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WCU spring football scrimmage sets tone for fall season

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. […]

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Four Catamounts Named to NFF Hampshire Honor Society – Press Release

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 […]

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New football players sign with WCU for next season

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 […]

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Catamount football suffers from losing streak

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 […]

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WCU football community suffers heartbreaking loss

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 […]