Sports

By: Burke De Boer Sports Editor After playing a total of four games on home field this year, baseball returned to Monmouth conference champions. The Wolves swept their way through the GNAC tournament, winning three games to take the trophy. Having earned the title of...

By: Burke De Boer Sports Editor The Victory Bell rises over the Werner University Center. It hangs dormant in its tower above Allegro Cafe as an audio file plays to announce each hour. But there was a time when the bell rang regularly. The bell was so named because it...

By: Burke De Boer Sports Editor The conference’s best came to Monmouth for the GNAC Outdoor Track and Field Championship. The two days of competition on May 12 and 13 featured many Wolves wins, and a conference record was broken. Senior Wesley Gray set a conference...

By: Burke De Boer Sports Editor On April 7, Wolves softball was bottom of the GNAC, with only one win in conference play. On May 7, they played in the conference championship game. Because they were the fourth and final seed in the playoffs, the Wolves were slated to...

By: Burke De Boer Sports Editor For the 14th time in the past 17 years, Wolves baseball are the regular season GNAC champions. The 2017 title was secured over the course of two days of action in Monmouth – the only baseball played on Western Oregon’s campus all...

By: Burke De Boer Sports Editor Under blue skies and bright sun, the football team hosted the 2017 spring game. The May 6 game was held at McArthur Field and gave Wolves fans a look at the work the team has put in over spring practice. Last year’s two quarterbacks,...

By: Burke De Boer Sports Editor Western Oregon track and field competed in Eugene and McMinnville, as they took on the Oregon Twilight and the Linfield Open. Junior David Ribich won the men’s 1,500-meter at the University of Oregon on May 5. His winning time was...

By: Burke De Boer sports editor Wolves baseball swept St. Martin’s and then split a pair of doubleheaders with Central Washington, remaining top of the GNAC after the week’s six games. The April 26 games against St. Martin’s were played on neutral ground in Portland’s...

By: Burke De Boer sports editor The 2017 Wolves softball team call themselves the Road Warriors. After 49 regular games, with every home game being canceled and relocated due to weather and field conditions, they traveled 14,655 miles to play ball. The Road Warriors...