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Cedarville Lady Jackets Rolling With Fourth Consecutive Win

by Abigail Hintz Cedarville added a fourth win to their streak with a 87-58 win over Malone University. It was their second back-to-back win over the Pioneers as the Jackets defeated them on Saturday 87-78. Cedarville is currently ranked third in the G-MAC, while Malone is seventh. Head coach Kari Hoffman got every player on the team playing time and it was a well-rounded victory. Junior Emily Chapman was undeniably the leader, however, with a career-high 24 points off the bench. Junior ...

Cedarville Men’s Basketball Drops Opener Against Ohio Valley

by Joshua Decker The Cedarville Yellow Jackets opened their 2020-2021 season with a 102-95 home loss to Ohio Valley University. Both teams went on runs throughout the game, but Ohio Valley emerged victorious after fending off a late Cedarville comeback attempt. The matchup was highly anticipated following Cedarville’s first couple games of the year being postponed after multiple COVID-19 positive tests within the program. Cedarville was without four key returning players for the game. ...

Lady Jackets Dominate Ursuline in 10-Point Win

by Tim Smith The Cedarville Lady Jackets won their second game in a row on Wednesday night, overcoming Ursuline 85-75. This improves their record to 2-1 on the season, following a win against Findlay on December 5th. Ursuline falls to 0-2 on the season.  The Lady Jackets were led by another strong outing from senior guard Ashlyn Huffman, who scored 24 points and garnered nine assists in the win. She led the team in both of those categories. Junior Emily Chapman also contributed 16 points ...

Huffman Hits 1,000 Career Points in Cedarville Win Over Findlay

by Abigail Hintz The Cedarville women's basketball team got a big win over the University of Findlay in their home opener, 91-75. It was a memorable one for senior Ashlyn Huffman, who hit 1,000 career points. She led the team across the board with 25 points, eight rebounds and four assists. Cedarville put forth a solid shooting effort, going 29-33 from the free throw line, 10-29 in 3-pointers and 25-57 in field goals. They had five players in double-digits, Huffman with 25, junior Allison ...

Cedarville Falls to Ohio Dominican in Season Opener 95-92

by Tim Smith The Cedarville Lady Jackets opened the unprecedented 2020 season with a close loss to Ohio Dominican, 95-92. It was neck and neck throughout the game, the outcome not clear until the final buzzer. Each time one team would start to pull away, the other would pull back in. In the end the Panthers emerged victorious.  Though it is a tough loss for the Lady Jackets, there were some positives for the upcoming season. Coming into this season, head coach Kari Hoffman emphasized that ...

Lady Jackets United Going Into Unique Season

by Tim Smith As the temperature begins to drop and fall gives way to winter, basketball fans around the globe anticipate the start of their beloved sport. But, as the start date for winter sports draws near, the question still remains: what does it all look like amidst COVID-19? This is a question all teams and leagues must answer, and many have made the decision to cancel their seasons altogether.  But the Cedarville University Lady Jackets are running forward on all cylinders, with a ...

Yellow Jackets Confident Ahead of New Season

by Josh Decker Coming off of a successful 2019-2020 regular season that saw the Yellow Jackets’ season end with an early exit in the G-MAC conference tournament, the Cedarville men’s basketball team is focused on improving and looking forward to the 2020-2021 campaign, especially with all of the uncertainty surrounding the season with COVID-19. Cedarville came away with 18 wins last year and an overall record of 18-11. A solid 13-5 conference record was good enough to secure fourth ...

Lenze Takes Leadership To New Level as Assistant Cheerleading Coach

by Lorin Barnes When most people hear the word cheerleader they tend to imagine fluffy pom-poms and ponytails, but it is much more than that for Cedarville cheerleading alumni Cassie Lenze.  Lenze should be what people think of when they hear the word. High spirited and entertaining, but most importantly a servant leader through and through.  Lenze is a Cedarville cheerleading alumni and graduated in 2018. She became a co-captain as a sophomore, allowing her to grow her leadership ...

Intramurals During COVID-19

by Nick Ratliff Intramurals play a big part of Cedarville’s campus throughout the semesters. Because of COVID-19, Cedarville has basketball, soccer, flag football and indoor volleyball all cancelled or moved to the spring semester.  Fall Intramurals Moved to the Spring Mark Matthews, director of campus recreation, gives insight into the plan for the spring and how Cedarville determined which sports could be played and which ones had to be moved to the second half of the spring ...

Cedarville Alumna Trains for 2021 Paralympics

by Tim Smith The year is 2016. The location? Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The occcasion? The 2016 Paralympics. For runner Grace Norman, this was the moment she had been working toward. Norman lost her left leg at birth after being diagnosed with con - genital constriction band syndrome. After years and years of adversity and training, the time had come for Norman to shine, and it was up to her to take advantage of the opportunity. And take advantage she did, earning the gold medal in the ...