The Ottawa Braves Men’s Wrestling team has gained their first All-American for the program. Tyler Hinton, a wildcard, survived to the blood rounds of the NAIA National Championships. In wrestling, the blood round is the final round to become an All-American. A win in the blood round guarantees a […]
Sports
National run for first year program
The OU women's wrestling team competed at the WCWA Nationals hosted by Missouri Baptist University on Friday and Saturday. As a team the Lady Braves finished 13th and had the program's first WCWA All-American with first year Brandy Lowe's second place finish in the 191-pound weight class. “It’s been an […]
Dancing to the top
Photo taken by Libby Bettin Competition season is underway for the Braves cheerleading and dance teams. After a tryout and a team placement held in January, both groups began working on their routines for this season. The teams are scheduled to compete in February at Kansas Wesleyan and in April […]
Exciting Game-winning Shot in Wilson Field House
The Ottawa University men's basketball team beat Friends University 73-72 on Thursday night in Wilson Field House. Junior guard Marshon Norfleet hit a jumper in the lane with one second on the clock to give the Braves a victory. The game started out slow with the Friends University Falcons leading […]
Colin Nichols: “I will make a goal of mine to play overseas”
Photo taken by: Brad Shaffer The dream of most student athletes is to continue playing their sports once they graduate from college. Senior Colin Nichols thinks the same way. He wants to continue playing basketball after graduation, and there is a specific reason for it: He wants to follow in […]
OU Men’s Basketball falls to conference leader, Tabor College
Tabor College Bluejays defeated the Ottawa University braves 91-70 at Wilson Field House on Wednesday January 21. The game went back and forth between points, turnovers, and rebounds, but Tabor came out on top. Junior Preston Oakes led the team in scoring with 27 points and also tied with senior […]
Off-Season Conditioning
If you have been anywhere near the Hull Center for Athletics this semester you have surely heard the crashes, grunts, and crowds of people in the weight room for off-season conditioning. In addition to all of the winter sports getting some lifts in, there always seems to be a mob […]
Volleyball Senior Night 2014
Football Senior Night 2014
Women’s cross country competed at nationals
The women’s cross-country team finished 32nd in the national meeting that took place in Lawrence, Kan. on November 22. Senior Chelsea Fullerton, who was running in her fourth and final national championship, finished 123rd with a time of 19 minutes and 35 seconds; her personal best time at nationals. Fullerton […]