Author: Nathan Tucker

  • Blazer Beat: Double Feature

    Nathan Tucker nrtucker@lc.edu   It was a busy day for this sports reporter on Wednesday, September 11. A double duty day of Trailblazer coverage, as I first watched the women’s soccer team square off with…

  • Anarchy In Alton: Battle of Spaulding Hall Preview

    Nathan Tucker nrtucker@lc.edu   Anarchy’s back in a big way. The near-monthly celebration of professional wrestling returns to 405 East 4th Street in Alton for the Battle of Spaulding on Friday, September 13. The card…

  • Blazer Beat: Shorthanded Warriors Walloped by Trailblazers

    Nathan Tucker nrtucker@lc.edu   In a short time, I’ve learned that often in these juco soccer contests, the game is decided by the fitness of the student-athletes on the field. Games in the heat, varying…

  • Trailblazers Face Familiar Foes in Alumni Friendlies

    Nathan Tucker nrtucker@lc.edu   Long before Major League Soccer was planning on coming to St. Louis, colleges in the area were churning out great soccer and great soccer teams for decades. Lewis and Clark’s soccer…

  • Restoration For The Heart Of Trailblazer Nation

    Nathan Tucker nrtucker@lc.edu   The central hub of Lewis And Clark Athletics and de facto home of the Trailblazers, the Riverbend Arena on the Godfrey campus, is getting a bit of a face-lift this semester.…

  • Illinois Football Preview: Lovie’s Lucky Year?

    Nathan Tucker nrtucker@lc.edu   It’s been five long years since the last time Illinois Fighting Illini football has touched a postseason bowl game. 82 out of 130 FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision, the top tier of…

  • Blazer Beat: Late Summer Heat

    Nathan Tucker nrtucker@lc.edu   With the heat index soaring into the mid 90s, the men’s Trailblazer soccer side hosted Missouri Baptist University’s Reserves on a muggy early September day at Tim Rooney Stadium. Returning with…

  • Blazer Beat: Sunday Rainy Sunday

    Nathan Tucker nrtucker@lc.edu   A cool, breezy, and very rainy late August Sunday played as the backdrop to the second games of the season for both the men’s and women’s Trailblazer soccer sides, who hosted…

  • Blazer Beat: Soccer Season Kicks Off

    Nathan Tucker nrtucker@lc.edu   Trailblazer Women vs. Allen County Red Devils Before I could even tweet out a picture from Tim Rooney Stadium on the Godfrey campus of Lewis And Clark, the women’s soccer Trailblazers…

  • Much More Than MLS: An Incomplete History of Soccer in St. Louis

    Nathan Tucker nrtucker@lc.edu   It’s been coming for some time now, but as of August 20th, it became officially official. St. Louis is joining Major League Soccer, and toasted the occasion with hundreds and hundreds…