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From D-II to Draft Day: NFL teams choose Knox, Scott among NCAA elite

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By Grant Abston, Sports Editor For the first time since 2006, the ACU football team had a player selected in the NFL Draft. But this year was twice as good as two former players, running back Bernard Scott and wide receiver Johnny Knox, were selected in the 2009 NFL Draft, making it the first time since 1983 that multiple Wildcats were taken in ... [Read More…]

Wildcats advance to finals in LSC Softball Championship

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By Austin Gwin, Sports Writer The Wildcat softball team has won 42 times this season, tying the school record. More importantly the Wildcats have advanced to the finals in the Lone Star Conference tournament. With the No. 1 seed and on their home field, the Wildcats dominated the south side of the LSC bracket en route to three victories last ... [Read More…]

Ko Jo Kai, GSP win intramural track meet

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By Chandler Harris, Assistant Sports Editor Gamma Sigma Phi and Ko Jo Kai won the intramural track meet April 21. This was the first intramural track meet in six years, said Susan Hardcastle, administrative coordinator for intramural sports. "We had over 60 participants compete," Hardcastle said. "Some students had suggested we bring this back ... [Read More…]

Baseball team drops two of four to Tarleton St.

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By Grant Abston, Sports Editor The Wildcats split their final Lone Star Conference series of the season against Tarleton State and fell to the third seed entering this weekend's LSC Baseball Championship. With Cameron holding a one-game lead over ACU, and Angelo State just one game behind in the LSC standings entering the final weekend of the ... [Read More…]

Track team adds four national qualifiers

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By Jeff Craig, Sports Writer The track and field team's long distance runners shined Friday in Philadelphia at the Penn Relays Carnival. The Wildcats added four more NCAA Division II National Championship invites to an already long list of invites, with Daniel Maina, Amos Sang and Cleophas Tanui combining to gain four spots for the Championships ... [Read More…]

NFL teams draft two former ACU offensive stars: Bears pick Knox in fifth round, Bengals choose Scott in sixth

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By Daniel Johnson-Kim, Editor in Chief Two former ACU offensive stars are headed to the National Football League. Johnny Knox and Bernard Scott, standouts during ACU's last two record-breaking seasons, each saw their name called by NFL teams during the 2009 NFL Draft. The Chicago Bears picked Knox with the fourth pick of the fifth round (140th ... [Read More…]

Top-seeded softball team to play Midwestern St.

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By Austin Gwin, Sports Writer The Wildcats' softball team will look to keep the magic this weekend as it plays host to the 2009 Lone Star Conference Softball Championship. With the help of an Angelo State loss and a sweep of Eastern New Mexico last weekend, ACU finished on top of the LSC South Division. Being first has its perks; one of which is ... [Read More…]

Wildcats set for LSC tournament

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By Brandon Tripp, Sports Writer The Wildcat men's tennis team wrapped up its regular season with a couple of big wins. The women had the weekend off, but the men defeated two conference opponents. The men took a 21-4 record into the final weekend of the regular season against conference opponent Southeastern Oklahoma State University and ... [Read More…]

ACU places seventh at LSC championship

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By Chandler Harris, Assistant Sports Editor The golf team finished seventh at the Lone Star Conference Tournament on Tuesday at the Winstar Golf Course in Thackerville, Okla. Despite the seventh-place finish, the team still has a good chance of making it to the NCAA Division II South Central Region Tournament on May 4-6. "As far as the way we ... [Read More…]

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