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Track & field teams excel at the Patriot Games

By ERIC LYNCH
January 30, 2019

This past weekend, the men’s and women’s track and field teams competed in the Patriot Games. This event is hosted annually by George Mason University in the George Mason Fieldhouse. The Blue Jays had several impressive performances over the two ...

HOPKINSSPORTS.COM Sophomore Therese Olshanski took the 800-meter race in 2:19.00.
HOPKINSSPORTS.COM Michael Gardner led the Blue Jays with 18 points against F&M.

M. Basketball splits two home Conference games

By SIMONE BLISS | January 30, 2019

Hopkins men’s basketball faced two Centennial Conference opponents heading into the weekend. With just a few crucial Conference matches left in the season, all teams came ready to fight to keep or improve their standings. 

COURTESY OF HOPKINSSPORTS.COM The late Jim Margraff makes a historic run in the 2018 season.

Jim Margraff: a man of great pride and poise

By BRANDON WOLFE | January 31, 2019

Over the past 29 years, hundreds of student athletes have donned the black and blue of Hopkins football, and more than 50 coaches have paced along the sideline of Homewood Field. Over those almost three decades, there was one constant and that was Jim Margraff, who changed the lives of each and every one of those men that represented Blue Jay football.

W. Basketball maintains second place in Conference

By MATTHEW RITCHIE | January 30, 2019

Saturday was another successful day for the Blue Jays in Goldfarb Gymnasium. The women’s basketball team defended their home court against the Washington College Shorewomen, defeating them by a score of 50-37. It was a matchup characterized by a staunch defensive effort by the Jays, who neutralized their opponents’ offensive efforts for much of the game. 

COURTESY OF HOPKINSSPORTS.COM Senior guard Lillian Scott leads all scorers on Saturday with 26 points.
KEITH ALLISON/ CC BY-SA 2.0 Coming off a hot season, Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson is a rising star in the NFL.

The future is bright for Ravens’ Lamar Jackson

By TIM SHADE | January 30, 2019

For this long-time Baltimore Ravens fan, the inevitable decline of Joe Flacco was at first an incredibly difficult pill to swallow — until his replacement, Lamar Jackson, put my mind at ease. With such a rare talent coming to the Ravens, the future of Baltimore football is bright.

Athlete of the Week: Matt McGough – M. Swimming

By DAVID GLASS | December 5, 2018

Last weekend, the Hopkins men’s and women’s swimming teams headed to Providence, R.I. to compete in the Bruno Invite against Division I schools. The women finished in sixth place, while the men grabbed third place, finishing behind only Princeton University and Columbia University.

HOPKINSSPORTS.COM Blue Jay swimmer Matt McGough.
HOPKINSSPORTS.COM The Blue Jays bounced back from their loss to Gettysburg with a win over Washington.

W. Basketball beats Washington College Shorewomen

By GREGORY MELICK | December 5, 2018

The Hopkins women’s basketball team traveled up to Gettysburg, Pa. last Thursday for a game against the No. 20 Gettysburg College Bullets. The game was a rematch of last year’s Centennial Conference Championship, which the Bullets ended up winning to take the Conference title.

Wrestling finishes in eighth at weekend tournament

By ESTHER HONG | December 5, 2018

The Hopkins wrestling team traveled up to York College this past weekend for the New Standard Corporation Invitational. The Blue Jays had the opportunity to see opponents from 16 different schools within the span of two intense days of competition.

COURTESY OF HOPKINSSPORTS.COM Sophomore Dominick Reyes fights through consolation bracket to take third overall in weight class.
HOPKINSSPORTS.COM Quarterback David Tammaro has led the Blue Jays to 11 straight wins.

Football beats RPI to advance to first semifinal in program history

By DANIEL LANDY | December 6, 2018

Win or lose, the Blue Jay football team’s game against the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Engineers last Saturday would be one for the record books. Hopkins was playing in its second-ever NCAA Division III Quarterfinal game, and its first on Homewood Field. However, the Jays were not going to settle, and they had their sights set on something even bigger: a spot in the semifinals.

