One of NIU’s most famous alumni returned to his wrestling roots Thursday, as Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert helped kick off the NIU wrestling team’s dual meet schedule. Prior to the NIU-Northwestern meet at the Convocation Center, NIU President...

With a spotlight, three camera setups, instant replay and Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert in the building, NIU wrestling coach Dave Grant is excited for the team’s first dual meet of the season. "We’ve worked hard on promoting this showcase,"...

In the largest single-day college wrestling open of the year, the NIU wrestling team won one title and placed 11 wrestlers at the Kaufman-Brand Open on Saturday. In the team’s final tune-up before the beginning of the dual meet season, the Huskies traveled...

After winning seven of the 10 weight classes in its previous tournament, the NIU wrestling team will be hard pressed to improve on last weekend’s stellar outing. But junior Mike Grimes said he thinks the team’s progress will be measured in more than...

I remember going to football games during my freshman year with 25,000-plus screaming fans at just about every game. The energy, excitement and noise of those games can’t even be described with words. When football season came to a close I was disappointed...

With three wrestlers ranked in the top 20 in their respective weight class and a talented group of underclassmen, the NIU wrestling team has created high expectations this season. And in their first action of the season Saturday, the Huskies did not disappoint...

Dennis Hastert, speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, will be at the 2005 NIU Wrestling Showcase Meet. Hastert is a former teacher, football and wrestling coach at Yorkville High School. In his third term as speaker, Hastert will headline a fundraising...

Don’t say NIU wrestling coach Dave Grant never liked a challenge. With the season’s first tournament only one day away, the NIU wrestling team will kick off one of the toughest schedules in the program’s history. Despite attaining a top-25 national...

Welcome to NIU, the home of the Huskies. We’re excited you will be with us and hope to see you at one of the many athletics events throughout the year. To be sure, exciting things are happening in Huskie athletics. Our football team, the 2004 Silicon...

Whether you’re piling your life into the back of a minivan and making the move to NIU for the first time, or coming back to good old, familiar DeKalb, there has never been a better time to jump on the Huskie sports fan bandwagon than this fall. And...

Results of a recent American Football Coaches Association national survey placed NIU among 25 Division I-A programs to graduate 70 percent or more of their football players between 1999-2004. Duke and Northwestern topped the list with 100-percent graduation...

Top 5 sports stories of the 2004-2005 school year ... as voted on by the Northern Star sports staff. With many big events throughout the school year, many notable stories were left off the list. Lobdell spikes kills record: Senior outside hitter Tera...