The Observer

Club spotlight: Tennis team

Samuel Beaumonte, Staff Reporter
February 18, 2016

This fall quarter marks the 10-year anniversary of the tennis club, which was created by Central alumni AnnElise Anderson. Anderson created the club because of her passion for the game. “I played...

Friends live out hoop dreams

Austin Bennett, Assistant Sports Editor
February 18, 2016

They both share the same middle name, they both attended the same middle school. They’ve had every class together for the four years they’ve been in college, and they’re both sociology majors. Senior...

Todd overcomes ankle injury

Zac Hereth, Sports Editor
February 18, 2016

Five games into his senior season of football, Jordan Todd broke his ankle against Azusa Pacific University, ending his football career. Before Todd was actually diagnosed with a break, there was some...

On the prowl

Mitchell Johnson, Staff Reporter
February 18, 2016

Led by a GNAC men’s triple jump champion and many top competitors on the women’s side, Central’s track and field team believes they’re on the verge of earning the GNAC title and a chance to go...

Central hosts state championship

Ryan Kinker, Staff Reporter
February 11, 2016

This Sunday, Central’s wrestling club will hit the mats when it hosts the National Collegiate Wrestling Association (NCWA) Washington State Championships. The NCWA is the governing organization of...

Athletics donation may lead to facility upgrade

Nathan Brewster, Staff Reporter
February 11, 2016

$250,000 can buy things like a 2016 Bentley Bentayga first edition or a new home in the Colorado Rockies. This is a significant amount of money for anyone to have—let alone give away. Central’s...

An ode to Beast Mode

Zac Hereth, Sports Editor
February 11, 2016

After six years, two Beast Quakes, 6,347 rushing yards, 65 touchdowns and one Super Bowl ring as a Seahawk, Marshawn Lynch is calling it quits. Whether you think of Lynch as a thug or see the running...

Home stretch

Austin Bennett, Assistant Sport Editor
February 11, 2016

Central’s men’s basketball team begins their final six-game stretch of the regular season with its first two games at home against Saint Martin’s University (SMU) and Seattle Pacific University (SPU). The...

Women’s rugby rise

Zac Hereth and Austin Bennett
February 9, 2016

Part two of our two week series chronicling the rise of Central's rugby program. Part one can be read here. When women’s rugby became a varsity sport, its success may have been an afterthought...

Wildcats welcome 27 new faces to football program

Austin Bennett, Assistant Sports Editor
February 5, 2016

National Signing Day has ended and Central’s football program adds another 27 student-athletes. Each player Central signed is from Washington. This year, Central signed ten players that were on the...

Wildcat women come up short against Western

Mitchell Johnson, Staff Reporter
February 4, 2016

After the Wildcat’s women’s basketball team beat rival Western Washington University (WWU) 67-56 earlier this season, it gave them the opportunity to sweep WWU in the regular season for the first...

Season of redemption

Mitchell Johnson, Staff Reporter
February 4, 2016

After failing to reach the playoffs in 2015, the Central softball team hopes to turn things around this season. Central went to the NCAA Regional Tournament in 2014 and entered the 2015 season as the...