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 ...
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 ...
G-MAC Releases Spring Sports Schedules
by Josh Decker
The Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) released the schedules for three fall sports originally slated to play this semester. Men’s soccer, women’s soccer, and volleyball were all pushed to the spring as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Cedarville men’s soccer player Stephen Bailey noted the importance of the schedule release.
“I think having dates set for the start of the spring season gives us a more concrete target to aim for and extra motivation to ...
Ackley Leads Lady Jackets’ Cross-Country Season
by Evan Kakuk
The Cedarville women’s cross-country season is in progress, and with it comes many athletes who have trained hard over an exceptionally long offseason and are excited to show off their progress. Among these athletes is Alayna Ackley.
Ackley, a junior Life Science Education major, has been one of the most prolific runners for the Yellow Jackets, finishing second or better for the team throughout this season. She was selected the G-MAC Women's Cross Country Athlete of the ...
Redendo Goes Through Unique Transfer Process Amidst COVID-19
by Josh Decker
The preseason is underway for Cedarville men’s basketball, and with the new season comes new faces. Among those joining the Yellow Jackets this year is junior transfer Brandon Redendo.
The 6-foot-1-inch guard from Stormville, New York spent his first two years of college basketball at the New York Institute of Technology. In March, he entered the transfer portal and began to look for a new school.
“I entered the portal and just, a lot of different schools reached out ...