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ON THE INSIDE
Opinion: Page 6
Jared Anderson performs at SC
Editorial “Cup of Joe” Cartoon Weekly Tornado Column SGA Column Campus Pulse
Features: Page 7
Rachel Prochaska leads a painting workshop hosted by the SC theatre department. Photo courtesy Ashley Dowgwillo
How to Help SC Go Green Theatre Workshop Choir’s Cabaret Concert Entertainment Reviews
Sports: Page 8
Senior Mac Stephenson drives in against Bethany. Photo by Kelly Valentine
Baseball Softball Women’s Basketball Men’s Basketball Track
THISWEEK
Today. Beginning at 6 p.m. Women’s and Men’s Basketball vs. Friends (@ home)
Tonight. 9:50 p.m.
FUEL service (Fireside)
Tomorrow. 12 p.m.
Baseball vs. RV-Morningside College (@ home)
Tomorrow. 7:30 p.m.
Cabaret Concert (Upper Wilson)
NEWSBITES Black History Convocation In honor of black history month, Pastor Huey Harris will be speaking tomorrow in Culbertson at 10 a.m. where students can earn Convocation credit. Harris used to be a drug dealer, has been shot three times and was sentenced to jail, but he later accepted Christ and now serves as a pastor. Be sure to come hear his powerful testimony.
Worship leader Jared Anderson performs for SC Monday night. Anderson and his band led an evening of worship, consisting mostly of original songs written by Anderson. Visit http://stir.sterling.edu for more photos of Anderson’s concert. Photo courtesy Melissa Yarrow
Renowned worship leader and song-writer visits Sterling, offers guidance to students By JD SMITH Staff Writer Often song has the ability to convey messages that are otherwise lost in the buzz of our surroundings. On Monday, Sterling College students had the opportunity to attend a very unique worship session with contemporary Christian artist Jared Anderson. Performing in Culbertson Auditorium, Anderson provided the students at SC with a message of worship that stressed the importance of creativity through the Creator. Senior Marty Boeschling, who helped organize the event, com-
mented on the amazing opportunity of being able to hear first hand the experiences of Anderson’s journey in worship. “Jared’s songs help to bring into our understanding what many times theologically we can’t comprehend,” Boeschling said. “I would love to see more events like this come to Sterling.” Anderson, who wrote songs such as “Amazed,” “Glorified” and “Counting on God” said the inspiration for his work came from exposure to excellence in both sacred and secular works. “Pursue all that enlarges your imagination,” Anderson said.
“Be picky about what your brain feeds on. Do not be picky about what you create. Create as if no one is watching.” Other students also found themselves caught in awe as Anderson took the stage. “This was an amazing experience, one part of my college career that I will never forget,” sophomore Matt Jaderston said. Reactions such as Jaderston’s seem to fit the perfect profile of what Anderson’s music is all about, because as Anderson said, the major goal of any Anderson offers students advice about college student should be to song-writing during the workshop he hosted Tuesday. Photo by Matt Ehresman “become more Christ-like.”
Shane Claiborne to SC begins to prepare for speak at chapel, forum accreditation process
By MATT EHRESMAN Editor-in-Chief Although SC regularly invites guest speakers to Wednesday chapels, a very special opportunity is coming March 4. Distinguished author and speaker Shane Claiborne will present his ideas to the community in both the chapel service and a forum hosted later that afternoon. Claiborne is traveling with fellow Christian writers and speakers Dan Kimball and Chap Clark, all three of which are often associated with the emerging church movement. “Each of these three individuals are really engaged in understanding our culture and how it’s changing,” chaplain Anne Smith said, “but each of them also have a critique they’re making of the traditional church.” Campbell Hall Resident Director Ben Edwards, along with his wife Nicole, are leading the Praxis study group that is currently reading one of Claiborne’s books. “He is a unique man who lives out what he believes and through that he will challenge you to live out what you believe,” Edwards said.
