Taylor Meeks Sports Editor In 1933, teams of men and horses went to work on constructing an athletic venue for Idaho State University at the base of Red Hill. After three years of flattening the earth, moving dirt and building walls with rock mined from Red Hill, the Spud Bowl […]
Taylor Meeks Sports Editor The Idaho State University softball team is just one of many sport teams that had its season suspended last week due to preventative measures being enforced to decrease the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Due to the Los Angeles, Calif. being a high-risk zone, […]
Taylor Meeks Sports Editor Treyshon Malone was about to face not only the biggest moment of his athletic career but one of his biggest career-long goals he’d set for himself. As an athlete, it’s a rare thing to consistently outperform yourself and compete at the highest level every single time. […]
Taylor Meeks Sports Editor The Idaho State University men’s and women’s track and field teams concluded their indoor season with higher finishes and more all-conference results than in previous years at the 2020 Big Sky Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships on Feb. 27-29 in Holt Arena. The men’s team […]
Taylor Meeks Sports Editor Last weekend, the Idaho State University men and women’s basketball teams played its final matches of the regular season against Eastern Washington and University of Idaho before heading into the 2020 Big Sky Conference tournament held on March 9-14 in Boise at the CenturyLink Arena. The […]
Taylor Meeks Sports Editor I turned onto my side, a smile spreading across my lips, as my alarm sounded bright and early in the morning. I’m not usually a morning person, but last Friday I awoke knowing that the day I had been waiting over a month for had finally […]
Taylor Meeks Sports Editor Last year, after traveling through treacherous weather that delayed the Wyoming native’s arrival, the then sophomore athlete ran the girls’ 3200-meter run alone with the exception of the accompaniment of fellow athletes cheering her on to secure a spot in Saturday’s finals. Not expecting to make […]
Taylor Meeks Sports Editor The Idaho State University men’s basketball team hoped to break its losing streak with two home matches last weekend inside Reed Gymnasium as they hosted Northern Arizona University Thursday night and Sacramento State Saturday night. Unfortunately, the Bengals continued to suffer the seemingly unbreakable bad luck […]
Taylor Meeks Sports Editor The Idaho State University football team rounded out its 2020 recruiting class on last Wednesday’s National Signing Day as head football coach Rob Phenicie announced 16 new additions to the roster. The class-of-2020 commitments is now at 24 as the Bengals previously signed nine recruits in […]
Taylor Meeks and Kaitlyn Hart Sports Editor | Life Editor Super Bowl Sunday is a staple in American culture, with millions of viewers every year. The 54th Super Bowl proved much of the same as 102 million people tuned in to watch the Kansas City Chiefs face off with the […]
Taylor Meeks Sports Editor The Idaho State University women’s basketball team had a successful weekend of home matches inside Reed Gymnasium on Thursday and Saturday against Big Sky Conference opponents. On Thursday night, Idaho State faced off with University of Northern Colorado (9-10 overall, 5-5 Big Sky) for the first […]
Taylor Meeks Sports Editor It was a calm, bright Tuesday afternoon at the Circling Raven Golf Club in Worley, Idaho. The weather conditions were optimal for the second day of the 2A state golf tournament, especially for Soda Springs senior Tyler Erickson who was accustomed to southeast Idaho’s winter conditions. […]
Taylor Meeks Sports Editor The Idaho State University men’s basketball team dropped its two home matches last weekend against both Montana schools inside Reed Gymnasium. In its first match Thursday evening, the Bengals battled against the Montana Grizzlies, but suffered a heartbreaking loss, 77-74. Montana is at the top of […]
Taylor Meeks Sports Editor The Idaho State University men and women’s track and field teams had another strong weekend of performances after hosting the 2020 Stacy Dragila Open on Friday, Jan. 17, inside Holt Arena. The Bengals had top finishers in nearly every event on both the men and women’s […]
Taylor Meeks Sports Editor The Idaho State University women’s basketball team lost in a closely contested game to Portland State University, 69-64, on Saturday, Jan. 18 inside Reed Gymnasium in its seventh Big Sky Conference game this season. The Vikings shot 46 percent from the field, 39 percent from beyond […]