Category: Sports

sheila sobchik As the Cal Poly volleyball team departed Saturday afternoon the sun was shining, but the scenic drive down U.S. Highway 101 quickly transformed into a frigid atmosphere. Choppy surf, fog as far as the eye could see and falling temperatures set the tone for the road trip to UC Santa Barbara. Long story […]

paul meissner Vertically, running back James Noble and wide receivers Ramses Barden and Tredale Tolver are very different. They are an odd bunch to stand together for a picture with Noble standing at just 5’6,” Tolver checking in at 5’9″ and Barden towering over the entire team at 6’6″. One thing they have in common, […]

Frank Stranzl This has to be one of the roughest weeks of our season. Not only do we have the most important game of the season, the majority of the team has midterms this week and next week. It is a good thing the bye week came when it did, or we might be in […]

Frank Stranzl This is a really important week for us. We just had our bye week and it couldn’t have come at a better time. It was after our sixth game, right in the middle of the season, so the timing was perfect. Last season, we had our bye week after the third week, and […]

michael mullady As a San Luis Obispo native, cross country runner Rachel Valliere didn’t think she would stay local for college, much less race after high school. Now a junior (but a sophomore eligibility-wise after redshirting last year), Valliere has become the leader of the women’s cross country team. She was the highest placed Mustang […]

Garrett Leight The Cal Poly men’s cross country team placed 11th at the Pre-National Invitational in Terre Haute, Ind. over the weekend, but fell short of the team’s expectations. The team entered the race ranked 10th in the nation in the Mondo Cross Country Poll, and placed 11th behind nine ranked teams and one unranked. […]

Bradford Applin On Oct. 5th, a girl just shy of her 16th birthday became a professional golfer.  Eight days later that same girl took her first shot as a professional on the LPGA tour.  Eleven days later she was disqualified. Say hello to Michelle Wie.  She isn’t some elaborate stunt generated through media hype either.  […]

Julianne Byer Editor’s note: “What’s the Big idea?” is an online exclusive column that will run every Wednesday. Julianne discusses life issues in the SLO lane. “Will enough ever really be enough?” It is the age-old dilemma, the never-ending stream of questions: “What am I doing”; “Where am I going”; and “Who am I?” High […]

Tonya Strickland Eugene C. Lenz, an Olympic swimmer and 1960 Cal Poly alumnus, died Monday, Oct. 10. He was 68 years old. Born in San Luis Obispo in 1937 and raised in Santa Maria, Lenz was a prevalent top-placing swimmer for Cal Poly from 1956 to 1959. Before his talents took him to Roman waters […]

Garrett Leight Coming off its bye week and a dominating win against No. 16/17 ranked North Dakota State (4-2, 0-1 Great West), the No. 3 Cal Poly (5-1, 3-0 Great West) football team looks forward to its next match-up Saturday against No. 9/10 Montana (4-2, 2-1 Big Sky) in Washington-Grizzly Stadium. The No. 3 ranking […]

James Mellor Senior forward Becky Clark has been bringing the pain this season. Her aggressive and physical playing style has been leaving her opponents begging for their trainers and heading to the icebox after matches. “She’s a very aggressive player,” coach Alex Crozier said. “But not in a mean-spirited way. She’s very physical and very […]