While some athletes come into college not ready to compete or use their first year as a redshirt season, NIU freshman heavyweight Joe Sapp was asked to step in immediately for the Huskies. “You have to be a pretty tough-minded freshman like Sapp [to...

The NIU wrestling team will try to get back in the win column against Buffalo and Eastern Michigan at 10 a.m. Sunday in a triangular meet at Buffalo. The Huskies (10-5 overall, 2-1 MAC) have more conference wins than Buffalo (11-4, 1-2) and EMU (9-7,...

The current trend of the NIU wrestling team beating unranked opponents and losing to ranked opponents continued Wednesday as the Huskies fell to Missouri. NIU (9-5) lost for the fifth time this season against a top-20 team. This time it was the fifth-ranked...

A year after beating Missouri at the Convocation Center, the NIU wrestling team will travel to Columbia to take on the fifth-ranked Tigers at 4 p.m today. Coming off a loss to fourth-ranked Iowa State in its last meet, Missouri (10-2) is the fifth top-20...

Last year, NIU football coach Joe Novak had his team 41 seconds away from playing in the MAC championship. Coach Rob Judson got the men’s basketball team to the semifinals of the MAC tournament. Dave Grant got his wrestling squad ranked in the top 25...

Most siblings bicker. However, not all of them throw each other against walls and punch each other in the head. Freshman Andy Hiatt and junior Sam Hiatt are teamed together on the NIU wrestling team, and a third brother may be on his way to NIU. With...

The NIU wrestling team outscored its opponents 75-13 in two victories over Eastern Illinois and Southern Illinois this weekend. On Sunday, the Huskies tamed Southern Illinois 49-0 on Senior Appreciation Day at Victor E. Court at the Convocation Center....

After a loss last weekend to Central Michigan, the NIU wrestling team will try to rebound against a team they have beaten by an average of 26 points the past three seasons. The Huskies (8-4 overall) will travel to Eastern Illinois (4-8) for a 7 p.m meet...

Points, rebounds and assists are all recorded, but what NIU women’s basketball guard Rachel Sillar does for the Huskies doesn’t show up on any statistical sheet. Sillar brings hustle and effort to the table for the Huskies. The proof of it is visible...

Ben Heizer, NIU’s No. 2-ranked 184-pound wrestler, came up short in his rematch against No. 1-ranked Greg Jones of West Virginia, 10-6, Monday night. Heizer, who lost to Jones earlier this year for his only previous defeat of the season, had the last...

The NIU wrestling team hurt its chance to become the MAC regular-season champions after Friday’s 25-10 loss to 19th-ranked Central Michigan. The Huskies (8-4 overall, 2-1 MAC) were able to win only three of their 10 matches against CMU (7-4, 1-0). Despite...

George Kirgan transferred to NIU from the University of Nebraska two years ago. After going 8-11 last season, the 174-pound junior is 15-8 this season with a team-high six pins. Northern Star: Out of all the sports, why wrestling? George Kirgan: I guess...