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PSU Wrestling Dominates Home Meet

Plymouth State Wrestling hosted its only home meet, and it sure was memorable.  The Panthers defeated Norwich 33-6, winning eight out of ten bouts. The two they lost could have easily gone either way. At 133 lbs., senior Tommy Paolera (Andover, MA) had a hard fought bloody battle, but […]

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Plymouth State Men’s Hockey Starts Out Strong

Already having an impressive 2-0 record to start as they started their season on the road, the Panthers came roaring into (pun intended) Hanaway Rink on Tuesday night. The Plymouth State Panthers hosted the team from Westfield State for the home opener of the 2011-12 Men’s Hockey Season. PSU […]

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Men’s Basketball Looks to Start Strong in L.E.C. Play

As of Wednesday night, November 30th, the Plymouth State Men’s basketball team’s record stood at 2-2. Through these four games, the Panthers had defeated Elms and Rivier, while they lost a tough one to Castleton and Amherst. Despite being a relatively young team, seniors Jesse Sabolis (Stoughton ,Mass.) and […]

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The Flutie Festival Comes to Plymouth State

I got to interview former Boston College, and New England Patriots quarterback Doug Flutie on November 20th. I wasn’t really too sure what to expect, but I quickly learned that Flutie, along with his wife, Laurie are great people that dedicate a lot of time not only to their […]

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Meet Plymouth State’s Newest Men’s Basketball Coach

Plymouth State’s Men’s basketball team has a new head coach this year, Andrew Novick. I am not going to lie, I was a fan of last year’s head coach, Damien Strahorn, but Coach Novick has easily become one of my favorite coaches at Plymouth. Novick has been around some […]

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Plymouth State Wrestling Anticipates to Have Strong Season Under New Coach

Matt Eldredge is the new head coach for Plymouth State’s wrestling team. Eldredge takes over for Tommy Prairie, who left to go to Washington and Jefferson (PA). Eldredge was a four-year wrestler (at 197 pounds) and heavyweight for the nationally ranked SUNY Cortland program, where his 24 pins rank […]

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ESPN documentary “Unguarded” hits home

The famous 30 for 30 documentary series is back on ESPN every Tuesday at 8 P.M., covering a wide variety of sports stories. A couple of weeks ago, I watched “Unguarded”, a documentary about Fall River, Massachusetts basketball standout Chris Herren and his battle […]

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PSU Football Falls to Curry in Final Game

Milton, Mass.—The Panthers were unable to capture a win in their regular season conclusion on Saturday afternoon at Katz Field against Curry College in NEFC Boyd Division action.  The Colonels won, 38-14. Even with the loss, Plymouth State had impressive performances on both sides of the ball. Junior Andrew […]

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Coaching the Wright Way

Coach Rob Wright remembers the moment perfectly, as if the game had just finished minutes before. A retrospective smile takes over his face as his eyes stare off into the distance. Plymouth State Soccer’s Homecoming […]

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Plymouth’s Dodgeball Club

#8220;DODGEBALL!” yells Junior Peter Orszagh. Mass chaos ensues, and suddenly, it goes from a friendly environment to college students looking to take out some anger from their daily grind that is school work. Plymouth State’s dodgeball club meets every Monday and Tuesday at 10 P.M. and always features entertainment […]