Month: January 2019

Troy Rugby seeks new players

Trojan Living

Abhigya Ghimire Staff Writer Zenith Shrestha Staff Writer Every Monday and Wednesday, the Troy Rugby Club meets at the band field on John M. Long Road at 6 p.m. for its practice sessions. The sessions consist of athletic training, drills and scrimmages. The club is welcoming new members who are interested in trying a new sport. “We are an official university-sponsored sports team, but we are also a club,” said Chandler Burleson, a junior social science education major from Leeds and the club’s president. “We play other division one colleges…

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Opinion: The police are not our enemy

Trojan Living

Editors Note: The opinions expressed in this column are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the Tropolitan or its staff members. Sam Stroud Staff Writer Even though the recent Martin Luther King Jr. Day and events surrounding it highlighted the advances in racial relations since the 1960s, questions still seem to circle about police brutality. Some American citizens seem to think there is a faction of police officers who allow racial bias to command the way they conduct themselves on the job.  To…

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Trojan track chases school records, signs new athletes

Sports

Wesley Kirchharr Sports Editor The Troy track and field team was well represented once again at the Birmingham CrossPlex as the indoor squad chased school history and notched several personal bests. The women’s squad saw several top five finishes, highlighted by Gabrielle Henderson, Precious Ogba, Genesis Jones, Madison Kennedy and JaMeeka Middlebrooks.  Henderson led the Trojans on the track, placing third in the 60-meter dash. Henderson set a personal best in the semifinals before breaking it once again in the finals with a time of 7.57 seconds. Henderson’s finish put…

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So, what about the 2019 class?

Sports

Scott Shelton Staff Writer Since taking over as head coach at Troy, Chip Lindsey is already hitting the ground running with recruiting, and he’s taking Troy to the next level.  Neal Brown did wonders for Troy and put the Trojans back on the map, but Lindsey has the chance to catapult Troy to an even higher level. So far in 2019, with National Signing Day still pending, Troy has the 71st-ranked recruiting class nationally, and the Trojans are ranked second in the Sun Belt only to Louisiana. To put it…

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Men fall to Louisiana’s Sun Belt duo

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Dylan Hurst Staff Writer The Trojans held strong but faltered late after they lost 75-69 against fellow Sun Belt Conference team ULM inside of Fant-Ewing Coliseum on Thursday night.  Troy had a decent game shooting from the field at 28-of-60 (47 percent), but the Warhawks bested that score by shooting 15-of-17 (88 percent), a stat which propelled them to the win and the continuation of their undefeated home streak.  Senior Jordon Varnado led the way in scoring with 29 points along with a career-high tying 12 field goals made. He…

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