Students have to come back for eligibility
Nik Cunningham, Sports Editor
April 20, 2020
The NCAA announced that spring athletes are able to get their eligibility for the next year back next year, if the athletes decide they want to. “Right now, we're just trying to make sure we get clarification on all the ins and outs of the NCAA stuff and in just gauging the interest of some of tho...
Archuleta getting ready for next season
Nik Cunningham, Sports Editor
April 13, 2020
With all spring sports canceled and athletes sent home because of the COVID-19 pandemic, coaches and players are struggling with the changing reality. Tracy Archuleta, head coach of the baseball team, said it’s important for everyone to understand how bad the situation and how important it is f...
Stan ‘Superman’ Gouard returns to USI as men’s head coach
Riley Guerzini and Nik Cunningham
April 7, 2020
USI athletics announced Stan "Superman" Gouard as the new head coach for the men’s basketball team Tuesday afternoon in a Zoom press conference. He will be the 10th men’s head coach in USI’s history. “I love USI,” Gouard said. “It’s been that way and has never changed since my playing days… It...
Watson retires as men’s head basketball coach
Riley Guerzini, Editor-in-Chief
March 23, 2020
Men’s head basketball coach Rodney Watson is retiring, the university announced Monday. Watson, USI’s all time winningest head coach, said via video message the timing was perfect for “a new voice, new style and new energy.” The university will begin a national search to fill the position. ...
All sports cancelled until April 6
Nik Cunningham, Sports Editor
March 17, 2020
The NCAA, GLVC and USI Athletics have cancelled all athletic season games and practices until April 6. After April sixth the Athletics department will review the situation brought by COVID-19. They will either extend the cancellation or slowly start practicing again based on how the virus develops. ...
Outfielder leads by example
Nik Cunningham, Sports Editor
March 3, 2020
Aaron Euler has played baseball since he was little. He said that baseball turned into his passion when his father introduced it to him. “My dad got me into baseball at a really young age,” Euler said. “When I was five, I started playing baseball and I just fell in love with the game. It's like my passion. I'm glad I can continue to play in colleg...
Turnovers Cost Eagles game vs Bellarmine
Stewart Brooking, Staff Writer
March 2, 2020
The women's basketball team got off to a slow start Thursday when they traveled to Louisville to play Bellarmine. The Eagles were in a hole early as USI went 0-9 in their first nine shots. Bellarmine managed to shoot 87% from the field and it was that hot shooting from the Knights that gave them...
Little humbled by college success
Nik Cunningham, Sports Editor
February 25, 2020
Emmanuel Little’s family encouraged him to play basketball after growing three or four inches in the summer of his eighth-grade year. Despite his height increase, Little wasn’t considered the best player on his team. “I'm getting defended differently than I was in t...
GALLERY: USI women’s basketball fall to Lewis 58-74
Jordan Auker, Chief Photographer
February 25, 2020
GALLERY: USI men’s basketball defeats Lewis 85-82
Jordan Auker, Chief Photographer
February 24, 2020
Transfer fills vital role for men’s team
Nik Cunningham, Sports Editor
February 21, 2020
Clayton Hughes started playing basketball seriously in high school and in one summer gained 17 inches in his vertical jump. “I was born athletic,” Hughes said. “One summer I just put in a lot of work and gained like 17 inches on my vertical in like eight weeks and became known as the bounciest w...
Homecoming game ends in narrow victory
February 16, 2020
The men's basketball team fought hard against the Missouri - St. Louis, narrowly edging out the Tritons on their way to a 67-66 victory. The Eagles struggled to keep up the Tritons for much of the game, falling behind to open the third quarter. “This is the best team we’ve beaten so far and w...