EWU football player charged with identity theft, making false statement to...
EWU freshman long snapper James David Durr, 18, of Vancouver, Washington, is scheduled for an arraignment in Spokane County Superior Court March 18. According to court records acquired by The...
View ArticleSeveral former EWU football players anticipate NFL Draft amidst COVID-19 chaos
This upcoming weekend, hundreds of college football players will see their professional dreams come true as they hear their name called during one of the seven rounds of the now-virtual NFL Draft....
View ArticleLaying the Law-COVID-19 didn’t do small school football players any favors
Drew Lawson is The Easterner’s sports editor/co-managing editor. His opinions expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of The Easterner, its staff or Eastern...
View ArticleEWU coaches adjust to pandemic-style recruiting: Part one of a three-part series
EWU coaches hoping to lure top-notch athletes to play in Cheney have had to get used to a lot of FaceTime calls and virtual campus tours while on the recruitment path. That’s just one of the...
View ArticleRoos Field renovation under way as work to replace turf begins
The process of “out with the old and in with the new” in regards to EWU’s famous red turf at Roos Field has begun. Construction on replacing the old turf with new, more modern turf is under way…and the...
View ArticleHighs and lows from an eventful year of EWU athletics
The wildly eventful, usually unpredictable and never expected school year that has occurred around the country in 2019-20 extends to EWU athletics. In this article, The Easterner takes a chronological...
View ArticleA catch-up on EWU athletics
Reese Court, Roose Field and the URC have been quiet, with EWU joining the majority of universities across the country to halt all athletics until Jan 1. Now, it looks like sports will be returning...
View ArticleBig sky football spring schedule
The Big Sky conference published their spring football schedule on Jan. 25th. Five Big Sky schools choose to opt out of the 2020 schedule that has now stretched into the new year. Montana, Montana...
View ArticleFootball preseason
The EWU football team has not played a game since November 23, 2019 when EWU soundly defeated Portland State University. In the last 15 months, the EWU football team has seen their fall season firstly...
View ArticleEWU falls to Idaho in first game of the 2021 Spring Season
The EWU football team (0-1) lost to the Idaho Vandals (1-0), 28-21, in both team’s first game for the 2021 Spring Football schedule. A very odd thing occurred early in the 4th quarter of Saturday’s...
View ArticleEWU defeats NAU for first victory of the season
The EWU football team (1-1) soundly defeated Northern Arizona (1-1), 45-13 in Saturday’s game. This was the first game in over 15 months that EWU would be playing on the red turf. Senior...
View ArticleFootball Recap- EWU Defeats Idaho
The EWU football team (5-1) defeated the University of Idaho (2-3) in a barn burner Saturday afternoon, 38-31. Redshirt senior QB Eric Barriere led EWU with 309 yards passing, 54 yards on the ground...
View ArticleEWU FB Playoffs
The EWU football team has been selected as one of the 16 teams to participate in the Division 1 Football Championship Series playoffs for the 2021 season. The FCS playoffs for the 2021 season include...
View ArticleFootball Playoff Recap
The unorthodox 2021 football season has come to an end for the EWU football team. EWU finished (5-2) overall. The Eagles dropped the opening game of the season against Idaho, 28-21, which will be...
View ArticleEWU sports recap for the week
Over this last weekend EWU had a few sporting events that took place such as track, golf, and football. Recap from EWU track at Idaho Invitational: The EWU track and field team competed at the...
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End of the year EWU Football Accolades: Eastern Washington University quarterback Eric Barriere was selected as the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision Offensive Player of the Year by the FCS...
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