For three consecutive years, Waynesburg University football has lost the first two games of its season. This year, the schedule only gets harder for the Yellow Jackets, as they face Carnegie Mellon University, a school that has started the season undefeated. The Yellow Jackets come into Week Three still looking for their first win of … Continue reading
On Saturday, Sept. 9, both men’s and women’s tennis traveled to Frostburg State where neither team came out with the victory as the men were defeated 5-4 and the women were swept 9-0. Although the men lost, head coach Ron Headlee was impressed with his team performance “We were real close, I thought we were … Continue reading
It’s been three years since the Waynesburg University men’s soccer team qualified for the Presidents’ Athletic Conference tournament. In the 2014 season, the Yellow Jackets posted a 5-2-1 conference record, earning them the third of four playoff spots. After losing nine players to graduation, Waynesburg has gone 5-28-2 overall and 3-11-2 in conference play in … Continue reading
Interim head football coach Chris Smithley knows that the team’s offensive production begins with one thing: his offensive line. “That’s where it starts—it starts up front,” Smithley said. “If they play well, the whole offense is going to play well. Because if you’re running the ball well, now you’re opening up the play-action pass, you’re … Continue reading
Coming off the most successful season in program history, in which the Waynesburg University Women’s Cross Country team was able to snap Grove City’s 27-year streak atop the Presidents Athletic Conference standings, Coach Chris Hardie still sees a potentially brighter future ahead. This past weekend, the Yellow Jackets traveled to Bethany, West Virginia to partake … Continue reading
With two weeks into its season, the Waynesburg men’s cross country team looks to improve as the season progresses. Last Saturday, Sept. 9, the team performed in its second event of the 2017-2018 season at the Bethany Invitational. The team lost a few seniors last season, but ended up placing fifth out of fourteen teams … Continue reading
In a run game concentrated offense, the Waynesburg University’s football team lost one of its leading running backs a day before the second game of the season with a pulled hip flexor. That was when sophomore Jarves Crews got called up; before Saturday he had never taken a snap at the collegiate level. According to … Continue reading
The Waynesburg University women’s soccer team hosted La Roche College Tuesday, Sept. 12. After jumping out to a 2-0 lead at halftime, the Yellow Jackets were unable to keep the lead as the Redhawks notched two late goals to force overtime. During overtime, neither team would be able to find the back of the net, … Continue reading
On Saturday, Nov. 12, Rick Shepas walked off the field for the last time as the head coach for Waynesburg University football and the search for a new football coach began for the Yellow Jackets. By early summer, a decision had been made and the search ended right where it began, at Waynesburg University with … Continue reading
Following a flood in December 2016, Waynesburg University’s John F. Wiley Stadium needed a new turf surface. The repair process began June 20, with the old surf surface being ripped up, however, inadequate weather during the repair process slowed down the process and pushed date of completion back. With the process being delayed two weeks … Continue reading
