Player of the Pack: Josh Hale
Josh Hale is a junior sport marketing & media major on the football team. Dustin VanHunnik: What is your favorite sport to watch? Josh Hale: Football. It’s the only sport I’ve really ever paid attention to. DV: What is your favorite USD sporting event? JH: Definitely the basketball games. The games against State are easily […]
Leave politics out of sports
Politics are supposed to bring a country together, but in reality, they tend to separate it. Meanwhile, sports are the exact opposite. They’re supposed to separate rival fans for means of competition, yet they tend to unite people all over the world. Yes, there are things that are similar between two of the most followed sectors in the world. However, this doesn’t […]
Coyotes take series versus South Dakota State
The wins didn’t come easy, but when all was said and done, the Coyotes softball team came out on top of the South Dakota State Jackrabbits this weekend. USD won the series 2-1, and maintain a high position in the Summit League standings. After the weekend, the Coyotes now sit at fourth place in the standings […]
Football update: Joe Schlager out for season
Redshirt freshman running back Joe Schlager will likely miss the upcoming season. Schlager suffered a knee injury at the team’s spring practice Tuesday morning, Bryan Boettcher, USD’s sports information director, confirmed in an email. Schlager suffered a dislocated knee, fractured patella and a torn ACL, MCL and PCL. Schlager will have surgery in three to six weeks. The Coyotes […]
Football returns with spring practice
After a disappointing end to the season, the Coyotes football team is back at work. The first spring practice of the year kicked off on March 18. Spring practices will continue through April 21, which is the date of the spring game, and the final practice before the summer workouts. The team is looking to take advantage […]
USD head men’s basketball coach agrees to extension
Despite reports of USD men’s head basketball coach Craig Smith being a top candidate for the coaching position at Drake University, Smith verbally committed to a three-year deal worth $275,000 a year to remain with the Coyotes on Thursday, according to the Argus Leader. There were many rumors in the previous few days that Smith was […]
Tyler Flack’s season not over after all
Intersport announced Wednesday that Coyotes senior center Tyler Flack has been selected to the Slam Dunk Championship roster for the 29th annual State Farm College Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships, according to goyotes.com. The contest will be held at Grand Canyon University Arena in Phoenix on March 30. Flack is one of eight men’s college basketball players […]
USD head men’s basketball coach finalist for Drake coaching job
Sources in Des Moines, IA have named USD men’s basketball coach Craig Smith as a finalist for the coaching job at Drake University, according to espn991.com. Smith just completed his third season with the Coyotes and finished the season with a 22-12 record, a regular season title and a Summit League Coach of the Year Award under […]
Smith, Mooney earn postseason recognition
The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) announced its 2016-17 Division I All-District teams and coaches on Wednesday, naming sophomore guard Matt Mooney to the first-team all-District 12 and head men’s basketball coach Craig Smith as the District 12 Coach of the Year. According to goyotes.com, Mooney is the first Coyote named to the team […]
Coyote men fall in first round of NIT
The Coyotes stumbled in their first matchup of the NIT by falling to Iowa inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena by a score of 87-75 on Wednesday night. After gaining a final chance to play this season following the heartbreaking loss to South Dakota State in the Summit League tournament, the Coyotes didn’t last long in their first […]