This past week was an unusual one for the Waynesburg University football team. John F. Wiley stadium, the home field for the Yellow Jackets, suffered severe flooding Sept. 10. Because of that, practices for the next three days started early in the morning at approximately 5 a.m. as opposed to later in the afternoon. The … Continue reading
Sunday afternoons from early September through the end of the year are the same at the Waynesburg Veterans of Foreign Wars as they are at any bar or restaurant in the United States. Drinks and food are served to the patrons. Music is played, and on TV, an football game is on. But at the … Continue reading
Waynesburg University received several accolades in 2018, with eight awards in just the past six months. The most recent honor came last week when a U.S. News and World report recognized Waynesburg as a top 10 value school among all private and public universities in the northern United States. Due to a “high quality economic … Continue reading
The Waynesburg University football team entered its game against Westminster Saturday afternoon looking to bounce back from a 31-24 loss to Muskingum in its season opener last week, but also aiming to break a couple of trends that have developed over the past few years. Coming into the game on Saturday, the Yellow Jackets hoped … Continue reading
Last Monday, 375 freshman students at Waynesburg University experienced their first college class. Most of the class of 2022 began their college lives four days earlier when freshmen orientation began Aug. 23. According to Admissions Counselor Kyle Digiandomenico, the class size fell short of its expected number, which was around 425 students. Despite not meeting … Continue reading
Coming into this past Saturday’s double header against Chatham, the baseball team hadn’t swept a Presidents’ Athletic Conference doubleheader all season. That came to an end in Munhall, as the Yellow Jackets (9-19, 5-9) won their both games 13-3 and 4-3 respectively over the Cougars. [6-20, 0-14]. The Cougars are in their first season as … Continue reading
The Waynesburg University baseball team hasn’t made the Presidents’ Athletic Conference tournament since 2015. Through the first 14 games of PAC play this season, the Jackets have dug themselves a hole. They are 5-9 and three games back of fourth-place St. Vincent for the final postseason spot with four games left in the season. So, … Continue reading
It’s been seven years since the Waynesburg University softball team qualified for the Presidents’ Athletic Conference tournament. As of Monday’s doubleheader sweep at the hands of Grove City, which moved their PAC record to 5-9, the Yellow Jackets were in a four-way tie for fifth place in the conference, and two games behind the team … Continue reading
The final game of the 2017 season was a do-or-die situation for the men’s soccer team. The Yellow Jackets needed a win or a draw on the road against rival Washington & Jefferson to qualify for the Presidents’ Athletic Conference tournament for the first time since 2014. Waynesburg couldn’t get the desired result, and a … Continue reading
Sam Nichols wasn’t recruited to play soccer at Waynesburg University. After an ACL injury derailed her senior season in high school, Nichols, who enrolled at Waynesburg mainly due to influence from her brother, Ben, who graduated from Waynesburg in 2016, decided to join the team under first-year head coach Laura Heethuis in her freshman year … Continue reading