Kareem Hunt is another black eye for the NFL

By GREGORY MELICK | December 6, 2018

This past Friday a video from February came out of Kansas City Chiefs running back Kareem Hunt shoving and kicking a woman in what appears to be a hotel hallway. The NFL immediately put Hunt on the Commissioner’s Exempt List, meaning he is not allowed to play in any games until a further investigation is completed. The Chiefs cut Hunt later in the day, saying they had asked Hunt about the incident when it first happened and he denied it happened.

SSG Teddy Wade Roger Goodell and the NFL have mishandled domestic violence cases.
COURTESY OF HOPKINSSPORTS.COM Junior Harry O'Neil makes lay up with only 0.6 seconds left in game to lift Jays to win 59-57.

M. Basketball beats Swarthmore at the buzzer

By GREGORY MELICK | December 6, 2018

In what has become one of the most intense rivalries in the Centennial Conference, last Thursday night, the Hopkins men’s basketball team took on the Swarthmore College Garnet in Goldfarb Gymnasium. The last time the two teams met, it was in the Conference Championship, where the Blue Jays took down the Garnet at Swarthmore to claim the Conference Championship. The last time the two teams met in Goldfarb, the game went to double overtime and was eventually decided by a three-pointer by now senior guard Michael Gardner with eight seconds left to win the game 93-91.

Will Alabama take home another Championship?

By BRANDON WOLFE | December 6, 2018

The regular season is done, the Conference Championships have been decided and we’re one Army vs. Navy game away from officially entering the postseason of the college football season. Bowl Selection Sunday has concluded, and now 70 teams will prepare for their upcoming games.

LambeauLeap80/CC-BY-SA-4.0 Dabo Swinney is looking to carry Clemson to another Championship.
HOPKINSSPORTS.COM The Blue Jays made it to their first Final Four in program history.

Field Hockey’s magical run ends in Final Four

By BRANDON WOLFE | November 28, 2018

2018 was a magical year for the Hopkins field hockey team. At every turn, it seemed that the Blue Jays were rewriting their own record book, only to rewrite it again just weeks later. All good things must come to an end, however, and the most successful season in Hopkins field hockey history ended in the Final Four as the No. 9 Jays fell to the No. 4 Tufts University Jumbos. 

Trouble in paradise? The Warriors dynasty may be falling apart

By MATTHEW RITCHIE | November 28, 2018

The biggest story of the NBA season so far has come from the best possible place. No, it isn’t that 76ers former No. 1 pick Markelle Fultz is now seemingly unable to make free throws. No, it is not that forward Kawhi Leonard has returned to his former glory and has established himself as a top three two-way player once again. And it definitely is not that the Los Angeles Clippers are currently leading the Western Conference as I am writing this.

KEITH ALLISON/CC BY-SA 2.0 Draymond and Steph were winners before Durant joined them.

Markelle Fultz continues to choke in Philadelphia

By ERIC LYNCH | November 28, 2018

In the 2017 NBA draft, Markelle Fultz was widely believed to be the best prospect available. He was drafted first overall by the Philadelphia 76ers and has been with the team ever since. Fultz’s transition to the NBA, however, has not been a great one. 

KEITH ALLISON/CC BY-SA 2.0 Markelle Fultz sat out most of last year with a mysterious shoulder injury.
HOPKINSSPORTS.COM Frostburg State had no answer for senior running back Tyler Messinger.

Football trumps Bobcats and gets to quarterfinal

By DANIEL LANDY | November 29, 2018

After two rounds of playoff competition, only the elite Division-III football teams remain in contention for a National Championship. Heading into December, the Blue Jays are scorching hot, and neither their opponents nor the frigid weather are showing any ability to cool them off.