Forget football because we are getting our quidditch program back! That’s right, students of Centenary, after almost fifteen years, we will be officially getting a coed Centenary Quidditch program. Back in 2009, Centenary hosted a Quidditch Tournament that was free to the public and students . . .

On Thursday, February 23rd, the cheer and dance teams flew out to Anaheim, California, to spend the weekend representing Centenary at the United Spirit Association National Competition. The cheerleaders and dancers had been preparing for their biggest competition since the beginning of the academic year . . .

This past weekend on Saturday, February 11th, the Gents Lacrosse team played Cornell College, who are from Mount Vernon, Iowa. This was the Gents' second game of the season, the first being in Arkansas against Hendrix College, with the Gents losing a terrible 22-3 the Wednesday before. After that game, the guys picked their heads up and moved on to prepare for Cornell . . .

Every year, the Super Bowl is one of the most-watched events of the entire year. The Super Bowl is the championship football match for the NFL that takes place every February. It is a huge cultural event with many different aspects that make it appealing to so many different audiences. Sports fans — specifically football fans — love the game itself. The halftime show always draws in a ton of fans . . .

The Centenary men's basketball team completed a weekend sweep of Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference opponents with a 72-51 victory on Sunday afternoon over the Texas Lutheran University Bulldogs on Senior Day at the Gold Dome. The Gents (14-6, 8-4 SCAC) cruised past Southwestern, 71-52, on Friday night and improved to 11-2 at home this season and are 34-8 at the Gold Dome over the last 42 games. Sunday's win sets a new division III era (2012-present) single-season record for home wins, as the previous record was 10. Centenary has now won 14 or more games in a season three times under head coach Chris Dorsey and eight or more conference games in the regular season four times.

What at one point seemed like a good matchup between a premier defense in Georgia and a high-powered offense in TCU, Heisman finalists Max Duggan and Stetson Bennett were poised to face off in the College Football National Championship after impressive semifinal wins. Georgia beat another Heisman finalist in CJ Stroud and Ohio State by one point, staging an exciting fourth-quarter comeback . . .

As we kick off the spring semester with men and women’s basketball approaching conference as well as swim, let’s review what our fall sports do in the springtime to get ready for their next season. Soccer, men and women, have their WAC class two to three times a week for about one to one and a half hours at a time. The men are on the field one hundred percent of the time working on perfecting their ball skills as well as building teamwork to carry over into their fall season. Although the men do not have assigned gym workouts, many of them are in the weight room multiple times a week preparing for their upcoming season . . .

The 2022 Men’s World Cup kicked off November 20th and will end on December 18th. This World Cup’s groupings and results have been very surprising to say the least. At the very beginning of the tournament, each team goes through the Group stage where they are separated into a group with three other teams and play a round-robin with the two teams at the top advancing to the Round of 16 . . .

With the end of soccer and volleyball season, many Centenary students have started preparing for basketball season. While these players are attending Maroon Madness and donning their jerseys, two Centenary teams are preparing for a different season entirely.

There were multiple sporting events for students to enjoy this homecoming. On Friday Men’s basketball held an intrasquad scrimmage along with a series of skills contests before the contest started. An intrasquad scrimmage is a game played between two teams that are made up of the men’s basketball team split in half and competing against each other. Then on Saturday, the day started with a tailgate at eleven before the men’s lacrosse alumni game that started at noon, and then the swim team held their intrasquad meet at 1:00 pm.

November baseball is no longer just an occasional occurrence; it is here to stay. This year, the MLB decided to switch things up on how the post-season would work. Instead of five teams from both leagues going on into the October post-season, it is now six. That means the three teams that were division winners from each league are joined by three Wild Card teams.

On Sunday, October 23rd, both men’s and women’s soccer held their senior day playing against Trinty University. Men's soccer honored five seniors on their senior day, including Jaron Patreas, Xavier Noyola-Ramirez, Marco Basteris, Sami Borchalli, and David Barbera. After the men’s game, the women played on their senior day, too. They honored nine graduating seniors: Daisy Acosta, Sydney Bascom, Yosi Bouslog, Sierra Charles, Karlie Delhommer, Haleigh Gangloff, Avery Gilbert, Ariel Muller, and Celeste Muniz.

A lot can change in one hundred years. In fact, the time between 1922 and now saw the Great Depression, a host of historical wars, a series of Civil Rights movements, prohibition, the first man in space, the introduction of antibiotic treatment and much, much more. One hundred years seems limitless.

For about as long as one can remember, Centenary has had athletics. We used to have a football team that competed against LSU in the 1900s, we used to only report on Centenary sports news, and we had some impressive athletes attend our school. There was a point in our history when we were able to report on Robert Parish’s collegiate career, and the scandal that is tied to it. We haven’t always had the same sports teams we have now, and The Conglomerate's newspaper hasn’t always had a sports section like this one.

On the second floor of Centenary’s Gold Dome, there is a hallway that holds the portraits of the college’s most esteemed athletes. These men and women are honored for their hard work, dedication, and excellence. When each class is composed of majority athletes, it is difficult to stand out amongst your teammates, and harder yet to become the model for all athletes to play under the maroon and white. Some of these individuals have reached beyond Centenary’s borders to earn glory for themselves, their sports, and our college.