April 17, 2014
Leaf Softball Takes Win over Lancers
Hall of Fame baseball player George Brett famously said that “losing was as pleasant as kissing your grandmother with her...
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April 9, 2014
Men’s Soccer Parts Ways with Tavi
The second-longest-tenured coach in the Goshen College athletic program is gone. After 13 seasons at the helm of the Maple...
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April 2, 2014
Golfers Hit Green, Continue Season Post-Winter
Nearly two months ago, the GC athletic department announced plans to drop the men’s and women’s golf programs after the...
March 12, 2014
Youthful Teams Prepare for Season, Brace for Weather
The calendar suggests that it will soon be time for the Maple Leaf baseball and softball teams to take the...
February 19, 2014
End of Regular Season Marks End for Leaf Basketball
In a way, the Goshen basketball teams have spared themselves one of the stresses of March: when the regular season...
February 5, 2014
Painting by Numbers: Math Changes the Picture of the GC Basketball Season
One of the postulates of sports’ quantitative analysis is that “numbers never lie.” Of course, there is truth to this;...
January 22, 2014
Maple Leafs Lose, Inconsistent
The Goshen College men’s basketball team had a Western-movie feel to it this week. Saturday afternoon, there wasn’t enough shooting....
December 7, 2013
Smith makes history
It was 26 degrees with wind gusting to 20 miles per hour when the gun sounded to begin the NAIA...
November 15, 2013
Smith to nationals, Harnish all-conference after blustery league meet
The wintry winds of Winona Lake may have slowed the Maple Leaf cross country team at the Crossroads League meet....
October 22, 2013
Double OT not enough in soccer draw
Opportunity may knock more than just once. But whatever the number, its knocks are finite. Goshen and Bethel learned this...
October 6, 2013
Smith breaks 33-year-old program record in second career race
Ryan Smith’s college cross country career is off to an auspicious start. A 33-year-old Goshen College record fell Friday night...
September 25, 2013
Men’s soccer loses despite shot advantage
Goshen outshot Spring Arbor by a factor of three Saturday night, but the Cougars found a goal and made it...
April 18, 2013
No triumph amidst the struggle
“The most important thing … is not to win but to take part.” Monday afternoon, three people were killed and...
April 10, 2013
Put it in the book(s)
The digital revolution has not been kind to dead-tree books. As I’m sure the bookstore has told you several times...
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April 10, 2013
April 10, 2013
Maple Leafs split with Bethel, first win since 2004
The Goshen College softball team snapped a 17-game losing streak against local rival Bethel on Tuesday as the Maple Leafs...
April 3, 2013
April 3, 2013
Young steps up as new men’s basketball coach
The twenty-day interregnum between Goshen men’s basketball coaches is over. Neal Young, an Anderson University graduate and at one time...
March 13, 2013
Maple Leafs in Action, March 14
BASEBALL (1-8, 0-0 CL) Saturday, March 9: vs. Concordia (Mich.) (2), canceled Wednesday, March 13: at Lourdes (2), postponed Friday,...
March 13, 2013
Shorthanded Leafs look to improve in 2013
If you’re keeping score at home, it’s Mother Nature 4, Maple Leafs 0. Four, as in the number of games...
March 13, 2013
Chupp resigns as men’s basketball head coach
Men’s basketball head coach Gary Chupp announced his resignation Wednesday, ending a six-year tenure at the Maple Leafs’ helm. Under...
March 7, 2013
Maple Leafs In Action, March 7
BASEBALL (1-8, 0-0 CL) Sunday, Feb. 24: at Northwood, lost 15-13 Monday, Feb. 25: at Northwood, lost 6-5 and 5-0...
March 7, 2013
Crossing Over: Athletics prepare for season change
The close of winter sports brings with it the beginning of competition for spring teams. Along with that change of...
February 21, 2013
Too much of a good thing
Multiple Internet sources reported this week that the University of North Carolina may be on the verge of joining the...
February 13, 2013
Friendly competition
For the past month, I’ve had the privilege of watching thrilling basketball finishes in the Gingerich Center – often more...
February 13, 2013
Maple Leafs in Action, Feb. 14
MEN’S BASKETBALL (8-20, 1-16 CL) Saturday, Feb. 9: lost 79-67 at Spring Arbor Tuesday, Feb. 12: lost 82-70 vs. Huntington...
