Men’s basketball: Toolson powers UVU over UTSA

December 3, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo by Brigham Berthold OREM, Utah—After a sluggish first half, Conner Toolson sparked the UVU men’s basketball team to a 75-71 win over UTSA with 14 points in the first four minutes of the second half Saturday. Toolson finished the night with a game-high 29 points. “I knew this was going to be so hard. […]

Jesse Ruins Jesse: When life’s lemons squirt you in the eye

December 3, 2016

Reading Time: 3 minutes Editors Note: This article may contain graphic/detailed information unsuitable for some readership. I have looked over and rewrote this article 700 times; feeling like it is either not good enough or not conveying the message I seek to express. That alone, in itself, is my message: Sometimes nothing is ever good enough. Here I am, […]

A Catholic reads The Book of Mormon

December 2, 2016

Reading Time: 3 minutes After being in the beautiful State of Deseret for almost two months, there was a night in October when I decided to give the Book of Mormon a try. It is easier to adapt to a state like Utah and to the people when you better understand the culture. I am Catholic. I pray the […]

Week 12 NFL Power Rankings

December 1, 2016

Reading Time: 6 minutes Photo courtesy Bleacher Report After taking the week off for Thanksgiving, our sports staff has reassembled for the latest version of the NFL power rankings following Week 12. There wasn’t much movement at the top or bottom of the rankings over the two weeks, but some upsets caused some tumult in the middle. The high […]

Men’s Basketball: Poor shooting night dooms UVU at WSU

November 30, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo by Brigham Berthold The Utah Valley University men’s basketball team had a four-game win streak snapped when they visited Pullman, Washington Wednesday to take on Washington State University. The 83-76 loss puts UVU at 4-2 on the season. After setting a Marriott Center record with 18 3-point shots made against BYU Saturday, the Wolverines […]

Women’s basketball: UVU downs Pepperdine for first win

November 29, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo by Mykah Heaton OREM, Utah— The Utah Valley University women’s basketball team beat Pepperdine University 72-65 Tuesday night to win the battle between the two winless squads and gave UVU its first victory of the season. Junior Mariah Seals scored a season-high 23 points to lead the Wolverines to victory in the closely-contested first […]

Tough schedule paid off for UVU volleyball

November 29, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo by Mykah Heaton A common criticism in college athletics is the tendency of programs to schedule “cupcakes” through their nonconference play to start the season. These are teams that are scheduled as an easy win or a tune-up as opposed to teams that would really present a challenge. If anything could be said to […]

Oh, what a travesty

November 29, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo by Jesse Sanchez Usually when a team wins 15 out of 19 games, is ranked in the top 25 the majority of the season, has 10 shutouts and won the conference regular season championship, there is good reason to expect that team would receive an at-large berth to the NCAA tournament. Unfortunately for the […]

Anthony Turner reinforces direction of UVU women’s basketball

November 29, 2016

Reading Time: 4 minutes Anthony Turner brings philosophy, faith and 26 years of experience to the Utah Valley University women’s basketball. Head coach Cathy Nixon’s decision to hire Turner was announced July 1, 2016. “First and foremost he is an incredible man and a very, very good basketball coach,” said Nixon. The relationship between Nixon and Turner is based […]