Five former NIU athletes will be inducted into the school’s athletic Hall of Fame as part of NIU’s 98th Homecoming weekend, beginning Friday in the Duke Ellington Ballroom. T.C. Dantzler, E.C. Hill, Julie Sexton, Ernie Wickstrom and John Wrenn make...

The NIU men’s wrestling team will begin its 2005 campaign as the co-favorite to win the MAC. The MAC preseason poll gave NIU and defending champion Central Michigan a tie for the top spot. “The easy part is done,” said NIU coach Dave Grant. “It’s...

After being a two-time All-American and a runner-up in the 184-pound weight class, what more is there for Ben Heizer to do? Although he will become a parent within the next couple weeks, Heizer also will work high school wrestling camps where he is paid...

The NIU women’s tennis team was knocked out in the second round of the MAC championship after falling to No. 3 seed Eastern Michigan on Friday. The No. 6 seed Huskies had a first-round bye but were beaten in their first match 4-0 by Eastern Michigan....

The NIU wrestling team signed its first four-time high school state champion earlier this week. Nick Smith of South Dakota won the Class A state title all four years while compiling a 145-5 record in the 125-pound weight class at Yankton High School,...

After NIU’s best individual finish in 31 years, Ben Heizer will go down as one of the best - if not the best - wrestler in NIU history. Heizer took second on Saturday in St. Louis at the NCAA championships. The NCAA wrestling championships are equivalent...

Despite not being heavily recruited while in high school, NIU wrestler Ben Heizer proved his worth by taking second place Saturday in the NCAA championships. A senior, Heizer is only the third wrestler in the Huskies’ six decades of competing to make...

For the second straight year, the NIU wrestling team finished in the top 25 at the NCAA championships. Last year, the Huskies had the highest point total of all the teams in the MAC as they took 22nd. This year, NIU had 23 points and took 23rd of 68 teams,...

All three NIU wrestlers that went to the NCAA championships in St. Louis are alive for the second day. NIU’s second-seeded 184-pound Ben Heizer had decisions over Rutgers’ Rudy Medini and Cornell’s Jerry Rinaldi. Heizer will face 10th-seeded Travis...

Today is the first of three days in St. Louis for the NCAA wrestling championships for four Huskies. Ben Heizer, Sam Hiatt and Josh Wooton will represent NIU, which jumped back into the Top 25 on Tuesday with a No. 23 showing. "All three of these wrestlers...

For the third year in a row, the NIU wrestling team took second place at the MAC championships held March 6 and 7 in Athens, Ohio. Central Michigan took first place with 89 team points; NIU had 73 points and Ohio took third with 55.5 points. The Huskies...

After a second-place finish last year at the MAC championships, the NIU wrestling team will try to improve at this season’s conference tournament on Saturday and Sunday in Athens, Ohio. To prepare for the tournament, the Huskies (12-5 overall, 4-1 MAC)...