Kimball is the only pastor out of the three speakers, leading a church in Santa Cruz, California. He has authored several books including The Emerging Church and They Like Jesus But Not The Church. Clark is a professor at Fuller Theological Seminary and has also authored several books, most of which focus on youth and family ministry. Christian Ministries professor Rishawn Austin chose one of Clark’s most popular books, Hurt: Inside the World of Today’s Teenager, to use in one of his youth ministry courses. Claiborne is the only one who will be speaking at chapel, but all three will present their ideas and answer questions from a panel at a forum that will be taking place at 1:30 p.m. in Culbertson on March 4, which is free to the student body and will be offered for chapel credit. A $5 fee will be charged to all non-students who wish to attend. “A lot of the critiques and complaints that I get from people about chapel or Christians on campus are echoed by some of the things theses guys are saying,” Smith said. “Students who might at times feel marginalized by mainstream Christianity would feel that these folks were speaking their language and help them to understand more of what they’re feeling.”
By TIM LUISI Staff Writer Every year hundreds of colleges across the nation are evaluated, or in many cases reevaluated in terms of accreditation. Sterling College, which was last evaluated in 2000, is scheduled for a reaccredidation visit from the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) in December of 2010. Until then, SC will be undergoing an institutional self-study in order to examine where its areas of weaknesses lie. Information from the study will be gathered and put into a comprehensive report that will be sent to the HLC prior to their visit. Director of Institutional Assessment Gentry Sutton is in charge of writing the report and co-coordinating the study with Dr. Gladys Ritterhouse. “The study provides us with an opportunity to be truly selfreflective across the board, not just in certain departments,” Sutton said. The five criteria of the study include: mission and integrity, preparation for the future, student learning and effective teaching, acquisition, application and discovery of knowledge and engagement and service. While meeting accreditation criteria is certainly important, the self-study is not being conducted for the sole purpose of reaccredi-
dation. The process will also help the college document strengths, areas needing improvement and progress it has made in recent years. Self-study results will serve as a road map for continuous improvement efforts in academic and non-academic programs. “As the report writer, I’m seeing all of the data at once and it tells me that we’re better than we sometimes give ourselves credit for and that we are, in fact, ahead of the game in certain areas,” Sutton said. “Sure, the study sheds lights on weaknesses, but that’s a good thing. The study helps us put teeth into some improvement measures.” Sutton also wanted to make it clear that he and the rest of the SC staff working on the self-study wanted it to be as collaborative a process as possible. Every SC employee is serving on one of twenty-five committees that analyzes different aspects of SC and some students and Sterling community members have also been asked to participate. Although it is a tremendous task that lies before SC, Sutton said he was very inspired by the finding in the self-study. “For some colleges, reaccredidation is a big, frightening thing,” Sutton said, “but I think it helps us here at SC confirm what we already know, which is that our college is a great one.”
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OPINIONS
stir.sterling.edu EDITORIAL:
Perfectionism and the Pharisees: The Chain of Christianity Contrary to what the Christian world might believe, the rest of the world is very well aware of the fact that Christians make mistakes (see Ted Haggard). Believing otherwise is not only foolish, but it can also be detrimental. Christians aren’t perfect, but we do try very hard to be, which starts a perpetual cycle of striving for perfection, realizing failure, living in shame, then starting all over again. I have come to believe that perfectionism is the chain holding down Christianity. We all answer God’s call to holiness very wholeheartedly, but often with none of the motivation of the Spirit and all of our own personal zeal. I think that many of us believe, whether we will admit it or not, that we can achieve perfection if we only try hard enough, if we try this new purpse-driven book, go to this different church, change our music choice, or whatever the newest fad to reach ‘model Christianity’ might be. So often we look to each other to be perfect instead of looking to the example of Jesus. Well of course Jesus was perfect, He was Jesus: the right answer to every question in Sunday school when we were kids. However, we would rather set individuals up on pedestals and hope that they will be perfect enough for us to follow. That’s why we get angry when those individuals fail, because they become yet another example of our own imperfection. Their mistakes become the mirror for our own and we hate to see the reflection. But that’s the exact point. We will never achieve God’s holiness. The fall prevents us from ever even coming close to achieving this. Oh, but we try so hard on our own. Perfectionism today is what the Pharisees were in Jesus’ time, just a nicer, 21st century version. There is no imaginary model that everyone expects you to achieve as a Christian. The only expectation for you is to be what your ‘label’ says you are. The word Christian means Christ-follower. It does not mean judgmental, hypocritical or closed-minded. That is what the world has made the word out to be after years of watching “Christians.” We need to rewrite the word “Christian” for the world. We shouldn’t be consumed with being perfect, but with being a Christian, following Christ in all His graciousness, passion for humanity and love for the people. I encourage you to throw off the chains of perfectionism and abandon yourself to grace. -Amy Woods, Sports Editor
