Last November, Justin Flack was flying high. The senior running back played a large role in Derry Area High School’s first WPIAL championship appearance. Although Derry fell to powerhouse Alliquppia at Heinz Field, the road ahead looked promising for Flack when he committed to play at Mt. Union, the kingpin of NCAA Division III football. … Continue reading
The Waynesburg University wrestling team lost several key pieces at the end of last season. The Yellow Jackets will need to atone for the losses of, two-time national qualifier Ken Burrs, Presidents’ Athletic Conference Champion Tony Welsh and, most significantly heavyweight NCAA National Champion Jake Evans coach Ron Headlee needs performers to step up, and … Continue reading
The Waynesburg University women’s basketball team comes into this season in a similar situation it was a year ago. Going into the 2018 season, the Yellow Jackets had just 10 players on the roster. At the start of this season, they will once again have just 10 players on the roster. During a season where … Continue reading
Last year the Presidents’ Athletic Conference wrestling championship came down to the last match of the season. Then Waynesburg senior, Jake Evans, was in need of a win for his fourth straight PAC title. Evans won, and secured the championship for Waynesburg. This year, the Yellow Jackets won’t have the luxury of having one of … Continue reading
Coming out of a bye week, the Waynesburg University football team has the best team in the PAC visiting Greene County this Saturday. To illustrate how good Case Western Reserve is, the Spartans could drop their remaining two games at Waynesburg and Carnegie Mellon University, and still win the conference championship outright, so long as … Continue reading
Expect anything different? In what’s become a yearly ritual around the late-October/early-November time of the year, the Waynesburg University women’s cross country team won the Presidents’ Athletic Conference championship, edging out a scrappy Geneva squad by four points. Although the 2019 PAC Championships just ended, and the cross country season is still going on for … Continue reading
For seven years, a win over the Washington & Jefferson Presidents always seemed impossible for the Waynesburg University Yellow Jackets volleyball program, but Saturday was different. The Jackets took down the Presidents, and finally recorded a win for the first time since the 2012 season. The win was significant for other reasons as well. … Continue reading
This Saturday, the Waynesburg University wrestling team opened its season with the annual intrasquad Orange vs Black wrestle-offs. Team Orange won the match 27-26, but the outcome was irrelevant, as the purpose of the meet was for the coaching staff as they were able to identify some of the top wrestlers for the upcoming season, … Continue reading
In the Presidents’ Athletic Conference preseason poll, the Waynesburg University men’s cross-country team was projected to finish fifth overall. However, the Jackets goal was to finish in the top three at Saturday’s PAC Championships, and despite some frustration along the way, Waynesburg accomplished that goal. “I think they ran really well,” coach Chris Hardie said. … Continue reading
If any team was going to stop Waynesburg University from winning a fourth straight Presidents’ Athletic Conference women’s cross country championship, Geneva would have been a good bet. Before the season, the Golden Tornadoes were picked to finish third in the preseason poll behind the Yellow Jackets and Grove City. During the season, Geneva competed … Continue reading
