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 […]
Sports
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.
Renee Shaktivel Staff Writer Melissa Coburn is turning her dreams into a reality. The sophomore is pursuing an electrical engineering degree with a computer science minor while playing on the ISU women’s tennis team. Both were childhood dreams. “In first grade, the teacher told us to draw what we wanted […]
The Bengal Sports Staff Men’s Tennis: ISU 4, Metro State 3 The men’s tennis team extended its win streak to three matches with a 4-3 win at Metro State on Sunday afternoon. It was the first time this season the Bengals have competed outdoors. The Bengals clinched the doubles point […]
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 […]
Kiran Pandey Staff Writer Many athletes play multiple sports before finding their niche. Makenzie VanSickle knows exactly what that is like as she started with basketball and soccer, before finding her place in softball as a utility player. Her main position is center field, but she also does catching. VanSickle […]
The Bengal Sports Staff Men’s Tennis: Weber State 6, ISU 1 The men’s tennis team dropped a 6-1 decision at Weber State. The Bengals dropped the doubles point and picked up one singles win in the loss. ISU 6, North Dakota 1 The men’s tennis team snapped a five-match losing […]
Renee Shaktivel Staff Writer Hristina Cvetkovic is a sophomore tennis player from Nis, Siberia. She has been on the court since the age of seven, following in her mother’s footsteps. Her mother was a college athlete at Tyler Junior College and Grand Canyon University. She then went on to play […]
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 […]
The Bengal Sports Staff Men’s Basketball: SUU 76, ISU 68 The ISU men’s basketball team saw its season came to an end on Tuesday evening at the Reno Events Center after a 76-68 loss to Southern Utah in the opening round of the Big Sky Conference tournament. Brandon Boyd led […]
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. […]
The Bengal Sports Staff Men’s Basketball: ISU 101, Montana State 78 A career-high of 33 points from Jared Stutzman and record-tying 17 3-pointers gave the men’s basketball team a 101-78 win over Montana State Thursday evening. The win gives ISU a 14-14 record and a 9-8 mark in the conference. ISU is […]
The Bengal Sports Staff Men’s Basketball: ISU 86, hIdaho 83 ISU beat Idaho 86-83 thanks to a 3-pointer by Brandon Boyd with two seconds left in the game. Boyd had a career-high 32 points on 11-of-16 shooting. He was 6-of-8 from the three-point line, 4-of-4 from the foul line. He […]
Renee Shaktivel Staff Writer Interests don’t always stay the same throughout life. Tim Ankenman is no exception. Ankenman grew up on a farm in Meridian, where he learned to love the simple life. This led to a desire to go into agricultural sciences. But Ankenman had a love for running […]
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 […]
Dylon Harrison Staff Writer For many students, going to school is a full-time job. Despite this, many add sports and other extra-curricular activities to their busy schedules. In addition to school and track, Tracy Gordon is also a member of a community service group called MIKA, which has many diverse […]