By: Burke De Boer Sports Editor The Wolves football team fell in their homecoming game on Oct. 22 against Humboldt State, 37-42. Most of these points were scored in an explosive second half. Quarterback Phillip Fenumiai threw the 68-yard opening score to wideout Paul...
By: Burke De Boer Sports Editor Wolves volleyball won both matches last week to advance to an 8-11 record overall. They beat St. Martin’s on Oct. 20 and Seattle Pacific on Oct. 22. Both matches were played to four sets that included powerful showings by the Western...
By: Burke De Boer Sports Editor The GNAC cross country championships were held in Bellingham, Washington on Oct. 22. The Western Oregon men’s team finished with enough points to place fourth and the women’s team placed ninth. The 8k men’s course saw David Ribich...
By: Burke De Boer Sports Editor When the Wolves host the Lumberjacks on Saturday it will be the 44th installment of the historic rivalry. The teams first met in the days of leather helmets. In 1929, the Oregon Normal School traveled to Arcata, California to face...
By: Burke De Boer Sports Editor The football team traveled north to face the Central Washington Wildcats in Ellensburg where they were utterly hosed to the tune of 0-35. Ultimately the Wolves would get 107 yards on the day. Philip Fenumiai was back under center, where...
By: Burke De Boer Sports Editor The powder-puff flag football game and powder-tuff volleyball tournament return for another year. Homecoming week gives us a week of activities to build the hype for the big game. These games are perhaps the most universal image of the...
By: Burke De Boer Sports Editor The Lewis & Clark Pioneers were slated to come to Monmouth on Oct. 15 to face the Wolves women’s rugby team. Stormy conditions forced the game to be postponed. “The wind and rain was just too strong for the other team to drive down...
By: Burke De Boer Sports Editor Wolves lacrosse had their first home match of the fall season on Oct. 15. They hosted the Portland Rippers. In the cold wind and rain they took the Rippers to the wire, losing 11-12 in second overtime. The loss of the game is not as...
By: Burke De Boer Sports Editor The MLB playoffs kicked off last week and since spring training this season has been sold as the year the Cubs break their curse. But it’s not only the supposed year of Chicago. This is also a year where young players have come to the...
By: Paul Davis Freelancer The Western soccer team lost their seventh game, against Saint Martin’s University on Thursday Oct. 10, 3-4. The first half was a slugfest. Neither team dominated the other. In the 12th minute, star player Taylor Higa, scored the only goal of...
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