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Pressure cooker: Men strive for four-peat and women try to win at NAIA Nationals Championship Meet

A select few of the men and women’s cross country team will travel to Vancouver, Washington on November 20 for the last chance at a NAIA National Championship. “It is very disappointing,” said junior Tynae Wilson about her last year running at the NAIA Nationals. “I want to go into it [the race] with a [...]

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Fresh start: Women’s basketball expects to rebound from four-win 2009-2010 season

Summer is a time for relaxation and a break  from school. The women’s basketball team, however, must be unaware of this “normal” summer because many spent their summers working hard to avoid another four-win season. In fact, this was one of the best off-seasons for the Pioneers under head coach Lori Wynn. It has been [...]

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Buzz on the court: Men’s basketball hopes to expand on last year’s finish

The newly waxed floor glistens as the radiance from the incandescent light bulbs flare up.The white nylon nets hang awaiting disturbance from the perfectly pressured basketballs that are soon to fill the gym. That’s right. Pioneer basketball is finally here and expectations are high for the upcoming year. The men’s basketball team prepares to kick [...]

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Swimming and diving coach talks about challenges for the season

WATCH: In the second year of the program’s existence, first-year swimming and diving head coach Alex Keyser, talks about the challenges he and the program faces. Reported by Chris Sherwood Produced and Edited by Michael Garwood

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Go big or go home: Volleyball seeks first AMC tournament title

Seasons are not lost causes with one bad match or one disappointing tournament. The body of work it takes for teams to grind through a season is not meaningless due to a loss in the premiere match or tournament. There are too many wonderful moments that seem to freeze time for a season to be [...]

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Pressure Cooker: Men strive for four-peat and Women try to win at NAIA Nationals Championship Meet

A select few of the men and women’s cross country team will travel to Vancouver, Washington on November 20 for the last chance at a NAIA National Championship. “It is very disappointing,” said junior Tynae Wilson about her last year running at the NAIA Nationals. “I want to go into it [the race] with a [...]

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Bryan Eckenfels conquers heart surgery

Bryan Eckenfels’ story is an inspirational one to say the least. Eckenfels, 23-year-old senior pre-physical therapy major, was in the best shape of his life before last year’s All Ohio cross country meet. Eckenfels ran 90 miles a week on average to keep in shape for the season. On October 2 2009 at the All [...]

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Cross country creates running club

Soon the Pioneers cross country program will expand their program to runners of all kinds. As of next semester, the cross country team will start a road race/marathon training focus group for interested students. The program will give prospective runners the opportunity to be official members of Malone’s cross country team while finding time to [...]

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Football unable to win their “must-win”

The Pioneers suffered a narrow 24-21 defeat in a must win game on Saturday Oct. 23 against American Mideast Conference rival, NAIA #19, Walsh Cavaliers. Junior Nick Towns felt like the contest against Walsh was “a must win for the seniors.” “Walsh is our biggest rival and if we could have won that game it [...]

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Football’s first half nightmare, main culprit in loss to St. Xavier (IL)

“I have never, in my coaching career, had a first half like we had and I have been a part of some really bad football teams,” said Pioneers head coach Eric Hehman. “This isn’t a bad football team, just a team trying to put things together, so for us to have a game that went [...]

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