Washington & Jefferson came into Saturday afternoon’s football game against Waynesburg University with three conference losses. It had been eight years since that could be said about the Presidents. This allowed many to be optimistic about the Yellow Jackets chances as the opening kickoff approached on Saturday. That optimism was smothered quickly. The Presidents [7-3, … Continue reading
Jac Cokley has been the anchor of a Waynesburg University men’s cross country team that took another step forward as a program this year. Cokley, a freshman from Cochranton, Pennsylvania, posted team leading numbers at multiple meets this season, earning him multiple PAC Rookie of the Week honors. At PAC Championships, Cokley finished 11th overall … Continue reading
Both cross country teams accomplished their objectives at the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Championships two weeks ago. The women came into Westminster looking for their fourth straight conference title and got it. The men had more modest expectations, looking for a top-three finish, and they too fulfilled their goal, placing in third. After two weeks away … Continue reading
2014. That was the last time the Waynesburg University Yellow Jacket football team [1-8, 1-7] defeated their Interstate 79 rival, the Washington & Jefferson Presidents [6-3, 5-3]. The Jackets, who took No. 15 ranked Case Western Reserve down to the wire last Saturday before falling, 27-24, want to finish the season off strong and … Continue reading
“It’s a rivalry if the other team wins once in a while.” This quote from Washington & Jefferson head football coach Mike Sirianni was issued just before the annual Waynesburg-W&J game in 2014. Although the quote certainly gave the Yellow Jackets “bulletin board material,” it wasn’t entirely inaccurate. In a series that started in 1897, … Continue reading
Tuesday the women’s basketball team was supposed to tip-off against Hiram College at 7 p.m. for both teams second non-conference game of the year. However, the game was delayed until approximately 8:45 after the Hiram team bus was stuck in a traffic build-up on Washington Road, less than a mile from Roberts Chapel, due to … Continue reading
A ten-year-old Steve Mears is listening to Mike Lange broadcast a Penguin game. Mario Lemieux is on the ice. Mears has big dreams of being just like Lange. Now, he works with him on a nightly basis after he stepped into the shoes of Paul Stiegerwald. Question: Did you ever think you would make it … Continue reading
2,469 miles is what it took for the Waynesburg men’s basketball program to find it’s newest head coach. Tim Fusina takes the reigns for the 2019-20 season, and hopes to lead the Jackets to their first winning record since 2014. Returning home from Thousand Oaks, California, Fusina was the head man at California Lutheran University … Continue reading
The Waynesburg University wrestling team opened up its season Saturday, Nov. 9, at the Washington & Jefferson Invitational. It was the first time head coach Ron Headlee was able to watch the new freshman class in match action, and he was happy with how the new faces performed. “I was pretty pleased yesterday with how … Continue reading
On a day the Waynesburg football team celebrated its seniors, the Case Western Reserve Spartans stormed John F. Wiley Stadium and for the second time in two years, a Presidents’ Athletic Conference title was celebrated by the opponent. Last season, it was the Washington & Jefferson Presidents, but this year the Spartans [9-0, 8-0] claimed … Continue reading
