After consecutive one win seasons and being winless in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference since 2016, the volleyball team has finally hired a new head coach. Hayley Kirby has been hired from Earlham College, where she was an assistant coach for two years and last year was associate head coach for a team that went 15-13 … Continue reading
Football has always been more than just four quarters to John Sikora. After joining the program in 2011 as a recruited linebacker, Sikora will always remember what then-head coach Rick Shepas told him. “[He told] us after our first practice—this game really does matter,” Sikora said. “When guys see each other 30 and 40 years … Continue reading
As the Waynesburg softball team continues its season, the recent stretch of poor weather has caused many Presidents’ Athletic Conference games to be rescheduled. As such, the Yellow Jackets will have played eight games in seven days come this Saturday, April 14, when the team takes on Thiel in its final two games of a … Continue reading
Its only up from here. This past Tuesday Waynesburg University hired a new volleyball coach. This should be a relief to the players after not knowing for months who their next coach was going to be. This new hire, Hayley Kirby, has a solid track record. She previously coached at Earlham College, where she spent … Continue reading
In southwestern Pennsylvania, it has become a standard that snow will be falling sometime into March. This year however, it has continued to fall into April and low temperatures have had a pretty significant impact on students and athletes in the area. Waynesburg sports are no exception, as a lot spring sports have had to … Continue reading
It happened Christmas morning. It was her 19th Christmas, and Courtney Syfert had mastered her routine. She’d wake up at 8 a.m. Open presents. Then spend the day happily with family in Johnstown. But none of that happened. She woke up, but she didn’t hear any noise downstairs. Her family didn’t open presents, and they … Continue reading
The Waynesburg University baseball team will look to halt a rough start to the month April when it takes on the Saint Vincent Bearcats Saturday, April 14, at home for a doubleheader. The Yellow Jackets lost both of their games to Geneva last Friday, April 6, and then took one of two from Westminster Sunday, … Continue reading
The Waynesburg University baseball team split a nine-inning doubleheader against Westminster College April 8. The Yellow Jackets lost the first game 4-3, but avenged in the second game 4-8. The Titans fell to 8-7 overall and the Yellow Jackets improved to 6-16 overall, 2-6 in Presidents’ Athletic Conference games. After a close battle back and … Continue reading
The Yellow Jackets evened up their conference record against Chatham with a pair of wins. This past Tuesday, the Yellow Jacket softball team picked up two wins in its double header against Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) foe Chatham. The Jackets now move to 10-10 overall and have also worked their conference record back to 3-3. … Continue reading
After the first four games of the season, Waynesburg University’s baseball team was unbeaten. Now, with two Presidents’ Athletic Conference contests complete, the Yellow Jackets are 4-10, with a pair of losses at Thomas More in Friday afternoon’s double-header adding to a now 10-game losing streak. The Saints, who finished second in the PAC with … Continue reading
