By Steve Holt, Sports Writer In cases of coaching changes, it's rare that both the departing and arriving coaches end up with their "dream job." Not so with Vince Jarrett and Mike Campbell. On Aug. 9, it was announced that Campbell, a high school golf coach from Andrews, would be replacing the veteran ACU golf coach Jarrett, who earlier in the ... [Read More…]
McCaleb, Mosley splitting athletic duties: Both act as athletic directors in lieu of Hays’ departure
By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor When Shanon Hays announced his resignation as ACU's director of athletics to coach basketball at Midland College last April, there was the initial surprise from Vice President Gary McCaleb. After all, McCaleb, who oversaw school athletics, had helped bring in the 35-year-old Hays less than a year before. "I was ... [Read More…]
Former ACU athletes run in Pan-Am Games
By Steve Holt, Sports Writer Two former Wildcat track and field athletes placed first in their events at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Repub-lic, Aug. 5-9, but only one got to bring home a gold medal. Stephen Moore, a Plainview native and 1998 ACU graduate, won the gold medal in the men's decathlon at the prestigious ... [Read More…]
ACU’s preseason practices kick off with new look: NCAA changes up practice schedules; Gaines, team approve
By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor Over 90 ACU football players reported to preseason camp practice on Aug. 11 with a slightly different schedule. In an attempt to curb the sometimes disastrous effects of heat-related illnesses that have received much intention in recent years, the NCAA mandated that, beginning this summer, Division I and II ... [Read More…]
Pre-summer classic Cats make history at D-2 Series: ACU makes first appearance in College World Series
By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor Whoever said there's no such thing as a happy ending must've missed the last couple weeks of the ACU baseball team's season, in which the Wildcats went from almost missing the playoffs to making their first Division II College World Series in school history. ACU, which was coming off three straight Lone Star ... [Read More…]
ACU’s Alexander and VanWyk among fastest sprinters in the nation
By Steve Holt, Copy Editor "I'll meet you at the line. Run fast, and make me run fast too," is what two of the fastest sprinters in the nation say to each other just before every race. More often than not, the result has been the duo smoking the competition. They look so different-one is muscular and white, and the other is dark and lanky. But ... [Read More…]
Wildcats easy favorites for LSC Championships
By Steve Holt, Copy Editor The ACU men's track and field team has won 17 Lone Star Conference titles in the 28 years the championship has existed. The women have won all 19 such titles since 1983. Though both Wildcat teams are again the overwhelming favorites to win the LSC championship at Elmer Gray Stadium Friday and Saturday, six conference ... [Read More…]
Sports Briefs for May, 2, 2003
By Joshua Parrott, Sports Writer Tabor resigns as softball coach; Wilson takes over Carol Tabor, the ACU head softball coach since the program's inception in 1997, has resigned and will be replaced by former ACU player Chantiel Wilson, who spent the 2003 season as Tabor's assistant coach. In her resignation letter to interim directors of ... [Read More…]
Wildcats look to advance to nationals
By Joel Weckerly, Sports Writer The ACU men's and women's tennis teams will play host to the NCAA Division II Central Region tournaments Friday and Saturday on the Eager Tennis Center courts. The men's team is coming off of a solid win last week over Cameron en route to capturing its second straight Lone Star Conference championship. "We're all ... [Read More…]
ACU’s Yuliya Stashkiv now ranked No. 1 in 1,500, 3,000 meters
By Steve Holt, Copy Editor ACU made its mark on one of America's oldest and largest track and field events last weekend, qualifying one women's runner automatically and a men's relay provisionally for nationals. Only two individual athletes and three relay teams participated in the Penn Relays Carnival in Philadelphia Thursday-Saturday, but ... [Read More…]
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