WEEKLY TORNADO -- THE ROTATING COLUMN
Dorm life expectation policies too restrictive By ROBIN SMART Staff Writer
Visitation hours, no tobacco products or paraphernalia, people running and screaming through the hallways at 4 a.m. and then yelling at you to turn down your music the very next night are just a few of the joys of living in the dorms at SC. Don’t get me wrong; I love the community factor of living in the dormitory, like having hall dance parties in the bathroom, not having to worry about cooking my meals and living within walk-
ing distance from most of my friends. However, I can only see most of those friends between 6 and 11 p.m., because visitation prohibits males from entering my dorm outside of those times. Since I find dorm life so restricting, I thought buying an apartment would fix these problems. I could have friends (guy friends) come over and study or watch movies past 1 a.m., I could sit in silence or I could crank the music without 30 girls yelling at me. Buying an apartment would be the perfect solution. But alas, as a sophomore next year, I will not be allowed to live off campus. Now, I realize that SC is a Christian campus, but some of the restrictions are just stupid. First of all, the visitation
A Cup of Joe
hours are a joke. Of course, we can see our friends of the opposite sex in the library or the Student Union, but even in high school I was allowed to watch movies with my guy friends past 11 p.m. And why can’t we visit our friends before 6 p.m. on weekdays? Are we hiding something? Then we have the antitobacco rule. Honestly, I have a lot of friends who smoke or chew, and even though they could smoke right in their backyard at home or even chew in their own rooms when they were in high school, they have to drive off campus to do that here. As college students, the vast majority of us are 18 or over and therefore legalized to use tobacco products. I think we should allow the use of tobacco on campus, legally
By JOE DARDZINSKI
CAMPUS PULSE
Compiled by KELLY VALENTINE
What should SC do to be more envioronmentallyfriendly?
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of course, as long as the products do not enter any campus buildings. Finally, if we do not want every student living off campus, we need to change these unnecessary rules. I realize that SC wants to keep students on campus in order to enhance the community. However, many students would rather live off campus and away from the harsh restrictions. If we want to build an on-campus community, we need to make it inviting to all--men and women, smokers and non-smokers, early birds and night owls-to the best of our abilities. We, as college students, may be notorious for acting like immature hooligans, but let us make our decisions rather than imposing them on us, and we will show you our worth.
SGA COLUMN
“Life as usual” may look a bit different By DAVID FULLER Vice President of Senate As all of you are aware, the school has taken a 5% budget cut effective i m m e diately. I asked Dr. Paul Mauer how this would affect students and he said that we shouldn’t notice it at all. So to the average student, life will continue as usual. But should life continue on as usual? Should we continue to act like needy, selfish children that cry and whine when we realize that nothing in life is free and that we have to pay to go to school? Or the bathroom on our hall is filthy because we were the ones who made it filthy? Or we fail a class because the
teacher cared enough to give us the grade we deserved? I hope that we don’t continue life as usual. I hope that we start to change our attitudes. Have you ever considered being proud of your school? Being positive rather than negative? Perhaps you don’t think there is anything to be proud of. Here are some reasons why you should be proud. Take a look at our campus. Our library is really nice. Cooper is probably one of the most beautiful buildings in Kansas. We have two brand-new dorms. Our stadium was just recently renovated. The theatre had some great additions that no one knows about—new flylines, microphones, a projector and curtains. Think also of our amazing staff. It would be hard to visit the registrar, a class-
room, admissions, alumni/ marketing, financial aid, business office, the library, maintenance and the cafeteria without someone knowing your name. What’s more, our administration takes time to get to know us. The Vice Presidents of Student Life and Academic Affairs have volunteered their time to have lunch with students. The President had a ‘meet and greet’ with students over pizza (and it was his idea). This doesn’t happen at other schools. I could continue this list with praises for our activities—Debate/forensics, theatre, music, all of our athletic teams. Believe it or not, our school doesn’t suck. So get over yourselves, quit complaining and take some pride in your school—even if that means you pick up trash as you walk to class.
