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Swimmers glide to fourth-place spot

The Norwich men’s swimming and diving team ended its season with a 6-5 record and placed fourth in the NEISDA swimming championships in White River Junction. The Norwich swimming team struggled in prior years but in the past few years Coach Laura Dunn has been shaping up the team. A […]

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Wrestling team recruits new, young players

Charles Constantino started wrestling his freshman year of high school, after several years of training in the martial arts. The transition from judo to wrestling was difficult, but not impossible. Coming from four years of wrestling, and placing fifth overall in a Virginia tournament, the switch from high school […]

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Lacrosse gears up

With all the snow and cold weather in Vermont, the Norwich men’s lacrosse team does all its preseason training inside. Head Coach Neil Anderson believes that having to stay inside may hinder his team at the beginning of the season, but he does not want his players falling into the […]

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Women’s softball seeks to do better despite losing Pratt

Losing Mackenzie Pratt, a starting pitcher for the Norwich softball team, has made this a rough year for the five-year-old team. Pratt, a junior from Hyde Park, Vt., died of cancer last year. The team has struggled in the past, trying to compile a .500 record, but managing to win […]

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Mac says good-bye

After being head coach for six years, Shawn “Coach Mac” McIntyre resigned to pursue a professional career in athletics manufacturing. McIntyre announced his resignation for the 2011 season on Jan. 19. He just finished his sixth season coaching the Cadets after they finished the year with eight wins and […]

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New football coach close to NU

The play begins and the defense holds the opposing team to a gain of just two yards. But there is a flag on the play and Mark Murnyack does not agree with the call. He paces up and down the sidelines and argues with the official. He turns to his […]

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Women’s basketball has successful ‘rebuilding year’

After losing four starters and graduating five players, this was supposedly the Lady Cadets’ “rebuilding year.” The talk around campus and the league were that they were going to struggle and have a losing season. So far, they have proved their critics wrong. “We definitely wanted to prove everybody wrong,” […]

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NU tennis struggles to draw support

When there’s a touchdown the stadium erupts and the canons fire. When there’s a goal in hockey the crowd roars and music is blared. When there’s a home run the fans cheer. But when there’s an ace in tennis, there’s only silence. “We don’t get much fan support because we […]

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Men’s basketball players focus on teamwork

Senior Cori Boston steps out onto the court, his senses are heightened by the weight of the ball in his hands and the announcement of his name over the loud speaker. The playing of the national anthem gives him time to think over the plays that were worked on during […]

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Lady Cadets start strong

The Norwich women’s basketball team started the 2010-11 season strong, but according to the coach the players need to stay focused on each game in order to keep their hot start going. The Lady Cadets are 12-7 despite losing a lot of depth off of last year’s team to graduation. […]