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Campus Current

Second-year education student Stephen Darley quit the football team at Wesley College in Delaware to focus on academics. He’s an education student here now.

Players decide to stay at home

Tommy Parker, Sports Co-Editor October 4, 2018

Three student athletes who declined offers to play at other colleges are attending AACC this semester. Two students, including one who is playing here, based their decisions on financial and personal...

Second-year AACC Men’s Lacrosse player Nick Karnes earns All-American honors from the National Junior College Athletic Association for his play last season.

VA, PA athletes enroll at AACC

Brady Reilly, Sports Co-Editor October 4, 2018

It isn’t uncommon for athletes to transfer to AACC from states outside of Maryland. Of the 295 students attending AACC from different states, two are playing for AACC sports teams: Men’s Lacrosse...

Second-year AACC Men’s Lacrosse player Nick Karnes earns All-American honors from the National Junior College Athletic Association for his play last season.

Faceoff starter is No. 2

October 4, 2018

A Men’s Lacrosse player who ranked second in the country for faceoffs last season has signed to return to AACC this spring. Nick Karnes, a second-year faceoff player and graduate of Battlefield High...

Cross Country runners Leslei Garcia Mendez, left, and Emily Jacobsen keep in shape by running on campus.

Cross country runners set goals for semester

Sanyee Barjoger Jr., Sports Co-Editor October 4, 2018

AACC’s Women’s Cross Country coach in September pointed to academics as a major player in the team’s success this season. Coach Jim Griffiths said the team wants to earn the NJCAA National Academic...

Spring sport athletes start practices in fall

Tommy Parker, Sports Co-Editor October 4, 2018

Baseball, Softball and Men’s Lacrosse started fall practices in September, even though their first games aren’t until the spring semester. These teams begin Fall Ball practices and scrimmages every...

Students suggest food, ads to promote games

Sanyee Barjogar Jr., Sports Co-Editor October 4, 2018

AACC students said in September they would attend campus sports games if the college advertised them better and sold food during the events. In a poll of 50 students, 30 said food would entice them to...

Esports players, like third-year systems analyst student
Thomas Harris (third from left) and second-year
transfer studies student Kyle Taylor (far right) can
join esports through AACC Athletics next fall.

AACC Athletics plans to develop esports team

Alex Fregger, Tech Editor October 1, 2018

AACC Athletics plans to make esports part of its program next fall. Esports—electronic sports—involve established teams that play video games competitively for fun, ranking or monetary rewards. Athletics...

AACC Women’s Volleyball wins first game of season

Tommy Parker, Reporter September 18, 2018

The AACC Women’s Volleyball team won their first game of the season on Monday against Allegany College of Maryland. In a best of five game match, the Riverhawks won three games to none. They won by...

Women's Soccer plays alumni in home scrimmage

Women’s Soccer plays alumni in home scrimmage

Brady Reilly , Sports Co-Editor September 7, 2018

AACC Women’s Soccer played an alumni team in a scrimmage match on Thursday night. The campus team won 5-1. Hannah Lieb, a first-year goalie, had three saves to keep the Riverhawks ahead by two...

Re-designed Athletics site to launch this fall

Madeleine Pedersen, Reporter August 25, 2018

AACC Athletics will unveil a redesigned web page this semester.   When AACC changed its mascot in 2015 from the red, white and blue Pioneer to Swoop, a teal Riverhawk, the “colors were not changed...

Women’s lax Nationals to play on Siegert Field

Madeleine Pedersen, Reporter August 25, 2018

AACC will host the National Women’s Lacrosse Tournament for community colleges this May.   The women’s lacrosse season begins in February.  If the Riverhawks make it to the finals this spring,...

New sports coordinator to aid athletes with progress, schoolwork

New sports coordinator to aid athletes with progress, schoolwork

Madeleine Pederson, Reporter August 25, 2018

AACC’s Athletics has approved a new position for a student athlete success coordinator, who will help student athletes.    According to Athletics Director Duane Herr, the coordinator will schedule...

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