“The caf should have a bin for uneaten food to be taken to a compost pit.” - sophomore Joni Williams
“The next dorm that is built should be built green.” - freshman Houston Smith
Corrections and Omissions Although The Stir always strives for journalistic excellence, we recognize that we may occasionally publish false information or leave out important details unintentionally. Corrections and omissions will appear in this space every issue. If you find a mistake, please let us know. Contact Matt Ehresman at mehresman@sterling.edu.
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Red, Blue and Green
Warriors work to add a new color to their campus By TAYLOR LIBBY Features Editor Despite the fact that winter probably hasn’t run its course, with spring weather appearing in February it is easy to begin dreaming of warm temperatures and green grass. While visions of summertime might be dancing in some of our heads, green is not just a color associated with seasons, but the symbol of a generation that is working to
be more environmentallyfriendly. As Sterling College continues to move forward, such “green” ideals are slowly starting to work their way into the college. “It’s really important that we take care of the place we live,” SGA president Melissa Yarrow said. “As Christians, it is good stewardship of what God has given us.” With this idea in mind, several or g a n i z ations on cam-
pus, as well as the administration, are working to put a greater focus on making SC green. According to Vice President of Academic Affairs Troy Peters, the administration has been working on two main projects to improve energy use on campus. First, Peters said the campus underwent energy audits, which provided a plan to increase energy efficiency. This included things such as energy saving windows and motion sensing lights, but a lack of resources has hindered putting the plan into action. Second, SC has been exploring t h e idea of building a windmill that would power the campus. Peters said there is a three to five year timeline on this project taking place, and he thought there was a fifty-fif-
ty chance it would actually come to fruition. Outside of institution advancements, Peters said there were a lot of little things he was trying to encourage on an academic level to promote the environment, such as using more online resources, decreasing printing, and utilizing e-mail. As far as efficiency goes, sophomore Adam Beutler said simply changing all the lights to fluorescent bulbs would save a great deal of energy. “There is a big initial cost,” Beutler said, “but in the long run fluorescent bulbs last a really long time and use one-fourth of the energy.” Beutler said he thought the school should start gradually changing the bulbs now and then perhaps even pay a few students to change all the light bulbs over the summer. Moving away from conserving energy, Student Life is working to provide more recycling options for students, and just last week new recycling bins were put in place in every dormitory, Gleason and
the student union. Campbell Resident Director Ben Edwards said each RD will be in charge of emptying the bins each week and will share the responsibilities of Gleason and the union. “We, the Student Life staff, saw a great need for the campus to have more opportunities for the students to recycle,” Edwards said. “We recognize the areas we can improve upon and we take progressive action to turn that recognition into positive change.” Vice President of Student Life Tina Wohler said she was very pleased with the recycling project, but recognized the college could be doing a lot more to preserve the environment. In the present, however, Wohler said student life and the administration were always looking for news ways for SC to go green and wanted to encourage students to participate in this initiative. “Biblically, we should take care of environment,” Wohler said. “If students have ideas we are more than willing to look them over.”
Wasteful Statistics
- The average college student produces 630 pounds of waste each year, including 500 disposable cups and 320 pounds of paper.
