Coming into last Saturday’s matchup against Geneva, the Waynesburg University football team was challenged with a tall task—stop the Golden Tornadoes’ potent rushing attack. The triple-option offense ranked eighth in all of DIII football in rushing offense, totaling 328 yards-per-game entering the game featuring the Presidents’ Athletic Conference rivals. The Yellow Jacket defense was not … Continue reading
The culture around concussions is changing, said Andy Palko, the head athletic trainer at Waynesburg University. Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy is all over the news, and athletes and their families are more concerned now than ever about the effects of sustaining regular impacts in the game of football. That’s why Waynesburg University’s football team is using … Continue reading
John F. Wiley Stadium is no stranger to floods. In the last three years, the field has flooded four times. Tropical Storm Gordon just so happened to be the latest storm to swamp the stadium used for the Waynesburg University soccer and football events. As a result, both soccer teams, as well as the football … Continue reading
In the first drive of the game against Bethany College last week, the football team did something it hasn’t done all season in an opening drive – score a touchdown. Despite the positive start, the Yellow Jackets gave up 16 unanswered points to the Bison which led to a 22-13 defeat. Individually, Tyler Perone and … Continue reading
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
The Waynesburg University football team is looking at the positives heading into its Week Three contest against the Bethany College Bison. For starters, several key players that were banged up with injuries in the past couple of weeks are on the upswing. One of those players is senior defensive back Justin Willkow, who suffered a … 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
This year’s coaching staff for Waynesburg University’s football program looks a little different compared to last season. Under head coach Chris Smithley, a pair of new graduate assistants join the coaching staff for the first time this year along with a new running backs coach. With a history in coaching which spans nearly 40 years, … Continue reading
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
