Luck has little to do how NIU's Leah Johnson came into gymnastics. Luck seems too complicated for a simple decision. "I had lots of energy when I was little," Johnson said. "I was always bouncing around." So what do you do with a 3-year-old with too much...

NIU gymnastics coach Mark Sontag knew Sunday's meet at the Convocation Center was going to be a tough test for his young team. The Huskies (1-3 overall, 1-1 MAC) placed third with a score of 190.45 against a strong Illinois team. It won the meet with...

BLOOMINGTON - State championships in events ranging from golf to Scholastic Bowl could be jeopardized under a proposed law that would cap the Illinois High School Association’s income from postseason tournaments, IHSA officials said Tuesday. Rep. Kurt...

For the first time since the mid-1980s, the 2005 MAC cross country championships will be held at NIU Saturday. Teams will take to the turf at the North Forty course at 11 a.m. NIU is no stranger to being the host school for a MAC tournament, as the gymnastics...

NIU alumnus Adam Dach, Kevin Ekberg, Joe Plaskas and Niki VanHooreweghe, will join the 1989-90 NIU women’s basketball team in the 24th class to be enshrined in the NIU Athletics Hall of Fame. Festivities take place tonight at the Holmes Student Center’s...

Welcome to NIU, the home of the Huskies. We’re excited you will be with us and hope to see you at one of the many athletics events throughout the year. To be sure, exciting things are happening in Huskie athletics. Our football team, the 2004 Silicon...

Four individuals and one team were named inductees into the NIU Hall of Fame last week. Adam Dach (football 1987-91), Kevin Ekberg (men’s gymnastics 1982-84), Joe Plaskas (football 1956-59, baseball 1957-61) Niki Van Hoorweghe (softball 1992-96) and...

After three and a half months of competition, the NIU gymnastics team ended its season over the weekend. NIU senior Kristina Campos ended her career as a Huskie with a 12th place finish in the all-around competition at the 2005 NCAA South Central Regional....

It was an atmosphere like none other at the MAC Gymnastics Championships Friday. The faces of the NIU gymnasts grew tense as the team awards were being announced at the Convocation Center. Out of nowhere, the Huskies erupted as they found out they took...

Ashlee Williams took a deep breath before approaching the vault, her third event in Friday’s MAC Gymnastics Championships at the Convocation Center. She ran, jumped, and after somersaulting through the air, her landing was doubly painful. Williams landed...

It’s minutes before a match, and the majority of the NIU gymnastics team is huddled up, ready to compete. Off in a corner are NIU’s Kristina Campos and Ashlee Williams sitting, staring at the ground, closing out the rest of the world. They routinely...

In his second season as NIU gymnastics coach, Mark Sontag was excited about the idea of hosting the MAC championship in DeKalb. But that year, 2001, the MAC opted to rearrange the MAC championship hosting schedule, forcing Sontag to wait. Four years later,...