Liberty students flock to Hillcats game

The Lynchburg Hillcats offered minor league baseball at discounted rates to Liberty students Thursday night Baseball fans, Liberty University students and lovers of cheap entertainment all had one place to be Thursday, Aug. 23. That place was Lynchburg’s City Stadium, site of the Lynchburg Hillcats biannual Liberty University night. The Hillcats, a minor league baseball affiliate of the Atlanta Braves, […]

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Lady Flames torch Hawks

Liberty’s division one women’s hockey team took to the freshly-repainted ice in the LaHaye Ice Center Aug. 25 for their season opener against Hamilton, defeating the Hawks 5-2.

The women fought hard in the first period, but dropped to a two-goal deficit within the first 10 minutes. The […]

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Thomas repeats as coach of the year

Another great year is in the books for the Liberty University golf team, and for the second year in a row, coach Jeff Thomas took home the Virginia Collegiate Golf Coaches Association’s Coach of the Year award. He was also one of six finalists for the Dave Williams Award, the NCAA’s top honor for a men’s golf coach. Thomas has […]

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New facilities in the works for athletics

Liberty University has been blessed with all the new sports facilities that are underway. Athletic director Jeff Barber has said to expect the new Worthington baseball stadium to be completed in February 2013. In addition to the stadium, the Matthes-Hopkins track and field used by students, community, faculty and staff, will be renovated. Furthermore, due to the demolition of the […]

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Is the recent MLB policy enough?

Major League Baseball (MLB) has made large strides to reduce the use of steroids, enforcing stricter rules that make players think twice. However, MLB players still find it necessary to use banned substances. According to baseballsteriodsera.com, nine players have been suspended for their use of a banned substance since 2008. This season, four additional players have also been suspended. While […]

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Liberty VS Wake Forest – September 1, 2012

Liberty University kicks off the 2012 football season Sept. 1 in Winston-Salem, N.C., against the Demon Deacons of Wake Forest University. With this in mind, below are some talking points for week one. FBS Opponents This season marks the 15th consecutive season that the Flames will square off against at least one FBS opponent. Although there may not be many […]

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Riders take flight

Timothy Steltzer, Ryan Paul sweep ski, snowboard events One word to accurately describe Dew Games 2012 at the Liberty Mountain Snowflex Centre is “epic.” Double-corks, double-backflips and double-side-flips were all thrown down Saturday night as nearly 20 of the best skiers and 30 of the best snowboarders the East Coast had to offer came out for a chance at part […]

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Swimmer from down under

Liberty University has long arms when it comes to recruiting athletes. Upon examination of the current men’s tennis roster one can find Estonia, India, Brazil and New Zealand among the locations members hail from. Liberty stretched its arms once again to Australia, where it was received by Jess Reinhardt, who will be competing for the Liberty women’s swimming team starting […]

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Lacrosse loses to Elon in semifinals

In just their third year of existence, the Liberty Flames men’s lacrosse team participated in the Division II SELC Playoffs, losing to Elon in the semifinals. The Flames, who participated in the SELC Division II North West Conference, finished with a record of 7-3 before heading into the playoffs. Head coach Kyle McQuillan was named SELC Division II coach of […]

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Colts get ‘lucky,’ score top talent in 2012 NFL Draft

National Football League fans witnessed plenty of drama during this year’s NFL draft. Quarterbacks Andrew Luck and Heisman trophy winner Robert Griffin III were picked first and second, going to the Indianapolis Colts and Washington Redskins. Fans witnessed the quickest first round in NFL history, roughly three hours. The Dallas Cowboys shocked everyone, trading up into the top 10 to […]

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Nate Brown: I was media when…

The first football game I covered was a 52-7 drumming of St. Francis University at Lynchburg’s City Stadium, Sept. 4, 2010. Mike Brown and Chris Summers teed off that game and made covering the story easy enough. After the game, I interviewed Brown and Summers in a quiet, shaky voice. That’s when Chancellor Jerry Falwell Jr. walked up to talk […]

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2011/2012: Big South Champion Showcase

Volleyball The Lady Flames volleyball team posted a stellar 10-1 home record the past season at the Vines Center. Shane Pinder’s team won their fifth straight regular season Big South title on their way to the program’s sixth Big South Tournament Championship, a shutout victory over Radford University. The team then represented Liberty in the national tournament, losing a hard-fought […]

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Defense “lights out” in spring game

For any of the 2100 fans that turned out Saturday for the 2012 spring football game expecting offense, they were sorely disappointed. The two offensive units combined for a meager 235 yards in the short contest, which was won by the Blue team 7-3. The defense, however, put on a clinic, with both the red and blue defenses shutting down […]

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