NIU grapplers (2-12-1) lost 22-12 Saturday to ninth-ranked Ohio State (13-4) at the Chick Evans Field House. The Huskies' 190-pounder, Tom Hoy, looked very impressive in his match with OSU's Brian Reid. Reid (2-1-0) was brutalized by an aggressive Hoy...

The Huskie wrestling team will play host to the Buckeyes of Ohio State on Saturday at 1 p.m. at Chick Evans Field House. The match will be a reunion of sorts for Huskie coach Ed Vatch. Ohio State coach Russ Helickson was Vatch's coach at Wisconsin during...

The NIU wrestling team lost to Purdue 32-12 at West Lafayette, Ind., on Saturday and came back home Sunday night to lose a hard-fought match 24-20 at Chick Evans Field House. Huskie high points at Purdue had to be the play of Tino Gonzalez, Tim Cocco,...

The NIU wrestling team will travel to West Lafayette, Ind., Saturday to face the Purdue Boilermakers at 11:30 a.m. The Huskies will then face Northwestern Sunday at the Chick Evans Field House for a 7:30 p.m. match. In honor of World Hunger Day, a one-can...

The NIU wrestling team lost 24-23 to seventh-ranked Division III Wisconsin-Whitewater Wednesday afternoon at the Chick Evans Field House. The score does not reflect the effort the Huskies exhibited in a match that NIU should have won. After a forfeit...

One of the most important assets that has gone through the Huskie wrestling program has to be senior 150-pounder Tim Cocco. The fifth-year senior will lead his teammates to battle against seventh-ranked Division III powerhouse Wisconsin-Whitewater this...

NIU football player Thomas Klein, 21, might lose his football scholarship after being arrested for battery. DeKalb Police reported the arrest Saturday night after Student Association Sen. Joe Annunzio said Klein "punched him in the face several times"...

The Huskie wrestling team had a long weekend, beginning with a hard-fought 24-20 loss to Eastern Illinois and ending with a frustrating eighth-place finish in the eight-school Indiana Hoosier Invitational. The loss to EIU was a tough one, since the Huskies...

The NIU wrestling team hits the road this weekend to face Eastern Illinois on Friday night at 7:30 and to compete Sunday in the Indiana Hoosier Invitational. NIU coach Ed Vatch is looking to fare better this weekend due to last weekend's tough schedule....

NIU's wrestling team had a rough weekend, losing Friday to fifth-ranked Northern Iowa 44-5 and Saturday to Central Michigan 27-12. On Friday, NIU faced a powerful UNI team that earlier last week upset number-one ranked Iowa State. NIU's only points against...

NIU's matmen take on fifth-rated Northern Iowa at Cedar Falls, Iowa, tonight at 7:30 and face Central Michigan at Blue Island's Eisenhower high school Saturday at 7:30 p.m. UNI's starting lineup is overflowing with talent that includes number-one ranked,...

Time flies. An athlete transfers to another university. Witnesses graduate or drop out ... It now appears Iowa officials will not seek to extradite John Culbertson on his warrant for allegedly shooting into an occupied car while he was at Iowa State in...