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Wiley College Athletics Department creates Athletic Guided Pathway

October 26, 2016

Ninety-eight percent of student-athletes will go pro in every profession other than sports. To help ensure that its athletes are successful after they graduate from Wiley College, the athletics department created Athletic Guided Pathway. Mac McConnell, who is an assistant men’s basketball coach and Sophomore Success Academy Coach, created the program – which will assist…

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Wildcats look to lock up tournament berth, improve ranking

October 25, 2016

The Wiley College men’s soccer team hopes to secure the opportunity to defend its Red River Athletic Conference Tournament title, when it visits Texas College at 3 p.m. Thursday and Jarvis Christian College at 3 p.m. Saturday. The Wildcats (6-4-1, 4-3 in RRAC) enters this week in fourth-place. The top six teams qualify for the…

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Dear Graye #1 – Hopelessly seeking

Dear Graye, As a single woman in East, Tx. I’m finding that the dating scene is rather murky, when trying to keep close to my hometown values and religious beliefs. I’m starting to think that the bar scene isn’t for me, as it strays too far from the moral compass I was raised with. And…

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Either way, America wins

I can see the steam pouring out of your ears after reading such a salacious headline.  Ardent Trump supporters are cringing at the thought of a Clinton victory.  How can we “make America great again” with another Clinton in the White House, they think.  Fervent Clinton backers can’t possibly imagine the thought of living under…

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Wiley College track athletes Ebony Carr (left) and Justin Maloney paint a wall in the Student Union Building.

Wiley College athletes participate in Home Depot’s Retool Your School

October 24, 2016

The Wiley College Athletics Department, along with other members of the college partnered with Home Depot to paint the Student Union Building during Retool Your School Friday. The event was a result of Wiley College finishing second in the Retool Your School Twitter Campaign last spring. Home Depot gave Wiley a gift of $30,000 to…

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Lady Wildcats play to a scoreless draw against Huston-Tillotson

October 23, 2016

JACKSONVILLE, Texas – The Wiley College women’s soccer team played a physical Red River Athletic Conference game that ended in a scoreless tie against Huston-Tillotson University Thursday at Jacksonville College. The game was originally scheduled to be at Wildcats Field on the Wiley College campus but was moved due to the rain Marshall received Thursday…

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Wildcats score early, hang on late to top Huston-Tillotson

JACKSONVILLE, Texas – The Wiley College men’s soccer team got off to its fastest start offensively this season and held off a rally by Huston-Tillotson University in a 3-2 Red River Athletic Conference victory at Jacksonville College Thursday. The game was originally supposed to be played at Wildcats Field on the Wiley College campus but…

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Lady Wildcats sweep Williams Baptist

October 19, 2016

Two days after suffering a three-set loss to its conference rival, the Wiley College volleyball team responded with a sweep over Williams Baptist College Tuesday at Alumni Gymnasium. “After losing to Our Lady of the Lake, there was stuff we needed to work on,” head coach LaKyva Bason said. “We used Sunday and Monday to…

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Ana Maldonado advances the ball for the Lady Wildcats. She scored two goals in the second half.

Lady Wildcats overwhelm Paul Quinn

October 14, 2016

The Wiley College soccer team was too much for the shorthanded Paul Quinn College Lady Tigers in a 10-0 rout Thursday at Wildcats Soccer Field. The Lady Wildcats (5-2-1, 2-1-1 in Red River Athletic Conference) scored eight goals in the second half and had eight different players score in the game. Mayara Tyzska, Laura Ilavuna,…

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Banded Together

Communities are often brought together by their local schools. Adjoining school districts of similar size develop athletic and other rivalries over time mostly in the good spirit of competition. The school districts of Elysian Fields and Waskom have developed such a rivalry. The two communities are separated by nine miles easily traveled on Texas Farm…

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