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Season finale follows trend; Hornets lose

Mitch McLaughlin
November 16, 2005

Sacramento State finished up its season Saturday night with another loss, this time to the Montana Grizzlies 31-14, but if there was anything positive that came out of the game it was the play of junior...

Wanless: Football program improving

Mitch McLaughlin
November 16, 2005

Following a second two-win season in three years, there could be some question about whether head football coach Steve Mooshagian will return for his fourth year next fall. But everything indicates that...

Senior Night swept

Mitch McLaughlin
November 12, 2005

The Hornets finished their season much the way they started it. Their 31-14 loss to No. 3 Montana on Saturday night looked eerily similar to the game the Hornets played some 11 weeks ago when they went...

Football team will return many players

Mitch McLaughlin
November 9, 2005

In nearly the three seasons with head coach Steve Mooshagian, the Sacramento State Hornets have amassed only eight victories in 32 games, but there is optimism from the coach despite the struggles. "People...

Eagles soar too high for grounded Hornets

Mitch McLaughlin
November 2, 2005

Coming into a match-up with No. 14 Eastern Washington, Sacramento State was still focused on trying to make a late run in the Big Sky standings for a shot at the Div. I-AA playoffs. Those hopes were crushed...

Hornets can’t hold on to ball, lose to Bengals

Mitch McLaughlin
October 25, 2005

The lights were out on the scoreboard, but it's not as if Sacramento State's offense would have been lighting it up much anyway. The Hornets suffered their third conference loss at the hands of Idaho State,...

Tackling New Role

Mitch McLaughlin
October 18, 2005

For the past four seasons, Sacramento State football fans have seen the No. 22 jersey making tackles all over the field and leading the way for the Hornets defense. The man in that No. 22 jersey is Matt...

Defensive end to miss season

Mitch McLaughlin
October 11, 2005

Coming into the 2005 football season, the Sac State defense was counting on defensive end Jacob Houston to be one of the focal points of their attack, but because of a back injury, last year's second team...

A Mooshagian-era first: Hornets win two straight

Mitch McLaughlin
October 11, 2005

Two straight wins, another first for head coach Steve Mooshagian. After winning his first homecoming game and beating Big Sky rival Northern Arizona for the first time at home in school history, Mooshagian's...

Mole, Hurd carry Hornets to 41-19 victory over Azusa Pacific

Mitch McLaughlin
October 7, 2005

Two straight wins ?" another first for Sacramento State football coach Steve Mooshagian. After winning his first homecoming game and beating Big Sky foe Northern Arizona for the first time at home in school...

Offense capitalizes on turnovers

Mitch McLaughlin
October 4, 2005

Coming into Saturday's game against Northern Arizona, the story of all four games for Sacramento State football has had the same theme. Play well and stay close in the first half, and then self destruct...

You Hurd? Hornets Win

Mitch McLaughlin
October 4, 2005

For Sacramento State, the way its football team played for its homecoming game could not have gone any better. For the first time since 2000, the Hornets won their annual Homecoming game, this time over...

Third-quarter droughts, fumbles doom Hornets

Mitch McLaughlin
September 27, 2005

The story of the Sacramento State season has been their play in the third quarter of each ball game, and Saturday's Causeway Classic was the same story for Steve Mooshagian's team as UC Davis beat Sac...

Classic Causeway Tale

Mitch McLaughlin
September 27, 2005

The 52nd edition of the Causeway Classic was anything but classic for Sacramento State as they were trounced by rival UC Davis 37-7 on Saturday. The loss drops the Hornets record to 0-4 for the first time...

Hornets drop sixth straight Causeway

Mitch McLaughlin
September 23, 2005

The 52nd edition of the Causeway was anything but a Classic to Sacramento State as it was trounced by the rival UC Davis Aggies 37-7 Saturday. The loss drops the Hornets to 0-4 and it's the first time...

