The Waynesburg University wrestling team’s season started last weekend with the Orange/Black wrestle-offs. In the annual inter-squad battle, the black team emerged victorious 19-9. This year the Yellow Jackets are filled with the veteran wrestlers like senior Jake Evans, the returning Division III National Champion at 285-pounds, junior 197-pounder Ken Burrs, who also competed in … Continue reading
As the Waynesburg men’s basketball team prepares for the upcoming season, head coach Mark Christner has been preaching one consistent message at each practice early on in the new season. “I want us to be the hardest working team on the court,” said Christner. “I want us to bring positive energy, trust each other and … Continue reading
With women’s soccer season wrapping up two weeks ago, in a 1-0 loss to Washington & Jefferson College on senior day, the Waynesburg University Yellow Jackets finished the season 7-7-2 overall. In the conference standings, the Jackets final place was sixth, one spot behind their projected finish of fifth in the preseason PAC poll. Head … Continue reading
Heading into Saturday’s penultimate contest of the season against Case Western Reserve University, the Yellow Jackets had a chance to become bowl eligible for the first time since 2014. However, it didn’t go that way, as the Yellow Jackets lost 41-17 to the Spartans in Cleveland. The Yellow Jackets (4-5, 4-4) played competitively in the … Continue reading
For the third-straight season, the Waynesburg University women’s cross country team stands alone on top of the Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC). Grove City, which had won 27-straight PAC titles prior to Waynesburg’s current run, battled valiantly in the race, but came up just shy as the Yellow Jackets edged the Wolverines by three points, 44-47. … Continue reading
Through senior linebacker John-Glen Davis’ career at Waynesburg University, the team has struggled to win games. Since Davis arrived at Waynesburg in 2015, the Yellow Jackets are 11-27 overall and 10-21 in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference. Despite shortcomings in recent years, the Yellow Jackets have had success at the linebacker position. Last season, Davis and … Continue reading
Eleven. That number represents the combined margin of victory in Waynesburg football’s four wins thus far in the 2018 campaign. Now sitting at a 4-4 mark after the bye week with a 4-3 conference record, the Yellow Jacket football team is just one win away from becoming eligible for a bowl game. The two teams … Continue reading
The Waynesburg University women’s soccer team concluded its season this past Saturday on senior day, hosting Presidents’ Athletic Conference rival Washington & Jefferson (W&J). In the last game of the regular season, the Jackets fell to the Presidents, 1-0. Head coach Laura Heethuis felt the team was not ready for the physical play of the … Continue reading
Last weekend, the men’s cross country team ran in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference championships finishing fifth out of nine teams. The conference championships ran at the Greene County Airport. After setting a ‘stretch goal’ of finishing in third, head coach Chris Hardie said he wasn’t devastated by the fifth place finish. “Throughout the race, they … Continue reading
The Waynesburg University football program is in a much better state now than it was three years ago. Head coach Chris Smithley said after the team fell to 0-2 on the season with a 29-12 loss to Westminster that the program was “10 times better” than it was when he took over before last season. … Continue reading
