JAKE’S TAKE: This loss is good for Troy

Jake Lourim, Sports Editor
April 23, 2012

It was after 9:00 Friday night when the Troy varsity soccer team settled into its locker room with a feeling it hadn’t had in a long time. It had suffered through nearly three hours of cold, rain, and wind. It had given up four goals, three on corner kicks, which never happens. And finally, it had... Read more »

JAKE’S TAKE: When the lights come on, the effort comes out

Jake Lourim, Sports Editor
January 17, 2012

Pick any big shot. Troy star junior James Young’s 3-pointer after a drive-and-kick by junior point guard Zak Noor. Noor’s game-tying triple with 6:33 left. Young’s driving, acrobatic, did-that-just-happen layup with 1:30. Seniors like Bryan Martin and Leo Ayrault and sophomores Danny Wunderlich... Read more »

JAKE’S TAKE: A big win, but nothing to rest on

Jake Lourim, Sports Editor
January 9, 2012

Junior Joe Leonard’s four-point play with five seconds left answered frantic alarms after Troy’s two-game losing streak. More than 100 students exploded, and the players hugged in celebration. Careful, though. There’s more coming up, and Troy won’t be in OAA Blue Country much longer. Make no... Read more »

JAKE’S TAKE: Against Okemos, Troy gets just Butler-ed

Jake Lourim, Sports Editor
January 6, 2012

There’s only one plausible explanation for what happened in Troy’s 71-48 loss to Okemos in the Holiday Hoops Classic Thursday night. They got Butlered. That’s Butler as in the small liberal arts school in Indianapolis, the Cinderella story that has reached the NCAA National Championship... Read more »

JAKE’S TAKE: Momentous senior class plays final game

Jake Lourim, Sports Editor
November 8, 2011

When the final buzzer sounded on Troy’s 1-0 state semifinal loss to Grand Haven, most of the seniors fell to the grass, crying. The season they had taken so far was over. After that moment of sadness, though, senior Jason Leslie got on the team bus and hugged every single player. After the stinging... Read more »

JAKE’S TAKE: The million-dollar questions

Jake Lourim, Sports Editor
October 19, 2011

I know Tommy John had his career cut short with an injury so lethal its surgery now bears his name. I know Joe Theismann’s brilliant NFL career came to a screeching halt when Lawrence Taylor snapped his leg in half on Monday Night Football. But the athlete with the most and worst health issues has... Read more »

Don’t taint Newton’s legacy

January 7, 2011

It’s not about what people have done in the past. It’s about what they’re doing in the present. A living, breathing example of this is Auburn quarterback Cam Newton, who has put up video-game type numbers in his first year at Auburn. He and the Tigers will play Oregon Monday for the National Championship. Playing... Read more »