Madison Shumway Staff Writer Haley Harrison wasn’t planning on transferring from Utah Valley when she quit the team following the 2016 season, but when a childhood friend floated the idea of playing softball for Idaho State, Harrison’s future fell into place. Within a week, her mind was made up. She […]
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.
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor Former offensive coordinator and quarterback’s coach, Rob Phenicie, who left briefly to coach receivers at Northern Iowa, was introduced as the Idaho State’s 27th head football coach last week just four days before the start of the spring footbal season. Phenicie started coaching at Northern Iowa […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor After dropping two games last weekend, Idaho State now sits in fourth place in a tight Big Sky Conference softball race where all eight teams are separated by no more than two games. Six teams make the conference tournament at the end of the season and […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor Idaho State women’s tennis lost all nine members from last year’s team, which included six seniors, forcing head coach Gretchen Maloney to start from scratch and recruit a new, all-freshman set of players. Despite being one of the youngest teams in the nation, with each member […]
Jenna Crowe Staff Writer Steven Beck, originally from Post Falls, has challenged himself at every turn, and battled a host of injuries along the way that have threatened his pole vaulting career, all for the pursuit of a conference championship. Under the guidance of pole vaulting coach Mike McPherson, Beck […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor Former Idaho State head football coach Mike Kramer retired last Thursday following a meeting, which according to Athletic Director Jeff Tingey, was held with intention of improving the football program. Tingey said that if Kramer had not retired, he would no longer be coaching football at […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor After a non-conference schedule that featured three top 25 teams, two of which are in the top 10, the Idaho State softball team has entered conference play battle-tested. The Bengals hold a 9-14 overall record with four of those 14 losses coming to teams that were […]
Jenna Crowe Staff Writer In a three-hit game against Fresno State earlier this season, Kacie Burnett became ISU’s all-time hit leader, breaking former power-hitting catcher Vicky Galasso’s record. But this is not the first record Burnett has broken during her ISU career. Among the records are most stolen bases and […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor Every year, millions of Americans fill out what they perceive to be the perfect bracket. After hours of research, which includes reading and watching every college basketball expert give their take on who they think is going to the Final Four; who is overrated and who’s […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor The Idaho State softball team opened conference play this weekend by taking two of three games from Portland State in a series where no game lasted a full seven innings. The series opened Saturday afternoon with a 14-0 ISU (9-14, 2-1 BSC) rout, which ended per […]
Madison Shumway Staff Writer Mark Liptak, a sports media veteran with experience in radio and print, has acted as the play-by-play broadcaster for the women’s basketball team since 2008. Since taking over the mic in 2008, Liptak has covered over 250 ISU women’s basketball games. “Everybody’s put here to do […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor For the second consecutive season, the women’s basketball team fell short of a Big Sky championship after falling in the championship game to Montana State, 62-56, Saturday afternoon in Reno. ISU went 19-14 overall this season and earned the six-seed going into the conference tournament. Last […]
Thomas Attebery Staff Writer The Outdoor Adventure Center has a host of activities planned with the changing seasons which include slacklining, climbing and several other trips. There is a trip planned to Maple Grove in the Oneida Narrows Reservoir. For $30 for students and $40 for affiliates, those who sign […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor After a 16-win season last year and losing one starter, the Idaho State men’s basketball team backed up one of the best seasons in recent program history with six total wins, four which came from Division I schools. The Bengals were the only school in the […]
Jenna Crowe Staff Writer Originally from Santiago, Chile, Idaho State junior guard Geno Luzcando has made an impact on the men’s basketball team from the minute he stepped on campus. Luzcando found ISU through a family friend that was living in Provo and in his three seasons with the Bengals, […]