Feb 18 2018
By Justin Zackal The PAC women’s basketball championship tournament takes place Feb. 19-24, with first round and quarterfinal games hosted by the higher seeded teams Monday and Wednesday and the semifinals and finals at Thomas More Friday and Saturday. Here are five things you need to know: THOMAS MORE’S LAST HURRAH. No team other than …
Dec 30 2017
By Justin Zackal The late Dr. Charles “Pruner” West is often recognized for his role in a football game that ended with a score of 0-0. But he was most grateful for a “game” that was recorded as a 1-0 win West, who will be honored prior to the fourth quarter of Monday’s Rose Bowl …
Dec 28 2017
By Justin Zackal Even after he surpassed his 50th year and his youth basketball camp was approaching its 30th summer, Ron Galbreath began his camps with the same demonstration: he drained 15-foot jump shots while addressing a backcourt of cross-legged hoop dreamers who sat up higher and whose eyes grew wider with each consecutive made …
Nov 16 2017
By Justin Zackal It’s easy to overlook Presidents’ Athletic Conference women’s basketball when no team has looked down on Thomas More from the league standings since 2006. Because of the Saints’ dominance, especially from their top two or three players, other players on their roster and the top players on teams throughout the league can …
Nov 13 2017
By Justin Zackal Every year coaches are going to boast about how tough it is to play in their conference that it can also be tough to take such platitudes seriously. But when Thiel College men’s basketball coach Tim Loomis said that the Presidents’ Athletic Conference this year is “the best it’s ever been” and …