Wolves looking to sneak into last playoff spot

Wolves looking to sneak into last playoff spot

Morgan Swaim | Staff Writer Six women’s basketball teams will be eligible for the GNAC conference championships at the end of the season that are to be played from March 1-3, and there’s only one spot available. The playoffs are now in sight for the Western...

Men’s team hopes to avenge early season loss

Men’s team hopes to avenge early season loss

Morgan Swaim | Staff Writer As the season starts to wind down, every game is bigger than the last one. This proves to be no exception this coming Thursday, Feb. 22, as it is a crucial game where the Wolves basketball team will be hosting Western Washington, the only...

Western earns three titles in championship

Western earns three titles in championship

Simson Garcia | Sports Editor Western’s track and field teams competed in multiple events in Nampa, Idaho on Feb. 16 and 17. The team raced in the GNAC championships, and totaled scores of 43, good for seventh place for the women’s team, and 91 for the...

Baseball can’t avoid three-game sweep

Baseball can’t avoid three-game sweep

Simson Garcia | Sports Editor From Feb. 16-17, Western baseball traveled to California State University-Monterey Bay to compete over three games against the 6-0 Otters. In game one, the Wolves went down 3-13, and in games two and three, while close, also resulted in...

Men’s team extends streak to 16

Men’s team extends streak to 16

Morgan Swaim | Staff Writer This past week was another showing of why the Wolves’s men’s basketball team is one of the premier groups across the country, as they picked up another two wins on Feb. 8 and 10 to add to their streak. On Thursday, Feb. 8, Seattle Pacific...

Ribich and Rufener outrun school records

Ribich and Rufener outrun school records

Simson Garcia | Sports Editor Multiple Wolf track and field athletes set new personal bests and division marks at the Husky Classic at the University of Washington from Feb. 9 to Feb. 11. Seniors David Ribich and Kennedy Rufener finished first in their distances on...

Wolves drop one, but prevail to three wins

Wolves drop one, but prevail to three wins

Simson Garcia | Sports Editor Western softball started the season on a positive note, winning three of four games at the West Texas A&M University on Feb. 9 and 11. They attached two wins versus Southwestern Oklahoma, 15-7 and 5-3, and split against the West Texas...

A slow start for baseball at 0-4

A slow start for baseball at 0-4

Simson Garcia | Sports Editor The Wolves’s baseball action commenced as the team started out their 2018 season with four games. The Wolves were left 0-4 after three days of cross-conference play from Feb. 8-10 in Azusa, California. Having lost 8-1 to the Biola...

Wolves accelerate but couldn’t endure opponents

Wolves accelerate but couldn’t endure opponents

Simson Garcia | Sports Editor Two early leads were unsustainable as the women’s basketball team lost two games on Feb. 1 against the Western Washington Vikings, 66-46 and Feb. 3 against the Simon Fraser Clan, 74-57. The last time Western Oregon played Western...