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Playin’ on Purple: My family is kind of a big deal

The crowd watching the game next to mine gets excited as the ball soars over the center-field fence. I am used to seeing that. I have almost become desensitized. My brother drops the bat and takes off around the bases. His mullet is flowing out from underneath his hat as he continues his “I just [...]

Being an athlete is hard work. Being a student athlete is even harder — classes, homework, two-hour workouts in the morning, two-hour practice in the afternoon and two-hour study hall at night. But no matter how hard it is being a student athlete, being a student athlete with multiple sclerosis (MS) is even harder. Kami [...]

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Softball gets first-ever series win over Seattle

Weber State University softball team got its first ever series win against University of Seattle over the weekend with three wins and only one loss with scores of 5-4 (W), 19-0 (L), 10-6 (W) and 8-2 (W). “All three aspects of the game really came together for us,” said Lyndsey Minnich,  senior third baseman. “Even [...]

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Softball ‘in the thick of things’ with split weekend

Weber State University’s right fielder, Cydnee Clarke, hits the ball in the home games last Thursday. WSU won two and lost two against Northern Colorado University in the first games of the Pacific Coast Softball Conference play. Weber State University split both games on both days with scores of 15-6 (W), 4-12 (L), 6-13 (L) [...]

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Softball wins one, loses one against UNR

The Wildcats split the day against the University of Nevada Reno with a victorious score of 5-3 and a loss score of 7-1. “We are right where we want to be,” said Tina Johnson, head coach. “This team has a good feel right now, and we really are doing OK.” In the first game, WSU [...]

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Softball struggles in Boise Tourney

Success slipped out of Weber State University softball team’s grasp this weekend in the SpringHill Suites Invitational last weekend. The Wildcat’s batting came out weak and left them with a 1-4 record on the weekend, bumping their overall record to 10-17. “We didn’t have our best showing of how well we can hit,” said Lyndsey [...]

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