By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor The Wildcat baseball team rolled into Kingsville Thursday afternoon with the attitude that it has nothing to lose. Although ACU is already statistically eliminated from qualifying for the South Central Region Tournament May 13-15, it would still like to bring home a LSC crown. "Everybody's excited to play," senior ... [Read More…]
Lively passed by in draft: Agent is shopping lineman around for free agency
By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor From his parents' home in Eastland, Britt Lively watched as 255 names other than his own flashed on the television screen. "It was disappointing," said Lively, the former ACU offensive lineman. "All these scouts and agents were telling me I was definitely going to get drafted-everybody was." Upon the draft's ... [Read More…]
Puglia’s gutsy effort in No. 6 singles gives men 5-4 win over Cameron
By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor Ahead 1-0 in the third set of his Lone Star Conference Championship singles match against Cameron's Marco Valdez, sophomore Evan Puglia glanced at the balcony of the Oak Tree Country Club to see his teammates gathering by his court. They had come from the opposite side of the facility, where senior Trent Broach ... [Read More…]
Cats share conference title; tourney set for Kingsville
By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor Coy Polk received the painful phone call Saturday on the bus ride back to Abilene. The Wildcat baseball team had just won two of three games over West Texas A&M in Canyon, but it was the one loss-a 2-1, 3-hit performance in Friday's nightcap-that secured Texas A&M-Kingsville a share of the Lone Star Conference ... [Read More…]
Cats aim higher than playoffs: Team wants to be tournament host, not tourney contender
By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor The ACU baseball team is already playing in the Lone Star Conference Post-Season Tournament April 28-May 1. The only question is, where will it be played? The Wildcats (14-7 LSC South) hope the home-field advantage will be theirs, and they must sweep last-place West Texas A&M (5-16) in Canyon this weekend before ... [Read More…]
Lively nervous as Draft Day nears: Agent: lineman could be late-round pick
By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor Former ACU offensive lineman Britt Lively is counting on his name being called at the 2004 NFL Draft Saturday or Sunday. The 6-foot-5, 310-pounder has been scouted consistently by several NFL teams since his junior season at ACU, and his agent, Dave Lee of PlayersRep Sports Management, said Lively still could be a ... [Read More…]
ACU signs pair to ’04 roster: Juco all-America should be big scorer, says Pleasant
By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor Men's head basketball coach Klint Pleasant an-nounced Wednesday the signing of two junior college transfers who should play significantly in the 2004-05 season. The first, 6-foot-6, 220-pound forward Hakim Rasul, transfers to ACU from Midland College, where he earned all-American status after averaging 15 points ... [Read More…]
A sportswriter voices his regrets
By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor Weck's World "Today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth..." Perhaps the immortalized words uttered by Lou Gehrig in his 1939 farewell speech aren't appropriate for my use. Yet somehow, the Iron Horse's sound-byte doesn't cease to inspire me 65 years later in this, my farewell ... [Read More…]
Wildcats earn spot in playoffs: ACU sweeps ENMU; looks to win division outright this weekend
By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor The ACU baseball team secured a spot in the Lone Star Conference Post-Season Tournament April 29-May 1 with a three-game sweep of Eastern New Mexico at home last weekend. The Wildcats flew by the Greyhounds, 7-4 and 9-3, respectively, in Friday's doubleheader, then put the icing on the cake with a 10-6 win ... [Read More…]
ACU set for LSC Championships: Cameron shows upset potential over favored Wildcats
By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor With their seasons behind them, the men's and women's tennis teams will seek out Lone Star Conference titles at the LSC Championships in Oklahoma City this weekend. The ACU men (22-5) and women (23-5) have enjoyed seasons of success, and each team has gone undefeated against conference opponents: the men were 4-0 ... [Read More…]
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