On Saturday, November 5, the Covenant Scots women’s volleyball won the inaugural Collegiate Conference of the South (CCS) Conference Tournament, defeating Huntingdon in a mere three sets, after rolling through Berea the night before, in the conference semi-finals.

The Covenant Scots varsity men’s soccer team is heading to the inaugural Collegiate Conference of the South (CCS) Men’s Soccer Conference Finals. The boys are playing their best soccer of the year, rolling through opponents leading up to the conference tournament, and continuing their dominance into the tournament.

On Friday, October 14, many Covenant students departed for lakes, beaches, childhood homes or homes of their friends. It was fall break! A time for rest and relaxation. However, a certain demographic of Covenant students did not receive the same break experience that most of the student body got to experience. While many got to rest, our student athletes were hard at work: holding practice, competing in games, and not getting to experience the family time that so many Covenant students were able to have.

On Thursday, October 6, one of the most painful games of the modern NFL era aired on Amazon Prime. A matchup between the Denver Broncos and Indianapolis Colts was a game of sacks, interceptions, offensive miscues, and, most importantly, field goals. You might be wondering: “What word is missing from this list?” The answer is: touchdowns. Somehow the final score was 12-9, a game consisting of seven made field goals, one blocked field goal and a panoply of incomplete passes and interceptions in the red zone and end zone.

Some might say that Lane Stadium, bouncing as “Enter Sandman” plays and the Virginia Tech football team runs in, is the best atmosphere in college sports. Others might claim that it’s Bryant-Denny as the Crimson Tide runs onto the field, and even others might claim it’s Williams-Bryce as “Sandstorm” echoes off the walls and rally towels swing through the air.

On September 24th, Homecoming returned in its full force to Covenant College. The homecoming soccer game is a staple of life at Covenant and for many, they have never seen a “true homecoming” in their Covenant careers. This is thanks to the COVID year in 2020 and then last year due to rain, the game was moved down the mountain to Chattanooga Christian School. This year however, the homecoming game returned to its rightful place, on Scotland Yard, with a full crowd, not one separated by social distancing, or guarded with masks, but united under the desire to watch their Scots succeed. Weston Marshall ‘24 says “It was ecstatic, hearing the roars of our friends, family, and the rest of the school: as they band together as one unit, to support the team, is an incomparable feeling”

On March 29, 2022, the Washington Nationals released their Nike City Connect Cherry Blossom jerseys. These jerseys are the latest in the line of a series of jerseys by Nike which deviate from a team’s typical colors and uniforms and attempt to connect with the culture and history of the cities in which the team plays.

For the past two weeks, America has been obsessed with Doug Edert and the St. Peter’s University Peacocks. March Madness has captured the nation with millions of sports fans glued to their TVs hoping they correctly predicted their brackets. For many, the hopes of a perfect bracket fell apart when the Number 15 seed St. Peter’s Peacocks knocked off No. 2 seed and Final Four contender, the Kentucky Wildcats.

Ballparks across Florida and Arizona have come to life in the past two days. The sound of leather baseballs into leather gloves is echoing throughout bullpens and ballparks. The crack of a maple bat meeting a center-cut, four-seam fastball cuts through the silence that these ballparks endured for four weeks. The wait is finally over, to the delight of sports fans across the country, our nation’s pastime has returned.

On February 2, 2022, after a two-year hiatus as the “Washington Football Team”, The NFL team hailing from our nation’s capital announced its new brand, introducing: The Washington Commanders. For some readers, neither of these names sound familiar. In order to understand, one must rewind to July 2020.

The billionaire owners of Major League Baseball are again seeking to improve their net worth at the expense of their players. On Dec. 2, 2021, Robert Manfred, the commissioner of Major League Baseball, announced that the collective bargaining agreement between the MLB and the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) had expired. The MLBPA is a union that represents the players of major league baseball and their commercial interests.

For many Covenant Students, the past two weeks have been a dream. The Great Hall has been filled with shirts reading “Go Dawgs,” my Instagram feed has been filled with posts about Stetson Bennet working at Cane’s, the Georgia victory parade, and videos of students in tears after Kelee Ringo’s pick-six with 1:00 remaining in the game. For some of you, the last sentence might mean nothing. For others, it might be a little too soon to think about (there’s always next year).