Madeline Leavitt Sports Editor 2,100 high school track and field athletes from 19 different states, Canada, Australia and Norway descended on Holt Arena last weekend to compete against each other in the 40th Annual Simplot Games. The event brings in former Olympians to watch and interact with the high school […]
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 The twin sister duo of Huibre-Mare and Louise-Mare Botes have been conquering the ISU tennis court since they were freshmen, when they came to the United States from South Africa. Both sisters won Big Sky All-Conference honors last season, which hasn’t happened at ISU since 2013 […]
Madeline Leavitt Staff Writer Last season, the ISU softball team finished sixth in the regular season, squeaked into the conference tournament on the last day of the season and was one game away from advancing to the conference championship game. The Bengals lost 8-6 in extra innings to Weber State […]
Madeline Leavitt Staff Writer This recruiting season started off different than most. The cycle normally starts in February, but head football coach Rob Phenicie didn’t have that option. But last Wednesday, Phenicie announced his first signing class at ISU, which consisted of 23 players. “The positions we filled were exactly […]
Madeline Leavitt Staff Writer ISU is looking to improve and expand its athletics facilities, but how they are going to do that has yet to be determined. In order to decide which route to take, Athletic Director Jeff Tingey said that the university will be holding a study as part […]
Dylon Harrison Staff Writer A recent study on ISU’s Pocatello campus has found that it could be possible that there are more concussions taking place in the NFL than are being reported. Dr. Caroline Faure conducted this study by reaching out to the wives of NFL players, asking if their […]
Dylon Harrison Staff Writer Anytime there is live production, technical issues are bound to happen. Sports Crew, a group made up of mostly ISU students who are responsible for live-streaming all ISU home football, basketball and volleyball games, face technical issues almost every game. This season is no different, and […]
Lucas Gebhart Co-Editor in Chief and Sports Editor The ISU women’s tennis team does everything together. But when one of the team’s nine members was told that she should never play tennis again, the team’s chemistry grew even more. Hristina Cvetkovic’s injury stems from her shoulder, which causes problems with an artery […]
Dylon Harrison Staff Writer Signing a letter of intent to play for a Division I college basketball team takes a lot of dedication, hard work and the ability to overcome many obstacles. Sam Dowd’s obstacle was bigger than many; he was homeless at age 13. Dowd grew up in Seattle […]
Lucas Gebhart Co-Editor in Chief and Sports Editor Former ISU offensive lineman Skyler Phillips accepted an invitation to the NFL Scouting Combine last Friday. The combine takes place in Indianapolis beginning in late February and serves as a chance for potential NFL prospects to showcase their skills in front of NFL […]
Lucas Gebhart Co-Editor in Chief and Sports Editor ISU offensive coordinator Matt Troxel is leaving the program for Oregon State to be an offensive analyst, according to the Idaho State Journal who reported the story last Friday. The Journal also reported that ISU will rehire Mike Ferriter to replace Troxel […]
Lucas Gebhart Co-Editor in Chief and Sports Editor During its season opener, the men’s tennis team only had five available players. Six players are needed to fill a full team, meaning that ISU was forced to default a doubles and single match in its 7-0 defeat to Utah State, a […]
Lucas Gebhart Co-Editor-in-Chief/ Sports Editor POCATELLO – A career night for Novak Topalovic lifted the men’s basketball team to a 71-65 home win over visiting Sacramento State Saturday night at Reed Gym. Topalovic’s line includes a laundry list of career-highs, which include points (25), rebounds (17) and field goals made […]
Lucas Gebhart Co-Editor-in-Chief/Sports Editor POCATELLO – ISU led for the first 35 minutes of Thursday night’s game at Reed Gym, but exchanged blows with visiting Portland State down the stretch as the game’s only three lead changes came in the final three minutes. With 44 seconds left, and ISU (8-9, […]
Lucas Gebhart Co-Editor-in-Chief/Sports Editor The only person in Dan Ryan’s weight room on a mid-afternoon day during finals week last semester was a student intern, one who has high hopes of breaking into the industry the same way Ryan did in the early 2000s. But this intern wasn’t helping or […]