When you think of sports, you probably think some of the following: body paint on a middle-aged man’s beer belly; chest-bumps; foam fingers that read “#1”; a 300-plus-pound behemoth of an athlete nicknamed Tiny; and religion. Whoa, wait; double-take. Religion? That’s exactly right. After the 2011-2012 National Football League season, it’s probably true for many…
The Concordia Women’s Tennis team served a strong season opener against St. Scholastica on Feb. 4. Last year the Saints defeated the Cobbers, but this wasn’t the case this year. The Cobbers won four singles matches to bring home a 6-3 win. Seniors Andrea Rognlien and Kelly Kalvoda, junior Chelsie McGraw and freshman Emma Koskiniemi…
The Concordia Women’s Basketball team is in the middle of the playoff hunt. The Cobbers (12-7 overall, 10-6 conference play) sit firmly entrenched in the top six, not an easy accomplishment having lost six graduating seniors from last year’s team. Those seniors included three of their top four scorers—48 percent of the team’s points. Though…
Beginning on March 15, 2012, head men’s basketball coach Rich Glas will become the new director of athletics. Glas takes over for Larry Papenfuss, who came to Concordia athletics in 1994 and was chosen as director of athletics in 2004. Papenfuss will now take over the duties as an overseer of the Office of Alumni…
Concordian sports writer Patrick Rundlett had the opportunity to sit down and interview men’s basketball coach Mr. Rich Glas. Here are his responses. First, being at the start of the season, what are your thoughts so far? Coach Glas: “We’re struggling from a stand point offensively shooting the basketball. That’s been our biggest problem….
Disclaimer: Any and all opinions suggested in this column are the complete responsibility of the publication; the writer is but a pawn in media propaganda. Unless the column isn’t offensive and is well-liked, then feel free to blame the writer… Who says sports are a man’s world? They would realize just how wrong they are…
The Concordia women’s hockey team has been tearing up the ice this season with their fierce sportsmanship and stellar athletic skills. The women’s results are 6-2 this season so far. One of those games was a tie, making the Cobber women experience defeat only once. The Cobbers will be traveling to St. Thomas this weekend…
The Cobber Women’s soccer team continued their reign as one of the top programs in the country by making another visit to the Sweet 16 at the Division III national tournament. This was the team’s second trip to the big dance in three seasons and fifth in the past six seasons. The team lost in…
The Concordia Women’s Cross Country team ended their season last Saturday, Nov. 12th at the NCAA Central Region Championships hosted at Wartburg College. The team finished in 11th place, their best finish since the 2006 season. “Our result was really good, basically we ran extremely well all the way across the board,” said Coach Marv…
The Cobber football team’s season comes to a close this weekend in Northfield against St. Olaf. There will be a lot of “what ifs” looking back on this year for the team, but there are some positive things to build on for the future. There was a great deal of promise right from the first…