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Sports around the world help define cultural identities and community ties. John Brown University sophomore and Texas native Katie Gage grew up cheering on her younger brother during his six-man football games. “Most people watch football, but nobody knows about six-man football,” Gage said. “Six-man football is the small town […]
Teams comprised of John Brown University students left their books in their dorms to play dodgeball on last month. The beginning of the 2017 JBU intramural season brought teams to the Walton Lifetime Health Complex. Seven teams competed in dodgeball in the first intramural sport on campus. These teams competed […]
What started out as the San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick kneeling during the national anthem in protest of police brutality has quickly escalated into a much wider and deeper movement among athletes. The movement started last year when Kaepernick decided to sit down during the national anthem in August. […]
Intramural flag football season began on Sept. 18, shortly after intramural dodgeball ended. 8 men’s teams and 4 women’s teams are registered for the 2017 season, sporting such names as Glen Coco, Shake and Bake and Down, Set, HUTCH. Clancie Sorrell, member of the Glen Coco team, said she enjoys […]
Sarah Larson is a freshman on the John Brown University cross-country team from Wichita, Kansas. She first began running cross-country in high school for Trinity Christian School. “I was looking for a college that has a strong sense of a Christ centered community, and I immediately found that when I […]
The defending champions of the Sooner Athletic Conference were up for a good start of their season. Of the eight games played so far, six ended up in victories with two losses on away games. The women’s soccer team opened their season with a 2-1 win against MidAmerica Nazarene […]
The Southern Athletic Conference saw the biggest upset of this semester on Sept. 15, when John Brown University beat Oklahoma City University for the first time since 2012. Bayli Reagan, junior outside hitter, said she believes the win should be contributed to the mindset of the team. “The chemistry on […]
Kinzee Mayo is a transfer student from Butler Community College. A freshman from Anthony, Kansas, Mayo stands tall at 5’11. She is middle and outside hitter for JBU’s Lady Eagles volleyball team and has played in 4 games this season, all winning games. The current overall team record for the […]
Ability Tree, a nonprofit center for children with disabilities, has recently started up a program to connect John Brown University sports teams with kids in Ability Tree. Children from families in the disabilities community have an opportunity to participate and learn how to play basketball and possibly other sports, through […]
Caitlyn Logan is a freshman on the John Brown University soccer team. Logan made her college debut as goal keeper in the last 45 minutes of the first season women’s soccer game against Mid America Nazarene. A native of Charlotte, NC, Logan played soccer for her high school before coming […]