By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor The women's basketball team had been hoping to put together another winning streak prior to Saturday's home game against Lone Star Conference South opponent West Texas A&M, but a late-game breakdown prevented the Wildcats from extending their winning streak to three. "We expended a lot of energy to get the lead ... [Read More…]
When “dumb” meets “dumber”-true stories
Weck's World Many stupid people exist in this world. This isn't a new revelation, of course, but sometimes it takes a few real-life newspaper articles to bring that idea home. Take, for example, an article found in the Dec. 10, 2002 copy of the Merced (Calif.) Sun-Star, which reported that an unarmed man was taken to a hospital in Modesto, ... [Read More…]
Love on the Side: Mary Anne Johnson
By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor Upon first glance, she's just a cafeteria worker in The Bean, but with every piece of fried chicken and scoop of mashed potatoes, Mary Anne Johnson is serving up a little slice of love. Generally speaking, one person in everyone's life has the potential to make an impact. It could be a parent, a teacher, a coach, a ... [Read More…]
Wildcats win from the inside-out: Team rolls with a perimeter-post balance
By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor As of Thursday, the women's basketball team had won six of its last seven games, had the fourth-best overall record in its division and was two victories away from tying its win total from last season. And exactly how did this happen? "We're much more two-dimensional," Head Coach Wayne Williams said of his team's ... [Read More…]
Junior varsity programs coming soon: Four sports to add JV teams in 03-04
By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor Beginning with the 2003-04 school year, the athletic department will add junior varsity programs in four sports: football, men's and women's basketball and baseball. Director of athletics Shanon Hays made the official announcement to add the JV programs on Dec. 20, though he said the idea for the $80,000 project ... [Read More…]
After dismal beginning, women go on upswing: Team starts season at 3-6, goes 5-1 thereafter
By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor After a rough 3-6 beginning, the women's basketball team won all five of its games during Christmas break before dropping its Lone Star Conference South opener to Angelo State on Tuesday. Despite the 78-63 loss to the 14th-ranked Rambelles, the Wildcats beefed up their record to 8-7 before diving into the 13 ... [Read More…]
Intramural Six-on-Six Tackle Football (Pro) Adding sport would raise attendance, involvement
By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor Weck's World You're on, Danny. Just let me grab Terrell Owens' Sharpie and give you my signature of approval on this one- six-on-six intramural tackle football is sure to be a big smash. The possible addition of this fast-paced sport commonly found in smaller Texas high schools has been creating quite a buzz ... [Read More…]
Cats try to prove talent: Women to expect more during 5-game break schedule
By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor Prior to Thursday's game at Central Oklahoma, the women's basketball team was 3-4 and not satisfied. "We know how good we are," freshman guard Ashley King said. "We want to go out and play to our ability and prove ourselves." The Cats will have the opportunity to do that as they wrap up their four-game road trip ... [Read More…]
ACU drops first, wins second at WTAM Classic: Sickness plagues Wildcats in loss to St. Mary’s
By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor The women's basketball team moved to 3-4 on the season after splitting a pair of games in last weekend's West Texas A&M 7-Up Classic. The Wildcats, who are now in seventh place out of eight teams in the Lone Star Confer-ence South Division, fell to St. Mary's 75-62 in their opening round game Friday, but bounced ... [Read More…]
ACU Classic begins Friday in Moody: Team takes on No. 2 Missouri Western in invitational
By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor The women's basketball team welcomes three teams to the ACU Classic in Moody Coliseum this weekend. Lone Star Conference South opponent Texas Woman's and non-conference teams Incar-nate Word and Missouri Wes-tern will join ACU in the four-team invitational that begins Friday and wraps up Saturday. Texas Woman's ... [Read More…]
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