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The Observer

Case Western Reserve University's independent student news source

The Observer

Case Western Reserve University's independent student news source

The Observer

Men’s soccer searches for first win

JP. O’Hagan, Sports Editor September 5, 2014

The men’s soccer team has played better than their record shows following the opening the weekend of Case Western sports. The Spartans head into the Fred Meyers adidas Invitational this weekend looking...

Women’s soccer kicks off season with 2-0 win

JP. O'Hagan, Sports Editor August 30, 2014

The stage was set perfectly for a strong Spartan sports season kickoff at DiSanto field on a beautiful Friday night. The women’s soccer team delivered. The Spartan kicked off the first home game...

Men’s soccer looking to raise the (cross)bar for season.

Men’s soccer looking to raise the (cross)bar for season.

JP. O’Hagan, Sports Editor August 29, 2014

Spartan head coach Brandon Bianco will be looking to fine tune the promising young men’s soccer team he inherited and enhanced last season. Entering his sophomore season as head coach, Bianco has...

Cross Country waits for starting shot

Cross Country waits for starting shot

JP. O’Hagan, Sports Editor August 29, 2014

The CWRU cross country teams will be kicking off their season tomorrow with the 14th annual Bill Sudeck Classic. Both the mens and womens teams are coached by Kathy Lanese, and this will mark her 14th...

Suspension

JP. O’Hagan, Sports Editor August 29, 2014

Browns Star Josh Gordon out for season During the greatness Cleveland sports saw over the summer, everyone knew we would come down from the clouds sooner or later. We were just hoping it would be later. As...

Love a Cavalier

JP. O’Hagan, Sports Editor August 29, 2014

Superstar comes to Cleveland in long hyped trade Perhaps this will become a quadrennial sporting event to look forward too, much like the Olympics or the World Cup. Four years ago an NBA owner trashed...

Spartan women looking to return to success

Spartan women looking to return to success

JP. O’Hagan, Sports Editor August 29, 2014

Soccer team trusts in their approach Trust is a vital part of every human interaction. Trust is just as important in the heat of battle, especially on the soccer pitch. The Spartan women will look...

Case Western’s Athletic Equipment Manager preps the diamond at Nobby’s Ballpark prior to a game.

Stained: The man behind the jerseys

Marques Winick, Contributing Reporter April 25, 2014

In an office that smells like detergent, next to a bin of clean baseball uniforms, a short email pops into the inbox on Hugh Marshall’s computer. “Good news,” the message reads. But Marshall prepares...

Spartans have new commander

JP O'Hagan, Sports Editor April 25, 2014

Last Friday athletics announced that Yale’s Amy Backus was named Case Western Reserve University’s newest athletic director. She will be the first woman ever in the position. Backus, an Ohio native...

Zach Tobias watches a pitch get called a ball in a game earlier in the season.

Baseball in full spring to the finish

JP O'Hagan, Sports Editor April 25, 2014

The Spartan baseball team needs to be running at 110 percent for the next two weeks and they know it. The Spartans have continued to perform at an outstanding level winning four of their past five games....

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