Sam Granville Contributor As the novel coronavirus has shutdown schools across the country, many student athletes have seen their sports careers end before they anticipated. All spring sports, and some winter sports that were entering post season play, came to an unexpected close as cancelations stopped play for every sports level in America due to the Read More
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Trojans add top recruits to signing class
(Photo/Chris Wallace) Japonica James averaged 14.6 points and 6.4 rebounds per game and was named to the All-Sun Belt First Team. Scott Shelton Sports Editor The Troy women’s basketball team capped off its 2020 recruiting class with a pair of top junior college (JUCO) players. Coming off a Sun Belt Conference championship, the Trojans signed Felmas Read More
Read MoreA look back: top 10 Trojan football wins since 2016
Scott Shelton Sports Editor In my four years of college, Troy’s football team has compiled a record of 36-10. I can’t take credit for the program’s success, but the past four years have produced some special moments. Here is a timeline of my favorite Trojan football wins of my college career. Oct. 20, 2016: Troy 28, Read More
Read MoreTwo more Trojans enter transfer portal; one finds new home
(Photo/Troy Athletics) Ty Gordon, who averaged 12.4 points per game last season, has reportedly entered the transfer portal. Two men’s basketball players have entered the transfer portal, and another has found a home at a different Division I school. Tahj Small, a guard from Durham, North Carolina, and Ty Gordon, a guard from Tunica, Mississippi, have Read More
Read MoreNCAA grants spring athletes eligibility relief
(Photo/Wikimedia Commons) Scott Shelton Sports Editor All Division I student-athletes competing in spring sports will be given an extra year of eligibility due to COVID-19 canceling 2020 seasons, according to a decision made by the NCAA on Monday evening. The NCAA will allow Division I schools to determine for themselves how much scholarship money to give Read More
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