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The Lady Freddies couldn’t buy a bucket in the first quarter of Saturday KMAC match up at home against Northmor but the team’s defense stepped up and led to a 48-32 win. The Lady Golden Knights (6-11, 4-9) got a three from Lexi See 32 seconds into the game and a Ryann Brinkman score and followed by a pair of …

WOOSTER, Ohio — Junior Josh Greville and first-year Kudzaishe Mhere cranked out event wins Saturday at The College of Wooster Fighting Scots Invitational and paced the Kenyon College sprinters and hurdles, as the Owls tallied 69 points and finished fifth in the final team standings. Greville put up the initial win for the Owls, taking first place in the 60-meter …

WOOSTER, Ohio – The score was close the whole night as the Kenyon College women’s basketball team hit the road to take on The College of Wooster Fighting Scots on Wednesday night in a battle of two teams vying for their first win in the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) this season.  The Owls took an early lead thanks to …

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) announced its Athlete of the Week awards on Monday, and Kenyon College’s Anna Brown became the latest Owl to earn the honor for her women’s indoor track and field performance. The weekly honor marks the second in Brown’s career after she was also recognized last season. Brown brought home the conference …

The Fredericktown Freddies boys basketball team picked up their 11th consecutive win Tuesday Night as they knocked off Loudonville at home 88-66 to improve to 11-2 and 9-0 in the KMAC. The Freddies opened the game on an 8-0 run on threes by Tanner Estep and Carson Rinehart before Blake Sipes scored his first points. Brayson Youngen got the Redbirds …

The Centerburg Lady Trojans girls basketball team improved to 15-1 Saturday and 10-1 in the KMAC with a 62-34 win over East Knox Saturday afternoon. The scoring was slow but got started with 417 to go in the opening period when Tiara Sheppard got a bucket for Centerburg. Kenlee Fairall then got a steal and score and a three pointer …

CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind. — Kenyon College senior Gefen Bar-Cohen poured in 23 points during Saturday’s men’s basketball game on the road, but the Little Giants of Wabash College created a second-half cushion and held off Bar-Cohen and the Owls, 77-67. Bar-Cohen, who cracked 1,000 career points just before the calendar flipped, went 9-of-17 from the floor against Wabash, posted his second-highest …

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The National Association of Division III Athletic Administrators (NADIIIAA) announced, earlier this week, the recipients of the NADIIIAA Community Service Awards and Athletics Administrator Awards. Among the winners, the Kenyon Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (KSAAC) tied for the first-place award in the Special Olympics Activity category. Thursday, at the NCAA Convention in Nashville, Tennessee, the award winners were …

MOUNT VERNON, Ohio. —  The Mount Vernon Nazarene University men’s basketball team (11-7, 3-5 CL) welcomed the Marian University Knights (8-10, 2-6 CL) to Ariel Arena on Wednesday, January 15, for a Crossroads League showdown. The Cougars overcame an early 0-2 deficit with an impressive 9-point run, taking a 9-2 lead by the 16:45 mark. Marian fought back, cutting the lead …

GAMBIER, Ohio — In a Wednesday night clash between two teams hungry to climb the North Coast Athletic Conference standings, the Kenyon College Owls (3-11, 1-4 NCAC) and Wittenberg University Tigers (5-9, 1-4 NCAC) delivered a thrilling contest that came down to the final seconds in Tomsich Arena, with the Tigers ultimately prevailing 65-62. The Owls’ young core continued to …