Story co-written/produced with Charles Gadie Beginning in 2018, the NCAA instituted the transfer portal, a digital database where college athletes enter themselves in order to transfer to another college. The Transfer Portal took recruiting to another level in college athletics. Instead of solely relying on recruiting high school players, colleges can now search other colleges for […]
WCU track twins turn to football in the fall
May 8, 2022 by
The Western Carolina football team looks to build on their 2021 success with the addition of their newest recruiting class. However, this pair of athletes bring striking similarities to the football field. Javell and Javon Brown, sophomore jumpers on the WCU Track Team, will turn in their track uniforms for shoulder pads and helmets this […]
Around 1,800 pounds of trash picked up at Tuck River Cleanup
May 2, 2022 by
Base Camp Cullowhee had the 27th annual Tuck River Cleanup. Volunteers rafted down the river and stopped along the way to pick up trash along the side. Once they reached the end of the river, staff would take the bags of trash and use a scale to see how much the trash weighed. Around 1,800 […]
Extra innings proves fruitless for the Catamounts
April 28, 2022 by
In a four-hour, 10-inning game, the WCU Catamount baseball team was defeated by the Presbyterian Blue Hose by a score of 11-8, on April 27. With a crowd of over 300 people in attendance at Hennon Stadium. “It was nerve-wracking, to say the least,” Wade Raines, a Catamounts fan, said. “It was a tough game […]
Raleigh remained prepared during MLB negotiations
April 27, 2022 by
Story was originally published in The Sylva Herald (Editor’s note: This article was written prior to the agreement to end the Major League Baseball lockout.) Pitchers and catchers were supposed to report on Feb. 15 for the first taste of Major League Baseball in 2022, however, players like Smoky Mountain alumnus Cal Raleigh find themselves […]
