Madeline Leavitt Sports Editor Some believe golf is a dull sport that older men play while making business deals. But for Katrina Weil, it is more than that. Weil has not always been a part of the sport. She had to take a break for a few years after having […]
Madeline Leavitt Sports Editor Achieving childhood dreams is not common nature, especially in the world of athletics. But Jerry Miller took his childhood dream and made it a reality as he is closing out his 30th year as a play-by-play broadcaster for ISU athletics. He estimates that he has broadcasted […]
Madeline Leavitt Sports Editor Novak Topalovic announced via Twitter last week that he would be leaving the ISU men’s basketball team after the school year concluded. Topalovic will be attending grad school and finishing his last year of eligibility elsewhere. As of when this was written, he has not yet […]
Madeline Leavitt Sports Editor Club sanctioned sports are a common occurrence at universities. Some aren’t taken as seriously, but Sean Persky and Bengal Baseball flips that viewpoint around. Bengal Baseball is a club sport at ISU. This year, they have 16 players on their roster and an all new coaching […]
Madeline Leavitt Sports Editor Both ISU men’s and women’s basketball teams closed out their seasons last week in Reno during the Big Sky Conference tournament. The men finished with a record of 14-16 and were 9-9 in Big Sky play. The Bengals saw their season come to an end with […]
Madeline Leavitt Sports Editor New Zealand native Brooke Blair has played basketball since she was five years old. From shooting hoops in her backyard, or her families church, to shooting for the ISU Bengals in Reed Gym, the game has been a part of her life for a long time. […]
Madeline Leavitt Sports Editor Four seniors played their final home game for the men’s basketball team last Saturday in a game that resulted in a 74-69 loss to Eastern Washington. At the end of the season, Erik Nakken, Hayes Garrity, Kyle Ingram, and Geno Luzcando will turn up their jerseys […]
Madeline Leavitt Sports Editor 2,100 high school track and field athletes from 19 different states, Canada, Australia and Norway descended on Holt Arena last weekend to compete against each other in the 40th Annual Simplot Games. The event brings in former Olympians to watch and interact with the high school […]
Madeline Leavitt Staff Writer Last season, the ISU softball team finished sixth in the regular season, squeaked into the conference tournament on the last day of the season and was one game away from advancing to the conference championship game. The Bengals lost 8-6 in extra innings to Weber State […]
Madeline Leavitt Staff Writer This recruiting season started off different than most. The cycle normally starts in February, but head football coach Rob Phenicie didn’t have that option. But last Wednesday, Phenicie announced his first signing class at ISU, which consisted of 23 players. “The positions we filled were exactly […]
Madeline Leavitt Staff Writer ISU is looking to improve and expand its athletics facilities, but how they are going to do that has yet to be determined. In order to decide which route to take, Athletic Director Jeff Tingey said that the university will be holding a study as part […]