Running back takes role as primary offensive weapon

Mitch McLaughlin
September 20, 2005

To every football team, the way they run the football and play the run on defense usually determines how much success they will have. Sacramento State is no different. Its offense is counting on starting...

Football gets first Big Sky test at PSU

Mitch McLaughlin
September 13, 2005

Entering the season with five quarterbacks who had never started a game at Sacramento State, head coach Steve Mooshagian targeted this week's Big Sky opener at Portland State as the date his team needed...

Football stung in San Luis Obispo

Mitch McLaughlin
September 10, 2005

SAN LUIS OBISPO -- Despite scoring their first touchdown of the season and staying close in the first half for the second straight week, Sacramento State was beaten 37-13 by Cal Poly on Saturday Night...

QBs duel in lopsided loss to Bears

Mitch McLaughlin
September 6, 2005

Hornets football coach Steve Mooshagian got to see both a quarterback of his past and the quarterbacks of his future during Sacramento State's 41-3 loss to No. 19-ranked California on Saturday in Berkeley....

Mooshagian looks to end his road woes at Cal Poly

Mitch McLaughlin
September 6, 2005

This Saturday against the Cal Poly Mustangs, Sacramento State will try to do something no Steve Mooshagian coached team has ever done, and that is win on the road. After losing to California Saturday,...

Hornets hang tough for half in loss

Mitch McLaughlin
September 2, 2005

BERKELEY -- Opening their fourth-straight season on the road against a Division I-A opponent, Sacramento State again was overpowered in a 41-3 loss to California on Saturday in Berkeley. Despite the final...

Football stars are gone, core remains

Mitch McLaughlin
August 30, 2005

Heading into the 2005 season, the Sacramento State football team will be looking for their first winning season since 2000 when they finished with a 7-4 overall record. That 2000 season was also the first...

Five-man race for starting quarterback job

Mitch McLaughlin
August 30, 2005

Prior to Sacramento State taking the field Saturday against No. 19-ranked UC Berkeley, the biggest decision head coach Steve Mooshagian will have to make is who his starting quarterback will be. In Mooshagian's...

Amey gets title after record year

Mitch McLaughlin
May 10, 2005

For the past four seasons, Sacramento State football fans were lucky to see the finest wide receiver in the history of Hornet football in Fred Amey. In 2004, the Union City, Calif. native became the second...

A Decade Of Bliss

Mitch McLaughlin
May 3, 2005

Charles Roberts is the most accomplished student-athlete in Sac State's Div. I era. The little running back (he stood 5-foot-6) was a two-time first-team All-American at the Division I-AA level and is...

Undrafted Amey to go with 49ers

Mitch McLaughlin
April 26, 2005

Fred Amey, the most accomplished wide receiver in Sacramento State history, said he agreed to a deal with the San Francisco 49ers on Monday after not being selected in the 2005 NFL Draft over the weekend....

Amey readies for draft

Mitch McLaughlin
April 19, 2005

For the second straight year, Sacramento State is hopeful that one of its football players will be selected in the NFL draft. After becoming one of the top receivers in the history of Division I-AA college...

Win streak reaches 6

Mitch McLaughlin
April 19, 2005

For the first time in more than a year the Sacramento State baseball team swept a four-game series with its performance this past weekend against Utah Valley State. Sacramento State won the series by a...

Football team begins offseason training

Mitch McLaughlin
March 16, 2005

The Sacramento State football team is back on the field for the first time since November as it had the first of two spring practice sessions. Head coach Steve Mooshagian is trying to get his team to improve...

Hornets win for first time since opening day

Mitch McLaughlin
February 25, 2005

The Sacramento State baseball team got back on the winning track after losing their last five games in a row as they started a four-game series at home against North Dakota State. The Hornets improved...

COLUMN: Kings snubbed in more ways than one by NBA

Mitch McLaughlin
February 16, 2005

Can the Sacramento Kings have a worse night than they did Feb. 8? First not one member of their team -- which has the fifth-best record in the NBA right now -- makes the all-star team and then they lose...

