Western Carolina University football team is getting 30 new players hoping for a even better season then the 2021 season. The WCU Catamount Club and the Western Carolina Football coaching staff hosted a national signing day event via Zoom on Feb.3 and presented the new members of the team. Not all of the signees are […]
Bouldering competition at WCU
February 8, 2022 by
Story co-written with Nick Childs The Department of Campus Recreation and Base Camp Cullowhee will be hosting their annual bouldering competition Feb. 7-10 from 4-8 p.m. daily at the Campus Recreation Center climbing wall. Casey Fenton, Interim Assistant Director of Outdoor Programs, describes bouldering as one of the most basic forms of climbing. “You’re not […]
WCU Baseball has new captains for the season
January 31, 2022 by
Pitchers Zebby Matthews and Jacob Corn have been elected as team captains for the 2022 baseball season. Matthews, a junior right-handed starting pitcher, and Jackson County native, started in ten games last year, before an elbow injury sidelined him for the remainder of the season. In his ten games, Matthews posted a 6-2 record as […]
Gary Impressed by Catamounts’ First-Year Success under Kerwin Bell
January 12, 2022 by
Co-written and produced with Samuel Dietrich. “He uses words like ‘championship,’ because that is the goal here at Western Carolina. He’s doing all of the right things, saying all of the right things, and he has created a lot of belief in our community.” Those are the words of Director of Athletics, Alex Gary, who […]
WCU beats Warren Wilson by 55 points
December 3, 2021 by
The WCU Catamounts Men’s basketball team defeated the Warren Wilson College Owls by a 55 point difference, with a score of 102-47 on Dec. 1. Over 1500 people came to cheer for the Catamounts in the Ramsey Regional Center. This matchup against Warren Wilson at home was WCU’s first home game in 22 days. They […]
WCU Club Baseball drops doubleheader at Charlotte; eyes spring restart
October 26, 2021 by
The Western Carolina University Club Baseball team was defeated by the Charlotte 49ers on Saturday, Oct. 23, 10-0 and 14-4. The series, which took place at West Cabarrus High School in Concord, N.C., was the last of three on the Catamounts’ autumn slate. With fall break coming to a close, Western was at a disadvantage […]
