Northern Illinois University is the best kept secret in the Midwest. If that sounds familiar it's probably because every NIU coach and athletic department administrator has said that at one time or another. Now we know why. The Huskies are getting virtually...

NIU's wrestlers added a win and a loss to their record over the weekend, falling to Northern Iowa Friday night, 33-8, and defeating Southwest Missouri State Saturday afternoon, 29-15. "I expected a few more wins against UNI," said NIU coach Ed Vatch....

The NIU wrestling squad won all five of its road dual meets this weekend by a combined score of 167-43, upping its season record to 12-2. On Friday, the Huskies topped Central Michigan 21-15 and beat Ashland College 35-6. The Huskies upended Ferris State...

"We romped on ‘em," Huskies wrestling coach Ed Vatch said after he and his team returned from Tuesday's triangular meet with UW-Stevens Point and UW-Oshkosh. NIU defeated UWSP 25-14 and host UWO 43-0 on its way to improving its record to 7-2. The Huskies'...

This year, the NIU football team can look forward to heading into the season with a winning record under its belt. Next year, the squad can look forward to having a part of the Best-of-the-West on its side. NIU's coaching staff has landed the Chicago...

Not unlike the NIU men's basketball team, the Huskie wrestling squad is composed of many freshmen and sophomores, but only two juniors and no seniors. "We're still young," coach Ed Vatch said. "The guys are real agressive and sometimes that can lead to...

Right about now everyone is preparing to go home for the long awaited Christmas vacation. Except for the NIU wrestling squad. The Huskie grapplers will remain on campus for a good part of the break, practicing and participating in tournaments. "Keeping...

Things were kept in the family for the NIU wrestling squad at last weekend's University of Illinois Tournament. NIU's two champions from the tournament were the brother team of Anton and Jim Kossakowski. Anton won the 177-pound level of the open division...

Huskie wrestlers went into the St. Louis Open last weekend expecting some tough competition. They got more than expected. "The competition was phenomenal," coach Ed Vatch said. "An example is a two-time NCAA champion from Iowa didn't even make it to the...

After last weekend's season-opening tournament, NIU wrestling coach Ed Vatch said his team was out of shape. This week he did something to remedy that problem. He intensified practice workouts. "I upped the intensity of the workouts to find out how good...

Wrestling coach Ed Vatch had one major impression about his squad members following the weekend's Tombstone Open at Stevens Point, Wis. His impression was that they were out of shape. "I was surprised," Vatch said. "A lot of guys are just coming to practice...

American sport consists of the Big Three—football, basketball and baseball. However, NIU athletics seems to be lost in the shuffle. The Huskies pride themselves on being an up-and-coming program. Great strides are being made by NIU to become recognized...