Archive for the Sports Category
Blue Storm Football falls ahort of championship
Blue Storm Football Club suffered a loss to the OC Tech Gladiators on Nov. 4, preventing the inaugural club from advancing to the National Club Football Association’s Championship. After winning the coin toss, Blue Storm chose to receive the opening kick-off. With three minutes and 38 seconds left in the first quarter, Blue Storm’s Deshonvaris [...]
Blue Storm Baseball Club Plays Double Header Against ABAC
by Sammie Watson | Staff Writer and Stephanie Miller | Managing Editor On Saturday Sept. 29 Macon State’s Blue Storm club baseball team played a double header against Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (ABAC) at Luther Williams Field in downtown Macon. The first game began at 1 p.m. and lasted for about three hours. In Game [...]
Blue Storm disappointed by loss but hopeful for future
Macon State College’s Blue Storm football club suffered a disappointing loss in their exhibition game against the Greenville Titans on Aug. 25 due to a lack of teamwork, poor ball handling and the absence of set roles on the club. Blue Storm could not slow down their opponent’s offense in the first quarter. With about [...]
Sofa King Awesome wins first Powderpuff football game
Sofa King Awesome won the Relay for Life Powerpuff game event. Teams with strange names like Bone Crushing Ballerinas, Macon Love and Sofa King Awesome faced off last Thursday for Powerpuff Football. It was a flag football game with exclusively female players, male cheerleaders, and one chicken. In an effort to raise money for the [...]
Macon State creates football club
Macon campus recently added football to its club sports. In addition to getting their constitution approved by Student Government Association, the club was recently established as a club program through the National Club Football Association (NCFA). When asked about practices, Dustan Jump, the assistant head coach said, “Right now we have workouts Mondays and Wednesdays [...]
Basketball Club fights hard in second half of opener
The Blue Storm Basketball Club’s men’s team fought a tough loss against Gordon College in their fi rst home game of their Fall 2011 season. “We come out a little fl at,” said student coach of the Basketball Team, London Williams. In the fi rst half of the game Blue Storm’s men charged onto the [...]
New recreation and wellness building coming
In order to meet the growing needs of the students of Macon State, the college plans to build a new two story recreation and wellness center. The model facility will not be just a gym, it will be a true recreation and wellness center. “Anyone who has any leisure kinda desires can enjoy the building,” [...]
Tennis Club asks for support
Tennis Club players: Marie Dixon () and Lindsey Williamson playing doubles. Photo Courtesy of Tennis Club The Tennis Club asks for more support after their successful fall semester. To name a few of the tennis club’s accomplishments this semester you can start with their latest competitions. On Oct. 21–23 the Club competed and placed 4th [...]
Softball Club plans for the future
The newly established Softball Club has laid down its foundation and plans to build the team now that initial tryouts are over. Currently the club is building from the ground up. Vice President Lindsey Williamson said, “It’s hard, your fi rst year you don’t know who’s going to come out. You don’t know what kind [...]
Fast pitch softball comes to Macon State
Vice President Lindsey Williamson (Left) and President Violina Lilova (Right) Two students, Violina Lilova and Lindsey Williamson have come together with the goal of establishing a fast pitch Softball Club at Macon State. Director of Recreation and Wellness James Hagler said, “Similar to what J.P. has done with baseball and what Ashley did with cheer,” [...]