Defensive skills not enough

Defensive skills not enough

By: Burke De Boer Sports Editor The Wolves lost 45-65 to Western Washington and 49-60 to Simon Fraser. Junior guard Shelby Snook put up 19 points against 15th-ranked Western Washington. Junior forward Savannah Heugly made her second start in a row, and put up 9 points...

Pro women’s hockey fights for a future

By: Burke De Boer Sports Editor It was only recently that women hockey players in this country began to be paid for their sport. Now the National Women’s Hockey League is midway through its second season and the Boston Pride tops the table. The three teams below them...

Men’s Basketball goes 3-1 on Road

Men’s Basketball goes 3-1 on Road

By: TK Layman staff writer Western Oregon Wolves Men’s Basketball finished a two-week road trip with a pair of wins last week. The Wolves ended up edging out the Northwest NazareneCrusaders in a 69-67 victory. Ali Faruq-Bey totaled a team high 23 points that night,...

Baseball old timers make hall of fame

By: TK Layman Staff Writer The MLB Hall of Fame inducts the best players from years past, enshrining them forever as baseball’s greatest of all time. For a player to be elected to the Hall of Fame, they must receive 75 percent of the total votes from the Baseball...

Wolves rally over Northwest Nazarene

Wolves rally over Northwest Nazarene

By: Burke De Boer Sports Editor Junior guard Sydney Azorr put up the first double-double of her collegiate career to snap a three-game losing skid. Last week’s action opened with a loss to Central Washington in a game where the women’s basketball team never had the...

Men’s basketball tested in Alaska

Men’s basketball tested in Alaska

By: Burke De Boer Sports Editor The Wolves had their most dominant win of the season in Fairbanks on Saturday, Jan. 21, and came away from a trip to Alaska with a win and a loss. Junior guard Demetrius Trammell impressed in both games in Alaska, first scoring a...

Super Bowl matchup settled

By: Burke De Boer Sports Editor A pair of blowouts on Sunday set the stage for the biggest sporting event in the country. The Atlanta Falcons will face the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LI. The Falcons clobbered the Green Bay Packers 44-21 to claim the NFC title....