After a rough September and most of October, the Waynesburg University football team is enjoying its first winning streak of the season following a 31-21 victory over Saint Vincent College this past Saturday. The senior day victory gave the Yellow Jackets their second win of the season as they head into the season finale against … Continue reading
At the start of men’s cross country runner Matt Durgin’s career, he had no intentions of becoming a collegiate runner. Durgin’s introduction to running was in the seventh grade when he joined the cross country team after a friend asked him if he was interested in running. The decision to join led Durgin to lettering … Continue reading
The Waynesburg University men’s cross country team participated in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Championship Saturday, Oct. 28 at Westminster College. Every Yellow Jackets runner ran in the event and the team rallied to finish sixth out of 10 teams. Overall, the goal was for the men’s cross country team was to finish in fifth. Despite … Continue reading
For Rick and Marcia Sonneborn, this season has been a dream come true. The Lady Pioneers cross country team finished the regular season with a 9-1 record, which placed them second in Section 3 of Division II behind undefeated conference foe Brownsville. The Sonneborn’s first started the cross country program in 2010 when their daughter … Continue reading
The Waynesburg University women’s soccer team concluded their 2017 season at Washington & Jefferson this past Saturday. The Yellow Jackets fell to the Presidents by a score of 5-0. W&J took the lead a little over five minutes into play when senior forward Jordan Toohey netted a goal. Not long after, the team found the … Continue reading
Over his years playing soccer, junior Tyler Sisler has been at several different positions on the pitch. This season, Sisler transferred and found a home as a forward on the Waynesburg University men’s soccer team. While at Mountain Ridge High School, the Frostburg, Maryland, native was a center midfielder. When he moved on to Potomac … Continue reading
In the highly anticipated rematch between the Grove City Wolverines and the Waynesburg University Yellow Jackets at the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Championships this past Saturday, Waynesburg repeated as PAC champions, defeating the Wolverines by 33 points. The Wolverines had won the conference title for 27 consecutive years until a season ago. Now, the Yellow Jackets … Continue reading
Waynesburg football ended their 11 game losing streak after they defeated the Thiel Tomcats 34-7 thanks to four rushing touch downs by the offense last week. The Jackets didn’t run their first offensive possession until two Tomcats possessions thanks to an 84-yard punt return by freshman JaWuan Jones. Sophomore running back Chad Walker led the … Continue reading
Brackets for the WPIAL playoffs were released Monday night. For Carmichaels and West Greene, the dreams of winning a WPIAL Championship have started. Carmichaels, after finishing second in the Tri-County South, was able to qualify for a home playoff game against Western Beaver. West Greene finished fourth in the conference and will have to go … Continue reading
Everyone on Waynesburg University’s women’s cross country program was running for a championship title on Saturday, yet for Angie Marchetti, the Yellow Jackets top runner, she ran for Jan. 6, 2017 – the day her father passed away. Ever since her father passed away from stage-4 brain cancer, Marchetti said she and her twin sister, … Continue reading
