Denim Millward Sports Editor In collegiate football, the dawn of spring should harbor in a fresh new wave of optimism. For the Idaho State football team, the kickoff of spring practices has produced uncertainty and potential controversy. In the last sentence of a press release from ISU Sports Information on […]
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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.
Krystal Geeson Staff Writer The Bengals finished in the top four of the Big Sky Tournament on Friday, March 14, at the tournament at the University of North Dakota. “It was our friendship on and off the court and the heart and hard work that we put in that got […]
Denim Millward Sports Editor After an improved 2013 football campaign that saw a modest two-game improvement in the win column, the Bengals will undoubtedly be hungry to tack on more check marks in the win column in 2014. They may have to wait a while to do that. The Bengals […]
Denim Millward Sports Editor After up-and-down performances in the Diamond Devil and New Mexico Invitationals, the Idaho State softball team appears to have righted the ship. The Bengals have won eight of their last 10 games, all of those victories, except one, coming by three or more runs and three […]
Krystal Geeson Staff Writer After back-to-back wins last week, the Idaho State Women’s Basketball team earned the fifth seed in the upcoming Big Sky Conference tournament. Senior Sheryl Bitter led the Bengals to a victory against Eastern Washington last Thursday, after scoring a game-high 21 points. “It’s a very good […]
Travis Smith Online Editor At the beginning of the season, Idaho State men’s basketball coach Bill Evans adopted a “Drink the Kool-Aid” mantra, where players who were willing to play his style of basketball were given a T-shirt that says, “I drink the Kool-Aid.” Chris Hansen, who just finished his […]
Chris Banyas Staff Writer Since opening in 1970 as the first domed stadium to be built on a college campus, Holt Arena has become a landmark for the region and one of the most prominent features of Idaho State University. Originally named the MiniDome after a facility in Texas, it […]
Krystal Geeson Staff Writer Junior Logan Henderson and Christoph Lange were named All-Conference on the second day of the Big Sky Conference Indoor Track and Field Championship hosted by Idaho State University. Henderson finished in second-place in the heptathlon with a score of 5356 points. He began competing in this […]
Denim Millward Sports Editor A furious, frenetic comeback attempt led by senior point guard Tomas Sanchez and his backcourt running mate Chris Hansen fell short as the Bengals lost to the Montana Grizzlies 62-61 on Saturday, Feb. 22. The loss was yet another instance of Head Coach Bill Evans’ squad […]
Denim Millward Sports Editor The Idaho State University men’s and women’s track teams will send representatives of their respective teams to the Big Sky Conference Championships, which will be held in the cozy confines of Holt Arena from Feb. 27 to March 1. On Saturday, Feb. 22, the Bengals took […]
Krystal Geeson Staff Writer School, practice and fees are no competition for the 21 committed players on the Idaho State University baseball club team. Currently ranked 13th in the 2014 NCBA DI Week 13 Rawlings Top 20 Poll, they have a season to look forward to. The President of the […]
Denim Millward Sports Editor Here at “The Bengal,” we try to only write about issues relevant to Idaho State University. However, in the past few weeks, the sports world has been inundated with stories of poorly behaved fans and players, and subsequently disappointing reactions to those stories. I felt compelled […]
Krystal Geeson Staff Writer The Bengals fell to Southern Utah after a close 70-66 game but came out on top in raising awareness and funds for the Play 4Kay Foundation during their annual Play 4Kay game in Reed Gym on Thursday, Feb. 13. Idaho State had taken its first lead […]
Denim Millward Sports Editor On Feb. 8, Idaho State forward Jeff Solarin had the game of his life. Despite his ISU team ultimately falling to the University of North Dakota, Solarin tied his scoring high at ISU with 23 points and set a new high in rebounds, pulling down 20 […]
Denim Millward Sports Editor Wednesday, Feb. 5 was to college football fans as Christmas morning is to a young child. Much like Christmas, National Signing Day represents the arrival of many new “toys” fans can’t wait to see in action. Head Coach Mike Kramer announced 17 new ISU Bengal football […]