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Ireland Caro, a freshman and the Seward County Community College softball team pose together to take a team photo while traveling to  La Junta, Colorado for a game. The Lady Saints won the second game but lost the first one.

It’s a student-athlete thing!

Monalisa Chakraborty
March 10, 2021

Sports have always been a great way of entertaining and gathering people from different parts of the community and the world. Even in Seward County Community...

Both tennis teams were on their way to nationals until all sport events were forced to be canceled due to Covid. Even with a new season this year Covid and bad weather has made the tennis season be pushed back.

Seward tennis teams have unfinished business

Mary Ramirez
March 9, 2021

S eward County tennis teams battled a canceled season last year due to COVID and now they are battling the weather. Their new coach, Mitch Vechione, isn’t...

Evan Truelson, North Riddgeville, Ohio, winds up before releasing a pitch in a March 7 game against Cloud County Community College. The redshirt freshman pitched in 11 games before the season was canceled due to the COVID-19 outbreak. He split time between pitching and playing first base before all activities at Seward County Community College were canceled.

NJCAA cancels spring sports, SCCC athletics supports decision

Amberley Vervalin, Reporter
March 19, 2020

The National Junior College Association made the difficult decision to cancel all spring athletics, along with the upcoming national tournaments due to...

Raul Centeno practices his  forehand follow through. He won his single against Tyler Junior College, but lost his double playing with Sander Jans. (file photo)

Tennis teams lose to Tyler Junior College

Jade Harper, Club Reporter
March 2, 2020

The Saints and Lady Saints tennis teams played and lost to Tyler Junior College, Feb. 29. The final scores were 3-6 for the Saints and 1-8 for the Lady...

Saints Stories talks to Gabe Ortiz about his recent NJCAA national tennis title and the next tournament. He will face off against D-1 schools as the lone NJCAA player left in the nation.

Ortiz plays in Oracle ITA Fall Championships

Kris Liggett, Monica Gonzalez, and Calen Moore
November 6, 2019

Saints tennis player Gabe Ortiz represents Seward County Community College at a unique tournament this week. The freshman from Argentina won the national...

Mens tennis has historic finish at nationals

Men’s tennis has historic finish at nationals

Crusader
October 21, 2019

ROME, Georgia—The Seward County Community College tennis team had three individual players compete in the NJCAA ITA cup, Oct. 17-19. Karl Wurth and Sander...

Tennis teams continue winning

William Swanson, Reporter
September 16, 2019

The men’s and women’s tennis teams traveled to Oklahoma City this past weekend to compete in a tournament. The tournament was set up so that any players...

Sophomore Sander Jans and freshman Nil Moinet, focus on how high they have to throw the tennis ball in the air for them to get a good serve.

Saints tennis begins individual season

Rebecca Irby, Reporter
September 13, 2019

Seward County Community College’s tennis teams started their individual season last week. The top eight men and women players compete in hopes to win...

Lady Saints get a solid start the first day of Nationals

Lady Saints get a solid start the first day of Nationals

Michelle Mattich, Managing Editor
May 6, 2019

The Lady Saints get a good start on the first day of nationals with five players advancing to the second round. In singles Patricia Panta from Lime,...

Sophomore Carlo Izurieta from Guayaquil, Ecuador became interested in tennis between the age of nine and ten. Izurieta enjoys tennis because he likes winning. “I like complicated games and win them. Losing isn’t bad as long as you learn from it.” After Iqurieta finishes up at SCCC, he would like to attend a division one university such as University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Middle Georgia State University or University of Wisconsin.

Men and Women’s tennis sweep Region VI tourney, head to nationals

April 29, 2019

Over the weekend, the women and men’s tennis teams won the Region VI championships. The Lady Saints, who are ranked seventh, won their third consecutive...

Unsung champions

Calen Moore, Reporter
April 17, 2019

They are the unsung champions of the SCCC sports world - men's and women's tennis. They are consistently ranked in the nation. The fall season had three...

Patricia Panta and her partner Maria Aveiga are No. 1 in doubles for SCCC. They led the game 8-5.

Saints take a win against Barton

Michelle Mattich, Managing Editor
April 16, 2019

On April 15 the tennis teams went up against Barton County Community College. Seward took two wins with both the Lady Saints and Saints taking home a wins....

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