On Friday, Oct. 21, Western Carolina University held Spirit Night at the Central Plaza, an event that brought hundreds of students, faculty and staff. Events at Spirit Night included the marching band playing alongside Catamount Athletes as well as cheerleaders. Rachel Rielly, a graduate of Western Carolina and season 13 winner of the television show […]
Parade your Purple Pride
October 22, 2011 by
There was a chill in the air just before sunset as the annual WCU Homecoming parade took place Friday evening. The streets of downtown Sylva were lined with students, alumni, and community members, all supporting their Catamounts during WCU’s homecoming celebration. “The parade is like a kick off to homecoming weekend,” says Sally Little, a senior […]
Go with the float
October 21, 2011 by
Catamount spreads school spirit the country way through hot fashion, good food and lots of laughs. On Thursday, October 20, the highly anticipated Homecoming events of 2011 finally kicked off at Western Carolina University. A float-building event was held on the U.C. Lawn from 5-8.30p.m. Students filled the lawn, carrying giant pieces of cardboard and […]
Turnovers doom Cats; fall to Chattanooga
October 16, 2011 by
Western Carolina lost its fifth game of the season Saturday night, falling to Chattanooga, 52-7, in the homecoming game for the Mocs. Both the Catamounts and Mocs entered the night winless in SoCon play and the game was expected to be close down to the wire. It was not however, as the Catamounts committed five […]
Phoenix win shootout against Catamounts, 38-31
October 9, 2011 by
Senior wide receiver, Josh Cockrell had two receiving touchdowns and one rushing touchdown for Western Carolina, but it was not enough as the Elon Phoenix handed the Catamounts their third straight loss of the season on Saturday night, 38-31. Elon finished the game with four rushing touchdowns and 153 yards rushing led by senior tailbacks, […]
