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. […]
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Benjamin Aguirre and Seiji Wood Sports writer/ Sports Editor The 2019-20 Idaho State golf season begins in less than two weeks. Last year’s season ended at the Big Sky Conference Championships in Boulder City, Nevada where the Bengals made program history. With a score of 958 in three rounds, it […]
Steve Schaack Idaho State Athletics The Idaho State golf team wrapped up the 2018-19 season this past Sunday in the final round of the Big Sky Conference Championship at Boulder Creek Golf Course. The Bengals had one of their best performances in program history. The team shot a 958 for […]
Photo Credit: Idaho State Athletics Sasha Ambrose Sports Reporter This season, the team is looking to build on what second-year head coach Dallen Atkin’s has built and is in the early stages of preparing for better results at the Big Sky Conference Championship this spring. Spirits were high as the […]
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 […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor The Idaho State women’s golf team has a new mindset, one that lead to one of the best fall seasons in years and could lead to a record-setting spring season. Along with a new practice structure, first-year head coach Dalen Atkins has turned the women’s golf […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor After several frustrating seasons that concluded with dismal results, the Idaho State women’s golf team is beginning to see the benefits of the new attitude and mindset that new head coach Dallen Atkins has put into place. The biggest change has been practices, most of which […]
Terryn Hardy Staff Writer After the resignation of former women’s golf coach Kellie Hooper, the Idaho State women’s golf team hired Pocatello native Dallen Atkins. A graduate from Century High School, Atkins played for Idaho State during his time in Pocatello and grew up watching the Idaho State golf program. […]
Steven Schaack ISU Sports Information POCATELLO, Idaho – Kylie Martens was in a comfort zone Monday and Tuesday at the Rose City Collegiate Golf Tournament hosted by Portland State. Martens, who grew up in Beaverton, Ore., had played the Langdon Farms Golf Club course in high school and felt at home […]
Steven Schaack ISU Sports Information POCATELLO, Idaho – On a rainy and cold final round of the Washington State University Cougar Cup at Palouse Ridge, the Idaho State golf team shot a 339 in round 3 and a 988 for the tournament to finish in ninth place. Kylie Martens led […]
Krystal Geeson Staff Writer Spirits were high as the Bengals’ golf team prepared for its trip to to compete in the Big Sky Championship and reflected on the past season. “I feel really good. I feel we are prepared and we all want to do well. Our coaches have pumped […]
Sven Alskog Staff Writer When it comes to devotion to a sport, the women’s golfers of Idaho State University have shown plenty of it, missing multiple days of class over the first month of the fall season to travel all across the western United States for tournament play. From Aug. […]
When Idaho State golfer Courtney Smith was deciding where to go to college, Idaho must have seemed a long way from her home in Omaha, Neb. Smith, a state champion high school golfer, knew she wanted to continue in the sport. What did ISU have that other colleges didn’t? Family. […]
Golf is a unique sport. Compared to more traditional athletics it is slower paced and is less team-oriented. Don’t think for a second, though, that it is less challenging because that couldn’t be further from the truth. Just ask Jenna Sharp, a sophomore at Idaho State University. For Sharp, golf […]