLB playoffs are just a few days away and each team has reason for optimism
Cole Isaacson, Sports Reporter September 28, 2023

As the calendars sit ready to flip from September to October, playoff baseball is in the air. At the end of the month, one of the twelve teams that make the playoffs will hoist the Commissioner’s Trophy...