Sports have always been political
Kaleia Lawrence, Opinion Editor
September 30, 2020
People who say there shouldn't be politics mixed with sports are lying to themselves. Politics and sports have been intertwined for a long time. Throughout history, sports have been used in a political manner. Entire groups of people have been discriminated against in the name of athletics. As early as the 1908 Olympics, entire teams have chosen ...
Golf team places 4th in own invite
Staff Report
September 12, 2018
The Madison College golf team played in its fourth tournament of the fall season and had its best finish of the year, placing fourth out of six teams on Sept. 8. Wet conditions forced the Madison College Invitational to be moved from the Yahara Hills Golf Course to Hawks Landing. The...
Nothing new in dominant women’s soccer victories
Staff Report
September 12, 2018
It is a new season, but it has been the same result so far for the Madison College women’s soccer team – dominating win after dominating win. The WolfPack has played three matches through Sept. 8, winning all three and outscoring its opponents by a whopping total of 22-1. ...
Parr pitches no-hitter for WolfPack baseball
Clarion Staff Report
April 20, 2016
Pitcher Brandon Parr may have provided one of the biggest highlights of what has been an up-and-down season for the Madison College baseball team. Parr pitched a no-hit 6-0 win against Elgin Community College in the first game of a doubleheader at home on April 14. The no-hitter was the first for...
Softball team among conference leaders
Clarion Staff Report
April 20, 2016
Madison College is one of three teams at the top of the North Central Community College Conference softball standings. Rock Valley leads the conference with a 12-1 record, while Madison College is in second place at 10-3. At 8-5, the College of DuPage closely trails the WolfPack. An April 19 doubleheader...
At Milwaukee’s Miller Park, it’s a different ballgame
Tiffany Pearson, Staff Writer
April 20, 2016
On April 9, with an outdoor temperature of 31 degrees, 19 seasoned Brewers fans and I set out to Milwaukee to catch the game between the Brewers and the Astros. Miller Park is known for tailgating, and we began our’s next to a friendly group of 40-somethings, who shared their hot dog buns in exchange...
Baseball team opens season in Arizona
Clarion Staff Report
March 22, 2016
A spring break trip to Arizona gave the Madison College men’s baseball team its first chance to get some games in this season. Although the 4-8 outcome wasn’t what some might have anticipated from the perennial powerhouse, it might not be an accurate gauge of what to expect from the WolfPack this...
Women’s basketball season ends with loss to Lakers
Bailey Ayres, Sports Editor
March 22, 2016
The women WolfPack basketball had quite the impressive season, finishing the year with a 27-4-0 record and an impressive home record of 14-1-0. Madison College’s season ended with a loss in the NJCAA district championship on March 1 at home in the Redsten Gymnasium. The WolfPack played the...
WolfPack softball team stands at .500 after annual spring trip
Clarion Staff Report
March 22, 2016
Madison College softball fans will have to wait until April 3 to see their team play a home game. Still, thanks to two indoor tournaments and a Florida spring break trip, the team has already played 22 games and faced all of its conference opponents. The WolfPack won 6 of 13 games on its recently...
WolfPack softball team drops 3 indoor games
Clarion Staff Report
March 2, 2016
The Madison College softball team opened the season by playing in the Rochester Community and Technical College Early Bird Invitational on Feb. 26 in the Bubble at UCR Regional Stadium in Rochester, Minn. Despite losing all three games, the team got a bit of a warm-up prior to the N4C Dome Jamboree...
Women’s basketball team wins region IV championship
Bailey Ayres, Sports Editor
March 1, 2016
Rock Valley College has been the team to beat in both the North Central Community College Conference and the NJCAA Division III Region IV women’s basketball tournament. Despite splitting regular-season games with Madison College, Rock Valley managed to win the conference title for the sixth straight...
WolfPack men’s basketball responds after tough losses to ranked teams
Bailey Ayres, Sports Editor
February 3, 2016
A tough stretch of games against a number of ranked opponents contributed to a four-game losing streak for the Madison College men’s basketball team. But since that mid-January stretch, the WolfPack has been able to win back-to-back games to improve its record to 9-13 overall. Most recently,...
