Aiden Penner, Sports Editor
Aiden Penner, 20, is a sophomore journalism and media production double major with a minor in history. His favorite activities are snatching every rebound in pickup basketball, driving the combine during harvest on his farm and researching obscure statistics on Baseball-Reference. His biggest flex is that he met Carl Azuz.
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![Senior Bethel receiver Micah Niewald sheds a would-be tackler on his way to a touchdown in the Royals’ 73-8 win over Augsburg Saturday. Niewald sped his way to two touchdowns in the win, tallying 62 yards after the catch between the two scores. “Knowing I can outrun the guy that’s chasing me is a big thing,” Niewald said. “That’s going back to [strength and conditioning] Coach Meyer and everything we do in the summer and off-season.” | Photo by Carl Schumland, Bethel Athletics](https://thebuclarion.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/3J9A1632-1200x800.jpg)
![Aaron Smallman plucks his bass guitar Nov. 10 at Bethel’s Friday chapel service. Smallman has been a United leader for the Vespers team for two years and appreciates the way worship and music intersect. “I [used to] listen to explicit, harsh, very earthly stuff that would bring me down and physically change my demeanor,” Smallman said. “I thought [it] was mind-blowing, to be able to listen to music and appoint it towards the Lord.”](https://thebuclarion.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Screenshot-2023-11-20-at-9.42.30-PM-1200x798.png)
