Written By: Alex Tostado With midterm tests upon the student body, women’s soccer has a test of their own on the road this weekend. The Blazers enter their road trip undefeated with a record of 5-0-3 (3-0-3) and ranked No. 21 in the nation and have eight games remaining in the regular season. VSU plays Newberry College (4-3) today and ...
Read More »Lady Blazers off to best start in over a decade
Written By: Neil Frawley Just two losses separate the current VSU volleyball team from the best start of any Valdosta State volleyball squad dating back to 1995. The 1999 Lady Blazer squad which jumped out to an unimpeded 16-0 start, went on to finish the season with a final record of 28-6. The current Lady Blazer team, at 12-2, compares ...
Read More »Intramural Flag Football in swing
Written by: Lia Armistead and Steven Quinn Imleagues is back in full swing this year. If you are interested in team sports in a well-organized, and managed athletic league then joining Imleagues of Valdosta State University is your route. Registration has closed for these sports, but people can still join teams through the free agency. “Go to Imleague.com sign up ...
Read More »Blazers spend for new helmets
Written By: Shane Thomas The Valdosta State athletic department has gone a step further in its awareness of player safety by spending nearly $10,200 on at least 20 additional Riddell and Schutt football helmets to enhance player safety. According to a 2012 study by the CDC, athletes in the U.S. suffer 3.8 million sports-related concussions each year. “Concussions, unfortunately, have ...
Read More »Rough outing for VSU golf team this week
Written by: Chris Webb Valdosta State’s golf team had a shaky outing Monday and Tuesday at the Aflac/Cougar Invitational their second tournament of the young season. The week started rough for VSU on Monday with junior Alex Jones having to drop out of the first day of the event due to an apparent battle with food poisoning. He would rejoin ...
Read More »Josh Sparks takes talent overseas
More than six months since his last game in a Blazers uniform, Valdosta State’s all-time leading shot-blocker, Josh Sparks, is ready to test himself professionally. "I’m thousands of miles away from anyone I know, but it’s definitely a move that I needed to make. Getting paid to play basketball is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.”
Read More »Golf team torches first event
by: Chris Webb Valdosta State University golf team wrapped up its first tournament of the season finishing 9th at the fourth annual Jay Jennison Memorial at The Palencia Club. The Blazers shot a collective 26-over par 890 for the three round event hosted by Flagler College in St. Augustine, Fla. The host Saints won the team championship shooting a 1-over ...
Read More »Blazers to host Rams
by: Chris Kessler No.1 Valdosta State football team (2-0) will have a tough time following up their 41-0 rout over Shorter last Saturday. Coming off the program’s first shut-out since 2011, the defense looks to keep up their hard-hitting and physical play when Angelo State (1-2) comes to town, but Head Coach David Dean is still looking for improvement. “The ...
Read More »Blazers rout Shorter 41-0
by: Eric Jackson Valdosta- No.1 Valdosta State (2-0) was tested early on but went on to shutout Shorter (0-3) 41-0 in its home opener Saturday night at Bazemore-Hyder Stadium The Blazers opened up conference play with their newest rivals. “I thought our guys played really, really well,” head coach David Dean said. “They created a lot of turnovers in the ...
Read More »VSU ready for Tampa regional
by: Julia Armistead and Victoria Johnson Valdosta State Cross Country both men and women teams are prepared for their upcoming pre-regionals tournament, hosted by The University of Tampa on Friday. They will do their best to work together and figure out ways to oust their next opponents. Juliana Boehm, a senior from Kirschberg, Germany, believes the team has great potential ...
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