Photos by Eli DiRuzza After a two-year hiatus, the renovated Macholtz Stadium returned for the football season this year. AU football spent the 2024 and 2025 seasons off campus for their home games, playing at Highland Middle School and Lapel High School in those seasons, respectively. Macholtz Stadium, built in 1977, has been the home for AU football for nearly 50 years. It is also home to the AU Track & Field team as well. In the stadium's history, it hosted 22 Indianapolis Colts … [Read more...]
How did each team fare in the Spring Season?
As the 2025-2026 school year closes, here’s a quick recap of all the spring sports teams’ seasons. MENS SPORTS BASEBALL (21-18-1) 5TH IN HCAC In Tyler Rubasky’s first year as head coach, AU baseball stayed consistent. They clinched a spot in the HCAC Baseball Tournament once again, finishing 5th in conference play. Throughout the season, freshman pitchers Braden Richey and Rhet Hackman have thrown great games. Both of them earned five wins on the year. Richey ended with a 3.90 ERA … [Read more...]
Senior Chapel: Recognizing the Class of 2026
As the year comes to a close, the yearly senior chapel sends off the seniors to provide motivation and guidance in a life following God. AU’s Class of 2026 got their final chapel send-off Tuesday. “Don’t sit back and consume” was the message by Business Analytics and Data Science double major Owen Mockabee. Mockabee pointed out his development of AU’s Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) program and the AU’s men's golf team. “A year before I got there, there were only 2 kids on the team,” … [Read more...]
Busy Day at the Diamond: Baseball and Softball host Franklin Double-Headers
On a beautiful Saturday, the AU Baseball and Softball teams hosted the Franklin Grizzlies. At Don Brandon Field, the baseball team swept the Grizzlies by a score of 4-2 in both games. Softball was a different story, losing both games to the conference-leading Grizzlies. BASEBALL The bats were rolling early in game one, Franklin scored a run in the first, and AU answered, scoring three. Jon Dorsch delivered the first run, then Zayden Stiller hit a single to score two. Stiller had a … [Read more...]
Baseball and Softball takes off to Florida during Spring Break
During spring break, the AU baseball and softball teams took trips down to Florida to play games. Baseball went 3-3 and softball went 2-4. Softball also had games in Elizabethtown, KY, in which they went winless. BASEBALL Baseball started their Florida trip on Friday, Mar 6, beating Waynesburg 8-4. Pitcher Rhet Hackman picked up the win (1-0) while Braden Richey earned a save (1). Dylan Hogan launched his first homer of the year and Griffin Wolf had a couple doubles. The … [Read more...]
AU Basketball Comes to a Close in the HCAC Tournament
Photos by Reuben Crisler The Anderson women’s and men’s basketball teams both came short of a conference championship last weekend in Lexington, KY. The women’s team was eliminated from the tournament Friday afternoon falling to Franklin 81-65. The men’s basketball team won their game on Friday to advance to the championship; it happened on a last second buzzer-beater from senior DeMonte Ferguson to beat Rose-Hulman 74-73. However on Saturday, the Ravens were outlasted by the Transylvania … [Read more...]
A Thriller and a Blowout: First Round of the HCAC Basketball Tournament
On Saturday, both of the Ravens men's and women's basketball teams were victorious in their first round matchups in the HCAC Basketball Tournament. Both teams had home court with the men being the 2-seed, and the women being the 3-seed. The women’s basketball team defeated Rose-Hulman 75-68 in a nailbiting game. While the men’s team dominated their game, winning 103-89 over the Bluffton Beavers. WOMENS Rose-Hulman embraced the underdog mentality to start the game. They controlled … [Read more...]
AU Basketball Takes Care of Business Against Berea
The Anderson men's and women's basketball teams both picked up another conference win against Berea on Saturday at O.C Lewis Gymnasium. The AU men's team beat Berea 91-79, and the women’s team won 72-61. This win moves the men’s team to 15-9, 13-4 in conference play. The women’s team is also now 15-9, and 11-6 in conference play. For the men’s game, Kenny Troutman led the Ravens in scoring. Troutman had 26 points and 6 three’s in his return after missing the last game due to illness. Elijah … [Read more...]
Ravens’ Swimming and Diving looks to turn the page in the HCAC Championships
This Wednesday, the Anderson men's and women's swimming and diving teams will head to Terre Haute for the HCAC Championships. The tournament will last all the way to Saturday afternoon. Last year, Anderson placed 5th of seven teams for the men's, and 4th of seven for the women's. The defending champions for the tournament are the Rose-Hulman men's team, and Franklin women’s team. The Ravens men’s swimming and diving this season are 4-7, they are also 2-4 in conference play. … [Read more...]
Two Games, Two Wins for the Ravens basketball teams
Photos by Reuben Crisler The AU Ravens men's and women's basketball teams hosted a double-header against Mount St Joseph (MSJ) Saturday afternoon at O.C Lewis Gymnasium. The first game, which was the women’s, saw the Ravens defeat the Lions 77-64. The team moved to 12-8 (8-5 in the conference), and have now won six of their last seven games. The men's game also resulted in a Raven victory. AU defeated MSJ 76-61 to end the MSJ five game winning streak. The Ravens jumped into … [Read more...]