Coach Ed Vatch and his Huskie wrestling squad (6-13) will take their show on the road this weekend with four matches in four days against tough competition. The road trip will begin tonight with a 7:30 showdown against Eastern Illinois (5-4), who defeated...

Whatever Huskie wrestling coach Ed Vatch said to his team Saturday after its 36-3 loss to Purdue worked like a charm as NIU rallied to win its two remaining matches. NIU increased its record to 6-13 with wins over Wright State (28-6) and Wisconsin-Stevens...

The ninth-ranked Northwestern Wildcats came into town last night and showed just how powerful they are with a 37-9 win over the Huskie wrestlers. NU rolled up a 28-0 lead after the first five matches and never looked back. Gene Marino (118 pounds) and...

What if regular people were to take over the sportscasting industry? Some friends and I got to talking about this and decided that the "suits" who read the sports on television should be working in different professions. Don't get me wrong, there are...

"I feel like yelling and screaming, but that won't do any good," NIU wrestling coach Ed Vatch said after his squad's 30-11 loss to Central Michigan on Sunday. Frustration seems to be setting in on the fourth-year coach who is suffering through his worst...

Despite some shifting around in its lineup, the Huskie wrestling squad took seven of the 10 matches from the visiting Marquette Warriors and won its third meet of the year 28-17. "I think this is indicative of how far we have come," coach Ed Vatch said....

A 23-20 loss to Illinois last Friday dropped the Huskie wrestling dual-meet record to 2-10, but coach Ed Vatch and his squad know that their record is not a true representation of the team's talent. "The big thing now is staying strong mentally," Vatch...

This weekend will mark the opening of Ed Vatch's fourth season at the helm of the NIU wrestling squad when the Huskies travel to the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point for the 13th Annual Tombstone Invitational. The Huskies, coming off last year's...

NIU senior Brett Tucker never thought that he would wind up playing football for the Huskies. Fortunately for Tucker, and NIU, he was wrong. The Honorable Mention All_America defensive back from neighboring Sycamore, was not heavily recruited after his...

NIU's wrestling season is just around the corner with the Tombstone Open at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. "In the early part of the season, I just kind of lay back and let the guys teach themselves," Huskie head coach Ed Vatch said. "I let...

Former Men's Athletic Director Robert Brigham heads a list of seven to be inducted into the NIU Athletic Hall of Fame on Oct. 6. Brigham, who now serves as special assistant to the president for intercollegiate athletics, lettered in football three times...

NIU President John LaTourette Tuesday named Raymond J. Dembinski the chairman of the NIU Athletic Board. Dembinski, a professor of special education, will take over the spot beginning August 15 and will succeed James Mellard, who has served as the board's...