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...
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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
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....
Back from the brink to leave it all on the rink
By: Burke De Boer Sports Editor Canada may very well be back in 2017. The 2016 National Hockey League season was characterized by an all-American playoff race. For the first time in 46 years, not a single Canadian team posted a good enough record to make it into the...
Men’s basketball fights hard through conference play
By: Burke De Boer Sports Editor Men’s basketball split a pair of home games last week: beating Simon Fraser then falling to Western Washington. JJ Chirnside broke the Western Oregon school record for blocked shots in a single game, a record that dated back to 1988, by...
High-scoring Snook not enough to sneak out win
By: Burke De Boer Sports Editor It was a tough week on the road for the Wolves, who suffered losses visiting Concordia and Montana State Billings. A 30-point performance from Shelby Snook in Billings wasn’t enough for the Wolves to return to Monmouth with a win....
The odds against 2016
By: Burke De Boer Sports Editor 2016 may go down as the best year in the history of sports. In terms of historical significance and sheer entertainment, the year had highlights all across the board. At the beginning of the year, the NFL was caught in the throes of the...
Winter Recap: Women’s Basketball
By: TK Layman staff writer Western Oregon Wolves women’s basketball team struggled over the break, going 2-4, with wins over Humboldt State and Alaska Fairbanks. Junior Guard Sydney Azorr scored at least 10 points in each of the five games played in over the break,...
Winter Recap: Men’s Basketball
By: TK Layman staff writer Western Oregon men’s basketball excelled during the winter break, scoring wins over Portland Bible, Central Washington, Seattle Pacific and Saint Martin’s. The Wolves finished the winter break at 4-2. The Wolves took on The Portland Bible...
