Taylor Meeks Sports Editor In 1933, teams of men and horses went to work on constructing an athletic venue for Idaho State University at the base of Red Hill. After three years of flattening the earth, moving dirt and building walls with rock mined from Red Hill, the Spud Bowl […]
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.
Devon Burningham Sports Writer The Big Sky Conference men and women’s basketball tournament last week in Boise, Idaho was suddenly cancelled midway through over concerns about the COVID-19 disease outbreak. “The end of this season is different than any other season out there,” said men’s basketball head coach Ryan Looney. […]
Taylor Meeks Sports Editor The Idaho State University softball team is just one of many sport teams that had its season suspended last week due to preventative measures being enforced to decrease the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Due to the Los Angeles, Calif. being a high-risk zone, […]
Taylor Meeks Sports Editor Treyshon Malone was about to face not only the biggest moment of his athletic career but one of his biggest career-long goals he’d set for himself. As an athlete, it’s a rare thing to consistently outperform yourself and compete at the highest level every single time. […]
Haley Harrison ISU Sports Information Idaho State Head Strength and Conditioning Coach Dan Ryan has announced the hiring of his new assistant, Brandon Stephens. Stephens comes to Pocatello from Western Colorado where he was named the university’s first full-time strength and conditioning coach in 2017. Prior to his hiring at […]
Taylor Meeks Sports Editor The Idaho State University men’s and women’s track and field teams concluded their indoor season with higher finishes and more all-conference results than in previous years at the 2020 Big Sky Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships on Feb. 27-29 in Holt Arena. The men’s team […]
Taylor Meeks Sports Editor Last weekend, the Idaho State University men and women’s basketball teams played its final matches of the regular season against Eastern Washington and University of Idaho before heading into the 2020 Big Sky Conference tournament held on March 9-14 in Boise at the CenturyLink Arena. The […]
Devon Burningham Sports Writer The Idaho State University women’s basketball team went head to head against Big Sky Conference rival Weber State on Thursday night inside Reed Gymnasium. The Orange and Black hit the ground running with great passing and excellent defense, giving them a solid 12 to two lead […]
Taylor Meeks Sports Editor I turned onto my side, a smile spreading across my lips, as my alarm sounded bright and early in the morning. I’m not usually a morning person, but last Friday I awoke knowing that the day I had been waiting over a month for had finally […]
Thursday, February 27 MTRACK vs Big Sky Championships, TBA WTRACK vs Big Sky Championships, TBA MBB vs Portland State, 7 p.m. WBB at Portland State, 8 p.m. Friday, February 28 MTRACK vs Big Sky Championships, TBA WTRACK vs Big Sky Championships, TBA MTEN vs Sacramento State, 3 p.m. Saturday, February […]
Jonathan Match ISU Sports Information The Idaho State University track and field teams wrapped up their final meet before the conference championships today in Bozeman, Mont. The Bengals took the opportunity to fine tune their events and have a final strong showing against conference opponents Montana and Montana State. Men’s […]
Devon Burningham Sports Writer The Idaho State University women’s basketball team played two games inside Reed Gymnasium against Montana State on Thursday and Montana on Saturday last week. The game against Montana State seemed to hold some promise at the beginning with ISU scoring the first points of the quarter. […]
Thursday, February 20 SB vs Oregon State (in Cathedral City), 2 p.m. SB vs San Diego State (in Cathedral City), 4 p.m. WBB vs Weber State, 7 p.m. Friday, February 21 MTRACK at Big Sky Turner (in Bozeman), TBA WTRACK at Big Sky Turner (in Bozeman), TBA SB vs Oregon […]
Haley Harrison ISU Sports Information The Idaho State softball team defeated UC Riverside, 6-2, on Sunday, Feb. 16 in its last game of the University of California Riverside Classic tournament in Riverside, Calif. The Bengals tallied eight hits led by Emma Bordenkecher going 4- 4 at the plate with two […]
Taylor Meeks Sports Editor Last year, after traveling through treacherous weather that delayed the Wyoming native’s arrival, the then sophomore athlete ran the girls’ 3200-meter run alone with the exception of the accompaniment of fellow athletes cheering her on to secure a spot in Saturday’s finals. Not expecting to make […]