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WWU Rowing takes eighth national title 2017-05-30
Spokane’s Madison Kerr rowing for national college championship

Spokane’s Madison Kerr and her top-ranked teammates will soon be headed to New Jersey with hopes of winning an eighth national championship for their university.

No office pools are being circulated. No side bets are being collected. And you won’t find any grocery store…

2017-05-23
WWU's Larson a Finalist for The Herald’s 2016 Woman of the Year in Sports

Larson, a 2016 graduate of Arlington High School, made a big splash in her first season at Western, playing a significant role in the Vikings claiming the NCAA Division II national championship.

Larson, a freshman forward, had seven goals and five assists for the Vikings…

2017-04-25
Farm boy to head honcho, Sterk uses his past to lead Missouri

Jim Sterk never envisioned leaving Whatcom County.

The Missouri athletics director grew up in Nooksack, Washington, a town of about 1,500 people just south of the Canadian border. He lived on a farm, was a good student and once totaled his 1967 Plymouth Roadrunner by…

2017-02-27
Peacocke scores 41 in WWU win over Simon Fraser

Western Washington University senior guard Taylor Peacocke scored a career-high 41 points, one off the school record, to lead the No. 17 Vikings to a 84-72 victory over No. 21 Simon Fraser Tuesday evening in Great Northwest Athletic Conference action at West Gym.

The…

2017-01-18
A chat with WWU's champions

We celebrate the Western Vikings women’s soccer team’s National Championship with coach Travis Connell and midfielder Emily Webster out of Sehome High School, who scored the winning goal.

2016-12-08
Western women’s soccer wins national title in historic fashion

Etch it in stone. Scrawl it in the record books. Heck, update the Wikipedia page.

The Western Washington University women’s soccer team is the NCAA Division II national champion after beating three-time defending champion Grand Valley State 3-2 on Saturday in Kansas City, Mo.…

2016-12-05
Western volleyball exacts its revenge in semifinal sweep

The third-seeded Western Washington University volleyball team upset No. 2 seed Cal State San Bernardino in a 25-20, 25-22, 26-24 sweep in Friday’s semifinal of the NCAA Division II…

2016-12-05
Cates helps WWU women win NCAA D-II soccer title

As her Western Washington University teammates donned their NCAA championship T-shirts, Becca Cates just grasped one in her left hand, too busy giving hugs to teammates and coaches and wiping away tears to even pause for a moment to…

2016-12-05
WWU volleyball overcomes first-set nerves to win regional opener

The third-seeded Western Washington volleyball team opened the NCAA Division II West Regional in Anchorage, Alaska, with a 3-0 sweep of sixth-seeded California Baptist on Thursday.

With the 25-23, 25-11, 31-29 victory, the Vikings (22-7) head to Friday’s semifinals against Cal…

2016-12-02
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