Mooshagian’s recruiting class includes son, Bobby

Mitch McLaughlin
February 9, 2005

While many people were preoccupied watching the president's State of the Union address, a group of about 30 Hornet faithful attended the signing party for Sacramento State football last Wednesday night....

Golfers rebuild program

Mitch McLaughlin
February 2, 2005

Led by a new coach and three freshmen, the Sacramento State men's golf program looks to re-establish itself as a top competitor in Division I and the Big Sky conference. If anybody knows how to bring success...

Gymnasts set for season

Mitch McLaughlin
December 8, 2004

The Sacramento State gymnastics team made its season debut over the weekend with an intrasquad meet at the Hornets Nest. In his 25th season with the Hornets coach Kim Hughes will try to build off of last...

Amey breaks record in loss

Mitch McLaughlin
November 17, 2004

MISSOULA, Mont. -- For the second straight season, Sacramento State football finished winless on the road following its crushing 52-21 loss at Montana. The Hornets are 0-11 in road games under second-year...

Football blown away by Eagles

Mitch McLaughlin
November 3, 2004

Sacramento State (2-6, 1-4 Big Sky) was downed 45-10 by Eastern Washington (6-3, 5-1) on Saturday in Cheney, Wash. Eastern is currently second in the Big Sky standings. "They are the best overall team...

Payne-ful loss for Hornets in Idaho

Mitch McLaughlin
October 26, 2004

Sacramento State football fell to Idaho State, 29-24 in Pocatello, Idaho, on Saturday afternoon. The Hornets (2-5, 1-3 Big Sky) lost despite brilliant play from senior cornerback and co-captain Ramon Payne....

Portland State sacks Hornets at Homecoming

Mitch McLaughlin
October 9, 2004

For the fifth time in the last six home games, Sacramento State football came up on the losing end Saturday night at Hornet Stadium. Playing against Big Sky Conference foe Portland State (3-2, 1-1 Big...

Football shutout in conference opener

Mitch McLaughlin
October 5, 2004

The start of the Big Sky season left Sacramento State football in the same position as it has in six of the eight years the Hornets have played in the conference, with a 0-1 start. Facing Northern Arizona...

Sac State shows up for one half

Mitch McLaughlin
September 28, 2004

The 51st Causeway Classic ended the same way the previous four times the schools matched up ended -- a UC Davis win. This meeting at Toomey Field on the UC Davis campus on Saturday night was a tale of...

Hornets drop fifth straight Causeway Classic

Mitch McLaughlin
September 25, 2004

The 51st Causeway Classic ended the same way the previous four times the schools matched up ended: with a UC Davis win. This meeting at Toomey Field on the UC Davis campus on Saturday was a tale of two...

Amey’s two touchdowns, late defense keys in close victory

Mitch McLaughlin
September 19, 2004

For the seventh straight time, the Sacramento State football won its home opener at Hornet Stadium. Facing Southern Utah for the first time since 1995 on Saturday night, the Hornets came away with a 23-17...

Sac State opener closes early

Mitch McLaughlin
September 14, 2004

RENO - For the third straight season Sacramento State football opened the season on the road against a Division I-A opponent, and for the third straight season the Hornets lost convincingly. Playing at...

Tonight: Sac State plays Southern Utah in home opener

Mitch McLaughlin
September 14, 2004

Sacramento State football will be shooting for its seventh straight home opening win on Saturday as it takes on Southern Utah at 7:05 p.m. at Hornet Stadium. The Hornets will be looking to bounce back...

Tyronne Gross does the dirty work

Mitch McLaughlin
September 7, 2004

In football, a team needs the guys who excel at what you would call the, "glamour" positions. While quarterbacks and wide receivers are more noticeable to spectators, a team needs guys who are going to...

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