PHOTO | Rik AndersenErrolynne FranckEquestrian "I’m going to be spending this Christmas in Seattle with my sister. I love the holidays because of all the Christmas lights."PHOTO | Rik AndersenDominic FurnessSoccer "For the holidays, I will be flying home to England. It will be the first time I have been home in a year, and I can’t wait. I’m looking forward to seeing my fmaily and ctaching up."

PHOTO | Rik AndersenZach WalkerBaseball “This holiday season I will be spending most of my time …

NCAA Soccer
The No. 13 Lady Buffs advance to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Division II Women’s Soccer Championship in San Diego, Calif. after capturing the championship win in the NCAA South Central Region Women’s Soccer Tournament at the Pitch.
“It feels awesome to make it this far because for the past few years, West Texas A&M has only made it to the first round,” sophomore midfielder Lindsay McHorse said. “Since we had a bye the first round, we were already …

PRAIRIE | ALLIE RENYA
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The WTAMU Lady Buff soccer team could not get past the University of Central Oklahoma in Lone Star Conference Championship on Nov. 8 at The Pitch.
The game turned into a shootout after the two teams were tied, 1-1 in double overtime.
“We definitely outplayed them,” Kelsey Wright, sophomore center, said. “That’s not how the game should have ended. But that’s soccer and how the sport is played. It was really …

The West Texas A&M men’s soccer team met its match when the Northeastern State Riverhawks came to Canyon. The Buffaloes defeated the Riverhawks, 2-1, but not without a fight.
The win improves the Buffalo record to 11-1-1 (1-0-1 LSC) and drops the Riverhawks to 6-5 (0-2  LSC).  The game between the two rivals didn’t seem to be WT’s best having more cautions from the officials than goals.
“We’ve had a break for 12 days, so we knew it was going to be …

PHOTO | FRANKIE SANCHEZ
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The #13-ranked Lady Buff soccer team routed the #22 Midwestern State Mustangs 3-1 in front of 155 fans at the Pitch.
“It was a big win, and I am very happy that we won,” senior forward Miriam Dominguez said. “Since I’ve been here we’ve been 1-3 against this Midwestern team. It’s my last year, and we had to win. Now, we have a chance to win conference.”
With …

PHOTO | FRANKIE SANCHEZ – The Furness Brothers: Theo, Seb, and Dom
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The West Texas A&M Men’s Soccer team was never more of a brotherhood until now. Straight from Middlesbrough, England, the three Furness brothers take the field for the Buffaloes. Sebastian, 22, tends goal, while Dominic, 21, and Theodore,18, play in the midfield. For the Furness brothers, soccer has been a way of life rooted deep in their family.
“When my dad played soccer, …

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Megan Gerber
Sports Reporter
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Buffalo men’s soccer (7-1-1) shutout the Rattlers of St. Mary’s University (2-5-1) in front of 225 fans in San Antonio, 5-0.
Sophomore defender Nicki Nielsen began the scoring streak with a deflected ball headed to the left corner in the 43rd minute of the game.
Junior forward Ben Everson then scored four consecutive goals in the last half of the game.
His performance places him in an elite …

Megan Gerber
Sports Reporter

The Lady Buffs lost for the first time this season, 1-0 when they met the Zias of Eastern New Mexico University in Portales, N.M.
The Lady Buffs put up 11 shots on goal, but the Zias’ 12 shots and 1 goal gave them the win.
WTAMU women’s soccer has a record of 6-1-1.
A cross pass from the left side by sophomore midfielder Danielle Thurman to freshman forward Brittany Bustos gave Bustos the first and only goal of the match.
“We were …

OFFENSE: (Left) Lady Buff Becky Hewson focuses on the ball and getting past the approaching defender.
Tammy Luksich
Sports Editor
The West Texas A&M Lady Buffs prevailed over the New Mexico State Lady Aggies with a final score 2-0 on Sept. 21. The win lifts the Lady Buffs to 6-0-1 overall.
In the 20th minute of the game, sophomore midfielder Lindsay McHorse put WT on the board with a 12-yard cross kick to score the first point. McHorse struck again in the 46th …

STEAL IT: Buff Robert Njoroge defends his opponet in the contest between WTAMU and CSW.
Megan Gerber
Sports Reporter
The West Texas A&M Buffaloes shut out the Mustangs of the University of the Southwest at the Pitch with a score of 5-0 on Sunday, Sept. 21.
The win improves the #19-ranked Buffs to a record of 6-1-1 and drops the Mustangs to 4-3-0.
The Buffs struggled against defenders in the first half with 12 shots on goal and only one point. From three yards, sophomore …