While most sports leagues are concluding their respective postseasons outside a normal schedule, only one is right on time. In a ‘normal’ world you don’t get the NBA playoffs in August, or the Stanley Cup Finals in September? Despite these changes in post season schedules, the NASCAR playoffs starting around Labor Day is standard. However, … Continue reading
A summer of unfavorable circumstances put the Presidents’ Athletic Conference and other collegiate conferences throughout the varying divisions of the NCAA into a challenging situation: the fate of collegiate athletics. As of now, COVID-19 has postponed all PAC athletic competition until after Jan. 1. According to PAC Commissioner Joe Onderko, every possible consideration was taken … Continue reading
Ty Kildow knew it was a problem, but he didn’t want any distractions. He’d just completed his first year at Waynesburg University and helped the baseball team to its first playoff appearance in four years as a utility infielder. When the season ended in May, he was ready to enjoy his first summer as a … Continue reading
Dan Verhovsek is one of the rare Waynesburg University athletes to reach All-PAC honors for football and wrestling. The senior’s accolades this year include an all-conference honorable mention for football as a linebacker and a Presidents’ Athletic Conference championship at the 184-pound weight class for wrestling. Verhovsek decided to play tennis this spring until the … Continue reading
Waynesburg University senior football player Brennan Sefick’s playing career had some challenges. After he started five games as a freshman, Sefick missed his entire sophomore season with an injury. Sefick came back strong, however, and posted two strong campaigns to end his college football career. In 2018 and ‘19, he was named second-team All-PAC, and … Continue reading
Some didn’t believe it. None wanted to believe it. But it was inevitable. Between Monday, March 9, and Thursday, March 12, the coronavirus wiped out the sports world. The NBA, NHL and MLB shut down. All spring NCAA championships, including March Madness, evaporated as well. All of this took place before the Waynesburg University baseball … Continue reading
Senior wrestler Dillion Charlton isn’t a typical senior athlete in the aspect of just playing one sport his whole college career. Charlton never even wanted to wrestle in college and was glad to be done after graduating from high school. “If you would have asked me in high school if I was going to wrestle … Continue reading
As a psychology major at Waynesburg University, Cheyenne Wasko spends a lot of time thinking. Thinking and analyzing what others might be going through. Right now, however, Wasko doing more thinking than ever. Her final season as a Yellow Jacket was cut short due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Yet, the starting infielder for the Yellow … Continue reading
Tennis has been a big part of Tanner McKnight’s life. But his relationship with the sport has been a streaky one. There have been multiple times that McKnight, a senior for Waynesburg University, hought his career was over. “I first started playing when I was seven or eight,” McKnight said. “I went to summer tennis … Continue reading
The final season for senior Alex Orlandini was cut short right after the Waynesburg University men’s golf team went on their annual Spring trip. Orlandini, a member of the golf team since his freshman year , was honored as part of the 2016 Presidents’ Athletic Conference Academic Honor Roll. In high school, he played hockey … Continue reading
