Sports

Hannah Greene  | Sports Editor This past weekend, Feb. 14-15, the Wolves left homebase to compete at the Boise State Challenge in Boise, Idaho and the Husky Classic in Seattle, Washington.  The Boise State Challenge showed for a solid competition with first-year Maya...

Hannah Greene  | Sports Editor Men’s Basketball brought home some dubs after this last weekend, Feb. 13 and 15, when they played against and beat Western Washington University and Simon Fraser University.  On Thursday night, the Wolves came out ready for a challenge...

Hannah Greene  | Sports Editor Winter means Men’s Lacrosse is back and running, ready to get work done. Saturday, Feb. 8, the Wolves hosted the University of Montana Grizzlies, who are nationally ranked in the top-10. Currently, the Wolves are ranked 25th nationally...

Hannah Greene  | Sports Editor A streak unlike before, Western Men’s Rugby continued the tears as their last home game on Saturday, Feb. 8, brought another loss.  The Wolves held a home game against Pacific University Boxers, and boxed out the Wolves were. The Wolves’...

Hannah Greene  | Sports Editors Highlighted power couples throughout professional sports, that continue to break barriers and add medals and gold to their closets.   Zac + Julie: the Ertz Power Squad NFL Champion for the Eagles + USWNT two-time World Cup...

Hannah Greene  | Sports Editor Last weekend on Saturday, Feb. 8, the Wolves’ softball team held two games against Eastern Oregon University Mountaineers.  The Wolves were able to hold the Mountees still, and take home a win during both matches. Due to the excellent...

Hannah Greene  | Sports Editor This past Saturday, Feb. 1, the Men’s Rugby team held a friendly match against the Oregon State University Beavers — a team they beat during the 2019 season. The first half, the Wolves were challenged, showing more exhaustion by every...

Hannah Greene  | Sports Editor Scoreboard for Futsal Open Sunday League.   Teams Wins Losses Total Standing Points the Benders 1 3 Black Ninjas 1 3 Sumo 1 3 LFG 1 1 3 Straight Shooters 1 1 3 the Quickies 1 0 UTU Banghz 1 0 And the Funky Bunch 1 0   As of...

Hannah Greene  | Sports Editor Still a little hurt over the loss of my sweet cheeseheads, I sit down and cheer on the Chiefs.  Grubbing on Mendi’s Pizza, on Sunday, Feb. 2, in front of a big screen, Super Bowl LIV (54) begins with a heartwarming entry — a young boy...

Caity Healy | Managing Editor If one were to look at Western’s varsity athletics in 2020, they’d see six sports offered specifically for women. What might not be so easily seen is the history that went into getting to this point.  While it’s commonplace to now look at...