Despite starting the season with back-to-back losses, Waynesburg University football have dominated time of possession and outscored opponents in the first half. One of the biggest issues of the better part of last year and this year, according to head coach Chris Smithley, is the team’s struggles in the second half—particularly the third quarter. Since … Continue reading
During the 2017 football campaign, head football coach Chris Smithley started then-sophomore quarterback Tyler Perone for the first seven games of the season. The team went 0-7. In the final game of that stretch, a 59-7 loss to Thomas More, Smithley switched to then-junior quarterback Jake Dougherty late in the game and he led the … Continue reading
After finishing the 2017 campaign with a seventh-place finish at the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Championships, the Waynesburg University men’s tennis team is itching to improve on that finish this Friday and Saturday. Last season, then-sophomore Jonah Cooper grabbed the only win for the Yellow Jackets at the event, and it was by default. Head coach … Continue reading
Senior Tristan Buxton put together a historic Waynesburg wrestling career at 125-pounds. The four-year standout capped off his four years as the man in second place all-time in career wins as a Yellow Jacket with 127. For Buxton, it didn’t truly hit him how much of an impact his wrestling career had at Waynesburg until … Continue reading
The student-athlete experience for senior Mitch Kendra has been anything but typical. Competing with the Waynesburg University football team as a wide receiver and participating in both indoor and outdoor track & field with the Yellow Jackets as a pole-vaulter have made time management a necessity. “I would have practice at 5:30 a.m. for football, … Continue reading
As the Waynesburg softball team continues its season, the recent stretch of poor weather has caused many Presidents’ Athletic Conference games to be rescheduled. As such, the Yellow Jackets will have played eight games in seven days come this Saturday, April 14, when the team takes on Thiel in its final two games of a … Continue reading
After a long two-days at the 2018 NCAA Division III Central Regional Championships, three Waynesburg University wrestlers emerged from the tournament with a bid to the NCAA Division III National Championships. Senior 125-pounder Tristan Buxton and sophomore 197-pounder Ken Burrs both earned their first career bids to the National Championships in Cleveland, Ohio, March 9 … Continue reading
For a Waynesburg University men’s basketball team that finished third in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference in 3-point shooting, a rare low-percentage shooting game turned out to be the difference in the team’s playoff loss to Bethany this past Tuesday. For a team that shot 34.5 percent from beyond the arc for the season, it was … Continue reading
After losing a close game against Washington & Jefferson Jan. 17, 80-77, the Waynesburg men’s basketball team had an opportunity to avenge the loss against the Presidents this past Wednesday, Feb. 14. Despite leading at half 33-29, the Yellow Jackets (9-15, 5-12) were unable to hold on and dropped the season series to W&J (5-19, … Continue reading
The last time the Waynesburg University women’s basketball team took the floor against Geneva, Jan. 13, the Yellow Jackets found themselves trailing the Golden Tornadoes 35-34 on the road at halftime. Coming into the game, Geneva was just 4-10 overall and 1-6 in Presidents’ Athletic Conference action, while the visiting Jackets entered Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, … Continue reading
