Sweat dripped down the tip of my nose as I raced against the clock alongside my teammates. My legs burned as fitness instructor and alumnus Yvette Bell shouted to get down low. Monday night’s BLT class in the Freeman Center focused around an obstacle course designed by Bell to work participants’ buttocks, legs and thighs. [...]
He has won the USA South Rookie of the Week award six times and recently scored a career high 37 points. For freshman Mike Cherry of the men’s basketball team, he is acting older than his freshman status would suggest and has already earned his spot in the starting lineup for the Captains. Cherry is [...]
The Captain’s secured their second seed in the USA South Tournament Saturday by pummeling William Peace University 75-29. The Captains obtained a significant lead at the start of the game while at the same time not allowing the Pacers score in the first seven minutes. Senior guards Kimmy Hopkins and Jerlisa Bowser, playing in [...]
With the first half dwindling down, senior guard Conley Taylor hit a three-point shot off of a pass from junior forward Jon Snead that looked to give the Captains momentum going into the half. However, Averet University had a different idea, as Jeremy Ruffin dropped in a three-pointer with only one second left in [...]
The Christopher Newport men’s Lacrosse team followed up a season opening loss to Washington and Lee with an 18-4 victory over visiting Randolph College on a cold, wet day. “I wanted to push the kids a little bit, “ said head coach Todd Boward. “This was kind of a gut check situation. The weather [...]
Every respectable gym with fitness classes has a kickboxing class or program. The Freeman Center is no different, offering two classes based around kickboxing: Turbo Kick and Cardio Kick N Punch Turbo Kick is a nationally based program with standard routines. It is a high energy, high intensity cardio workout using basic moves of martial [...]
It can be a pop, snap or a crack. It’s a noise that no college athlete wants to hear. It is a noise that may end your entire season or career. Serious injuries and sports are two things that unfortunately go hand in hand for many athletes at CNU. The athletes have to ride an [...]
“There are really no words, I’m at a loss for words actually,” senior guard Jerlisa Bowser said. As the buzzer goes off with the score of 54-54, CNU stares at the basketball flying through the air as it was launched nearly from half-court from Greensboro player Adrienne Terrell’s hands. The ball goes through the [...]
Freshman guard Mike Cherry scored 37 points Saturday night to lead the Christopher Newport University men’s basketball team to a victory over visiting Greensboro College, 106-79. Cherry buried eight three-pointers, one short of a school record for three-pointers by an individual in a game. The team tied the school record for three-pointers in a [...]
In the President’s Suite, a fifth-grade boy announced that he was making a commitment to stop being in the red zone—part of the color scale used in his elementary school to denote behavior types, red being bad behaviors. This boy had decided that he wanted to become accomplished and have the opportunity to come [...]