By Carey Phillips
By Carey Phillips
By Carey Phillips
David Claxton won the Jackson County Golf Club’s tournament played June 22 at Mill Creek in Franklin with a net score of 69.
Western Carolina right-handed pitcher Chase Walter has signed as an undrafted free agent with the San Diego Padres following the abbreviated Major League Baseball Draft.
Tucker Kirk won the Jackson County Golf Club’s tournament played June 15 at Waynesville Country Club with a net score of 67.
By Carey Phillips
Western Carolina will begin a phased return of athletes to campus in July. This return includes football and men’s and women’s basketball first on July 6.
Wayne Tolleson, a former two-sport standout at Western Carolina and a member of the inaugural class of the WCU Athletic Hall of Fame, is one of five individuals selected for induction into the Southern Conference Hall of Fame.
Brenda Fulton won the Jackson County Golf Club’s tournament played June 8 at Lake Junaluska with a net score of 62.
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Wednesday, July 01, 2020
By Carey Phillips
By Carey Phillips
David Claxton won the Jackson County Golf Club’s tournament played June 22 at Mill Creek in Franklin with a net score of 69.
Wednesday, June 24, 2020
Western Carolina right-handed pitcher Chase Walter has signed as an undrafted free agent with the San Diego Padres following the abbreviated Major League Baseball Draft.
Tucker Kirk won the Jackson County Golf Club’s tournament played June 15 at Waynesville Country Club with a net score of 67.
Wednesday, June 17, 2020
By Carey Phillips
Western Carolina will begin a phased return of athletes to campus in July. This return includes football and men’s and women’s basketball first on July 6.
Wayne Tolleson, a former two-sport standout at Western Carolina and a member of the inaugural class of the WCU Athletic Hall of Fame, is one of five individuals selected for induction into the Southern Conference Hall of Fame.
Brenda Fulton won the Jackson County Golf Club’s tournament played June 8 at Lake Junaluska with a net score of 62.
By Beth Lawrence
Wednesday, June 10, 2020
Construction began recently at Western Carolina’s E.J. Whitmire Stadium as the playing surface on Bob Waters Field is being replaced. The project, which started with the removal of the old turf, is slated to be completed by Aug. 1.
Jackson County Little League was honored by a visit from some special guests during practices June 2.
David Claxton, Bill Hambling and Tony Stiers finished in a three-way tie for first place with a net score in 68 in the Jackson County Golf Club’s tournament June 1 at Waynesville Country Club.
Wednesday, June 03, 2020
Tony Stiers won the Jackson County Golf Club’s tournament at Mill Creek in Franklin on Memorial Day with a net score of 72.
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Nine of Western Carolina’s sports posted perfect Academic Progress Rate scores for the 2018-19 academic year released recently by the NCAA, as all 16 of WCU’s intercollegiate sports achieved single-year APR scores above the minimum threshold.
Chuck Hall and Livingston Kelley tied for first place with net scores of 66 in the Jackson County Golf Club’s tournament played May 18 at Lake Junaluska.
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
By Carey Phillips
By Carey Phillips
By Carey Phillips
Western Carolina rising senior Mason Faulkner has withdrawn his name from the NBA Draft with plans to return to school for his final season.
The Southern Conference has announced a number of cost containment measures to address the financial challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mel Livernois won the Jackson County Golf Club’s tournament May 11 at Smoky Mountain Country Club with a net score of 73.
Team Swish, a travel basketball team based in Sylva, conducted a food drive recently and donated a truck full of food to The Community Table. Team members issued a challenge to all travel sports teams in the area to support the communities that typically help them. Due to COVID-19 restrictio…
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
Work to bring the baseball field at Smoky Mountain High School into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act is continuing. Assistant Superintendent Jake Buchanan said workers are prepping the site by taking out enough soil and putting down enough stone and fabric to support the p…
Western Carolina and Campbell have agreed to a two-game football series for the 2024 and 2025 seasons.
By Carey Phillips
Brooke Rhodes has been named associate head coach for Western Carolina’s women’s basketball team after spending the past two seasons on the staff at Presbyterian.
Wednesday, May 06, 2020
By Carey Phillips
Ben Betts, who has 30 years of coaching experience, including three seasons as head coach at S.C. State, has been named an assistant men’s basketball coach at Western Carolina.
Rick Guenther won the Jackson County Golf Club’s tournament played April 27 at Lake Junaluska with a net score of 65.
Western Carolina has two additional signees for its men’s basketball recruiting class for the upcoming season.
Wednesday, April 29, 2020
Jim Buchanan won the Jackson County Golf Cub’s tournament April 20 at Mill Creek with a net score of 78.
Western Carolina has added two signees for its women’s basketball recruiting class.
Western Carolina senior defensive back John Brannon signed as an undrafted free agent with the Los Angeles Chargers on Saturday night following the conclusion of the NFL Draft.
By Carey Phillips
Wednesday, April 22, 2020
Western Carolina junior guard Mason Faulkner recently declared for the NBA Draft but has elected to keep his collegiate eligibility by not hiring an agent.
Joe Schivinski won the Jackson County Golf Club’s tournament April 13 at Smoky Mountain Country Club with a net score of 68.
Wednesday, April 08, 2020
Curtis Grace won the Jackson County Golf Club’s tournament played March 30 at Mill Creek Golf Club.
Wednesday, April 01, 2020
Western Carolina senior forward Carlos Dotson has been named to the Lou Henson All-America team.
Mark Prosser, Western Carolina’s men’s basketball coach, has received the 2020 Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award.
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Nick Newsome has been named to Western Carolina’s defensive coaching staff and will primarily work with safeties.
The spring sports season at Western Carolina, which had previously been suspended, is officially over.
By Carey Phillips
Western Carolina’s Jacy Smith was named Southern Conference women’s tennis player of the week for matches played March 3-9.
The Jackson County Golf Club held a pair of recent tournaments at Sequoyah National.
Wednesday, March 18, 2020
By Carey Phillips
By Carey Phillips
The deadline to submit nominations for the Jackson County Athletic Hall of Fame’s 2020 induction class has been extended indefinitely.
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