Conference play no cake-walk for Wolverines

January 30, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes After Utah Valley’s 65-56 win on Thursday night, head coach Dick Hunsaker defined a general cry among Great West Conference teams in regards to the start of conference play.   “It’s a new season once conference play starts,” Hunsaker said. “And teams are certainly emotional and geared up to play their best.”   UVU honored […]

Track sees two school records broken at Boise

January 30, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes BOISE — Allah Laryea-Akrong set a new school record in the 200 meters with the time of 21.44 seconds, and Megan Burr  notched a school record in the preliminaries of the 60-meter hurdles with the time of 8.80 at the Bronco Invitational.   Their performances, along with several first-place finishes by distance runners and one […]

Tickets on sale for wrestling match vs. No. 2 Penn State

January 30, 2012

Reading Time: < 1 minute OREM, Utah – Tickets are now available for Feb. 11’s UVU wrestling dual vs. defending national champion Penn State that will be held in the UCCU Center at 7 p.m.   Fans are highly encouraged to get their tickets now to avoid long lines the day of the event and to not risk missing out […]

Nixon says smarts, not effort, lacking

January 29, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes The women’s basketball team fell to Chicago State University 42-69 on Thursday, their second conference game of the season. CSU held Utah Valley to a 29.1 percent from the field as forward Sammie Jensen was the only player to reach double digits at 16 points.   “Each game is a puzzle to be solved,” head […]

Isiah 26:6 – points and rebounds add up to Highlander blowout

January 29, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes By: Assistant Sports Editor Jonathan Boldt Real men wear pink.   Coach Dick Hunsaker took to the court in his light pink blazer and his squad took a stand for coaches vs. cancer in their slightly pink uniforms Saturday night.     When riding a six game win streak, sooner or later positive individual achievements […]

Isiah Williams’ late surge lifts Utah Valley past Chicago State

January 27, 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutes The Wolverines (12-10, 2-0) played host to cross-country conference foe Chicago State (2-18, 1-2) Thursday night and avoided a huge upset on an effort that was sparked by top scoring threat Isiah Williams. Despite trailing by three at the half, UVU pulled away late to cash in with a nine-point, 65-56 victory and notch their […]

On the rise

January 23, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Wolverines coming together as conference play begins   All that preseason hype may simply have been premature.   The Wolverines’ early-season struggles gave way to a three-game winning streak heading into the weekend’s conference opener at North Dakota. Team chemistry and overall production highlight the change in fortune, something onlookers thought would take place sooner […]

Avery Garner’s secret to success

January 23, 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutes Gifted athletes routinely are surpassed by their less talented, harder working peers. Tom Brady went from college backup at Michigan to a 3-time Super Bowl winning quarterback, currently in pursuit for championship number four. Michael Jordan famously was cut from his Junior Varsity team and now he is the NBA’s “Greatest of All-Time.”   If […]

Johnson wrapping up self-made career

January 23, 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutes Coach Cathy Nixon described senior guard Jenna Johnson as a female Tom Sawyer because of her love for fishing and the raft of milk jugs made by her and her teammates.   “We would test it out in the hot tub,” Johnson said. “We never went fishing off of it though. I want to but […]

Great West Preview

January 23, 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutes Utah Valley    The Wolverines opened the season winning three of their first four games but then suffered a couple of close losses to Utah State (63-54), Arkansas (67-59), and Houston (84-71). The Wolverines enter Great West Conference play on a 3 game winning streak with a record of 10-10. Utah Valley, entered conference play […]