Sports

30

Sep

Wins for Winthrop Esports

Matthew Shealy

Winthrop Esports saw its first action of the season as the League of Legends team competed in the Harrisburg University Esports Invitational on Sept. 19 and 20. The Eagles opened…

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23

Sep

Upgrading the baseball team

Matthew Shealy

As the Winthrop University baseball team returns to the field for fall workouts after an early end to the 2020 season, several new faces will be in the dugout. Six…

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23

Sep

Scoring and soaring

Matthew Shealy

Coming off a spectacular season in 2019-2020, the Winthrop University men’s basketball team has strengthened its championship-caliber roster. Toneari Lane and Kelton Talford enter as true freshmen, while Nate Buss…

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23

Sep

Eagle of the Week: Savannah Roper

Lily Fremed

Savannah Roper is one of four seniors on Winthrop University’s roster for the 2020-2021 volleyball season. At five-foot-four, she is one of the shortest on the team, yet her height…

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23

Sep

Tennis athletes coping with eliminated program

Chase Duncan

This past June, the Winthrop University Board of Trustees unanimously voted to discontinue the men’s and women’s tennis program amidst financial hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Several of the…

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16

Sep

New gamers on the block

Matthew Shealy

As the only varsity sports team competing on campus this fall, Winthrop Esports is adding two new games to its repertoire: Valorant, a tactical shooter game released in June 2020,…

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16

Sep

Eagle of the week: Michael Smith

Lily Fremed

“Looking back, it is hard to pick my most memorable moment because soccer and Winthrop have given me so many. If I had to choose something though, it would probably…

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16

Sep

Panthers making progress in Rock Hill

Matthew Shealy

After David Tepper purchased the Carolina Panthers in 2018, Rock Hill mayor John Gettys sent him a letter offering up the city as a new home for the team’s training…

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16

Sep

Youth sports in Rock Hill

Lily Fremed

When the country went into quarantine six months ago, many children, young adults and professional athletes lost the freedom to practice, compete, or simply play outdoors. Slowly, those freedoms are…

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