1. Back-2-Back For the second straight year, the football team was the best in the Ohio Valley Conference. The Colonels won seven straight games to claim their 20th OVC title and go 8-4 on the season. Eastern completed its 31st consecutive winning season. 2.… Post the First Comment

I'm a fan of the Colorado Rockies for only one reason: I wore a purple shirt that said "Rockies" when I played T-ball. I didn't choose to be a fan of the team. They've been horrible and sub-.500 for almost all my life. During an especially bad season, I actually decided to "pick" a new favorite team.… Post the First Comment

A month of practice culminated in the Spring Game for the football Colonels Sunday afternoon at the Glenn Marshall School Athletic Complex. Despite the annual contest being held off campus and not at Roy Kidd Stadium, hundreds of fans turned out to get a look at the faces they will see come fall.… Post the First Comment

Eastern's last shot at redemption against Jacksonville State came Sunday afternoon. The Colonels, whose offensive production had been down all weekend, finally got off to the start they needed it to. Paul Duncan also gave Eastern the start it needed on the mound.… Post the First Comment

Eastern's ladies' golf team played host to this year's OVC Championships at the Crooked Creek Golf Community, a par-72, 6,020-yard course in London, Ky. After the first day, the Colonels were in sixth place out of eight teams. Eastern shot a collective 34 strokes over par in the first round.… Post the First Comment

When the 2009 season began, head coach Jane Worthington knew her young team would have its fair share of challenges. What the coach didn't know was in store for the Colonels would be their Achilles' heel. The Colonels now stand at 16-24 (7-11 OVC) on the season and are in the midst of a five-game losing streak, but the losses all share a common thread.… Post the First Comment

As Eastern's outdoor season winds down before the upcoming OVC Championships, several Colonels don't appear to be letting up. Junior Stanley Mugo was able to pull a repeat of last year's performance at the competition-rich Penn Relays with his Mideast Regional-qualifying time of 8:52.… Post the First Comment