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The Highland Scots are back at it Friday Night with Ty Stover again leading the charge as they take on the Fredericktown Freddies on the road to open the season. The Scots finished 7-4 last year losing their final two games a week 10 loss at home to Clear Fork for the MOAC Title and to Tinora in playoff action, …

GAMBIER, Ohio — Travis Wall, the newly-hired head coach of the Kenyon College men’s soccer program, rounded out the staff by announcing that Nick Taljan will serve as the Owls assistant coach. Taljan makes his way to Gambier from Berea, Ohio, where he served three seasons as the assistant coach and video coordinator for Baldwin Wallace University, a fellow NCAA Division …

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Kenyon College women’s soccer team was recognized Wednesday as winner of the United Soccer Coaches 2022-23 Team Academic Award, bestowed on collegiate teams for their exemplary performance in the classroom during the academic year. In order to collect the award, members of a team had to combine to produce a grade point average of 3.0 …

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) unveiled its 2023 women’s soccer preseason poll, and, according to balloting of the conference’s coaches, the Kenyon College Owls were one of three teams tied at the top of the predicted standings. The Owls garnered two of the eight possible first-place votes and 52 overall points, locking Kenyon into a three-way tie with Denison …

The Kenyon College Owls were tabbed as the favorite in the race for the 2023 North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) men’s soccer championship, according to preseason balloting of the league coaches. The Owls are seven-time defending NCAC champions, with 13 overall conference titles since earning thier first in the 1990 season. The Owls collected six of the nine possible first-place …

Since 2002 a mix and match group of Knox County residents have headed to London to play in the London Wiffleball Tournament and they will once again represent the county Sunday in the annual tournament. The team, named the Sidewinders, finished 4-2 last year bowing out in the round of 32. The team’s best finish was 6-2 year in 2017 …

GAMBIER, Ohio — Jill McCartney, Kenyon College director of athletics, fitness and recreation announced Tuesday that Sharon Adams was hired as interim head coach of the Kenyon College volleyball program.            Adams will approach the upcoming 2023 season with more than 30 years of coaching experience at the high school, club and collegiate levels. She’ll take the reins from Emma Olson, …

 GAMBIER, Ohio – Jill McCartney, Kenyon College’s director of athletics, fitness and recreation, announced Friday that Chris Rosselot was hired as director of strength and conditioning, overseeing all 22 Owls sports.                Rosselot’s workload at Kenyon will also include taking on the role of director of the Patterson Fitness Center and he will report directly to Mark Teeples, Kenyon’s assistant athletics director …

GAMBIER, Ohio — The United Soccer Coaches’ Top 25 NCAA Division III preseason poll debuted on Tuesday, and the Kenyon College men’s soccer team claimed the No. 5 spot in the national rankings. The Owls continue their reign as one of the nation’s premier programs after compiling a 19-2-1 record in 2022, the third-most victories amongst teams appearing in the preseason …

GREENSBORO, N.C. — The American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) recently announced its member institutions that earned the 2023 ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award. Among the more than 450 collegiate programs to be recognized, the Kenyon College Owls were one of just 163 NCAA Division III programs to make the list. To be eligible for the academic award, a team had …