By: Burke De Boer Sports Editor Wolves volleyball suffered two losses at home, including a nail-biting five sets against ranked Western Washington. The Thursday match was against Simon Fraser, who came into the game with an 11-2 record. Wolves quickly shocked the...
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Wolves beat themselves
By: Burke De Boer Sports Editor Wolves football got trounced 2-31 at home on Oct. 1 at the hands of Azusa Pacific University. The Wolves had more yards, more first downs and a greater time of possession but couldn’t finish against a tough APU team. Penalties and...
The New Year
By:Burke De Boer Sports Editor Football The football season began like popping a clutch. After surging forward with an upset win over Division I Sacramento State, the team stalled for two games. The second of these losses came at the hands of FCS Montana State....
High-scoring Higa leads the Wolves’ attack
By: Burke De Boer Sports Editor There is more to the “beautiful game” than just goal scoring. Passes, dribbles and tackles paint a moving picture from one touchline to the other. And yet, at the end of 90 minutes, goals are what it all comes down to. Coming into her...
Wolves take home the GNAC Men’s All-Sport Championship
The Western athletes of the 2015-16 school year have had a historically successful year, and for the first time in the school’s history, the men took home the GNAC Men’s All-Sport Championship. The honor is awarded at the end of each year to a school in the conference that demonstrates excellence throughout all three athletic seasons.
Idiot of the week
Never has a kick to the family jewels been more scrutinized than Draymond Green’s karate kick to the midsection of seven-footer Steven Adams.
Five offseason acquisitions the Blazers should pursue
After the Portland Trail Blazers were defeated by the Golden State Warriors in the second round of the Western Conference playoffs, it became clear that the Blazers are still one or two players away from becoming a championship caliber team.
Idiot of the week
It is safe to say that the Texas Rangers and the Toronto Blue Jays loathe each other. The two teams’ animosity for the other has been simmering since last year’s American League Playoff Series when Toronto outfielder, Jose Bautista, crushed a late game home run and threw his bat in celebration, a move which Rangers’ players and coaches deemed to be excessive and classless.
Wolves fall short at GNAC Championship
The Western Oregon baseball team has been a perennial powerhouse in the GNAC for over a decade, winning 13 consecutive GNAC titles. The trophy case in the New P.E. Building is loaded with hardware as a testament to their success
Leicester defies 5,000 to 1 odds
Almost everyone can appreciate an underdog story in sports, whether it is a Cinderella team who defies all odds to upset the heavy favorite or a team that comes back from a seemingly insurmountable deficit to shock the world. On May 2, Leicester City F.C. pulled off one of the craziest upsets in sports history when they were crowned champions of the Barclays Premier League.
