Story co-produced with Caleb Zheng For the purple-and-gold crowd that lives for Saturday kickoff, the 2025 football season became a pivotal chapter that shaped Western Carolina’s identity and future direction. Western Carolina opened the year with ups and downs as the Catamounts worked to solidify their offense and defense. Early setbacks challenged the team, but once quarterback Taron Dickens […]
Catamounts to play the biggest game in recent history on homecomnig weekend
November 7, 2025 by
This week is homecoming and the Catamounts football team is going against Mercer. The Cats are coming off an impressive 35-28 win against the University of Tennessee Chattanooga Mocks. After the win, the Cats are 6-3 overall and 5-0 in Southern Conference play. Tied for first in the SOCON with the Mercer Bears. This game […]
Catamount Basketball: Clawing their way to the top of the season
December 18, 2023 by
Story co-produced with Madison Schwarz and Nicole Azar It has been an incredible year so far for Western Carolina University Athletics, and the winning hasn’t stopped with Men’s Basketball. Catamount Men’s Basketball is having a record-breaking season so far, as they were amongst the last eighteen teams in the nation to remain undefeated, until their […]
Catamounts women’s soccer to take on Samford in SoCon opener
September 17, 2023 by
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 […]
WCU Men’s Basketball 2023 season recap
March 3, 2023 by
The college basketball season is over and we are into March Madness season. WCU Catamounts first game in the SOCON tournament is March 4 at 2:30 p.m. at Harrah’s Cherokee Center in Asheville against the 5th seeded East Tennessee State University. Coming into the season the Western Carolina university men’s basketball team was projected […]
Catamount volleyball prepares for intense home-opener against SoCon rival
September 28, 2021 by
The Western Carolina University volleyball team is anticipating a competitive home-opening match on Friday, Oct. 1 against the Mercer Bears in the Ramsey Center. The match is slated to begin at 6 p.m. and the event is free to attend for everyone. For the Catamounts, this contest is crucial to the beginning of their Southern […]
