The Observer

Central sports update

Austin Bennett, Assistant Sports Editor
November 5, 2015

Volleyball No. 25 Central extended their winning streak to six games after defeating Concordia University (CU) and Western Oregon University (WOU) Halloween weekend. The Wildcats held onto their...

Flying the Yak

Austin Bennett, Assistant Sports Editor
October 29, 2015

The Yakima River provides fly anglers with a great deal of fish to be caught; ranging from spring-run Chinook salmon to smallmouth bass. However, the fish of choice in this big western river is the...

Faith leads wide receiver Zalk

Jake Nelson, Staff Reporter
October 29, 2015

At 5-foot-8 and 160 pounds, wide receiver Jesse Zalk has never been the biggest guy on his football teams, but that hasn’t stopped him from being a successful player. Zalk, a double major in communication...

Central senior un-Quirks the block party

Zac Hereth, Sports Editor
October 29, 2015

Senior middle blocker Kaitlin Quirk is helping lead the charge for Central’s GNAC-leading volleyball team. She is one-half of Central’s front-line duo that is leading their NCAA Division II team...

Rivalry gone stale

Zac Hereth, Sports Editor
October 29, 2015

The most intense rivalry in football over the last three years is officially over to me. After watching last week’s boring game, that featured 49ers’ quarterback Colin Kaepernick sticking his tail...

Women’s rugby sinks Vikings 119-0

Samuel Beaumonte, Staff Reporter
October 29, 2015

Central’s women’s rugby team, ranked second in nation, sent the Western Washington University (WWU) Vikings packing 119-0 in a home game on Oct. 25, making it their second game of the season to hit...

Central sports update

Zac Hereth, Sports Editor
October 29, 2015

Women’s Cross Country Central’s women’s cross country team had two runners finish in the top-seven, leading to a third place team finish at the GNAC championship in Bellingham, Wash. on Saturday,...

Central football looks to upset #16 on Homecoming

Elliott Llera, Onine Editor
October 23, 2015

Central’s football team will take the field in their toughest conference match of the season when nationally ranked Humboldt State University (HSU) comes to Tomlinson Stadium for Homecoming this Saturday...

Hard work pays off for Haldane

Jake Nelson, Staff Reporter
October 22, 2015

With Central’s football season already halfway over, senior Mitch Haldane’s time in crimson and black is coming to an end. Haldane, an environmental studies major with a specialization in biology,...

Wildcats at season finish-line

Samuel Beaumonte, Staff Reporter
October 22, 2015

After finishing up the regular season by placing sixth at the Seattle University Emerald City Open on Saturday, Oct. 17, Central’s cross-country team is beginning to prepare for the GNAC championship...

Women’s rugby coasts out east

Austin Bennett, Assistant Sports Editor
October 22, 2015

Central’s women’s rugby team finished up a successful weekend on the east coast. Saturday morning, the Wildcats blasted Norwich University (NU), 66-17. Followed by a 33-17 victory over Quinnipiac...

Central hosts ‘Pack the Pav’

Zac Hereth, Sports Editor
October 22, 2015

Central’s basketball teams will be having their own version of a traditional college basketball Midnight Madness event when they host Pack the Pav on Thursday, Oct. 22 at 6 p.m. The main feature of...