In preparation for the WCU Men’s Basketball season, I sat down with senior forward Carlos Dotson for a Q&A, recorded for The Sports: Plus Podcast, part of the WWCU Podcast Network. How’s your second year here at Western going? Pretty good, we’ve had a productive start to fall practice, so we’re really looking good […]
Western Carolina’s Purple Thunder to perform at the NBA All-Star game
Western Carolina’s winter drumline, Purple Thunder, will travel to Charlotte, N.C. this weekend to perform in one of the variety acts as part of NBA All-Star weekend. What began as a fun performance act for talented drummers at Western Carolina has soon grown into one of the most anticipated performance groups of the winter season, […]
Back to back blowouts for the WCU Catamounts
This story was co-written with Chris Lang. The Western Carolina Catamounts hosted the Furman University Paladins on Feb. 6, at the Ramsey Center with both men’s and women’s team losing. The women Catamounts lost 53 to 28, shooting 17.3 percent. The women’s game began at 5 p.m. with the Catamounts starting out leading the first […]
WCU is hosting Furman in a doubleheader
Western Carolina women’s and men’s basketball team are playing at home on Thursday, Feb. 6, against the Furman University Paladins in the Ramsey Center starting at 5 p.m. with the women’s team and 7:30 p.m. with the men’s. This is the second time WCU has played Furman with the men’s team losing 90-88 in double […]
Former Western Carolina men’s basketball coach passes away
Co-written by Jonathan Birek Former Western Carolina head basketball coach, Larry Hunter, passed away at around 11 a.m. on Friday, May 4. He is survived by his loving wife, Mary. Funeral information will be provided by CatamountSports.com once it is made available. Hunter suffered a stroke on Sunday, April 29 and was on life support as […]
A new era of WCU men’s basketball
Western Carolina University enters a new era with the hiring of former Winthrop University associate head coach Mark Prosser. Prosser was announced as the head basketball coach for WCU on March 27, nearly three weeks after former head coach Larry Hunter stepped down. The Western Carolina Athletic Department immediately began the search to fill the head […]