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  Senior guard Sydnee Pennhas been a vital player for the women’s basketball team. Penn averages 12.8 points per game and 2.1 steals per game and 53 steals on the season, placing her second in the GLIAC conference. Penn recently scored a career high 31 points against Ashland in early February. In that game, it [...]

  Pedigree: This week’s Pioneer Focus goes to sophomore thrower Duke Taylor for recently breaking an indoor track and field school record in the weight throw at 59’7.50 at the  Spire Midwest Open, held at the Spire Institute in Geneva, Ohio. In addition, Taylor’s school record breaking throw was also a provisional national qualifying mark [...]

  The unpredictable weather of Canton has taken its toll on everyone. But when it becomes a team’s only way of training, the brisk, cold weather can make things a little more complicated. The indoor track and field team has competed all season long with weather complications. But despite the unbearable weather, the Pioneers have [...]

  Pedigree: This week’s Pioneer Focus goes to junior thrower Lyndsey Bates for recently hitting an NCAA Division II  provisional mark in the weight throw at the NCAA Division II Challenge Meet at Spire Institution in Geneva, Ohio Saturday, February  8.  Shattering her previous school record by almost three feet, Bates is ranked 23rd in the [...]

  Pioneer women’s basketball has been exciting to watch all year.  With the recent six-game winning streak, which hasn’t been done since the 2006-2007 season, the team has made remarkable progress within the last three years under head coach Jason Mishler. Beating the University of Findlay and Ashland University, who are defending national championships, Pioneer [...]

  Pedigree: This week’s Pioneer Focus will be going to sophomore swimmer Bartosz Zarzecki.  Zarzecki is currently ranked first in the GLIAC conference and 6th nationally throughout Division II in the breaststroke.  Zarzecki has also played a major role in the team’s success this year as he has won most of his breaststroke races.  Zarzecki [...]

  The men’s basketball team is sitting comfortably coming off multiple victories this season (10-10 overall, 8-8 GLIAC). After a few recent stumbles again rival Walsh University (59-62), the Pioneers are still looking to make at the 2014 GLIAC tournament. “This is our chance in the next three to four weeks, we got to go [...]

  The men’s Pioneer swimming and diving team is coming up on the biggest swim meet of the year: the GLIAC Conference races, held at the Spire Institute in Geneva, Ohio. The men’s team, ranked 7th in the nation for NCAA Division II, is hoping to have a strong showing at the conference meet. Head coach Devin [...]

  Pedigree: This week’s Pioneer Focus is awarded to junior forward Lindsy Snyder for her recent milestone of surpassing the 500 rebounding mark in her career. During the women’s basketball team’s recent six game winning streak, Snyder has been excellent across the board and reached her milestone when the Pioneer’s defeated Ohio Dominican University 60-45. [...]

  There has been much controversy on campus due to the new administration decision concerning housing for student athletes.  The revised housing policy states that “any scholarship athletes regardless of age and credit hours are required to live in University housing. Additionally, any traditional student whose cumulative GPA is below 2.5 or has a disciplinary sanction will [...]