In the past few years, Concordia College has seen a significant drop in enrollment. While the college is going to great lengths to improve its admission numbers, there is one trend that Concordia continues to see each year: there are always fewer students in the spring than in the fall.Continue Reading
Finishing third in the MIAC last year left its sting on the baseball team, but returning a handful of talent upped the fight for this season. “We returned a lot of players,” senior Philip Kuball said. “My senior class, we’ve had a lot of guys thatContinue Reading
Records were broken and champions were crowned. Even though seasons come to an end, something seems to make the end lean to the sweet side rather than the bitter. For many athletes competing in the MIAC Indoor Cham- pionship Meet, it was a sweet end- ing to the indoor season.Continue Reading
In the technological world of social media and smartphones, being connected to everything at all times has never been easier. For sports fans this means score updates via push notifications, 140-character commentary via Twitter, and even live online streaming. However sports fans wanting to stay connected to all things CobberContinue Reading
March has been a favorable month for the Cobber wrestling team in recent years. The year 2016 marked the fourth consecutive year Concordia has finished second in the NCAA West Region Meet. The Cobbers were led by sophomore Jakob Stageberg and senior Ben Cousins who finished first in theContinue Reading
The last time the Cobber women’s track team saw an indoor conference title was almost a decade ago. Angie Pfeiffer, six-time All-American, played a huge role in claiming the title. According to head women’s track coach Marvin Roeske, besides an indoor conference title, Pfeiffer left a legacy all her ownContinue Reading
Offense was the story of the season for the Cobber base- ball team in 2015. Led by Nick Bornhauser’s MIAC-best .776 slugging percentage and Eric Carlsen’s MIAC-best .524 on-base percentage, the Cobbers hit for a team aver- age of .344 and outscored their opponents by 136 runs. “Last season wasContinue Reading
What is a football game without a dozen plus cheerleaders standing on the track, cheering to the school song after a touch- down or a field goal? What’s a basketball game without cheerleaders standing on the baseline near the home bench chanting “defense”? Can you honestly say that it isContinue Reading
The 2015 indoor track season ended dis- mally for the men throwers. “We had very few members,” senior Tyler Aldous said. The lack of the throwers was the result of injuries and conflicting class schedules. Se- nior Erik Bye missed all of the 2015 season because of injury, senior JensContinue Reading
Both the men’s and women’s track and field teams officially welcomed a new member to the coaching staff when indoor practices got under way Jan. 4. Martin Peper, 61, was hired by the heads of the men’s and women’s track and field teams to coach the long jump, high jumpContinue Reading