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The Orion

Chico State's independent student newspaper

The Orion

Chico State's independent student newspaper

The Orion

All content by Jordan Jarrell
Women's rugby seniors Photo credit: Jordan Jarrell

Life after the scrum

Jordan Jarrell
May 3, 2017

The Chico State Women's Rugby team will lose six of their senior members next season. Though these members are important to their club, they are looking forward to what lies ahead in the coming years....

MLB puts in new rule changes

MLB puts in new rule changes

Jordan Jarrell
February 28, 2017

Baseball is one of the last sports to allow their athletes to use metal cleats. Getting spiked can give a player nightmares. The bottom of a player’s foot now becomes a weapon that leaves permanent...

Professionals deserve mercy

Jordan Jarrell
December 13, 2016

A single bad night can haunt an organization in any sport, and to prevent it, there should be a standard mercy rule. Getting beaten by 13 points in baseball is devastating to athletes, coaches and the...

The big three leave Chico

Jordan Jarrell
December 8, 2016

It took the experience of the Chico State men's soccer team's most veteran players to end the three-year California Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament drought.Behind fowards Rajaee DeLane and Omar...

Baseball curses broken

Jordan Jarrell
October 29, 2016

The Chico State baseball team is no stranger to curses. Whether it's the 17-year National Championship drought or the near misses in the playoffs, the Wildcats luck hasn't shown on the diamond. Chico...

Men’s golf team struggles early

Jordan Jarrell
October 18, 2016

The Chico State men’s golf team had its least successful opening day Oct. 17 at the Otter Invitational, after shooting 23-over par to place 12th. The team has maintained an almost perfect record...

Javone Bradford shows his support during breast cancer awareness month by wearing pink on campus. Photo credit: Jovanna Garcia

Real athletes wear pink

Jordan Jarrell
October 16, 2016

As the NFL dedicates the month of October to raising awareness for breast cancer, Chico State athletes have also taken strides to show their support. The NFL is allowing players to wear pink accessories...

Sophomore Kelley Sullivan watches his teammates tee off during a Wildcat practice. Photo credit: T.L. Brown

Men’s golf protects their green

Jordan Jarrell
October 6, 2016

The Chico State men's golf team finished the InterWest Insurance Wildcat Classic by tying for first with Western Washington University with a cumulative stroke total of 877. It was Chico State in the end...

The Sun Devils gather for a water break during their practice. Photo credit: Jordan Jarrell

Football revived in Chico

Jordan Jarrell
October 4, 2016

After Chico State canceled their football program in 1997, people were left without the collisions and cheers that can only be found on the Gridiron.The California Sun Devils are a nonprofit semi-professional...

Hitting below the waist

Jordan Jarrell
September 22, 2016

If concussions are considered the elephant in the room when it comes to the NFL, leg injuries would have to be the obnoxious gorilla that just won’t go away.I’m talking about the injuries that...

Women’s golf team drops the ball

Jordan Jarrell
September 22, 2016

The Chico State women’s golf team finished in seventh place on the second day of the Western New Mexico Fall Invitational. The team took 299 shots in the first round and finished with a steady lead...