Having a meet canceled is not always bad. The NIU wrestling team's dual meet tonight with Illinois will be changed due to scheduling problems. However, the Huskie freshmen grapplers will tangle with the Illini tonight in Champaign. The rescheduling could...

The NIU wrestling team gets some valuable leadership from a group of dedicated graduate assistant coaches who are rewarded by seeing the wrestlers do well in tournaments. Huskie coach Ed Vatch said he cannot express how vital these grad assistants are...

There were questions to be answered Monday before the football version of the weekly Huskie Club Luncheon could go into cold storage. Questions about Nevada-Las Vegas. About the upcoming recruiting season. And about the status of injured Huskie quarterback...

NIU's matmen will face their toughest competition so far this season at this weekend's St. Louis open. NIU will face such power teams as Oklahoma, Wisconsin, Missouri and Illinois at the tourney. Coach Ed Vatch said the meet is "as good or better as the...

NIU's matmen return to Michigan this weekend to try and prove they are capable of wrestling with the best teams in the country. The Huskies finished last weekend in sixth place among eight teams at the Michigan State Open. The Huskies will face many of...

The NIU wrestling team will face some stiff competition this weekend in the Michigan State Invitational. Huskie coach Ed Vatch said his troops could cause some waves at the meet. "I think we have the potential to win three or four weight classes," he...

Now comes the hard part. Now that Minnesota Assistant Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell has finished making his case for NIU's permanent AD spot, the search committee has the burden to decide the university's athletic future in the next few days. Committee...

After a day off from public forums, the athletic director scenario resumes today when Minnesota Assistant AD Gerald O'Dell has his chance to address NIU, but the interviews so far have not gone unnoticed. O'Dell's public forum is from 2-3:30 p.m. in Holmes...

Northwestern interim Athletic Director Ken Kraft said Monday he has applied for NIU's permanent directorship. Kraft's statement comes on the heels of the search committee's first meeting Friday, where committee members began to set up shop and screen...

After facing Hurricanes on the athletic field, NIU men's athletics also had to battle unchartered waters on its new athletic ship. NIU had its baptism in independent waters this year after leaving its 13-year affiliation with the Mid-American Conference,...

Imagine an arm wrestling competition where competitors challenge each other through a machine. NIU students will have the opportunity tonight to see or participate in a World Class Arm Wrestling Federation tournament at the Stadium Club, 1311 Lincoln...

Wrestling season might have ended a month ago, but NIU Coach Ed Vatch is already preparing for next year. A number of NIU grapplers will participate in the Chicagoland Open Freestyle Wrestling Tournament Saturday when the Huskies host the tournament at...