Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor With a 26-23 halftime lead in the Big Sky Conference Championship game, the Idaho State women’s basketball team was 30 minutes away from punching its ticket to the NCAA tournament. A strong second-half performance from Jon Newlee’s Idaho Vandals was too much for the Bengals and […]
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 Four years ago, Jakori Ford sat in a hospital room while doctors tapped the bottom of his foot, asking him if he could feel anything. He was 19-years old and a father to be. Ford knew why the doctors were tapping on this foot and knew […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor In a game with two completely different offensive styles, a run-heavy North Dakota team (6-2) took down an air-it-out Idaho State squad (2-5), 28-21 Saturday afternoon in Holt Arena. ISU now has dropped its third consecutive conference game and falls to 1-3 in conference play while […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor Coming off a one-win season, Idaho State women’s head soccer coach Allison Gibson found out that Maria Sanchez, a member of Mexico’s U-20 national team and the Big Sky’s leading goal scorer from the previous season, would not be returning to the team, despite remaining eligibility. […]
Tanner Sucher Staff Writer The Manu family is the definition of a football family and senior Taison Manu is just one of many branches of the Manu football tree. His father, Tony Manu, and uncle, Ron, played football at ISU while his uncle, James Manu, played football at Air Force […]
Tanner Sucher Staff Writer Hunting is deeply imbedded in Idaho’s culture that it’s almost a symbol of Idaho itself. As deer season approaches, some students will be taking the week off to take part in this culture. In order to participate, students will need a hunting license and tags for […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor Sixty-seven years in broadcasting is nothing short of incredible. As a young and aspiring journalist doing anything in his power to accomplish a lifelong dream of working in sports media, Vin Scully is a man that I have looked up to for some time now. Scully […]
Tanner Sucher Staff Writer Southeast Idaho is known to have some of the best fly fishing in the world and students at Idaho State University don’t have far to go to experience that world-class fly fishing. The Portneuf River, a 124-mile-long tributary of the Snake River, is only an hour […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor In a 56-7 loss to Colorado, Josh Cook hauled in a four-yard pass that launched him into the Idaho State University record books for most career receiving yards by a tight end in school history, a record previously held by current New Orleans Saints tight end, […]
Madison Shumway Staff Writer The 2016 Idaho State women’s tennis team features nine fresh faces, a 100 percent turnover, requiring head coach Gretchen Maloney to recruit an all-new cast of players. Six teammates graduated in 2016, as expected, and the two remaining members decided this spring to pursue other opportunities. […]
Tanner Sucher Staff Writer A true Bengal – that is the phrase that comes to mind when you think of Hayley Farrer. Farrer is more than a volleyball player. She is a true student-athlete. Farrer grew up in Idaho Falls, where she was a standout athlete at Idaho Falls High […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor Rain or shine, tailgating is part of the cultural fabric of college football, drawing fans to brave the elements of Mother Nature to carry on a tradition that those who don’t partake in will never fully understand. For the diehards, it doesn’t matter if there is […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor Katherine Roberts watched from the stands at Davis Field as the Idaho State Bengals women’s soccer team won the Conference Championship game in the Big Sky Soccer tournament in 2012. She was a senior in high school and an ISU commit for the following season. Even […]
Jenna Crowe Staff Writer Chloe Hirst claims that she couldn’t have done this without her parents supporting her throughout her entire journey. That journey has consisted of a full-ride scholarship to a division one school to play volleyball, two Big Sky All-Academic awards and the makings of a bright future. […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor We here at The Bengal have let the students down when it comes to game coverage. There is no spot on our website, twitter page or weekly paper where you can find the results of every, or for that matter, any game on campus. Since taking […]