Latest Casper family product forges own path.

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February 27, 2012

schedule 4 min read

For Mason Casper, golf has always been a part of him. Growing up having a former professional golfer as a father and hall of fame golf legend Billy Casper as a grandfather, it wasn’t as if Mason wanted to become anything other than a notable golfer himself.   “I was always around golf with my […]

Perimeter players step up in recent wins

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February 27, 2012

schedule 2 min read

Too much of one thing can be a bad thing, a case the UVU women’s basketball team experienced for themselves for much of the middle portion of this season.   The Wolverines were forced to rely often on the production of post players Sammie Jensen and Erika Newbold, even as the perimeter players struggled to […]

WWC gets 17 spots for nationals

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February 27, 2012

schedule 4 min read

INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA announced on Thursday that the NCAA West Regional Tournament/Western Wrestling Conference Championships has been allocated 17 automatic qualifier spots for the 2012 Division I Wrestling Championships. Only members of the WWC earn bids to the NCAA Tournament at that event.   The NCAA also released that the WWC had 22 wrestlers […]

Campus sports defy sexual stereotypes

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February 27, 2012

schedule 2 min read

Wolverines’ track and field star Megan Burr has done a little bit of everything. Track. Soccer. Football.   No, really. That’s not a typo. It’s a fact.   Burr was the starting kicker for her high school football team. Varsity. In Las Vegas. She was good, too, producing far more accurately than any of the […]

Former student Trevor Mellen stars in Showdown fights

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February 27, 2012

schedule 3 min read

What do a honey badger, UVU and MMA have in common?  Those attending Friday’s Showdown fights found that those three things have a lot in common when it comes to the Bantamweight (135-pounds) fighter Trever Mellen.   Mellen is a local fighter who attended UVU, whose nickname is “the honey badger.” He’s a fierce competitor […]

Wolverines prepare for Cal State Fullerton

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February 27, 2012

schedule 2 min read

Although UVU has been able to come home for a week after facing Nevada, they hit the road again this week to take on another nationally ranked team in California State Fullerton on March 2.   This will be the first time the Wolverines will face off against the Titans. This will also mark the […]

Long break doesn’t stop nation’s 4th-longest win streak

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February 27, 2012

schedule 4 min read

Some questions are asked more for entertainment than enlightenment, and some have answers that are completely impossible to prove one way or another. Philosophies not only vary from team to team, but player to coach as well.   The effects of having extended time off between games is a question that adds relevant information while […]

Softball wins three, loses three to start season

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February 27, 2012

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Following a four-game series against Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, Calif., the UVU women’s softball team is still trying to find their groove with a young team as they sat at 3-3 heading into the North Carolina A&T Tournament (Feb. 24-26).   The Wolverines headed to St. George, Utah, two weeks ago to kick […]

Sophomores Aird, Hunsaker step up production for UVU men’s basketball

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February 20, 2012

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Entering the 2011-12 campaign, seniors Isiah Williams and Geddes Robinson were the headliners garnering all the attention.   Williams was the returning All-American Honorable Mention, a scorer capable of 20-plus points on any given night. Robinson brought an elite level of defense and rebounding, heightened after a rigid offseason workout regime.   With the media […]

Linsanity Jimmers Tebowmania

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February 20, 2012

schedule 3 min read

Tebow sucks, and Jimmer is what he is, but Linsanity is one hype train I’m happy to jump on.   Each has their own “thing” that distinguishes them. Jimmer is the nice boy from up-state New York with unlimited range and played basketball with prison inmates. Tebow is the son of Christian missionaries. He will […]