The Wilkes men's and women's cross country team hosted their third annual Colonels Run for the Kids 5K last Saturday at Kirby Park. The race had a record number of runners, with 47 runners participating this year, beating the previous year's mark a...

Meet former Williams Valley salutatorian Alysha Bixler, freshman pitching ace/outfielder of the 2011 Lady Colonel's softball team. Besides throwing two hitters and being tied for leading the team in home runs, this ps...

Christopher Hopkins Connecticut has finished a remarkable run to win the national title, completing one of the wildest NCAA tournaments in history. No No. 1 seeds made it to the Final Four, which featured a matchup between an eight seed and an 11 s...

Wilkes spent roughly $1.825 million on its athletic program during the 2009-10 school year, according to data provided by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education, but less than 1 percent of that money was spent on recruitin...

The Wilkes University men's baseball team has seen flashes of success this season. The team was recently on an eight game win streak. The Colonels have been anchored by great pitching all season long, and while it's hard to pick just one of the p...

Age:21 Major:P2 (Pharmacy) Hometown:That's a good one, I've moved around a lot. Right now it's Roaming Shores, Oh. But I was born in Euclid Oh., I lived in Willoughby, Oh. for a couple of years, I went to kindergarten in Mentor, Oh.,...

College sports provide athletes with four years of eligibility, allowing them to play for the full length of their college careers. While eligible from their freshman year, a majority of athletes don't make a strong impact on their teams until they are...

Christopher Hopkins With the regular season in the NBA wrapping up on April 13, we can start debating all of the postseason topics. Sixth man, coach of the year, and comeback player of the year are all awards that will begin to be handed out ...

Seniors Wes McCollum and Adam Coombs are the two seniors on the Wilkes men's tennis team. The two of them have been living as roommates for three years and have known each other since their freshmen year playing tennis. Coach Chris Leicht has enjoyed...

Melanie Nolt's anticipated debut this season was no easy task. She faced one of her toughest opponents in the conference and walked away with a big 6-3, 6-2 win over Elizabethtown's Alena Marani. 'I was up 5-0 in the first set, then she starting pull...

By design, the game of softball is one that and ndash; for the most part and ndash; can be played consecutively without fatigue becoming a major factor. Unlike contact sports like football, there is down time between action and time to recover between inning...

Christopher Hopkins As the season gets underway this week, it becomes impossible to avoid the conversations of who will be taking home the prolific World Series crown. In a field that offers a wide array of talent from the teams that are playing in...

Age: 20 Major: Business Hometown: Slatington, Pa. Favorite Class: PPD Your brother, Kyle, left quite a legacy at Wilkes. When you first came here, did people constantly ask you about him? All the time. It was kind of a big change. My co...

The Wilkes Baseball team is currently on a six game win steak after sweeping Easton Eagles at Artillery Park on Saturday 3-2 and 5-4. The team has now improved to 8-4 on the regular season and is currently 3-0 in conference play. Pitching was defin...

As the Wilkes University lacrosse team prepares to play another season as a club sport, there is hope within the program that it will compete on the Division III level very soon. In recent years, the program started taking the necessary steps to be a...

The snow is finally melting, the weather is getting out of freezing temperatures, and Spring Training is just about wrapping up down in Florida and Arizona. Baseball season is finally upon us after almost a five-month hiatus, where we last saw a ragtag...

Christopher Hopkins College baseball has always been far and away different from professional baseball because of one glaring reason; the use of aluminum bats as opposed to the standard wood bats that the game was originally created with. Alumi...

Age: 18 Major: Undeclared, thinking about declaring business Favorite Food: Kettle corn. I love kettle corn. It's definitely one of my favorites, because you don't get it all year. You have to go to one of those art festivals that my mom drags ...