Hoosier basketball in Illinois—can it work? If you ask Dianna Wingis, then the answer is yes. The Indiana native left her home in Hammond and entered a new world at NIU last fall as a member of the women's basketball team. Wingis came to the campus...

Take it one step at a time. That is what NIU women's basketball coach Jane Albright and her squad are saying as they enter Saturday's 5 p.m. contest against North Star Conference foe Marquette in Milwaukee. The Huskies are entering the game after a recent...

Five meets in two days, and then a day of rest. That is what's in store for the NIU swim teams this weekend. The men start off on the road to Illinois Benedictine Friday for a 4:30 p.m. invitational, after which they must almost simultaneously be at Northwestern...

The Huskie wrestling team will play host to the Buckeyes of Ohio State on Saturday at 1 p.m. at Chick Evans Field House. The match will be a reunion of sorts for Huskie coach Ed Vatch. Ohio State coach Russ Helickson was Vatch's coach at Wisconsin during...

If the NIU men's basketball team is to beat Central Connecticut State Saturday, the Huskies will have to do something they could not do in the last meeting with the Blue Devils—stop Brian Devlin. The 4-16 Huskies will attempt to snap their 10-game slide...

Oak Park's David Dougherty heads the list of Huskie recruits signed by head coach Jerry Pettibone and his staff Wednesday. The 6-foot-3, 190-pound receiver ranked 14th in the Chicago area with 33 receptions for 651 yards and nine touchdowns in 1987. He...

For NIU freshman Donnell Thomas, "D-Train" isn't just a nickname, it's an image he portrays on the basketball court. As NIU's latest cage star, the 6-foot-4 freshman prides himself on playing the game with an intense, physical approach. The well-built...

The NIU Huskie Club will be seeking $130,000 in contributions for support of school athletics when it kicks off its 1988-89 fund-raising drive next month. The new funds will help in alleviating the club's $4,500 debt, NIU Huskie Club President Jim Braun...

A mailman braves all sorts of inclement weather. A Canadian Mountie always gets his man. The NIU football staff had to play both roles Wednesday to sign 21 freshmen to National Letters of Intent. In Nebraska, defensive coordinator Tim McGuire had a car...

Coaches go out to sign up recruits, players put their name on the dotted line and both sides get ready to spend four to five years together. It's National Letter of Intent Day, football style. The first day high school football players can commit formally...

In an ironic twist, what normally gives the NIU women's basketball team its momentum in a game hurt the Huskies in their 82-67 loss to Northwestern Tuesday night at Chick Evans Field House. The floor game is usually the main staple for NIU, while an overload...

At Tuesday's Huskie Club Luncheon, NIU men's basketball coach Jim Rosborough told the gathering he once heard "basketball is a great game if you're winning." But after not winning a game for over a month, Rosborough maintains a good outlook for the Huskies....