Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor Candi Letts, ISU’s new softball head coach, comes to Pocatello with 18 years of head coaching experience. In her first head coaching gig, Letts built Colorado State into a national power in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC), arguably the best conference in all of softball at […]
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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 ISU head football coach Mike Kramer has promoted Matt Troxel to offensive coordinator. Troxel replaces Sheldon Cross who left the program to coach high school football in Washington. A Washington native, Cross will take over at Kennedy Catholic High School located in St. Burien, just south […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor After every football season, the coaching carousel plays its tune forcing NFL coaches into new positions and new cities. This year was no different and when the music stopped, ISU found itself with two alumni in head coaching positions. Marvin Lewis, the head coach for the […]
Madeleine Coles Staff Writer There is no denying runners are tough, but Nate Houle, ISU’s new head cross country coach, takes it to another level. Houle was hired on at the end June of 2015, just months after undergoing surgery to remove a cancer that originated in his sinuses. In […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor From the moment Anna Lee Polichicchio stepped on the court, she made an impact on the ISU women’s basketball team. By the time Policicchio was a sophomore, she had appeared in 37 games for the Bengals. But none of it was handed to her. With post […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor ISU’s Ethan Telfair comes from a basketball family. His older brother Sebastian Telfair and older cousin Stephon Marbury both were valuable assets to many NBA teams over the course of their long careers. Sebastian Telfair was a first round draft pick in 2004 by the Portland […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor The College Football Playoff, (CFP) has caused what used to be the BCS bowl games like the Fiesta Bowl or the Rose Bowl to become irrelevant. The New Year’s Six feels like consolation games and furthermore, other bowl games feel like the two teams are just […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor ISU intramurals offer students an escape from the stressfulness of college and give structured workout times through organized sports. Five-on-five basketball is the first of many sports that are offered through the intramural programs. Registration opens Jan. 11, and closes Jan. 21, with play beginning Jan. […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor Going into her first season, ISU softball head coach Candi Letts took the Bengals to a 34-18 record and will look to build with her first recruiting class. This is an exciting class,” Letts said. “I am thrilled to welcome them to the Bengal family. They […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor Conference play is already under way and both the men’s and women’s basketball teams have their eyes set on Reno, host city of the Big Sky conference tournament. The men have opened conference play with three home games going 1-2 over that stretch with a win […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor After just one season in a Bengal uniform, former quarterback Michael Sanders is leaving ISU. Sanders transferred to ISU from Scottsdale Community College where he enjoyed an immense amount of success under head coach Doug Madoski. During his sophomore campaign, Sanders threw for over 3,500 yards, […]
Lucas Gebhart Staff Writer Both the Idaho State men’s and women’s basketball teams were on the road over the Thanksgiving holidays. The men visited Washington State, Denver and Utah, while the women faced Northwestern, Michigan State and Texas Tech. “In college basketball, you don’t get Thanksgiving off. Nobody in the […]
Sven Alskog Sports Editor At “The Bengal” it is a tradition to have graduating members of the staff write a variation of a “senior sign off” so to speak. Following this edition of the paper I will be graduating, so here goes my rendition of the tradition. On a personal […]
Lucas Gebhart Staff Writer Ben Wilson’s course to ISU has been a unique one. Born in Brisbane, Australia, a city of over 2 million people, Wilson attended North Platte Community College in North Platte, Nebraska before finally making his way to Pocatello. Wilson grew up with two brothers, so it […]
Sven Alskog Sports Editor Overall record: 2-9 Conference record: 1-7 Finish: Tied last in Big Sky After entering the season ranked in the top 25 in both major preseason polls, there was plenty of promise for the Idaho State football team. Head Coach Mike Kramer had just been named the […]