Bullets blaze past Monarchs: Pick up first win of the season
By Stephanie Karalis, Staff Writer The Gettysburg College men’s soccer team traveled to Wilkes-Barre, PA on Sunday, September 4, to play King’s College for its second game of the season. The match-up marked the first win on the team’s fall schedule. With a 0-1 loss in their first game against The University of Scranton, the Bullets came ready to play and win against the Monarchs. “[Scranton was] very physical and took [the team] away...
Bullet Shot: Athlete of the Week
By Claire Healey, Staff Writer The Gettysburg College Men’s Golf Team is coming off an impressive season, where they finished the year with a second place finish at the Centennial Conference Championships in April. Leading the team last season was first-year Danny Harcourt, and he returns in hopes of another successful season. Harcourt finished tied for second at Conferences last season, leading the Bullets on an incredible comeback...
Kickers korner–Bullets exterminate the Hornets 35-12 with players competing for starting positions
By Jared McCully, Staff Writer Although the preseason results do not affect the outcome of the regular season, the Gettysburg College football team pushed its way to victory 35-12 in its opening home scrimmage against the Shenandoah University Hornets Saturday. Battling the blistering temperatures that neared 95 degrees, the Bullets combusted with some impressive offensive series and defensive stops to conclude a hot and humid...
Bullets race to start off the season
By Andy Milone, Staff Writer The 2016 Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Alumni Race took place Saturday morning, with the hot conditions bearing down on the current and retired Gettysburg College team members. The men of the current varsity team defeated a group of 24 alums by a slim six-point margin, 25-31, while the women of the current team defeated a group of eight alumnae by an emphatic total, 50-15. The first place finisher on the...
…And the bullets are flyin’!
By Maddie Brown, Contributing Writer While the Gettysburg College football team lost an outstanding offensive line due to 2015 graduation, there is no worry on who will fill the spots. Both junior Justin Davidov and senior Danny Thompson now fight for a place on the line. Thompson took the wide receiver role last season, but since the spring, he’s challenged Davidov on the field. With both making equal amounts of plays in similar...
Gettysburg College women’s soccer season kicks off
By Andy Milone, Staff Writer The Gettysburg College Women’s Soccer team started its preseason Monday, Aug. 22 with new members at its front. This season will be the beginning of a transition—a transition from a team without the First Team All-American selection and the 2015 Centennial Conference Player of the Year, goalkeeper Eliza Gray. “Eliza will be a big loss, and we will need to become more of an attacking team and become better...
