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Gilbert’s hot start continues for Wildcats

October 9, 2014 by Shera Niemirowski

So far this season, wide receiver Cedric Gilbert has scored at least one touchdown in every game. That's six straight games of scoring points. Even more impressively, those numbers are off just 15 catches in the season. Gilbert turned down several larger Div. I offers to come to ACU last fall from Cisco College and redshirted the 2013 ... [Read More…]

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Writer’s Block: senior runner sets sights on season

September 11, 2014 by Collin Thompson

Originally from Dalmeny, Saskatchewan, Canada, Daniel Block is a senior journalism major who writes for The Optimist and runs cross country and track. After transferring from the University of Saskatchewan before the 2013-2014 school year, Block has been one of ACU's best runners and looks to improve his skills as cross country season ... [Read More…]

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Four seniors lead soccer team into 2014 season

September 9, 2014 by Collin Thompson

After starting out as freshmen in 2011, seniors Madison Brown, Taylor Brown, Sarah Schoch and Katie Stivers are the only members of the soccer team to have played every year of their college career at ACU. With a combined record of 41-17-3 over that time and only one losing season, along with the change to the Southland Conference, these girls have ... [Read More…]

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Sims looks for fresh start as a Wildcat

August 27, 2014 by Shera Niemirowski

Former Abilene High School football star Herschel Sims is gearing up to represent his hometown once again by playing for ACU this fall. Sims was born and raised in Abilene and graduated from Abilene High in 2011. He played at Oklahoma State University for a year and was released in the summer of 2012. He then attended Lamar, but quickly ... [Read More…]

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New faces rise up for ACU football

August 27, 2014 by Hannah Little

A few things can be reflected upon for ACU football's offense and defense as the team wrapped up summer workouts on Saturday. For this season, on the offensive side of the ball, there is a need for many new faces to step up and fill positions that previous team members left behind. That means more reps for the younger players to have and better ... [Read More…]

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Baker backs McKenzie: Former QB returns to prep successor

August 23, 2014 by Collin Wieder

ACU football entered last season without four-year starting quarterback Mitchell Gale, leaving a question as to who could fill his shoes. Such a question does not leave most football teams overly confident, but redshirt senior John David Baker gave the Wildcats the answer they needed. Compiling 40 touchdowns in 11 games last year, Baker put ... [Read More…]

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Living the dream, everyday

May 1, 2014 by Jimmy Isbell

Dreams do come true if you are Peyton Mosley, who is one of a few seniors on the softball team. Her dream started to come true when she first stepped into the pitcher's circle at Poly Wells field. Mosley was a timid walk on, but a determined young woman. Over the course of her four years garbed in the purple and white, Mosley did not ... [Read More…]

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Crippen shines in debut

April 29, 2014 by Collin Wieder

The baseball team fell to 15-25 on the season and 5-10 in the Southland as it dropped two out of three to Houston Baptist University over the weekend. HBU improved to .500 on the season with a 20-20 overall record and 9-12 in conference. ACU dropped the series, but may have found another starting pitcher in freshman outfielder, Russell ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: Showcase, Sports Tagged With: Baseball, Sports feature

Senior knowledge brings success

April 22, 2014 by Daniel Zepeda

Lyndi Smith stands at the chain-link fence. She watches as her brother walks up to the batter's box in one of his high school games. Growing up in Uvalde, about an hour and a half west of San Antonio, this was a regular occurrence for Smith, as it was one of the main reasons she fell in love with baseball. "I have been playing since I was five ... [Read More…]

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Combining Two Worlds

March 28, 2014 by Jimmy Isbell

Guilherme Gesser and Nico Agritelley never played together, but ever since head coach Hutton Jones paired the two for the spring season opener against Metropolitan State, the two have been like the strings in a tennis racket: inseparable. "I was nervous," Agritelley said. "I had just come here to ACU not knowing what to expect, but when G and I ... [Read More…]

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