- Through greater energy efficiency, college campuses could save over 25% on electricity costs according to the US Department of Energy. - The Pacific Institute found that manufacturing the plastic for bottled water consumed by Americans in 2006 took the equivalent of about 17 million barrels of oil. - A single computer left on all day requires 100500 trees to offset the 1,500 pounds of yearly carbon dioxide it emits. - Ninety-percent of the energy needed to wash a load of clothes is used to heat the 40 gallons of water per load.
Green-ifying your life: Simple tips to help save the environment - Wash clothes in cold water. They get just as clean, and use a great deal less energy. - Turn off lights. Even if you are just running to the bathroom, hit the lights and save a few pennies on the electricity bill. - Invest in a re-usable wa-
ter bottle instead of buying plastic ones all the time. If this isn’t possible, buy water bottles that use recycled or reduced plastic. - Unplug appliances you aren’t using; cell phone and computer chargers, coffeemakers, and anything else that isn’t being used leak
wasted energy. - Leave the heater off. With warmer weather moving in, add an extra blanket instead of cranking the heat up. - Do laundry with your roommate. You save water, energy, detergent and money.
Choir to present collection of musical numbers By BROOKE MINOR Staff Writer Instead of putting together a regular concert to show off their musical talents, the Sterling College concert choir is hosting an event called “All the World’s a Stage” that will feature a collection of songs from different musicals set throughout Europe. Also called “Cabaret,” the performance will take place tomorrow and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in Upper Wilson. Although it may seem strange to only choose music from European musicals, the choir is attempting to raise money to go on their own trip to Europe in the spring of 2011. The concert will showcase the Highland Singers,
the Lasses, the Men’s Ensemble, small groups, duets and solos. “I am very excited for the students,” choir instructor Mark Clark said. “It gives them opportunities outside of the big group to perform solos, ensembles, etc.” One piece that will be performed is “Find Your Grail” from the musical Spamalot. This piece has a solo that will be performed by freshman Kaedra Dixson. “I feel lucky to be working on this piece, but I am fortunate enough to have the assistance of the choir behind me,” Dixson said. While singing may be the focus, the choir also added choreography to their music. Freshmen Kacie Rogers and David Serve’ were
put in charge of coming up with the dance moves for the show. “I am very pleased with the choreography,” Clark said. “Both Kacie and David are doing an excellent job.” Freshman choir member Brittany Gant said the mix of dancing and singing brought something very special to the choir’s performance. “Having both keeps the audience drawn to what we are doing and helps set the tone for what it is that we are trying to do,” Gant said, “which is to bring emotion to the audience through our talents of singing and dancing.” The performance will begin at 7:30 p.m. and door will open at 7.
this week is Taken, starring Liam Neeson and written by Luc Besson. This high action thriller is full of adventure and excitement with plenty of martial arts to go around. While the movie will not be graced with Academy Awards or Golden Globes, it is entertaining. Taken has been likened to great action movies like The Transporter and The Bourne Identity, and is similar in both style and pace.
Or, as a friend of mine so astutely pointed out, the movie presents an older Jason Bourne with an awesome accent. Predictability is not something the movie lacks, but neither is lots of action. However, even amongst a great deal action, there are some very serious moments. The plot revolves around a father who is on a mission to rescue his daughter who was kidnapped and
- Separate the paper, plastic and glass from your own trash and take it to Dillons or Lyons to be recycled. - Use both the front and back of any piece of paper whether it is out of your notebook or from the printer. Also, utilize recycled paper when possible.
- Talk to your professors and ask if you can e-mail them assignments instead of handing in a hard copy. - Don’t take a tray in the cafeteria. If you can’t fit all your food on one plate, you probably won’t eat it anyway and are avoiding waste in that area as well.
