Renee Shaktivel Staff Writer Early on in her high school softball career, Emma Bordenkecher received an offer from Arizona State, a team that currently ranks sixth in the nation. But when the tides changed her senior year, she received an offer from Idaho State and quickly accepted to play for […]
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.
Dylon Harrison Staff Writer Lucas Gebhart Editor-in-Chief After a turnaround season last year, the ISU football team wrapped up spring practices last weekend with its annual spring game. The 15 spring practices began March 29 and were held on the ICCU practice field. After going 2-9 for two consecutive seasons […]
The Bengal Sports Staff Men’s Tennis: Idaho 5, ISU 2 The men’s tennis team fell 5-2 at Idaho Sunday afternoon at the Lewis-Clark State College Courts in Lewiston, Idaho. With the loss, the Bengals’ season effectively comes to a close. Women’s Tennis: Sacramento State 4, ISU 3 The women’s tennis […]
The Bengal Sports Staff Men’s Tennis: Boise State 4, ISU 3 The men’s tennis team battled Boise State Sunday evening at the Boas Tennis Complex before falling 4-3 to the Broncos. Eastern Washington 4, ISU 3 The men’s tennis team fell at Eastern Washington 4-3 Saturday afternoon at the Jim […]
Clayton Koff Staff Writer With Nationals around the corner, tension is heating up for tennis players and coaches. Everyone wants to qualify for the tournament, but only a few actually can. This tournament is what fuels most collegiate tennis players throughout the season and keeps them coming back for more […]
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 […]
Madeline Leavitt Sports Editor Achieving childhood dreams is not common nature, especially in the world of athletics. But Jerry Miller took his childhood dream and made it a reality as he is closing out his 30th year as a play-by-play broadcaster for ISU athletics. He estimates that he has broadcasted […]
Dylon Harrison Staff Writer With the 2018 NFL Draft fast approaching, many college football players across the country will be waiting to find out where they will be playing football next season. One of these players will be ISU’s Skyler Phillips. Phillips was picked up by Reign Sports Management about […]
The Bengal Sports Staff Men’s Tennis: Montana 7, ISU 0 The men’s tennis team fell to visiting Montana 7-0 Sunday morning at the Reed Gym Tennis Courts. Sacramento State 5, ISU 2 The men’s tennis team fell to Sacramento State 5-2 Friday afternoon at the Reed Gym Tennis Courts. The […]
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 […]
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 […]