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Frosh sends Senior Day message

By Dave Elsesser | November 14, 1988

As the NIU seniors played out the final roles of their collegiate careers Saturday, the Huskies sent out a message to the rest of the Midwest. Marshall Taylor and the rest of a senior class that led the Huskies to a 7-4 finish (NIU's second-best mark...

Pettibone still up for KSU job?

November 14, 1988

Sources from two Kansas newspapers said Sunday that NIU football coach Jerry Pettibone is most likely back in the race for the head coaching job at Kansas State. This comes in the wake of reports this weekend that Pettibone had been eliminated as a possible...

First recruit plans to sign with NIU basketball team

By Kari Brackett | November 11, 1988

Elgin High School's Mike Beck will sign a letter of intent Saturday night with the NIU men's basketball team. According to Beck's high school coach, Jim Harrington, the senior from Elgin, Ill., verbally committed Tuesday night and will sign the agreement...

Huskies’ finale features Cal Bowl-bound Broncs

By Bob Regan | November 11, 1988

Having already wrapped up a winning season and having no chance at a post-season game, what more could the NIU football team want at this point in the season? Well, when the Huskies (6-4) storm onto the field of Huskie Stadium Saturday at 1:05 p.m., there...

Seniors to take spotlight; college careers near end

By Chris Sigley | November 11, 1988

It's time to pay tribute to the top dogs. As the 1988 NIU football season comes to a close, memories of first big plays and nightmares of even bigger blunders are relived in the minds of the Huskies as they prepare to make their final entrance into Huskie...

Kansas State recruiting Pettibone

By Chris Sigley and Tom Clegg | November 11, 1988

While Kansas State's campus newspaper, The Collegian, reported Tuesday that NIU football coach Jerry Pettibone is one of the five remaining candidates for the KSU head coaching job, Pettibone only would say Thursday that KSU "has shown interest in me."...

Brazilian ‘professionals’ to test NIU

By Mike Morris | November 11, 1988

Huskie basketball fans are in for a real south-of-the-border treat this weekend as the NIU men's basketball team hosts Club Rio Claro, Brazil Saturday at 7:05 p.m. for an exhibition game. Rio Claro is sure to give NIU a tough test in the Huskies' first...

NIU takes 5-1 NSC record to conference foe DePaul

By Bob Regan | November 4, 1988

Things will not be easy for NIU volleyball coach Pete Waite and his team this weekend. The second-year coach contends with fellow North Star Conference member DePaul at 7:30 p.m. Friday in Alumni Hall. The match against the Blue Demons airs on SportsVision...

North meets West in gridiron battle

By Eric Burt | November 4, 1988

9-0. That is the record of the Western Illinois Leathernecks. The ones that are ranked number two in the nation among Division I-AA teams. The same Leathernecks that will face the NIU Huskies Saturday—their only Division I-A opponent all year—for...

NIU and oriental grass have similarities

By Bob Regan | November 3, 1988

NIU women's basketball coach Jane Albright does not call her program a powerhouse. She does not call it a young team. But she does compare it to something—bamboo. The Huskie boss explained her comparison about bamboo at Wednesday's Media Day where local...

Women try to turn defense into points

By Dave Elsesser | November 3, 1988

NIU women's basketball coach Jane Albright thinks the 1988-89 version of the Huskies can improve on last season's 14-14 record by playing more aggressively and creating more turnovers on defense. A new defensive philosophy aimed at creating more fastbreak-scoring...

Freshmen feel at home as cagers in NIU lineup

By Bob Regan | November 3, 1988

The 1988-89 NIU women's basketball team has two new faces on the block—two faces that head coach Jane Albright and her staff feel will fit right in the Huskie lineup. Entering this year's campaign are freshmen Tracy Mondek and Dee Dee Jeske. Both women...