Theatre workshop attracts students By TERYN FRIZELL Staff Writer At the end of a long week of preparation, the theatre department hosted a workshop for high school theatre students Friday afternoon. There were roughly 150 students from nine different high schools that attended the event. Students had the option to attend two of seven workshop classes including: improvisational acting, stage combat/fencing, dance, musical theatre, forensics, costuming and scene painting. The day was full of events for the visiting students. Workshops were
held in Spencer and Wilson Hall and students and their instructors were invited to have lunch in the cafeteria and then attend a matinee performance of An Italian Straw Hat. While SC students might have been slightly annoyed by the high school invasion of the cafeteria, Kelly Johnson, a student visitor from Lyons High School, said he was very excited to attend the workshop. “I was looking most forward to the stage combat/ fencing class,” Johnson said. Admissions counselor Sasha Hildebrand said the purpose of the event was to bring back some theatre alum and to attract pro-
Entertainment Weekly: A Homework Alternative
By JOE DARDZINSKI Staff Writer/Cartoonist
This week in entertainment we stay current with the latest and greatest... well, maybe not the greatest but at least the most entertaining. The movie
sold into sex slavery while on vacation in Paris. While the film doesn’t highlight the issue of sex slavery as much as is needed, it does leave it lingering in your mind and might be a movie to take a look at as we enter advocacy week for the International Justice Mission. If you’re looking for a man-date movie that provides fast action and cheap thrills, Taken should be at the top of the list.
spective students to the department. “We are able to use this as a recruitment process and the students are able to come visit campus and interact with currents students at zero cost to them,” said Hildebrand. From scenic painting to costuming, the theatre workshop was beneficial to students and the college alike. “On behalf of the theatre department, we wanted to do something that allows alumni to come back and give back to the college,” Hildebrand said. “We especially wanted to stir up some excitement about theatre, our theatre.”
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Warrior baseball season off to hot start By THOMAS CALVERT Staff Writer
Junior Josh Sylestine swings at a pitch against the Hutchinson Salt Hawks January 7. The Warriors have opened with a 3-1 record to begin their season. Photo by Katie Clark
The Sterling College baseball team has been working extremely hard over the off-season and now that baseball season has finally arrived it is time to see the pay off of their hard work. Head Coach Jared Hamilton said he had high expectations for the upcoming season. “It’s so hard to set expectations for wins and losses but if we play hard and play well every game we will have a good season,” Hamilton said. “It has felt like we have done everything as a coaching staff to prepare for the off-season and the players have responded by working very hard.” Not only has the team been working hard to improve its game, there have also been some changes to the stadium. The new renovations were completed as a token of appreciation to the current fans and also to help
draw a crowd during home games. “We have made some changes for the students. The stadium is now more fan friendly and nicer to watch a game,” Hamilton said. The baseball team went up against their first opponents of the year on Saturday, January 7th when the team scrimmaged the Salt Hawks of Hutch Community College. The team won 21-1 on the back of great offense and tough defense. The second game turned out to be tougher for the Warriors. The final score was 5-4 in favor of Sterling, but the Warriors had to come from behind to secure the win. “It was good to see the guys work for the win,” Hamilton said. “We want to see the team find a way to win in the tough circumstances.” Over the weekend, the team traveled to Brownwood, TX to compete against Howard Payne University. The Warriors competed in four games over two days and walked away with a 3-1 winning record.
Lady warriors have five Warrior men secure trip to nationals game winning streak By MICHAEL TALTON Staff Writer
By AMY WOODS Sports Editor The Lady Warriors continued their five game winning streak this week, beating Southwestern, 79-60 and Tabor College Saturday night, 72-52. The team is currently tied with Kansas Wesleyan for first place with both teams holding 14-2 conference records. “We played really well this week, with good intensity and with good attitude,” head coach Lonnie Kruse said. The Warriors will finish the regular season after their games this Freshman Megan Patrick escapes from week and if Sterling defenders from Southwestern February and KWU are still tied, 12. Photo by Kelly Valentine the conference champions will be decided by a point six, 37-31 to land on top, 72-52. The Lady Warriors also had an system. If there is still no decision then the conference cham- excellent shooting game against pion will be decided by records, Southwestern College on Thursand in that case, the Lady War- day, February 13. This was a riors will be conference champs much anticipated game as the if they can win both games this Lady Warriors lost to Southwestern earlier this season, 50-57. week. “We basically came out with Against Tabor last Saturday, senior Ashley Kraft led the scoring a vengeance towards them,” with 16 points, followed closely freshman Cathryn Wiebe said, by fellow senior Hillary Stucky “because we knew that one, we with 15 points and freshman Me- should have beat them in Winfield, and two, we had to win to gan Patrick with 13 points. The Blue Jays didn’t stand a stay on top.” Despite a score doubling rally chance with the Lady Warriors shooting nearly sixty percent after the half by Southwestern, from the three point line. War- the Lady Warriors continued rior defense dominated and kept their winning streak, 79-60. The Lady Warriors are honorthe Blue Jays to 21 points going into the half, and the offense out ing their seniors tonight as they shot Tabor in the second half by host Friends University at 6 p.m.
