Sven Alskog Sports Editor Emeritus After holding a 26-23 lead at halftime, the Idaho State Bengals fell victim to a dominating second half by the Idaho Vandals, who would hold on to win the Big Sky women’s basketball championship 67-55 on Saturday afternoon at the Reno Events Center. The Vandals […]
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.
Sven Alskog Sports Editor Emeritus This March has given the Idaho State women’s basketball team a chance to pull off some Cinderella magic, as the Bengals won their third game in five days as the #9 seed, advancing to the Big Sky Conference title game on Saturday at 12:05 p.m. […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor After one of the most successful regular seasons in recent history, the Idaho State University men’s basketball team fell victim to an 83-49 defeat at the hands of the North Dakota Fighting Hawks on Thursday. It was a rough start for ISU, as the Bengals struggled […]
Jaclyn Figg Staff Writer First founded by Jigoro Kano with the vision of citizens working towards making the world a better place, Judo is a Japanese martial art that has found its way into communities across the world, including ISU. Judo focuses on throws aimed to take the opponent down, […]
Madeleine Coles Staff Writer ISU student Deante Gains is making major waves in the collegiate track and field world. Gains recently placed first in men’s indoor triple jump for the second year in a row at the Big Sky Conference Indoor Championship with a personal best mark of 14.96 meters, […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor Students get into ISU Men’s Basketball games for free, however, after you graduate, you will be paying $17 for an adult ticket for games in Reed Gym. The only other ticketing option that is cheaper than $17 in Holt Arena is a $12 seat with an […]
Madeleine Coles Staff Writer Cody Lind loves the mountains. Growing up in Challis, Idaho, running, hiking and exploring the mountains defined his childhood. Just two weeks ago, Lind took second place in the Moab Red Hot 55K, a grueling ultrarace through the mountains. Ultrarunning means running incredibly long distances. If […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor Pebble Creek Ski Area has seen a good amount of snowfall this season, and ISU students are running out of time to experience the fresh powder the mountain has provided this year. According to owner Mary Reichman, this has been a very consistent season regarding snowfall […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor The ISU men’s basketball team was picked to finish dead last in both the preseason coaches and media polls. Well, they were wrong. ISU is currently 9-5 in conference play, good enough to currently be fourth in the Big Sky Conference (BSC) just two weeks before […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor In addition to being the Sports Editor, I also do broadcasting for IdahoSports.com, which streams high school sports over the internet. I am currently in a four week span where I will be covering three different basketball tournaments for two different jobs. The girl’s high school […]
Madeleine Coles Staff Writer Freshman Isabel Vara de Rey is not only a new addition to the ISU basketball team, but a new addition to the United States. Vara de Rey is from the Canary Islands, a Spanish archipelago off the coast of Morocco, and explained that a main reason […]
Madeleine Coles Staff Writer Sebastian and William Edin are twin brothers from Sweden who recently transferred to ISU to play tennis. The brothers have been playing tennis for virtually their whole lives, and began taking tennis classes when they were six-years-old. The Edin twins transferred to ISU from Young Harris […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor Head football coach Mike Kramer announced on National Signing Day that 29 players have committed to play football at ISU. Of the 29, two are from junior colleges and the remaining 27 are high schoolers, eleven of which are from Idaho, nine from Washington, seven from […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor With his team down by one, Ethan Telfair casually jogged the ball up the floor watching the final seconds tick away. It was no secret who was going to take the final shot. Telfair got a high ball screen from Kyle Ingram and was immediately double […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor The ISU softball team has high expectations for the 2016 season. Coming off of its third consecutive Big Sky Conference regular season championship, the Bengals will look to four-peat and host the Big Sky Conference tournament for the fourth straight season. ISU was picked to finish […]