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After Wild Finish, Baseball Postseason Begins

October 10, 2011 No Comments

The 2011 MLB playoffs have finally arrived, but not before some late drama on the final day of the season. Baseball fans witnessed two of the biggest collapses in the history of the game with both the Boston Red Sox and the Atlanta Braves failing to hold on to sizable leads in the wild card ...

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Out-Pick Matt: Weeks 5 and 6

October 10, 2011 No Comments

In “Out-Pick Matt,” football fans try to predict the outcomes of National Football League games better than McDaniel Free Press Co-Sports Editor Matthew Arnold. In our first edition, the challenger is fellow Free Press sports writer Dan Lamond.   Week 5 New Orleans Saints vs. Carolina Panthers:   Dan says: Saints. Cam Newton has been ...

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Stadium Renovations to be Completed by Next Fall

October 8, 2011 No Comments

McDaniel sports fans will soon be cheering for more than their athletic teams. Plans are currently underway for a fresh and contemporary stadium facility. Lee Primm, the Director of Special Projects at McDaniel, shared the vision for the new stadium. The new facility will be able to seat 1400 fans, an improvement on the limited ...

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The Triple Threat of McDaniel’s Women’s Field Hockey Team

October 7, 2011 No Comments

  Hope Battista, Michelle Deitrick, and Paige Messersmith are the captains of McDaniel’s Women’s Field Hockey team of 2011. All three girls display a close bond on and off the field. “Everyone on the team is close,” Battista says, “There are only seventeen of us.” By just hanging around these girls for such a little ...

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Green Terror Athletes of the Week:

October 5, 2011 No Comments

Nick O’Melia, Football: O’Melia caught seven passes for 203 yards against Gettysburg on Saturday to record the Green Terror’s first 200-yard receiving day since Paul McCord caught 227 yards worth of passes against Gettysburg in 2003. Among O’Melia’s receptions were three touchdowns, covering 54, 56 and 36 yards.   Emily Peoples, Women’s Cross Country: Peoples ...

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Meet the Green: Ron Shriver

October 4, 2011 No Comments

There are those people who watch things happen and then there are those who make things happen. Ron Shriver is one of those people who makes things happen for this generation and the next. One of the most humble students on campus has to be senior Ron Shriver, co-captain of the Cross Country team. A ...

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On Top of the Hill

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An interview with Paul Moyer, Athletic Director

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