Lucas Gebhart Staff Writer Led by reigning Big Sky Newcomer of the Year Apiphany Woods, the Idaho State women’s basketball team looks to make some noise in the Big Sky Conference this season. After a season featuring a youth movement, concluding with an impressive effort in the conference tournament, 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 Staff Writer Seniors Sasha Kent and Katie Nicholls have been friends since their first cross country practice four years ago as wide-eyed freshman at Idaho State. As the two young freshmen struggled to keep up with the rest of the team, a lifelong friendship was born. “We were […]
Sven Alskog Sports Editor Once again the Idaho State volleyball team is sitting at the top of the conference standings, with two pivotal games taking place this week inside Reed Gym. Last week the Bengals took on Eastern Washington, a team that entered the match with an identical 7-1 record […]
Sven Alskog Sports Editor Heading into the 2015/2016 season, Idaho State men’s basketball has been picked dead last in both the Big Sky preseason coaches’ and media polls, along with recently being ranked 344 out of 351 division one teams by CBS Sports. Fortunately for the Bengals, they don’t play […]
Sven Alskog Sports Editor As first reported during the ISU Coaches Show on Wednesday, Oct. 7, Head Coach Mike Kramer recently fired himself as the special teams coordinator for the football team. Brilliant. Let’s take a look at the numbers and happenings for the special teams group up to this […]
Sven Alskog Sports Editor “Everybody calls us the Germs.” Back in 2012, three tennis players from different parts of Germany all ended up at Idaho State University, ready to take on the Big Sky. Now in their senior campaigns, the trio looks to leave a mark on the ISU tennis […]
Sven Alskog Sports Editor A four-year starter on the pitch for Idaho State soccer, senior goalkeeper Sheridan Hapsic looks to finish the 2015 season strong as the Bengals enter the heart of the Big Sky schedule. While the season has not started the way ISU would have hoped in regards […]
Sven Alskog Sports Editor Any team can have playmakers, but if those stars don’t have anybody to set them up, the success won’t come. For the Idaho State volleyball team, Hayley Farrer is quietly one of the most important players on the floor, giving high quality attackers such as reigning […]
Jerry Miller Bengal Adviser There was hardly a fan of ISU football that knew who Jakori Ford was until the fifth game of the 2014 season with Simon Fraser. Ford came in after Xavier Finney and Danny McSurdy had carried the ball for 122 and 40 yards respectively. After Ford […]
Sven Alskog Sports Editor After never playing volleyball competitively together at any level, the Lyman sisters of Idaho State have taken the floor this season for the Bengals as they look to contend for a conference championship. Tressa is the reigning Big Sky MVP, an honor she earned after helping […]
Sven Alskog Sports Editor The beauty of sport is the unpredictability each day brings. This past Friday and Saturday I witnessed three football games for the majority of the action, with a combined final score of 173-27 once the action was complete. While these games are obviously not going to […]
Jerry Miller Bengal Adviser It may seem unusual to compare the game of football to boxing, but that’s what we’ll do in this two part feature of the running backs, zeroing in on two guys who make up a potentially deadly combination for Idaho State University whenever the Bengals take […]
Sven Alskog Sports Editor After an 8-6 mark against high quality competition in non-conference play, the Idaho State Bengals began Big Sky action with straight set sweeps of Montana State and Weber State last week. In the conference opener in Bozeman against the Bobcats, ISU utilized the talents of reigning […]
Sven Alskog Sports Editor With Idaho State University already boasting some of the top club teams in the region, first year pharmacy graduate student Hayden Shuster is looking to bring lacrosse to the university as well. To become a full-fledged club at ISU, lacrosse has to have at least 12 […]
Sven Alskog Sports Editor Amidst the sea of blue and orange at the Smurf Turf at Albertsons Stadium, it was obvious the difference for a Boise State team with 85 scholarships, compared to 63 for Idaho State. The extra scholarships allow teams out of the FBS like the Broncos to […]