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Wrestlers run into tough competition

By Paul Keller | January 25, 1988

NIU's wrestling team had a rough weekend, losing Friday to fifth-ranked Northern Iowa 44-5 and Saturday to Central Michigan 27-12. On Friday, NIU faced a powerful UNI team that earlier last week upset number-one ranked Iowa State. NIU's only points against...

Summers will not return

By Kari Brackett | January 25, 1988

NIU volleyball coach Herb Summers will not return for the fall season after being told last Monday that his contract will not be renewed. Summers, who had been at NIU for six seasons, confirmed his departure Sunday but would not comment further on the...

Huskies lure enemies to their den

By Jeff Kirik | January 22, 1988

Jim Rosborough thinks Chick Evans Field House could cure the NIU basketball team's four-game losing skid Saturday. On the other hand, he could think of easier teams to break the streak against. Hot off a 55-point win Wednesday night, the Akron Zips invade...

Michigan raids NIU

By Chris Sigley | January 22, 1988

Looking on the bright side of things, the NIU women's basketball team will walk into the Michigan game Sunday never having lost to them. But then again, the Huskies have never played the Big Ten Wolverines. The 2 p.m. match at Chick Evans Field House...

UNI poses national rankings at Huskies

By Paul Keller | January 22, 1988

NIU's matmen take on fifth-rated Northern Iowa at Cedar Falls, Iowa, tonight at 7:30 and face Central Michigan at Blue Island's Eisenhower high school Saturday at 7:30 p.m. UNI's starting lineup is overflowing with talent that includes number-one ranked,...

Truth a double-standard to NIU athletics?

By Dave Tuley | January 21, 1988

Time flies. An athlete transfers to another university. Witnesses graduate or drop out ... It now appears Iowa officials will not seek to extradite John Culbertson on his warrant for allegedly shooting into an occupied car while he was at Iowa State in...

Ice-cold shooting kills Huskies

By Chris Sigley | January 21, 1988

Tipping the scales in almost every stat box, the NIU women's basketball team failed to surpass Toledo in the most important statistic—shooting—which forced the Huskies to hand the Rockets a 65-50 decision. A shielded bucket when the clock was running...

Rocket barrage stops NIU

By Tom Clegg | January 21, 1988

Well, nobody got hurt. Otherwise, not much good can be said of the NIU men's basketball team's 96-72 loss at Toledo Wednesday night. Just ask assistant coach Jon Mackey. "Tonight is the worst we've played all year," Mackey said. "No doubt about it." The...

Women look to keep their winning feeling

By Chris Sigley | January 20, 1988

The countdown begins. Including tonight's game at Toledo, there are only 14 games left in the ‘87-88 season, and the 6-8 NIU women's basketball team must win them all to accomplish its "win 20 games" goal. "We have to win from here on out," said a determined...

Rosborough takes troops to Toledo as skid persists

By Tom Clegg | January 20, 1988

Jim Rosborough wants a victory and he wants one now. The second-year NIU men's basketball coach wants to see an end to the Huskies' current three-game losing streak when NIU travels to Toledo Wednesday at 7 p.m. "The losing nicks at you," Rosborough said....

Ex-Huskie bound for Super Bowl

By Dave Tuley | January 20, 1988

Clarence Vaughn and his Washington Redskin teammates enter Super Bowl XXII as 3/u-point underdogs to the Denver Broncos. However, Vaughn should be used to this situation by now, as he has battled the odds himself to make it in the National Football League....

Ruel leaves for Kansas

By Dave Tuley | January 19, 1988

Pat Ruel left his heart in DeKalb. Ruel quit his job as coordinator of the Huskies' nationally-ranked offense to take a similar position at Kansas under new head coach Glen Mason. Ruel said he accepted the offer after a lot of soul searching Jan. 11....