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Baseball coach talks new strategies

Tennessee Tech’s baseball’s utility player Gavin Johns celebrates an inning at the game against Western Illinois on Feb. 16 at Quillen Field.  Photo by Kendyl Seals. Baseball coach Justin Holmes’ strategy this season is to repeat the successes but use a different formula to do it. Tech ended the season […]

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Golden Girls Step Up

Tech’s Senior dance team member Sarah Rose cheers on the men’s basketball team at the Hooper Eblen Center on Jan 31. Photo by Kendyl Seals. Tech’s dance team improved 10 spots in this year’s national college competition at Disney World in Florida. The team competed in the United Cheer Association and […]

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Sports roundup: January 2019

Tech men’s tennis predicted to finish first Four men’s tennis players on preseason top 10 Freshman Rafael Tosetto took home the No. 1 preseason ranking, one of three TTU newcomers to find themselves on the noteworthy list. Junior transfer Fanis Kontopoulos tied for third, while freshman Elias Grubert tied for […]

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Sports roundup: January 2019

Tech men’s tennis predicted to finish first Four men’s tennis players on preseason top 10 Freshman Rafael Tosetto took home the No. 1 preseason ranking, one of three TTU newcomers to find themselves on the noteworthy list. Junior transfer Fanis Kontopoulos tied for third, while freshman Elias Grubert tied for […]

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The top five athletes of 2018

From left to right:  Cross country's Purity Sanga, soccer's Kari Naerdemann, baseball's Kevin Strohschein, football's Nick Madonia and track's Mikayla Rennick.  Photos courtesy of TTU Sport

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Tech women’s track and field team begins season

Tennessee Tech’s women’s track and field team kicked off their season on Saturday at Vanderbilt’s Indoor Opener. Though Tech did not have anyone win their respective meet, Tech did produce a few impressive finishes.  Cierra Tate ran the 300m in 39.13 seconds and came in second in a field of […]

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Inside the nest: A Golden Eagle on ice

The south rink at Ford Ice Center in Antioch, Tennessee.  Photo by Nick Rogers To residents of Tennessee, the chill of a 25-degree day in November is hostile, unfamiliar and downright cold. I’m not your average Tennessee resident. Anyone who knows me, knows I grew up in the frozen tundra […]

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Tech football wins first game on homecoming

Freshman quarterback Bailey Fisher rushes on a QB keeper during the Nov. 3 homecoming game against Murray State. Photo by Adam Parks. Tech football coach Dewayne Alexander encouraged his players all season to play “their” game and to stay focused.  “This football team has continued to practice and do the […]