Land of 10,000 locks
Austin Cleveland, sports writer
March 13, 2019
Filed under Sports
For many March the beginning of college basketball’s March Madness, but for the boys on skates in the land of 10,000 lakes, March is the Minnesota High School Hockey tournament. And no honor (besides winning the state title) compares to being honored in the annual All-Hockey Hair Team vi...
Jump on the bandwagon
Tom Mueller, features writer
December 6, 2018
Filed under The Parsnip
Jean ‘Sister Jean’ Dolores Schmidt, the 99-year-old un-official mascot for the University of Loyola-Chicago Ramblers men’s basketball team, became the idol of every bandwagon fan in March. She is the person they strive to be; somebody who becomes relevant without actually knowing much about spo...
NHL Preview 2018-19
Austin Cleveland, sports writer
October 9, 2018
Filed under Top Stories
September drifts into October, and an eerie shift begins. The weather is getting colder, the days are becoming shorter and the NHL hockey season creeps into the pandemonium of professional sports. With the NBA, NFL and NHL gearing up, (not to mention college football) and MLB playoffs also going on,...
Your athletes owe you nothing
Austin Cleveland, sports writer
September 10, 2018
Filed under Sports, Top Stories
We’ve seen it in the most star-studded athletes in recent American sports history. LeBron James, Wayne Gretzky, Kevin Durant, Albert Pujols, the list goes on. Talented players bring joy to fans to the point they feel entitled to it. A player pursuing opportunities elsewhere might as well flip the bird to ...
Knights storm the castle
Austin Cleveland, sports writer
May 3, 2018
Filed under Sports
The newest addition to the league and the strip, the Vegas Golden Knights have set the media in a frenzy since the team was announced. However, it was last June when things really began to heat up. The league underwent an expansion draft, aimed at giving expansion teams a fighting chance in their ina...
Winter sports preview
Kate Hennessey, Brendan Davidson, Riley Arns, Austin Cleveland, sports editor, sports staff
February 20, 2018
Filed under Sports
Senior profile: Beau Bramlett
Holden Foreman, entertainment editor
April 25, 2016
Filed under Senior Profiles
Two years ago, TKC published a profile on an unsuspecting student: short, scrawny, multi-sport sophomore Beau Bramlett. His combination of hockey and cross country careers made him an unusual athlete; rather than success, however, he said untapped potential came to define him. Both Wayne Baldwin, he...
The best that never was
Reese Anderson, print editor
December 8, 2015
Filed under Editor's Pick, Sports, Top Stories
Michael Jordan and Dr. Michael Havener are more alike than you think. Despite a generous difference in height and net worth (Jordan is 6’6” and estimatedly worth $1,000,000,000, according to Forbes), high school played a defining role in their respective athletic careers. Jordan attended Emsley A. Laney High S...
Can’t contain the captain
Lindsay Huck, features writer
November 7, 2015
Filed under Sports
Sam Smith ties his right skate, something he does before every game, puts on his jersey, looks at his teammates and prepares for the game ahead. They look back as he begins to give advice before the game, granting respect to the young hockey captain. This leadership role is not new to Smith. He was...
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