Eastern Washington University kicked off a $25 million stadium renovation project with a groundbreaking ceremony Friday for resurfacing its track at the end of the football season.
Eastern Washington on Saturday notched its second victory of the football season, 35-27 over Portland State, following a week of practice that head coach Aaron Best said was his team’s best of the year.
Eastern Washington played well enough in clutch moments Saturday to win for the second time in as many home games this season, holding off the Portland State Vikings for a 35-27 victory at Roos Field in Cheney.
As the Eastern Washington defense took the field to protect a late lead on Saturday night, Myles Mayovsky turned to fellow linebacker Read Sunn and reflected on the moment.
For the second straight season, the Eastern Washington football team is 1-4 through five games, preparing for a game that it must win to keep any playoff hopes alive.
Bruce Barnum may not have received an official invitation to his alma mater’s Homecoming, but he’s taking the schedule maker’s decision to pit Eastern Washington against his Portland State football team at Roos Field on Saturday as something close to one.
When Eric Sanders talked to the Eastern Washington defense about its performance last week against Montana State, he didn’t try to pretend that what happened didn’t happen.
BOZEMAN, Montana – When Patrick Duchien dropped back to pass on a third-and-12 play in the fourth quarter, Ambrose Marsh had a pretty good idea what the Montana State backup quarterback was going to do with the ball.
BOZEMAN, Montana – There was an air of anticipation surrounding Eastern Washington’s offense entering Saturday’s Big Sky Conference opener at Bobcat Stadium.
BOZEMAN – Considering the vastly different schedules played by Big Sky football teams, the league’s coaches don’t put much stock into the nonconference matchups when evaluating opponents.
Last week in Eastern Washington’s home opener, Jared Taylor did just about everything he could – short of playing in the game – to get his team pumped up and prepared to defeat Western Illinois.
