1.9 seconds left on the clock, the Moccasins have the ball with the score tied at 72. Casey Long of UT-C pulls up from the top of they key and fires a three-point shot. The ball swooshes in the net and the Catamount faithful go home with a sour taste […]
Cherokee lessons
Internship Preparation
For students in their junior or senior years, the stress and confusion of applying for an internship weighs heavily. Even though not all majors require an internship, the experience can be the tipping point on whether a new graduate is hired. When applying for an internship, it is best to […]
Success of 2006 Softball May Be Hard To Recapture In ’07
In their inaugural season, the Catamount softball team exceeded all expectations and clinched the Southern Conference’s Regular Season Championship. The Catamounts, unfortunately, were eliminated in the first round of the Southern Conference Tournament ending their dreams of getting to the NCAA Tournament. Now, one year later the Catamounts are looking […]
Catamount Disc Golf Club Takes Campus By Storm
Since the installation of a Catamount Links, a nine hole disc golf course on our campus, the sport of disc golf has really taken flight. During the Fall 2006 semester, the equipment rental area in Reid Gym checked-out 600 discs to students. Approximately 200 rounds a week are being played […]
Lady Catamount winning streak continues
With the conference tournament only a few short weeks away, Western Carolina is by far on the hottest streak of any Southern Conference team as of lately. The Lady Catamounts extended their winning streak to nine games with a pair of wins over Davidson College and Appalachian State University to […]
Commentary follow-up
This is a follow-up story to my last piece about fan support on this campus. The 2,178 fans that packed the Ramsey Center on February 10, 2007, were treated to probably the biggest Catamount basketball game in over 10 years. With first place on the line in the game between […]
Catamount softball start ’07 season with a pair of losses
The Western Carolina Softball team started the 2007 season in the Volunteer state, but would leave Tennessee State with a pair of opening season losses. Losing the first game of a doubleheader in nine innings, 4-3 and then falling the second game of the twin bill, 6-1 in front of […]
Catamount baseball team takes two out of three against Kennesaw State
After having their first game of the season against High Point postponed due to rain, the Catamount baseball team had to wait until February 16 to start the season. The extended wait didn’t hurt the Cats too much as they took two out of three at Kennesaw State. The good […]
Lady Catamounts’ loses a trio on the road
Last season, the Lady Catamount Softball team broke the record for the most homeruns in a season, plus they won over 40 games. So far this season, those two statistics have a certain number in common: zero. Through the first five games of the 2007 season, the Lady Catamounts have […]
Catamounts Clobbered Against Davidson 92-53
The night of Saturday, February 17, 2007 was a nightmare for the entire WCU men’s basketball team, as they suffered a 33-point defeat against the top team in the Southern Conference. Davidson came into Cullowhee and drained a Ramsey Center record of 16 three-pointers en route to a 92-53 clobbering […]