Athletics

Men’s Soccer Team Fenderbender

The Northwest Christian University Men’s Soccer Team was involved in a vehicle accident on Interstate 5 near the southbound Glenwood Exit near Eugene, Oregon, on Thurs., Sept. 1, 2016, at approximately 4:30 pm.  No one on the NCU team bus or occupants in the other vehicles involved in the accident were injured.  The NCU team…

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Runners Earn Conference Awards

NCU junior cross country and track runners Michelle Fletcher and Sierra Brown recently earned major year-end awards from the Cascade Collegiate Conference. Both ladies were part of an historic year for the Beacon running program which included an NAIA National Championship in Cross Country and an 11th-Place finish in Track & Field.   On June…

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Northwest Christian University Athletics – 1970’s Trio Inducted into Hall of Fame

The 2016 NCU Athletic Hall of Fame Ceremony took place on Sunday, May 1 as three members of the men’s basketball teams of the late 1970’s, Don Hodney ’78, Mickey Loomis ’79, and Greg Ishmael ’78 were inducted. Source: Northwest Christian University Athletics – 1970’s Trio Inducted into Hall of Fame

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NCU teams shooting for national tourneys

The Register-Guard article by Bob Clark There is another men’s college basketball team in Eugene leading its league. That would be Northwest Christian University, which hasn’t lost since Dec. 6, has risen to No. 8 in the latest NAIA Division II poll and has a coach who offers a familiar-sounding cautionary refrain. “We haven’t won…

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NCU’s Javonte Byrd carries heavy heart through Beacons’ breakthrough season

The Register-Guard article by Austin Meek A picture hangs in the locker room at Northwest Christian, showing Javonte Byrd in a blissful moment before his world crashed down around him. Byrd’s teammates are holding him in their arms, celebrating a last-second win against rival Corban. It was a tradition the Beacons started, to hold up…

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Beacon to Shine on as Duck Pitching Coach

NCU Alumnus Mitch Karraker, M.Ed. ’14, has been named the pitching coach for the University of Oregon baseball team. Karraker, a native of Clovis, Calif., attended Fresno Community College before joining the Ducks as a catcher during the 2009 through 2011 seasons. He has spent the past few years as the head coach of the Klamath Falls…

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Northwest Christian University Athletics – NCU to Celebrate Historic XC Season

On Wednesday, December 2, the Northwest Christian University community will hold a celebration for the Beacon men’s and women’s cross country teams, who made an historic run at the NAIA National Championships. Source: Northwest Christian University Athletics – NCU to Celebrate Historic XC Season

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