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Western Carolinian Volume 75 Number 11

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  • Page 3 WESTERN CAROLINIAN August 20, 2009 SPORTS By Justin Caudell Editor-in-Chief iw Five home games and a season- opening road trip to Southeastern Conference foe, highlight Western Carolinas 11- game 2009 Catamount football eat. 5 schedule. The slate includes three teams which made the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) playoffs a season ago and a Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) winner. The 2009 schedule is very exciting, said second-year head coach Dennis Wagner. Our team and staff are looking forward to the challenge. Western opens the season with a road trip to SEC-opponent, Vanderbilt. Under the direction of former Furman head coach, Bobby Johnson, the Commodores are coming off a 7-6 season in which they opened with five-straight wins, -moved into the national Top 25 and won the Gaylord Hotels Music City Bow! over Boston College. WCU will host the Runnin Bulldogs from Gardner-Webb. for its home opener on Sat., Sept. 12 in Cullowhee. It is the fifth meeting all-time between the two schools in a series that dates back to 1932. A week later, the Catamounts jump into Southern Conference play by visiting Georgia Southern in Statesboro, Ga., on Sept. 19. The opening month of the season will wrap-up by hosting Furman on Mountain Heritage Day, Sept. 26 in Cullowhee. The October slate opens with Westerns first-ever trip to Samford as conference opponents. The Bulldogs joined the SoCon last season, finishing tied for fourth at ee a BEN Vanderbilt, 8 NCAA sat Nov: $f tickets link. rks palachian Stave WCU Football Team Ready to Start, Shine on Television will carry the season-opener as the Catamounts make their first- ever visit to Nashville to face the Vanderbilt Commodores on Saturday, Sept. 5. (Check local listings for availability). The game is scheduled for a 6:30 pm CT kickoff, 7:30 pm on the East Coast. SportSouth will carry the - Catamounts conference opener on ' the road at Georgia Southern in the Battle for the Old Mountain Jug * 4-4 overall. After an open date on Oct. 10, the Catamounts host back~ to-back home games against The Citadel and Wofford on Oct. 17 and 24 in the annual Homecoming and Family Weekends. October closes with a road trip to Chattanooga to face the Mocs and_ first-year head coach Russ Huesman. Novembers schedule is headlined by the final home game of the regular VuLGic eee season as the Catamounts host Elon on Nov. 7. WCU will also induct the 20th class of the Catamount Hall of Fame that weekend. The Catamounts will close 2009 with consecutive road games as they visit Eastern Kentucky in Richmond, Ky., and wrap-up the regular season with the annual Battle for the Old Mountain Jug against arch-rival Appalachian State Beano peek: 4:98 p.m. EF in Boone on Nov. 21. WCU to Air on Television Five Times Five Western Carolina football games will be broadcast across a combined three stations this fall, beginning with the season-opener and culminating with the Family Weekend home date with Wofford. Comeast/Charter Sports Southeast All students who are enrolled and pay athletic fees are eligible for FREE tickets Claim your FOOTBALL tickets and tickets for all other 1.Sign into your account that has already been created for you (your 920 number is your username and Guest is your password) 2.Print your FREE student ticket for each game at anytime during the season 3.Bring your ticket along with your CatCard to the gate on ricesdicicceciM so CaTAMOUNT PEAK oT ee STUER? Caen rey gameday and earn points for being at WCU athletic events. Points translate to some great REWARDS: Coffee, burgers, pizza, t-shirts, appetizers, a TV a BBY, asp a nd more! first SoCon Saturday game of the season. Kickoff is set for 7:00 pm on Saturday, Sept. 19 from Paulson Stadium in Statesboro, Ga. Three WCU home games are set for broadcast by the Asheville- based station My40 _ Sports, WMYA. The trio of home dates will begin with the Mountain Heritage Day battle with Furman at 6:00 pm Saturday, Sept. 26, followed by the Homecoming showdown pitting Western Carolina against the . Citadel at 4:00 pm Saturday, Oct. 17. Also on the WMYA. fall programming schedule is the Catamounts Saturday, Oct. 24, contest against Wofford, when the Pride of the Mountains Marching Band will receive the Sudler Trophy, the Heisman Trophy of collegiate marching bands. Kickoff is again set for 4:00 pm. My40 and WLOS 13 are also scheduled to broadcast six games involving WCU, Furman, The Citadel, Presbyterian, Wofford and Appalachian State including an ~ -Inter-conference match-up of highly ranked teams when ASU plays host to MeNeese State. The station will also debut a 10-week schedule of high school football games called Thursday Night Lights on August 27, with all of the high school games and all but one of the college e contests on My40.
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