Entries from August 2008

August 30, 2008

Fasten Your Seatbelts

There’s not a parking place to be had, the recycling bins are overflowing with cardboard boxes and change is in the air on the Linfield campus.
Students are arriving in droves. Moms and dads in all manner of SUVs are busy dropping off Johnny and Janie for the first days of college. Things will get even [...]

August 21, 2008

Rockin’ and Rollin’

Time to get serious about Linfield athletics (not like we weren’t all along), but things reached a fever pitch on Thursday when close to 300 student-athletes report to campus to begin training.
Football, soccer, cross country and volleyball teams all arrive early in the day for a gauntlet of check-in stations. Those stops include securing housing, [...]

August 17, 2008

Just Can’t Help Believin’

Never give up. Play until the final horn sounds. That’s the mindset of Linfield athletic teams, which decades ago adopted the moniker “Wildcats” for their scrappy play and sense of determination.
That’s why you shouldn’t be surprised when a Linfield team comes from behind to pull out a win in the final moments. Remember 1984 when [...]