Archives for September 2023

Catamounts women’s soccer to take on Samford in SoCon opener

The Western Carolina women’s soccer team will play Samford in their first Southern Conference game this season on Sept. 21 in Birmingham, Alabama.  The Catamounts will enter their SoCon opener with a 3-2-3 record after recording a 4-0 win against Presbyterian on September 14. The Presbyterian Blue Hoses currently have a 1-6-1 record with a 0-3 […]

Innovation Brewery is brewing up some community fun

Innovation Brewery invites the whole community to come eat, drink, throw axes, and play at their 10-year anniversary party at Bridge Park in Sylva from noon to 6 p.m. on Sept. 16. Innovation’s marketing director Skylar Ballew said the brewery wants the celebration to be accessible to the entire local community as well as those […]

Cats beat the Bulldogs

The Western Carolina University football team opened the season with a big victory against last year’s SoCon champion, Samford, with a score of 30-7. The Catamounts have won their first conference game of the 2023 season, and are looking to build off of this win and take their momentum into next week’s away game against […]

2023 Sylva Pride sets up for success

The 2023 Sylva Pride festival is again here. Hosted by Sylva and WCU’s own Beulah Land, this year Pride on Sept. 9 looks to be even bigger and better than last year.   Travis Roundtree, head of the Sylva Pride board, says he expects around 300 attendees this year. Though the anticipated rain may dampen […]

Football kickoff in Cullowhee

The long wait is over, and it is finally football season in Cullowhee, North Carolina. The Western Carolina Catamounts host the Samford Bulldogs for their season home opener on Saturday, Sept. 9, at 2:30 p.m. The last time the Catamounts defeated the Bulldogs was in September 2017 in a game that was decided in the […]