February 7, 2013
Jet-lagged Leafs drop game in Ohio
The Goshen women’s basketball team couldn’t shake its shooting woes in a 72-33 conference loss to Mount Vernon Nazarene University...
February 7, 2013
January 30, 2013
Maple Leafs In Action, Jan. 24
MEN’S BASKETBALL (7-15, 0-11 CL) Saturday, Jan. 19: lost 87-71 vs. Taylor University Tuesday, Jan. 22: lost 105-67 at No....
January 30, 2013
Maple Leafs In Action, Jan. 31
MEN’S BASKETBALL (7-17, 0-13) Saturday, Jan. 26: vs. St. Francis, lost 93-86 Tuesday, Jan. 29: at Marian, lost 63-38 Saturday,...
January 23, 2013
Remembering Roman’s empire
Where are Goshen’s athletic teams based? For basketball and volleyball, many of the Leaf faithful could name Gunden Gymnasium, the...
January 17, 2013
Rooting for laundry
College is one of the few places we can set aside grade-school proverbs. “Don’t judge a book by its cover,”...
January 17, 2013
Maple Leafs In Action, Jan. 17
MEN’S BASKETBALL (7-13, 0-9 CL) Thursday, Jan. 10: lost 75-50 vs. Huntington University Saturday, Jan. 12: lost 81-66 vs. Spring...
December 6, 2012
‘Tis better to have played and lost than never to have played at all
I love losing. To be clear, that’s not a reference to any team — believe me, as a Cubs fan,...
December 6, 2012
Maple Leafs In Action, Dec. 6
MEN’S BASKETBALL (7-4, 0-3) Saturday, Dec. 1: at St. Francis, lost 70-67 Tuesday, Dec. 4: vs. Trinity International (Ill.), won...
November 29, 2012
Maple Leafs in Action 11/29
MEN’S BASKETBALL (6-3, 0-2) Friday, Nov. 16: at Wisconsin-Platteville, lost 82-53 Saturday, Nov. 17: vs. Wisconsin-LaCrosse, won 79-73 Tuesday, Nov....
November 29, 2012
Second half gain can’t prevent loss
The Goshen women’s basketball team dropped a road game to Bethel College Wednesday night in Mishawaka. While the second-half score...
November 15, 2012
Best times for two; Worst of times for team
Entering the Crossroads League conference meet in Marion, Ind., the Goshen College men’s cross country team’s goal was simple: win....
November 15, 2012
Maple Leafs in Action, 11/15
VOLLEYBALL (16-22, 8-10 CL) Thursday, Nov. 8: at Bethel, lost 3-0 MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY Saturday, Nov. 17: Individuals in NAIA...
November 8, 2012
For the Record, 11/8/12
1,461 more days. 2.1 million more minutes. Four more years. Come Nov. 8, 2016, America will vote for a president...
November 8, 2012
After making history, Leafs repeat it
History, the axiom says, repeats itself. For this, the Maple Leaf volleyball team could not be happier. Four weeks ago,...
November 8, 2012
Maple Leafs in Action 11/8
VOLLEYBALL (16-21, 8-10 CL) Saturday, Nov. 3: vs. Indiana-South Bend, lost 3-2 Tuesday, Nov. 6: at Taylor, won 3-2 Thursday,...
November 1, 2012
Balanced attack starts Leafs 1-0
The Goshen men’s basketball team was picked to finish tenth in the Crossroads League preseason poll, with the rest of...
November 1, 2012
Maple Leafs in Action 11/1
MEN’S SOCCER (6-9-2, 1-6-2 CL) Saturday, Oct. 20: vs. Taylor, lost 3-0 WOMEN’S SOCCER (5-13, 1-8 CL) Saturday, Oct. 20:...
October 18, 2012
Leafs weather storm for first league win
Relative to Goshen’s recent performance, the women’s soccer team may have felt like it was raining goals Wednesday night in...
October 11, 2012
Maple Leafs In Action Oct. 11
MEN’S SOCCER (6-6-1, 1-3-1 CL) Saturday, Oct. 6: at Indiana Wesleyan, lost 1-0 Wednesday, Oct. 10: at Mount Vernon Nazarene...
October 11, 2012
Men’s Cross Country rewrites record book at Benedictine Invitational
If 2011 was a spark for the Goshen College Men’s Cross Country Team, then 2012 has turned into a bonfire....
