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Scots Stay in First Place with Home Win over IC
The Monmouth College men's basketball team won their seventh straight home game and their sixth straight overall as they held off defending MWC champions Illinois College 73-68 on Wednesday . The Fighting Scots (16-5, 10-2) are alone in first place wit...
Feb 5, 2025, 11:17pm EST
Scots Put Three in Double Digits But Fall at Home to IC
The Monmouth College women's basketball team put three players in double digits but fell at home against Illinois College 86-68 on Wednesday night. The Fighting Scots (5-16, 2-10) are back home next week against Knox. IC scored first but Ella Goodri...
Feb 5, 2025, 8:21pm EST
Monmouth College's Great Decisions discussion series returns Feb. 12 for 45th year
In the past few weeks, there's been a change in the Oval Office (you might have heard). The role of the United States on the global stage will almost certainly change under the Trump Administration, but how so? That's a question to be answered week ...
Feb 5, 2025, 12:09pm EST
Hursey Named MWC Field Performer of the Week
Monmouth College track and field junior Miranda Hursey (Hanna City, Illinois) was named Midwest Conference Field Performer of the Week on Tuesday. Hursey set a new indoor PR in the pole vault at the Grinnell Invitational on Saturday as she cleared 3.45...
Feb 4, 2025, 4:13pm EST
Brown Repeats as MWC Basketball Performer of the Week
Monmouth College freshman Zay Brown (Peoria, Illinois) repeated as Midwest Conference men's basketball Performer of the Week. After winning the award last week, Brown kept rolling as he led first-place Monmouth to a 2-0 week. Brown scored a career-hig...
Feb 3, 2025, 4:05pm EST
Farmington's Vallas shares coaching philosophy tips with Fighting Scot athletes
When Toby Vallas took over the football program at Farmington High School prior to the 2014 season, roughly one-tenth of the student body played the sport. That's good news for schools with north of 500 students, but it's not ideal for one that only ha...
Feb 3, 2025, 11:51am EST
Men's Relay Breaks 23-Year-Old School Record at Grinnell Invite
The Monmouth College men's and women's track and field teams competed at the Grinnell Invite on Saturday. The men's Sprint Medley Relay team broke a 23-year-old school record while Miranda Hursey (Hanna City, Illinois) and Makaiha Moore-Bell (Knoxville...
Feb 2, 2025, 12:07am EST
Thomas, Brown Leads Scots to Win at Knox
The Monmouth College men's basketball team jumped out to a big lead and held on to win at rival Knox 92-87 on Saturday. The first-place Fighting Scots (14-5, 8-2) put four players in double figures and picked up 82 points from their starters in their f...
Feb 1, 2025, 11:18pm EST
Jones Nets 21 but Scots Fall at Knox
The Monmouth College women's basketball team couldn't keep up with Knox in the second half on Saturday, falling 81-53 The Fighting Scots (5-15, 2-9) are back home on Wednesday and four of the final five games of the regular season will be at Glennie ...
Feb 1, 2025, 4:03pm EST
Monmouth's Dahlstrom thrilled that former tennis pupil Madison Keys is a major champion
When Madison Keys smacked an inside-out forehand for a clean winner on match point to win the Australian Open on Jan. 25, it was 4:45 a.m. Central time. Not a lot of America was watching live. But Monmouth College tennis coach Brian Dahlstrom was. "A...
Jan 30, 2025, 5:51pm EST