The Observer

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...

In the hunt for nationals

Samuel Beaumonte, Staff Reporter
February 4, 2016

Seniors Dani Eggleston and Luke Plummer started the indoor track and field season with marks that hit the provisional mark for the NCAA Nationals meet on March 11. “That doesn’t guarantee national...

Wildcats ready to claw back to top

Zac Hereth, Sports Editor
February 4, 2016

After winning the GNAC tournament in 2014, Central was picked to dethrone Western Oregon University (WOU) from their reign of dominance as GNAC regular season champs last season, but it didn’t happen. The...

Central women host Western

Nathan Brewster, Staff Reporter
February 4, 2016

The second act of the heated rivalry between the Wildcats and Vikings women’s basketball teams commences tonight at Nicholson Pavilion. Central pulled out the win at Western Washington University...

Wildcat longsnapper enters NFL draft

Ryan Kinker, Staff Reporter
February 4, 2016

While Super Bowl parties will be going on next weekend, Central senior Jason Diffee will have his focus on the NFL draft April 28-30. Diffee, Central’s long snapper for the past three seasons, has...

OPINION: Seahawks last game a microcosm of season’s shortcomings

Austin Bennett, Assistant Sports Editor
January 28, 2016

The Seattle Seahawks found themselves in a 14-0 hole early in the first quarter against the North Carolina Panthers in what would be their final game of the 2015-16 season. Sound familiar? Looking...

Rugby’s road to recognition

Evan Thompson, Contributing Writer
January 28, 2016

Part one of our two week series chronicling the rise of Central's rugby program. Part two can be read here. When the rugby program was elevated to varsity status on Feb. 26, 2014, it felt somewhat...