Eastern signs 26 recruits, 18 from Illinois on signing day
JJ Bullock, Sports Editor
February 6, 2019
Eastern football’s new head coach Adam Cushing made a lot of promises when he was announced in December. He promised the Panthers would win both a conference and national championship while he was coach and also that he would recruit heavier in the state of Illinois. Wednesday on National Signin...
Big offseason of bowl performances has Johnson NFL hopeful
JJ Bullock, Sports Editor
January 14, 2019
Filed under Football, Showcase, Sports
Like many NFL draft and signing hopefuls who just finished their college football season, Eastern running back Isaiah Johnson is competing in bowl games to get his name and image out to the world and in front of scouts. The difference between Johnson and all the other hopefuls that have played with him...
Bowers, longtime friend of Cushing, joins Eastern from Northwestern as new defensive coordinator
JJ Bullock, Sports Editor
January 8, 2019
Filed under Football, Showcase, Sports
It was going to take a lot for Northwestern football’s Director of Player Personnel Chris Bowers to leave his job on Pat Fitzgerald’s notoriously tight-knit staff. And why should anyone leave? Northwestern had a family-like atmosphere, and the program was doing well in the Big 10 Conference. Bu...
Doyle competes in senior bowl just one year after double-knee surgery
JJ Bullock, Sports Editor
December 19, 2018
Surgery. It’s the word no athlete wants to hear in their offseason, but it’s the one that was uttered to Eastern offensive lineman Josh Doyle in the offseason of 2017 following his junior year. And it was not just any surgery that would be required for the 6-foot-5, 285 lbs tower of an offensiv...
Cushing asserts strong expectations for football program in first press conference
JJ Bullock, Sports Editor
December 10, 2018
Filed under Football, Showcase, Sports
Eastern’s new head football coach Adam Cushing stamped his name on a declaration stating that not only was Eastern (3-8 last season) going to start winning games again, but that during his time as coach the Panthers would hold up a conference championship and a national championship trophy. ...
Cushing to lead football program
JJ Bullock, Sports Editor
December 9, 2018
Northwestern’s offensive line coach Adam Cushing will be the next head football coach at Eastern. The athletic department made the announcement Sunday night that Cushing will be the program’s 25th head coach. Cushing comes to Eastern after spending 15 seasons as a part of the staff at Northwestern. ...
Brown honored to play 2 sports at Eastern
Dillan Schorfheide, Assistant Sports Editor
December 6, 2018
Filed under Basketball, Football, Sports
Fort Wayne dominated Eastern’s men’s basketball team on Nov. 28 and held Eastern to just 60 points in a 104-60 blowout victory for the Mastodons. Edwyn Brown only logged one minute in the game, which was the first minute he played this season. And he only scored one point. In the grand scheme...
Just 3 coaches remain with Eastern football
JJ Bullock, Sports Editor
December 4, 2018
It appears that an entirely new era of football is being ushered in at Eastern, as just three coaches from last season’s staff remain after the non-renewal of head coach Kim Dameron’s contract on Nov. 18. Linebackers coach Adam Gristick, cornerbacks and special teams coach Alvah Hansbro and inside...
Column: Dameron’s removal puts period on ugly season
JJ Bullock, Sports Editor
November 26, 2018
Filed under Columns, Football, Sports
With the nonrenewal of former Eastern head football coach Kim Dameron’s contract, the Eastern football team’s season was punctuated with a move that only felt fitting giving the bleakness of the team’s season as a whole. It began with a four-game losing streak, one that saw the Panthers s...
Dameron’s contract not renewed by Eastern
JJ Bullock, Sports Editor
November 25, 2018
Filed under Football, Showcase, Sports
Kim Dameron will not be returning next year as the head coach of the Eastern football team. The athletic department announced on Nov. 18 that Dameron’s contract would not be renewed, bringing an end to his five-year tenure as head coach. After a 48-41 loss to Murray State in October Dameron said, “We either got to get better ...
Eastern football team travels to Southeast Missouri for finale
JJ Bullock, Sports Editor
November 15, 2018
The Eastern football team’s final game of the season against Southeast Missouri is going to mean a lot to both teams involved, even though to the ire of both programs, there are no postseason or conference implications. The game for the Panthers is a chance to close the year with two straight wins...
Notebook: Murray State shocks Southeast Missouri late
JJ Bullock, Sports Editor
November 13, 2018
Never change, Ohio Valley Conference football … never change. How the OVC has managed to stay wildly unpredictable, crazy exciting, yet finish with the result to the season everyone knew was going to happen since August is beyond me, but that is the season we got from the conference this year. Jacksonville...
