Trevor Delaney Sports Editor Two of the biggest events in the Intermountain West indoor track and field scene have been canceled for the 2021 season, with both the Big Sky Men’s & Women’s Indoor Track & Field Championships and the 43rd annual Simplot Games being postponed until 2022 due to […]
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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.
Trevor Delaney Sports Editor The Idaho State University Men’s and Women’s Tennis teams both had away games this weekend to play, with the Women’s team playing Boise State and Lewis-Clark State in Boise and the Men’s team playing Montana State in Bozeman in back to back matches. The Montana State […]
Trevor Delaney Sports Editor The Bengals can now rest easy knowing they will remain in good hands once again, thanks to a contract extension signed by Rob Phenicie to remain as head coach of the Idaho State University football team. With the opening of the 2021 Big Sky Conference season […]
Trevor Delaney Sports Editor A year ago, no one could envision the vast differences between the world we live in now and the world we lived in back then. With the COVID-19 pandemic just starting, something as constant as college football being interrupted was a lesser worry on most people’s […]
Trevor Delaney Sports Editor The air hung over the game with a heaviness that clung to the walls of the Reed’s gym so palpable that you could reach out and touch it. The once roaring stands are filled with deafening silence, captivated fans replaced by more subdued cardboard cutouts. Rubber […]
Trevor Delaney Sports Editor The Idaho State University men’s basketball team faced off against the Portland State Vikings Thursday night in Portland with a close game that resulted in the Bengals winning with 64 points to Portland’s 57. The night started off with a five-point lead by Idaho State in […]
Idaho State Athletics Submitted Content The Idaho State men men’s basketball team won a 57-56 overtime thriller over the Sacramento State Hornets at Reed Gym on Sunday afternoon to bring their winning streak to four. Idaho State has won seven of its last eight games. Tarik Cool and Brayden Parker […]
Idaho State Athletics Submitted Content The Idaho State Bengals battled to a 77-70 win over the Hornets of Sacramento State Saturday in Sacramento, Calif. The Bengals are now at a program best 10-1 and 8-0 (Big Sky Conference) record. In a game that saw 13 lead changes, the Bengals hit […]
Idaho State Athletics Submitted Content Head track and field coach Hilary Merkley is excited for her team to get the chance to compete again. The Idaho State track and field team is headed into the 2021 indoor season under unprecedented circumstances but is working hard to compete this winter. “We’re […]
Idaho State Athletics Submitted Content Idaho State football coach Rob Phenicie calls Isaiah Walter’s story a great college football story. “From the stand point of perseverance from putting your time in, not complaining, working hard and waiting for your time to come,” Phenicie said. “He is a fifth year senior […]
Lesley Brey Staff Writer For nearly seven months now COVID-19 has had its talons latched tight into the flesh of our everyday lives. We’ve had to social distance, wear face masks in all public venues and perhaps most unfortunately of all; we’ve had to learn how to use Zoom. However, […]
Idaho State Athletics Submitted Content Idaho State women’s basketball Estefania Ors is living her life experiencing everything she can. Ors, born and raised in Altura, Spain, had an active childhood thanks to her loving parents and older sister, Natalia. Ors and her sister have built a strong relationship growing up […]
Idaho State Athletics Submitted Content Rasheed Williams couldn’t have asked for a better freshman season in 2015. The Bengal defensive lineman had 52 tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks and seven quarterback hurries. Against Boise State the 17-year old freshman had two tackles for loss and one sack. Since […]
Joanna Orban Copy Editor Debs Brereton got her first soccer ball when she was two-years-old. Since then, it’s never left her feet. In Brereton’s native England, soccer very much was, and still is, a man’s world. After playing soccer on all-male leagues for most of her life, Brereton started playing […]
Idaho State Athletics Submitted Content A strong support system can do wonders. For Kaia Rhodes, it means every-thing. Rhodes, who didn’t pick up volleyball until the age of 14, had an unusual motivational experience with her first coach. “When I was younger I didn’t play any sports,” said Rhodes. “My […]