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Aaron Best gives a final send-off to the team after the scrimmage. (Photo edits by Emily Powers)

Eagles play Florida in highly anticipated matchup

By Luke Pickett, Reporter
October 10, 2022
Highs and lows from an eventful year of EWU athletics

Highs and lows from an eventful year of EWU athletics

By Drew Lawson, Sports Editor
June 8, 2020

UPDATED: Fall sports filled with uncertainty at EWU

By Drew Lawson, Sports Editor
May 25, 2020
EWU players take the field during the 2019 season. As of press time, no EWU players had signed a UDFA contract or been invited to a rookie minicamp with an NFL team.

Laying the Law-COVID-19 didn’t do small school football players any favors

By Drew Lawson, Sports Editor
April 28, 2020
EWU freshman long snapper James Durr.

EWU football player charged with identity theft, making false statement to police

By Drew Lawson, Sports Editor
March 9, 2020
One of the renderings of the proposed football stadium renovation. Construction will begin as soon as the $25 million is raised.

Ready or not, here comes a Roos renovation

By Dylan Harris, Managing Editor
September 6, 2019
Dehonta Hayes, redshirt junior safety, poses for The Easterners first student-athlete of the year award. “I’m more than just a football player, Hayes said. I care about this school, this community and the people who go to this school.”

Student-athlete of the year: Dehonta Hayes

By Drew Lawson, Reporter
June 5, 2019
The majority of EWUs student-athletes do not have full ride scholarships, including the entirety of the football team. Out of 335 athletes from 2017-2018, 242 were on some sort of scholarship aid, while 93 received no form of scholarship aid according to the athletic departments grant-in-aid breakdown.

Breaking down EWU’s athletic scholarships

By Michael Brock, Editor in Chief
May 8, 2019
Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Nsimba Webster catches one of his four touchdowns in the FCS semifinal game against Maine on Dec. 15. Webster signed with the Rams as an undrafted free agent on April 27.

Undrafted players have that special chip, and Webster fits the bill

By Taylor Newquist, Sports Editor
May 1, 2019
Four EWU players earn chance with NFL teams following 2019 draft

Four EWU players earn chance with NFL teams following 2019 draft

By Taylor Newquist, Sports Editor
April 28, 2019
Senior wide receiver Jayson Williams earned the Red-White games MVP award after catching four passes for 67 yards and two touchdowns.

EWU concludes spring camp with annual Red-White game

By Drew Lawson, Reporter
April 28, 2019
Woodward Field was originally constructed in 1967 for $1.5 million and was renamed Roos Field in 2010 after former Eagle lineman Michael Roos. Roos funded half of the 2010 project to bring in the iconic red turf that makes EWUs football venue different than every other in the nation.

Opinion: Roos field is in need of a face-lift

By Taylor Newquist, Sports Editor
April 22, 2019
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