Christmas, in March? For basketball fans, that statement could never be more true. March Madness is a month of big dreams for 64 teams competing and a time of bliss, hope and desire for its fans. According to head men’s basketball coach Grant Hemmingsen, March Madness is something for everyone. “Everyone gets into it,” Hemmingsen…
Every year from January to April, loads of Concordia students show up on Sundays to compete for intramural basketball glory. Although this past Sunday marked the first round of playoff action in the 2017 Concordia College intramural basketball season, plenty had already happened during the regular season. Three teams, one men’s and two women’s,went undefeated…
As the 2016-2017 athletic season winds its way to close, the Concordia community is on the search for a new athletic director as Rachel Bergeson switches positions to deputy athletic director. As deputy athletic director, Bergeson will be handling more of the internal operations as the new athletic director will handle primarily the external components….
The basketball courts in Memorial Auditorium are normally filled with Cobbers spending their nights playing pickup basketball with friends to pass the time, but on Tuesday and Wednesday nights, an entirely different group plies their trade in another sport: ultimate frisbee. The Valhalla Ultimate club is Concordia’s ultimate frisbee club. Ultimate is a fast-paced sport…
Throughout the first quarter of the season the Cobber baseball team posts a record of 7-6. Last week in a tournament in Minneapolis, the Cobbs had wins against Concordia St. Paul and the no. 5 nationally ranked Wisconsin-Whitewater teams. While it is early in the season and no conference games have been played with seven…
Athletes frequently refer to their teammates as family. For six members of the Concordia College Women’s Track and Field team, a teammate may actually be a family member. This season there are three pairs of siblings on the team, Mikayla and Miriah Forness, Marissa and Kara Andersen, and Colleen and Elizabeth Vought. Each pair has…
Junior wrestler is the first cobber to bring home the Elite 90 Every athletes goes into a season with a brand new slate. A fresh start with nowhere to go but up, for some, is the National Wrestling Meet and the possibility of becoming an All-American. Six Cobber wrestlers made it to the National Wrestling…
As winter teams near the end of their seasons, they hold an end goal of championships in mind. While the Cobber women’s swim and dive team may not have come out of their season with a championship, they sure did finish with a bang. At their final meet, the MIAC Championship, the Cobbers placed ninth…
Seven players from Concordia have made regular season rosters in the NFL, but only one made multiple pro bowls in his career — Gary Larsen. Larsen’s two pro bowl selections in 1969 and 1970 and three super bowl appearances give him the distinction as having the most accomplished professional football career in the history of…
If you happen to be a Minnesota sports fan, you know playoff losses are hard. You know that the inevitable playoff collapse is just that. You know that something will bounce against your favor, someone will get injured, or some other intangible will suddenly tilt the playing field in your opponent’s favor. The most difficult…