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 […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]