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Softball opens up weekend in Georgia

Story by John Morris, Staff writer The Murray State softball team comes off a weekend of games at the Kennesaw State University Kickoff Classic, their first tournament at Bailey Park. In 2015, the Racers opened their spring season going 3-2, as opposed to this spring, beginning 2-2. They started off the weekend with a two-game losing streak, Read More

Integrity matters

Column by Mark McFarland, Assistant Sports Editor Integrity is defined in the dictionary as the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles. It is not only about being honest, but about being someone who is respected and who has a good moral compass. If that is the true, why are athletes held to a Read More

Out with the old, in with the new

Story by Mark McFarland, Assistant Sports Editor The Racer football program has gone to great lengths to make up for the players that were lost this offseason by adding the biggest recruiting class in recent memory. “We lost an awful lot of seniors this year,” said Head Coach Mitch Stewart. “We did do some things though. Read More

Racers win after two losses

Story by Mark McFarland, Assistant Sports Editor After breaking their losing streak to Austin Peay State with a 75-72 win, the women’s basketball team will head into the weekend with a possible 4-8 OVC record and four games left to play. Three of those games will come against teams who are inside the top eight of the Read More

Roe takes leadership at home and overseas

Story by Sarah Combs, Staff writer Ivan Roe is a sophomore aquatic biology major from Manhattan, Montana, who enjoys fishing, reading and leading his peers both on and off the rifle range. Roe didn’t begin his journey in rifle until his senior year of high school. He’s been shooting for 13 years. The journey started for Read More

Rifle prepares for NCAA qualifying

Story by Sarah Combs, Staff writer  The nationally ranked Murray State Rifle team delivered its 11th OVC Championship at the Pat Spurgin Rifle Range in Murray last weekend. The No. 2 team in the country wrapped up the weekend with 2,342 smallbore, 2,377 air rifle and 4,719 aggregate on its way to the title. Last weekend Read More

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