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How a Bethel University sophomore became the second youngest Minnesota Vikings cheerleader on the team. Keep Reading

Hannah Johnson, a standout MIAC basketball player, was selected to travel to Brazil over the summer with a national team. Keep Reading

The football team has its own ways of making the incoming freshmen feel at home. Keep Reading

Letting go of something heavy feels good – usually.   By Maddie DeBilzan | Sports Reporter The hammer throw happens within seconds, but those who watch it are mesmerized. At this particular meet on Saturday April 29, the 40-degree air blushed the athletes’ cheeks and chattered the teeth of little sisters wrapped in blankets. It’s game time. Weather doesn’t change a thing. There’s a formula. A routine. There’s the shaking of muscles and throat-clearing and neck-cracking. There’s this tension in the thrower’s shoulders and lungs and back and core — if you look close enough, you’ll see it. The tension pulls on the gravity. It hushes the silence to a full-on standstill. It makes mothers hold their breaths and dogs attached to leashes sniff the air for an answer. Then the swings come and although you’re too far away to feel the breeze, the goosebumps make you think otherwise. One, two, three, the… Keep Reading

Bethel University’s brand new disc golf course attracts professional competition. By McKenzie Van Loh and Godfrey Mpetey | Additional reporting by Josh Towner Professional disc golfer Chris Porter approaches the tee pad. He furrows his brow as he inspects the concrete surface through his dark-rimmed glasses. Too much sand. He hastily reaches for his straw broom and begins to sweep away the competition-or the dirt they left on the tee pad that is. Excess sand can lead to slipping during the final step of the throw, and Porter will not take that chance while competing in Bethel University’s first PDGA sanctioned disc golf tournament. The tournament, hosted April 22-23 attracted disc golfers from Minnesota, North Dakota, Wisconsin and Canada. 100 amateurs competed April 22 and 60 pros competed April 23. Every spot in the tournament filled. Theology professor Jim Beilby, alongside manager of grounds Josh Gerth, had proposed plans for… Keep Reading

Bethel club lacrosse athletes get most of the leftovers, but nobody's complaining. Keep Reading

How one golfer changed the program from finishing fourth to expecting to win MIAC Championships in four years. Keep Reading

Bethel student-athletes of color wrestle ways Bethel may foster a community fit for student-athletes of color. By Godfrey Mpetey | Sports Reporter In September, Kresge Courtyard highlighted the ignition of campus-wide conversations on race relations on campus. A rock painted by students from the Cultural Connection Center (CCC) to show solidarity with students of color at University of Northwestern, covered in white paint, spread with messages such as “Blue Lives Matter” and “BLM = Double Standards.” Football and track athlete Baeza Tensaie, alongside several players of Bethel football team, wished to display unity among the Royals have with their community. To create a prominent statement as a team, the group of players asked teammates to link arms together during the national anthem prior to the team’s homecoming game against St. John’s University. Their request came with resistance from other teammates. A frustrated Tensaie felt as some teammates could not see things from… Keep Reading

Student-athletes recount their personal struggles with injuries leading to their desire to study athletic training at Bethel University. Keep Reading