Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor The $80,000 that members of the Football Alumni Team (FAT) told the Idaho State Journal earlier this month they would withhold from the school until President Author Vailas and Athletic Director Jeff Tingey were removed, was in the form of a fund-raising account that already belonged to the […]
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All about sports at Idaho State University. We include stories about our traditional university sponsored sports like Football, Basketball, Soccer, Baseball and Volleyball as well as the independent club sports like Rugby, Archery and Judo.
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor Four days before spring football was set to begin, former head coach Mike Kramer was forced into retirement. Current head coach, Rob Phenicie, was brought back to Idaho State after leaving for Northern Iowa and offensive coordinator Matt Troxel was brought back after leaving for Montana. […]
The Bengal Sports Staff POCATELLO, Idaho – A first-half penalty kick was enough for Boise State to escape Davis Field with a 1-0 win Sunday afternoon as the Bengals nearly matched the Broncos shot total. The Bengals were outshot 18-16 but eight of Boise State’s (2-1-1) attempts were on goal, […]
The Bengal Sports Staff The Idaho State volleyball team dropped two-out-of-three over the weekend in the opening tournament of the 2017 season. The Bengals fell to Virginia Tech, 3-2, and Milwaukee-Wisconsin, 3-2 on Friday but beat South Dakota State, 3-1 on Saturday. Idaho State vs. Virginia Tech: Idaho State fell […]
Steven Schaack Idaho State Sports Information The Idaho State soccer team lost 4-0 to the University of Michigan on Sunday afternoon in front of a crowd of 456. The Wolverines scored two goals in each half to earn the victory. “We don’t see this level in conference,” Idaho State coach […]
Steven Schaack Idaho State Sports Information The Idaho State soccer team scored three goals in a 20 minute span to shut out Chicago State 3-0 on Friday afternoon. All three goals came in the first half and Idaho State coach Allison Gibson was able to play 23 players. “The awesome […]
Jenna Larson Idaho State University Sports Information The Idaho State soccer team bested Salt Lake Community College 1-0 Saturday afternoon at Davis Field in its first and final home exhibition contest of the season. “Today’s game presented a different set of challenges for us than the Utah Valley game did,” […]
Madison Shumway Staff Writer Track and field meets are busy ordeals for Bailey Woodbury, who competes in the heptathlon, an event composed of seven different competitions that feature every spectrum the sport has to offer. A heptathlon starts with the 100-meter hurdles then moves to high jump, followed by shot […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor For the first time in over a decade, both Idaho State men’s and women’s tennis teams punched their tickets to the Big Sky Conference tournament last week by clinching a spot in the top six positions of the conference. The men’s team finished fifth and the […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor Idaho State doesn’t officially have a baseball team. There is no multi-million dollar, state of the art, on-campus baseball stadium with locker rooms, hot dog stands and media members. Instead, there’s a small ball field on West Alameda Avenue about three miles from campus where a […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor The Idaho State softball team lost three games to league-leading Weber State this weekend at Miller Ranch Stadium, losing two games of the three by one run. Head coach Candi Letts and right fielder Alex Portesi were ejected in game two of the series on separate […]
Madison Shumway Staff Writer Each semester, the Nepalese Student Association hosts basketball and soccer tournaments, providing a way for Nepalese students to get to know each other and contribute to the club’s packed schedule. This spring’s basketball tournament, held April 8 and 9 at Reed Gym, featured five teams, each […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor Idaho State has won four football games in the last two seasons, two of which were to Division II schools, and the team has had two winning seasons since 2003. Stats like that indicate that something needs to change so Idaho State can finally start winning […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor The Idaho State men’s basketball team added four new transfer players this offseason, including the reigning Northwest Athletic Conference Player of the Year, Jacob McCord. McCord and five-foot-seven-point guard, Sam Dowd, out of North Idaho College and Blake Truman, who spent the last two seasons with […]
Madison Shumway Staff Writer Haley Harrison wasn’t planning on transferring from Utah Valley when she quit the team following the 2016 season, but when a childhood friend floated the idea of playing softball for Idaho State, Harrison’s future fell into place. Within a week, her mind was made up. She […]