ACU football hits the road for the third consecutive week as they travel to Plano for the annual DFW game. The Wildcats will play in John Clark Stadium against second-place conference opponent Central Arkansas. ACU will enter the game at 4-5 and 2-3 in the Southland while Central Arkansas enters at 5-4 with a 4-1 Southland record. Ken Collums ... [Read More…]
Soccer wraps up 2014 campaign
The women's soccer team concluded its 2014 season earlier this week as second-year members of the Southland Conference. The Wildcats finished the year 8-9-2 with an in-conference record of 5-4-2. ACU finished with a lesser record than last year, going 13-5-1 overall and 7-5 against Southland programs. But with a lot of new faces for the ... [Read More…]
Global Samaritan announces Ebola relief efforts
Global Samaritan Resources, a local Abilene non-profit, announced a plan Wednesday to send relief to West African countries. Simple Works, the new initiative, is an effort to provide simple solutions to the complex Ebola crisis in West Africa. The program focuses on three primary needs of people affected by the outbreak. Global Samaritan will ... [Read More…]
Wildcats wrap up season at Shotwell
The women's soccer team will look to conclude its 2014 campaign above .500 as the Wildcats fight for a couple of wins in the final two games of the season. Currently at 7-8-2, ACU will take on Lamar (4-10-1, 2-5-1) at noon Friday and McNeese State (6-8-1, 4-4-0) at 1:30 p.m. Sunday. Both games will take place at Shotwell Stadium. "I expect both ... [Read More…]
On the Hedge of Glory
He's sweet but spiky, curious but complacent, sharp but soft. His pastimes include hiking up shirt sleeves and hiding under beds. His name is Cashew, but his friends refer to him as Cash or Cash-Money. Oh, and he's a hedgehog. On Sept. 6, Ali Rakestraw, junior biology major from Boulder, Colorado, drove two and a half hours to Lubbock to ... [Read More…]
Football powers through Gyrenes for fourth win
The football team scored more than 50 points for the second time this year on its way to a 55-14 Homecoming win against the Ave Maria Gyrenes. ACU improved to 4-3 overall on the year while the Gyrenes dropped to 1-5. The Wildcat offense put together another great outing, going for 513 total yards. The NAIA's Gyrenes gave ACU some trouble ... [Read More…]
“Big Fish” makes a big splash as Homecoming musical
As the first college to perform former Broadway musical Big Fish, the Department of Theatre shares the story as this year's Homecoming musical. Big Fish has been a book, a movie with a star-studded cast and a Broadway musical, and now, ACU presents its first collegiate premiere. The two leads, Tyler Hazard, senior musical theatre major from ... [Read More…]
She gets buckets: Mitchell leads way for ACU
No one saw it coming. At least, not with a group of seniors leading the way. Not with a solid group of upperclassmen, led by four seniors who had spent the last three years building ACU soccer into the dominant program that it is today. No one saw it coming, but that doesn't mean it didn't happen. No one expected Baylee Mitchell, a freshman ... [Read More…]
Mitchell scores twice in Wildcat wins
The soccer team picked up two wins at Shotwell this weekend against Nicholls State and Southeastern Louisiana. The wins improve the Wildcats' record to 6-6 and 3-1 in the Southland Conference. The Wildcats shut out the Nicholls State Colonels 3-0 on Friday afternoon. ACU struck first on a goal by Baylee Mitchell, sophomore forward from Flower ... [Read More…]
Big Country Balloon Fest takes off
About a dozen hot air balloons floated gently into the sky from Red Bud Park Sunday for the grand finale of the 20th annual Big Country Balloon Fest. In a marked improvement from last year, the weather was calm enough for pilots to take flight Saturday and Sunday and allowed a sizable crowd to attend. "We've had a great turnout this year," ... [Read More…]
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