By: Burke De Boer Sports Editor In what was slated to be the home opener, the weather chased Wolves softball away to Nampa for four games against Northwest Nazarene. The Wolves and Crusaders split the series, with two wins apiece. Sophomore Haley Fabian pitched the...
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John Knight Twilight hosted at Western
By: Burke De Boer Sports Editor The windstorm that swept through Oregon April 7 and 8 left a lot of trouble in its wake, but nothing Wolves track and field couldn’t handle, and sophomore Olivia Woods was named the Women’s Track GNAC player of the week. The men’s team...
Sergio Garcia wins The Masters
By: Burke De Boer Sports Editor Sergio Garcia and Justin Rose entered the back nine tied for the lead at eight under par on the last day of The Masters, April 9. In his 18-year professional career, the Spaniard Garcia had finished top ten in The Masters three times....
Chasing the Stanley Cup
By: Michael Crowder Freelancer The 2017 Stanley Cup Playoffs have finally arrived. The brackets for the first round of games are looking to be intense. Notably, Canada has five qualifiers for the playoffs this year. After being completely shut down in 2016, Canada is...
Two school records broken
By: Burke De Boer Sports Editor Coming off an indoor season where the track team broke several indoor school records, Wolves runners have now set two new outdoor school records, and David Ribich also posted a national best time. The women’s 4x400m relay team set a new...
Wolves play in Tournament of Champions
By: Burke De Boer Sports Editor With only six conference games to account for, Wolves softball is at the bottom of the conference standings. A trip to California for the Tournament of Champions saw them pick up four wins and suffer two losses in non-conference games....
New teams for veteran players
By: Burke De Boer Sports Editor It has been a whirlwind offseason for the NFL. Teams are radically changing, as some move cities and others move schemes. The free agency opened with a blast and continues to roll. Teams that were nearly in the championship hunt last...
Baseball splits six games
By: Burke De Boer Sports Editor After splitting their games over the break, Wolves baseball sits atop the GNAC standings. Games in Ravendale and Nampa saw Western Oregon go 3-3 to maintain a 11-5 conference record. The Wolves played a doubleheader against Saint...
Winning weekend for baseball in Portland
By: Burke De Boer Sports Editor Wolves baseball busted out the brooms in a series sweep of Concordia, extending their conference record to 6-0 to start the season. Western Oregon’s trip to Portland saw them win the first game 6-3, then pull off both halves of a double...
March Madness returns
By: Burke De Boer Sports Editor We are now in the ides of March, and madness once again descends upon us; referring of course to the NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament. The most hyped bracket of each year released its 2017 edition on March 12, the result of a...