Written by Claire Booher
Megaphone Staff Writer
Each year two student athletes are awarded for their hard work on and off the field. The Anchor Award is given to the students who show exemplary academic and athletic skills. They have the fortitude to go above and beyond with their physical and mental skills.
The student […]

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Written by Jim Surface
Megaphone Staff Writer
The Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference tournament did not treat either the men’s or women’s basketball teams well this year.
After the men split conference games at home against Hendrix and Millsaps, they needed two consecutive victories to insure a berth in the conference tournament.
On Friday, Feb. 22 the Bucs […]

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Written by Sam Marsh
Megaphone Staff Writer
This has been a busy week for the Bucs’ Lacrosse team. In the thickest part of the season, there isn’t much rest, but the Bucs are thriving. On Tuesday, they faced the Westminister Griffins, the top-ranked team in the nation.
At the final whistle, the score was 9-5 for the Griffins, […]

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Written by Sam Marsh & Lorena Saenz
Megaphone Staff Writer & Sports Editor
This past weekend the Bucs swim team competed in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference meet in Southlake, Texas.
It was held at Southlake Carroll High School, and co-hosted by Austin College, Trinity University and Southwestern. This was a year of great improvement from […]

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Written by Claire Booher
Megaphone Staff Writer
While basketball and swimming have been making a name for themselves in the SCAC news room, Southwestern’s intramural handball team has been burning up national sports arenas.
The handball women and men have been working hard and have had great results, winning 70 percent of their matches.
After six consecutive […]

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Written by Audrey Oleana
Megaphone Staff Writer
Bailey Thompson, a tall, athletic Mabee native, has taken the collegiate competitive swimming world by storm.
Thompson is a first-year at Southwestern, but began swimming competitively at the young age of twelve years old.

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Written by Claire Booher
Megaphone Staff Writer
While most of us were recovering from finals this past break, sophomore Zach Bergstrom, along with the rest of the SU men’s and women’s basketball teams, was hard at work.
So far the men’s team has had a very average season. Their record is 4-4 in conference and 8-9 overall.

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Written by Allan Smith
Megaphone Staff Writer
The SU Men’s and Women’s swim team competed well in their last two meets despite being in a heavy training block in preparation for the SCAC Championships in February. The Pirates turned in many good performances at their meet in Orange, CA against Chapman University on Jan. 6. […]

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Written by Matt Trawick
The Southwestern University handball team competed in the Texas State Handball Championship earlier this month, giving yet another strong performance in intercollegiate competition. This is their first tournament since the Buc handball team won the National Division II title last spring in Canoga Park, California, which was the sixth consecutive year […]

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