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In Fall 2023 TJ Earle, sports management major, stood on the Ramsey field celebrating his team’s victory in winning the intramural championship in flag football. Earle played sports throughout his childhood into high school, forming a love for football. He started working for the sports department his freshman year at […]
To view the news package associated with this story, click the WHEE-TV broadcast above. A look behind the scenes of a sports team can develop a new appreciation for fans and critics alike. But what does it take to get a peek behind the curtain? “Whee, The Cats” is a […]
For the first time since November, the PA system could be heard throughout campus as the spring football game of the 2023 season kicked off. The game was played on Saturday April 15 with wonderful weather that called for an even better match up between the purple and white teams. […]
Release from Daniel Hooker, Assistant Athletic Director for Media Relations (828) 227.2339 | dhooker@email.wcu.edu Marlon Alexander, Clayton Bardall, Brandon Dickerson, and Richard McCollum named to NFF Hampshire Honor Society. Four Western Carolina Catamount football players were today selected as members of the 2023 NFF Hampshire Honor Society as announced by […]
Kerwin Bell, head coach of WCU football, began his “Catamount Football Weekly” by saying the team has been working hard during the offseason and we should expect big things to come from the Cats this year. Our team should be bigger, more powerful, and skillfully better with an attitude to […]
Originally published in The Western Carolina Journalist. Western Carolina University football team is getting 30 new players hoping for an even better season than 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 Western Carolina Catamount football team has had a very disappointing start to the 2021 season. The Catamounts came into this year hopeful, with new head coach Kerwin Bell stepping into his first D1 head coaching job. However, the Catamounts have failed to live up to expectations, starting the season […]
The WCU football community suffered an emotional loss at the beginning of this season. On Aug. 18, 2021, Western Carolina offensive line coach John Peacock unexpectedly died of COVID-19 complications at home. Peacock joined Western Carolina’s coaching staff in the spring of 2020 after the hiring of new head coach […]
