This is the year identical twins, Marcus and Karsten Roy, step out of their big brother's shadow. For the past three years Marcus, a goalie, and Karsten, a sweeper, have been the anchors of the NIU soccer team's defense, while big brother Willy Roy Jr....

Willy Roy Jr., the former Huskies' soccer standout who's currently trying his foot—er, hand—at football kicking, has had to make a lot of adjustments lately. You usually don't have 250-pound athletes sprinting at you during soccer games, the shape...

Any student interested in joining the Rugby Club should attend the first practice of the season on Tuesday which begins at 4 p.m. on the field behind Stevenson Towers. "Everyone is welcome to join, but it would be nice to get some ex-football players...

Tailbacks are usually the featured backs in a multiple-I offense. But when Adam Dach is the starting fullback, it would be tough for any tailback to find the spotlight. Four players are fighting for a spot behind Dach. Senior Brett Schroeder has the most...

A football kicker's life is relatively simple: make the game-winning field goal and be proclaimed hero or miss it and be dubbed goat. College placekickers' chances of being campus Capricorns were enhanced with the announcement by the NCAA last year that...

Injuries have forced coach Charlie Sadler to pull the reins on football practice, but he said the team will be at full speed against Fresno State. As of Wednesday, 13 players could not practice due to injuries. "We've been fortunate that none of these...

As the fall semester kicks into high gear, many of the students at NIU are prompted to turn their attention to football. But for head baseball coach Joe "Spanky" McFarland, it's back to business as usual. McFarland, along with assistant coach Pete Tsotsos,...

The pioneers of NIU soccer have reached the final leg of their journey. Four-year veterans Karsten Roy, Marcus Roy, John Lechner, Mark Siegwald, John Kelly, Frank Sparacino and Per Ekholdt are in their final year of eligibility. "These seniors are the...

The old training adage "no pain, no gain" apparently refers to football scheduling too. In order to move into the big time of college football, the NIU athletics hierarchy decided that NIU should play big-time programs. The cost might be numbers like...

It's sort of like having a sequel to the movie Jaws without the shark. When NIU and Fresno State meet on the football field Saturday in a rematch of last year's blowout, there will be some familiar faces missing who played key roles in NIU's 73-18 massacre...

NIU football players speak of building a winning tradition at their school. They believe that it can be done by playing Top-20 teams. Their theory is that by lining up against the likes of Iowa and Florida, win or lose, exposure is built, thus helping...

It's rare in today's world of highly paid professional athletes to find an athlete who legitimately loves to "play the game." Ted Hennings is one such athlete. Hennings, who starred as a defensive tackle on the 1989 NIU football team that went 9-2, is...