The Catamount’s defensive struggles continue as the Cats now have dropped three straight after Thursday night’s loss against the visiting Lady Buccaneers at the Ramsey Center. Cats fall 72-55 to the Bucs. The Catamounts dug themselves into a deep hole early and couldn’t recover. The Bucs took advantage of a poor shooting performance by the Cats […]
Climbing, bouldering — it is time for Rock and Rumble at WCU
February 17, 2017 by
The climbing club at Western Carolina University is a place for teamwork, support and the opportunity for training and competition within an individual sport. And on Saturday, Feb. 18, you can see a demonstration of all of that during the 1oth Annual Rock and Rumble Bouldering Competition in the Campus Recreation Center. The director of Outdoor Programs […]
Catamounts lose fifth straight game to Furman
February 16, 2017 by
The Catamounts men’s basketball team’s woes continued against the SoCon leading Furman Paladins Wednesday night, Feb. 15, at the Ramsey Center. In a hard fought game, the Catamounts lost 74-62. The Catamounts started out the game strong leading the Paladins 10-2 in the opening minutes of the first half. The half was close throughout, but Furman’s guard Jonathan Jean beat the […]
UNCG Spartans reign supreme in Cullowhee
February 12, 2017 by
Entering the game against the UNC-Greensboro Spartans on Feb. 11, the Western Carolina Catamounts men’s basketball team had dropped 4 of its last 5 matchups. In this intense affair, Catamount fans were highly engaged hoping that this woeful stretch would be put behind them. During that string of games, the Catamounts let its opponents shoot 38 percent from […]
Catamount football getting ready for spring
February 3, 2017 by
Western Carolina’s spring training program is about to kick into high gear in the coming weeks. The spring semester for a football team is a time for players to work on perfecting their craft, and in some cases, get adjusted to a new coach or scheme. Western is going through all three, particularly on defense. […]
WCU outlasts Furman in an overtime
February 3, 2017 by
Coming off of a 17 point loss to UNC-Greensboro, the WCU women’s basketball team sought to bounce back against the Furman University Paladins on Thursday, Feb. 2, in Cullowhee. This was the final regular season game between the two teams. The game was tight throughout but the most drama ensued during the last 10 seconds […]