October 4, 2012
Maple Leafs In Action, 10/3
MEN’S SOCCER (6-5-1, 1-2-1 CL) Saturday, Sept. 29: at Grace, lost 3-0 Tuesday, Sept. 2: vs. Huntington, lost 3-1 Saturday,...
September 27, 2012
Maple Leafs in Action 9/26
MEN’S SOCCER (5-3-1 +1, 0-0-1 +1 CL) Saturday, Sept. 22: at Spring Arbor (Mich.), tied 1-1 Wednesday, Sept. 26: vs....
September 27, 2012
The fives have it
Five goals. Five different players. A win and a draw. In short, that was the story of the Maple Leafs’...
September 27, 2012
League split for volleyball
The Maple Leafs volleyball team reached the halfway point of the Crossroads League season this weekend with a five-set loss...
September 20, 2012
Cross Country starts off well, but hopes for improvement
The starting gun has fired on the Maple Leafs’ cross country seasons. The men have yet to lose a...
September 12, 2012
Volleyball, young and experienced, bounces back
At first glance, the Goshen volleyball team has a young roster. Last season, the Maple Leafs made a habit of...
September 12, 2012
Maple Leafs in Action
Men’s Soccer (2-2 [+1], 0-0 CL) Wednesday, Aug. 29: at Siena Heights (Mich.), lost 1-0 Saturday, Sept. 1: at Purdue-Calumet,...
March 28, 2012
For the Record 3/29: What can we learn from ESPN?
I miss the ’90s. And I don’t mean Vanilla Ice, Windows 3.1, Rugrats or presidential sex scandals. On April 5,...
March 28, 2012
Large number of awards at Small Invite
Despite a five-week hiatus, the track teams scored 33 top-ten finishes Saturday at the Dick Small Invitational in Defiance, Ohio....
March 28, 2012
Baseball hits skid against top of MCC
After Goshen’s baseball team won four of its first six games, the Maple Leafs hoped that winning streak would continue...
March 28, 2012
Maple Leafs in Action
Baseball Thursday, March 22 @ University of St. Francis: L 3-1, L 9-4 Saturday, March 24 vs. #RV Taylor University:...
March 21, 2012
Leafs start 0-2 in conference
For any number of college students, the arrival of March blue skies in sun-starved northern Indiana is a reason to...
March 15, 2012
Behind 15 hits in nightcap, leafs split doubleheader with Concordia nine
Seven innings were not enough for the Goshen College baseball team on Saturday afternoon. With the score tied 6-6 at...
March 8, 2012
Hot softball start in Florida
Baseball Hall of Famer Ernie Banks might be best known for his catchphrase, “Let’s play two!” The Goshen softball team...
March 8, 2012
Twelve runs too few in slugfest
The Goshen College baseball team did something on Tuesday that they hadn’t done since 2010: score a dozen runs. Left...
February 23, 2012
Women fall to Wildcats
The indiana Wesleyan women’s basketball team is ranked no. 1 in the country. Saturday, they demonstrated why in an 86-40...
February 23, 2012
Mid-Distance leads track at PU
Two seconds. That margin would have been enough for a pair of Maple Leafs to qualify for nationals at the...
February 16, 2012
Women drop final home game
A pair of double-digit scoring totals were not enough to keep the Maple Leafs in the game as Goshen fell...
February 16, 2012
Records, standard fall At IWU Wildcat Invitational
Two school records fell. Two race walkers won their meets. And a high jumper qualified for nationals. In other words,...
February 9, 2012
Maple Leafs hit road for productive week
On an evening when most of the Goshen track and field team was in action two counties from home, Maple...
February 2, 2012
Women’s basketball continues conference slump
Despite a balanced scoring attack that saw five players score at least eight points, the Goshen women’s basketball team dropped...
January 26, 2012
Women’s basketball succumbs to second-half Pilot surge
On the first possession of Tuesday night’s Mid-Central Conference contest, Goshen jumped to an early lead. For the first 18...
January 12, 2012
Goshen falls to #1 IWU despite Hawk’s career high
Before the game on Saturday afternoon between the Indiana Wesleyan Wildcats and the Goshen Maple Leafs, Sam Hawk’s college career...
November 30, 2011
Still winning, across the state line
Among the leading scorers for the men’s basketball team this year include first-year Kody Chandler (21.7 points per game), and...
October 11, 2011
Wildcats capitalize on Goshen mistakes
Indiana Wesleyan University moved itself into the top half of the Mid-Central College Conference on Saturday afternoon, defeating Goshen College...