By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor Wayne Williams' serious facial expression doesn't change much, which often makes it difficult to tell whether or not the women's basketball coach is being serious. But when he's talking about his team's chan-ces this season, he's not kidding around. "We have a very good chance to be successful on the national ... [Read More…]
ACU pulls out victory in last home match: Senior Grimes has 20 digs in her last match in Moody
By Joshua Parrott, Sports Writer The end of the season is near for the ACU volleyball team. After closing out their home schedule on Tuesday with a three-game victory over non-conference op-ponent Incar-nate Word, the Wildcats will complete their regular season this weekend. ACU made quick work of Incarnate Word with scores of 30-21, 30-14 and ... [Read More…]
Hot Wildcats keep on rolling: ACU wins fifth straight, moves up one spot in region
By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor After dropping their first three games, Coach Gary Gaines and his Wildcats knew they'd have to win every one of their remaining seven games to have a shot at making the playoffs. Five down, two to go. The ACU football team climbed the next rung of its ladder to the postseason with a 47-6 crushing of Texas ... [Read More…]
Three-week football delay pushes back start date for intramural basketball
By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor Rain that continued to pound Abilene and the ACU campus last weekend and this week put off the intramural football schedule for another few days. The football playoffs, which have been postponed for the last three weeks, are expected to resume on Thursday, go through the weekend and finish up on Monday and ... [Read More…]
ACU faces top two teams in South: No. 1 WTAM, No. 2 ENM visit Moody this weekend
By Joshua Parrott, Sports Writer To be the best, you have to play the best. ACU volleyball coach Brek Horn knows that saying all too well, as nationally-ranked West Texas A&M and Eastern New Mexico come to town this weekend for Lone Star Conference South Division matchups. The Lady Buffs, ranked second in the nation according to the latest ... [Read More…]
ACU guns for five straight against TAMC: Cats, Lions bring opposite seasons to Shotwell Saturday
By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor Both ACU and Lone Star Conference South opponent Texas A&M-Commerce have one thing in common-they haven't had the seasons they were expected to have. On one hand, the Wild-cats, who were picked to finish sixth out of seven teams in the LSC South, have reversed the prediction with their current share of first place ... [Read More…]
Intramurals nixed for another week: Playoffs to resume on Monday
By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor For the second week in a row, intramural flag football playoff games were canceled because of bad weather. Rainfall that hit Abilene hard most of this week combined with the precipitation from last week have made the intramural fields too wet and muddy to play on. Therefore, the games that were pushed forward from ... [Read More…]
Cats sweep up in conference: ACU men place first through seventh
By Steve Holt, Opinion Editor Perfect. And then some. Cross country rules state that a team must place its top five runners in the race's top five positions to earn a perfect 15 points, but the ACU men's team took that a step further on Saturday. Wildcat runners filled the top seven spots at the Lone Star Conference Cross Country Championship in ... [Read More…]
Cats add pair of non-conference wins: ACU wins both at home in LSC North Crossover
By Joshua Parrott, Sports Writer Whenever a team loses a top player, few teams are able to compensate for the loss and still succeed. Consider the ACU volleyball team as an exception to the rule. This past weekend, the Wildcats dominated Lone Star Conference Crossover matches against Texas Woman's and Midwestern State without star freshman ... [Read More…]
Lackey, Halos make it a Series to remember
By Brian Roe, Sports Writer Front Roe Seat Even writers from the Disney owned Anaheim Angels could not have written a better script for the magical team that won its first World Championship on Sunday. The Angels won the best of seven series over the San Fran-cisco Giants in the highest scoring World Series in Major League history. The Angels ... [Read More…]
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