Giving them their third conference loss of the season, the Warriors fell to Southwestern College 66-75 last Thursday at home. “Thursday was a tough game,” head coach Dean Jaderston said. “Our opponent played well and we were trying to work through some lineup changes.” Injury took sophomore Cody Brazelton out of the starting lineup, thus forcing the Warriors to rethink their game plan. “I think we tried to change too much too soon and dropped one
that we probably shouldn’t have,” Jaderston said. “Southwestern made shots and we had a hard time getting any type of run going on one of our worst shooting nights of the season.” Although the Warriors took the tough loss, they instantly bounced back the following Saturday when they faced Tabor College. Out scoring the Blue Jays 66-52, this victory put the Warriors first in the conference with an overall record of 19-7, and a conference record of 13-3. “This was a great win for us,” junior Jason Finister said. “With players sick and hurt, other players stepped up and played big and that
was just what we needed to get another big win.” With the win over Tabor the Warriors also clinched a spot to go to Branson, MO and play in the national tournament. While a trip to nationals is on everyone’s mind, Jaderston was quick to say the journey wouldn’t be easy. “It is exciting, but we still have a lot of basketball to play. With one more win we are sole champions in the KCAC so we want to continue to stay focused,” he said. “Our team did a good job of handling adversity and really pulled themselves together and played well to finish the game.”
Softball has rough season opener Senior J’aime Quick tosses the ball to a teammate during the softball team’s first game of the season against Northwood University in Texas. The team tied both games against Northwood, but has fallen to a 1-3-2 record after losses to Concordia University and going 1-1 against Texas Lutheran University February 13. The Warriors will next face Hillsdale Baptist in Oklahoma on Saturday. Photo courtesy Grayson Graves
Indoor track season nearing the end of the race
By GODFREY MIHESO Staff Writer The Sterling College track team may be approaching the end of the indoor season, but they are still working hard to place at meets and prepare for the outdoor season. Last Friday at Pittsburgh State, senior Jordan Miller placed second in the 200 and said he was excited about this meet because they didn’t have to fight the weather. “This first meet was one that we enjoyed going to because of the ability to run indoors when it was too cold back home,”
Miller said. “We had decent competition and we placed well in the standings.” Sophomore Whitney Dautel shattered her personal record by 14 seconds in the 1600 with a time of 5:31 and sophomore Jessica Stuart took second in the 600. Head coach Jack Dillard said he was also pleased with the team’s performance and was looking forward to what the outdoor season would bring. “All of our men in the 55 and 200 really broke out last week and are making things look very promising for outdoor,” Dillard
said. “We had exceptional competition and yet we still excelled among the Division II schools,” Miller said. “Also, we had several personal bests in this meet.” On February 7, three distance runners were able to compete in the Texas Half Marathon in Dallas. Junior Ernest Newton placed first in his age group, 19-24, freshman Sadie Schnetzler placed third in the same age group and senior Kelli LaRosh placed ninth. Track and field next goes to Lincoln, NE for their final indoor meet of the year on February 28.
Track coach Ashley Tesone, freshman Sadie Schnetzler, senior Kelli LaRosh, junior Ernest Newton and head coach Jack Dillard pose after the half-marathon. Photo courtesy Ashley Tesone
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