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FIERCE MOMENTUM: Senior defensive players Marvin Wash, Jared Brock and LeAndrew Hicks catch their breath on the sidelines during Saturday’s win against Central Washington. Photo by Amanda Garcia.
Jason Poland
Sports Editor
The offensive battle that showcased two prolific passers and their teams lived up to the billing as both teams combined for 1,088 yards in total offense.
WTAMU defeated Central Washington 49-42 Saturday at Kimbrough Memorial Stadium in front of 6,975 fans.
With …

Tammy Luksich
Sports Editor
WTAMU Lady Buffs wrapped up their regular season strong pulling in two conference wins at home.
Texas A&M-Kingsville was the Lady Buff’s first victim.
WT swept the match in three sets, winning 25-10, 25-15 and 25-19.
That night was particularly special because it was senior night for the two Lady Buff seniors, Sara Contreras, libero and Alyssa Bromwell, defensive specialist.
The twosome credits their coaches for helping keep them focused on winning.
“Our coaches are great,” Contreras said. “They keep us focused by …

LONE STAR CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS: Lindsay McHorse, freshman forward, helps hold up the Lady Buffs’ trophy. She was honored with the title of “Most Valuable Player.” Photo by Thomas Kotara
Jason Poland
Sports Editor
The WTAMU Lady Buffs soccer team can once again be called champions.
For the second consecutive season the Lady Buffs have won the Lone Star Conference championship tournament.
In a dominant fashion the Lady Buffs put away its competition on Friday defeating Central Oklahoma 5-1.
The win vaulted the Lady Buffs into …

TAKIN’ NAMES: Above, Cashmin Thomas, senior defensive back, and a herd of buffaloes shut down Tarleton State’s wide receiver, Shamarr Prentice during the Saturday game. The Buffs won 51-0 to bring their record to 10-1 and send them to the NCAA Division II playoffs. Photo by Amanda Garcia.
Jason Poland
Sports Editor
The offense and the defense at WTAMU continued to provide highlight reel material as WT defeated Tarleton State University 51-0 Saturday afternoon at Kimbrough Memorial Stadium in front of …

Jason Poland
Sports Editor
Jason Poland, Sports Editor, goes One-On-One with Michael McBroom, director of athletics, about the Athletic Complex.
Q: Why are the facility upgrades important to the Athletic department?
MCBROOM: As we continue to grow and become more successful we have put a lot of things in place that will help us sustain that.
The one thing that we are missing are facilities and many of the facilities that we have on the north side of campus have not been upgraded in decades. …

Jason Poland
Sports Editor
One, two, three and it’s a sweep for the Lady Buffs volleyball team on Tuesday night against the Chaparrals from Lubbock Christian Univeristy by scores of 25-17, 25-14 and 25-12.
The win extends the Lady Buffs record to 28-4 overall and 11-0 in Lone Star Conference play.
The Lady Buffs have now won their last six matches and 12 of their last 13 matches.
The team’s last loss was at the hands of the same Chaparrals in Lubbock.
From the opening of …

So, how good are the so-called sports guys at the Prairie? Pros VS Joes pits WTAMU faculty, staff and students against the Prairie sports writers to see who really knows more about sports.
THE PROS:
Jason Poland, Prairie Sports Editor
Justin Parker, Prairie Sports Reporter
FACULTY JOE: Dr. Hector Garza, Assistant Professor of Spanish
STUDENT JOE: Royce O’Neal, Junior, Integrated Pest Management major

THE GAMES
THE PICKS

Jason
Justin
Faculty/Staff
Student

NFL

GIANTS @ EAGLES
EAGLES
GIANTS
GIANTS
GIANTS

BILLS@ PATRIOTS
PATS
BILLS
BILLS
PATS

49ERS @ CARDINALS
CARDS
CARDS
49ERS
49ERS

COLLEGE

WT VS. TARLETON STATE
BUFFS
BUFFS
BUFFS
BUFFS

#1 ‘BAMA  @ #16 LSU
LSU
‘BAMA
LSU
‘BAMA

#9 OK STATE @ #2 TECH
OK STATE
OK STATE
TECH
TECH

2008 TOTALS:

PROS

JOES

35-12
32-15
30-17
26-21

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Each volleyball team may be classified with some of the same things: practice, games, road trips, smelly uniforms and someone yelling, “Got it!” But, one thing other teams don’t have is junior middle blocker Melissa Harper, a.k.a. The Harperator.
Harper comes to WTAMU from the Grand Canyon State of Arizona.
Her volleyball career began in the seventh grade.
From that point she decided to take it to the next level with club volleyball.
“I played basketball in middle school, but decided not to play …

Justin Parker
Prairie reporter
The WTAMU Buffaloes added another notch to the win column Saturday, with a 59-9 victory over the Northeastern State Riverhawks. WT also moved one step closer to a playoff birth.
The Buffs had a strong showing on both sides of the ball with the offense racking up 452 total yards, while the defense held the Riverhawks’ offense to 211 yards.
Keith Null and Carl Johnson headed up the offensive attack and Jared Brock led the defense with 11 tackles and …

Jason Poland
Sports Editor
Penn State was once referred to as the Linebacker University; after Dalton Bell and now Keith Null and possibly in the future Taylor Harris, maybe WTAMU should be referred to as the Quarterback University.
Waiting for his time to start and learning from every opportunity to play, Taylor Harris seems poised to take over the reins of WT’s high octane, explosive, air-it-out offense starting next season.
Harris’ patience on the sideline seems to have paid big dividends every time that …