Many Division I programs like to schedule lower division teams to start off the season, hoping to build early confidence. However, that's not what the NIU wrestling team likes to do. They stared off the season by traveling to Ames, Iowa to take on Iowa...

When it comes to being respected, the NIU wrestling team is past that. When it comes to dominance, the Huskies are hoping to get there. To kick off the 2007-2008 campaign, the NIU wrestling team travels to Ames, Iowa to take on Iowa State University,...

With a date against the No. 3 team in the country, Iowa State, looming Thursday, the NIU wrestling team got a tune-up Friday at Victor E. Court with its annual wrestle-offs. The Huskie coaching staff got a chance to look at what some of the younger guys...

While football and basketball get most of the attention around campus, NIU wrestling has quietly evolved into one of the successful athletic programs. And after sending four wrestlers to the NCAA tournament last season, the NIU wrestling team starts a...

For nine consecutive seasons, the NIU football team has won its Homecoming Game, but that streak ended Saturday evening. Western Michigan (3-4, 2-1) topped the Huskies 17-13, handing them their first Homecoming loss since 1996. The loss dropped NIU to...

For nine consecutive seasons, the NIU football team has won its Homecoming game, but that streak ended Saturday evening. Western Michigan (3-4, 2-1) topped the Huskies 17-13, handing them their first Homecoming loss since 1996. The loss dropped NIU to...

Having played golf for a long time, NIU women's golfer Abbie Many has learned one important thing that has helped her improve her game. The attitude you carry out onto the course with you is just as important as any skill you boast. The senior from Mount...

It's May and I'm beginning to hear a familiar tune around campus. The seniors have been humming it, counting down the days till the symphony will perform the classic. The tune is "Pomp and Circumstance." The day is graduation. And as those seniors walk...

DeKALB | The Gary Steelheads of the United States Basketball League have selected former NIU center James Hughes as the 11th overall pick in the draft. Hughes was the MAC Defensive Player of the Year in 2006 and averaged 12.1 points per game and a team-high...

There was a time when blaring music, full-throat public address and time-out gimmicks weren't necessary to get a crowd out of their seats. At NIU, that was the era of the Chick Evans Field House. "The thing about the Field House is that it was like the...

DETROIT, Mich. | When competing in the NCAA wrestling championships, the goal is to advance to the final day of action and earn All-American status. NIU's four NCAA qualifiers - Pat Castillo, Johnny Galloway, Duke Burk and Danny Burk - all picked up wins...

Pat Castillo is adding to his trophy case. Last Sunday, Castillo won the 125-pound MAC Championship title, then earned the MAC Tournament Most Outstanding Wrestler award later in the day. Castillo, along with teammates Danny Burk, Duke Burk and Johnny...