Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor For the first time in over a decade, both Idaho State men’s and women’s tennis teams punched their tickets to the Big Sky Conference tournament last week by clinching a spot in the top six positions of the conference. The men’s team finished fifth and the […]
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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 Idaho State doesn’t officially have a baseball team. There is no multi-million dollar, state of the art, on-campus baseball stadium with locker rooms, hot dog stands and media members. Instead, there’s a small ball field on West Alameda Avenue about three miles from campus where a […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor The Idaho State softball team lost three games to league-leading Weber State this weekend at Miller Ranch Stadium, losing two games of the three by one run. Head coach Candi Letts and right fielder Alex Portesi were ejected in game two of the series on separate […]
Madison Shumway Staff Writer Each semester, the Nepalese Student Association hosts basketball and soccer tournaments, providing a way for Nepalese students to get to know each other and contribute to the club’s packed schedule. This spring’s basketball tournament, held April 8 and 9 at Reed Gym, featured five teams, each […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor Idaho State has won four football games in the last two seasons, two of which were to Division II schools, and the team has had two winning seasons since 2003. Stats like that indicate that something needs to change so Idaho State can finally start winning […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor The Idaho State men’s basketball team added four new transfer players this offseason, including the reigning Northwest Athletic Conference Player of the Year, Jacob McCord. McCord and five-foot-seven-point guard, Sam Dowd, out of North Idaho College and Blake Truman, who spent the last two seasons with […]
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 […]
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 […]