Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell, using words like "deplorable," "embarrassment" and "anitquated" to describe the condition of Huskie Stadium, said Friday NIU is considering a renovation of the 24-year-old structure. The university recently invited four...

Before NIU and Akron can win their first Association of Mid-Continent Universities title, they will have to battle a Bear. The Bears of Southwest Missouri State have become the AMCU's conference power, winning the league's all-sport trophy the past three...

To no one's surprise, outfielder Jill Justin and pitcher Beth Schrader were named the NIU softball team's 1989 Most Valuable Players. Justin won the offensive MVP award by leading the team with a .443 batting average. She won the squad's batting crown...

NIU's plans to start a new in college baseball. Huskie tennis coach Carl Neufeld leaves NIU for a position at UCLA. Gymnast Erik Solky will represent the U.S. in the 1989 Maccabiah Games. Women's swimming and diving coach Mike Burt signs five recruits....

In its last road meet of the season, the NIU gymnastics squad defeated Illinois State 180.45-174.95 at Normal Wednesday night. The Huskies increased their dual mark to 9-8, while the Redbirds stand at 0-10. NIU coach Bobbie Cesarek was pleased with her...

After last weekend's gymnastics meets, the NIU men's and women's coaches had very different views of their teams. "At the last meet I was very pleased with the performances," women's coach Bobbie Cesarek said. "We had a tremendous effort from the guys...

Collegiate competition might seem kind of scary and pressurized for some people—but not for NIU's Lori Lebo. Lebo, a freshman on the women's gymnastics team, seems to be fitting right into her niche as a Division I tumbler. And despite being hundreds...

The NIU men's gymnastics team upped its dual-meet record to 2-2 by defeating Southern Illinois 262.60-255.90 Saturday night in the Huskies' first home dual meet of the season. Still, NIU coach Chuck Ehrlich found little to be happy about. "It was great...

Northern Illinois University is the best kept secret in the Midwest. If that sounds familiar it's probably because every NIU coach and athletic department administrator has said that at one time or another. Now we know why. The Huskies are getting virtually...

NIU's women gymnasts cleaned up Chick Evans Field House during the weekend with a three-match sweep. The Huskies defeated Western Michigan by a 180.95-178.50 margin Friday night. On Sunday, NIU won the top spot with a 176.10 tally, Ball State grabbed...

If landing a promotion was Cary Groth's New Year's resolution, it sure didn't take her long to reach her goal. On Jan. 6, NIU Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell announced that Groth had been promoted to an associate athletic director. Groth 32, had been...

NIU women's gymnastic coach Bobbie Cesarek just might be calling her squad's 1989 season The Battle of the Injuries. Because almost every gymnast is plagued with a minor injury, Cesarek is aggravated with the idea her team cannot compete at the level...