Centennial Conference ‘Continues To Evaluate the Possibility of Spring Conference Competition’
By Garrett Glaeser, Sports Editor In a highly anticipated update for all eleven member institutions, the Centennial Conference announced today that spring athletics remain in limbo. The conference explained that, after great consideration with the Presidents Council, conditions with the pandemic need to significantly improve to have conference play. A final decision on spring sports will be made by the end of the month. If cancelled,...
Intercollegiate Fall Sports Suspended
By Garrett Glaeser, Sports Editor Following the announcement timeline outlined by the College a few weeks ago, both Gettysburg and the Centennial Conference announced today that all intercollegiate fall sports have been suspended. Conference member institutions will continue to monitor the situation and reevaluate the feasibility of having fall sports compete in early September. It has already been decided, however, that football will...
Fall Sports Still in Question
By Garrett Glaeser, Sports Editor Earlier this week the College informed students, staff, and the general public about its plans to reopen the residential campus in the fall for in-person classes. The statement emailed to the student body explained that student athletes would be notified about the plans for returning to competition by July 7 at the latest. Accompanying the statement were some preliminary guidelines that would...
Gettysburgian Sports Editor Completes DIY March Madness
By Garrett Glaeser, Sports Editor Back in mid-March the NCAA canceled what many find the best sporting event of the year. I, along with many college basketball fans, were devastated. The back-to-back days of first and second round games is unlike any other day in sports. Last year, I spent virtually the entire month of March glued to the Bullet Hole TVs. This year, if I couldn’t watch March Madness, I knew I had to do something about...
Former Army Assistant Tapped as Football Team’s New Offensive Coordinator
By Garrett Glaeser, Sports Editor New Offensive Coordinator and Quarterbacks Coach Marcus Edwards faces a significant challenge to resolve some of the Bullets’ scoring struggles: over the past three seasons, the Bullets Football Team has averaged 16.2 points per game while their opponents have averaged 38.3 Edwards comes to Gettysburg by way of West Point, having coached wide receivers at Army and before that at Stony Brook, which...
