Simson Garcia | Sports Editor Get ready for takeoff when that snowboarder launches from that half-pipe. Brace for impact when that skier hits that gate. Then get your footing as soon as that ice skater gracefully lands that triple axle. Feast your eyes — the Winter...
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Softball opens season at 3-2
Simson Garcia | Sports Editor Wolves softball is back again on the diamond. The 2017 GNAC championship contenders emerge once again and have another season to look forward to. In January they were picked in the preseason coaches poll to finish third in the conference....
Keeping it going: men’s team extends win streak to 14
Morgan Swaim | Staff Writer As the regular season winds down, every game becomes more important for the men’s basketball team. Luckily, this past week’s two victories on Jan. 30 versus Concordia, 86-72, and Feb. 1 against Montana State-Billings, 71-60, showed...
Records set by wolf track runners
Simson Garcia | Sports Editor Record setting performances were produced yet again as Western’s track and field teams took to the University of Washington invitational to display such feats on Jan. 26 and Jan. 27. Numerous changes were made in the record books...
Wolves drop two games to finish home stand
Morgan Swaim | Sports Editor The first game of the week on Thursday, Jan. 25, for the women’s team had a high amount of late tension, with the game needing five extra minutes to declare a winner. Northwest Nazarene pulled away from the Wolves in that game during the...
Wolves ranked 4th in the nation after pushing win streak to 12
Morgan Swaim | Staff Writer This past week was a pivotal one for the Wolves. With a ten game winning streak on the line, the team traveled up north to play two GNAC teams located in Alaska. On Jan. 25, the University of Alaska Fairbanks had the first attempt to face...
Western baseball crowned preseason conference favorites
Morgan Swaim | Staff Writer Wolves’s baseball has caught the eye of GNAC coaches around the conference as the team to beat heading into the 2018 season. This comes as no surprise, as the team has garnered respect due to previous success. Over the past five years, the...
Federer wins his 20th Grand Slam
Simson Garcia | Sports Editor The tennis world was in for another Roger Federer show at the Australian Open finals this past Saturday. On Jan. 28, the No. 2 world ranked Swiss rallied to defeat the No. 6 ranked Croatian, Marin Čilić, in five closely battled sets: 6-2,...
Wolves come away with one after returning home
Morgan Swaim | Staff Writer After taking a long road trip to Alaska, the Wolves finally returned home on Jan. 16 to play the Concordia University Cavaliers and the Montana State-Billings Yellowjackets on Jan. 18. Coming into the game against the Cavaliers, both teams...
Wolves streak moves to ten: looks to improve national standing
Morgan Swaim | Staff Writer Last week on Jan. 18 and 20 was business as usual for the men’s team as they racked up another two victories against GNAC conference opponents. This brings their current winning streak to double digits, after the team cracked the top ten in...
