Podcast: Horsey Takes the King: How to Play Chess
Amateur chess masters Dante Leach and Sam Rochard teach newbies Gabe Katz and Pedro de Moraes how to play chess.
Future Champs
By Matti Bray The Tennessee Wesleyan Women’s Soccer team had their most successful season this past Fall since 2019. Due to this success, they have high expectations for their 2024 spring and fall seasons. Their spring semester has now ended after their win against King University on April 5th. King was not their only win this season, they also had their games against Tusculum, LMU, Alabama A&M, and Pellissippi making them undefeated for the spring season. The girls played in the yearly Tusculum indoor friendly tournament in which they got runner up in. With these games the team has been training five days a week in hopes to go further in the National Tournament in the 2024 fall season. Coach Walker will also be giving the team an extensive summer workout plan, so they are in the best shape possible for the season. Junior Madisen Hodges and Senior Matti Bray were able to sit down and answer questions about what they have been doing for the spring season and they expect the fall season to hold for the team. Edited by Dan ThorntonInterview by Corbin Shaw and Matti BrayEditorial Assistance by Megan TippsAudio Editing by Jonathan Powers
The Chase to the National Championship
By Jack Shaw The bulldog tennis team is one of the best in the country they have got them selves to the number two spot in the national ranking votes from all the tennis coaches in the Naia. As of right now they only have one loss a team from Georgia who also has a decent baseball team. The men’s tennis teams looking to make it to the national champion ship again following last years tough loss getting them 2nd place. The women’s team is also very good for TWU making it no wonder that our men’s team is so good with the national ranked women’s team pushing them to win the national tournament. The men’s team here at TWU practices almost every day of the week exceot Sundays but there biggest thing that sets this bulldog team from the rest is that they go and put in the work on their own time, and this isn’t a team that you can just put together from any random pick-up game. These players are from Argentina and Brazil these young players these young men come from hundreds of miles to compete for a chance to go pro and TWU is for sure the place to be if you want to get looked at for the next level. These kids and young men are the go big or go home type of people. These guys work hard for what there fighting for it shows with 3 years in a row being ranked one of the best teams in the country is a huge accomplishment. Interview by Jackson Lollis and Noah LonesAudio Editing by Jackson LollisPhotos Courtesy by Danielle Proulx
Crippen Promoted to Lead TWU Men’s Soccer
By Brant Helms Soccer player Gabe Katz sits down with our new Tennessee Wesleyan head coach Codi Crippen to discuss what led him to this position and what he is looking forward to in the upcoming fall season. In the interview, Codi talks about how he started in the field of athletics. Additionally, Crippen discusses how a professional career wasn’t in his line of sight and credits his promotion to his prior experience with former coaches and inspiration from amazing educators growing up, citing key figures that he displays as his motivation. View the TWU Athletics article: Crippen Announced as New Head Men’s Soccer Coach – Tennessee Wesleyan University (twbulldogs.com) Edited by Noah LonesInterview by Gabe KatzInterview Editing by Willie ForemanPhotos by Matti BrayPhoto Editing by Lauren Smith
The Final Four: The Bulldog Vengeance
By Jackson Lollis ATHENS, Tenn. – The Tennessee Wesleyan University Men’s Lacrosse team has been a fairly dominate team in the Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC), although the Bulldogs are stuck between a rock in a hard place. This season the bulldogs started off rocky, only winning 3 out of their last 9 games. The Bulldogs are eager for a win in the last four games to stay in contention for the AAC playoffs. The AAC has had teams win 6 NAIA nationals’ invitational in a row. As well as holding 5 top 8 teams, with 4 being top 5 in the NAIA 2024 rankings. With such a competitive conference, every game feels like a national championship game. The last four games mean a lot more than just the end of a regular season. Head Coach Kevin Parker stated, “they are important… If we don’t win the next one it will be very hard to get in the AAC tournament.†The Bulldogs are ranked 7thin the conference out of 9 standout teams. Yet only 6 teams make it to the playoffs. With a tough 4 games ahead, the Bulldogs will have a chip on their shoulder, with at least one game to win or the season will end March 13th against the University of the Cumberland’s. But how will the Bulldog’s do it? Junior Carson Bowling shared “When we are on the field its business time, not time to mess around… hopefully we can do what we know best and go out there and winâ€. The Men’s lacrosse team have a lot of pressure and some big shoes to fill, being they have made every AAC tournament since 2017. With high hopes to do it again, the Bulldogs will have to utilize everyone on their team. Senior Points leader Robert Holekamp shared, “Lacrosse is a team sport, so it is very important that everyone is rolling, and we are working together as a teamâ€. The last four games of the season mean a lot to the Bulldogs and everything to the seven seniors. There is a chance, but it will take a team effort and hard work no other team can match. As the Bulldogs take on the most crucial four games of lives, there will have to be major adjustments, and ultimately a never give up mentality. Edited by Jack ShawEditorial Assistance by Elijah LoveladyPhotos by Megan TippsInterview by Jonathan Powers and Jack ShawAudio by Dan Thornton
Podcast: Spring Sports Update
Host Dante Leach, Gabe Katz, Eli Cox, and Pedro de Moraes discuss pre-game meals, rituals and superstitions, the hardest sport to play, and TWU Athletics. Audio by Sam RochardEditing by Pepe
Life of a Student-Athlete (Podcast)
Gabe Katz sits down with fellow Bulldogs, Sam Rochard, Dante Leach, Dan Thornton, and Pedro de Moraes, to give insight into what it takes to be a successful student-athlete. Audio Production by Brant HelmsGraphics by Pedro de Moraes
Are You Smarter Than a 3rd Grader?
Sam Rochard hosts the first installment of Are You Smarter Than a 3rd Grader?, a trivia competition between Nolan and Harper (The Jingle Bell Kids) & Brant and Eli (two college students). Audio Production by Dante LeachVideo Editing by Pedro de Moraes
Podcast: Christmas and Sports Trivia
Members of the Bulldog Beat go through a bracket-style trivia challenge, with questions about Christmas and sports.