Volume 36 - Issue 2
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By; Michael Blevins
The Lady Cougar’s Best Yet!
In the world of Lady Cougar sports, the women’s basketball
team had its best year in the history of the team. Finishing the
regular season with 16 wins, the Lady Cougars put together a
season worth talking about.
Losing three of their first four games, the team did not get
discouraged. After their initial 1-3 start, the Lady Cougars won
twelve out of their next fourteen games. With the post season in
mind, the team put health at the top of thier priorities. The
women then lost five of their last seven games. The end of the
season for the Cougars was bittersweet with a loss in the first
round of the tournament. Although the 2005/2006 campaign
ended on a low, the season as a whole brought pride to the pro
gram and toWCC.
WILKES
COMMUNCTY
New Baseball Field
Map to WCC’s New Baseball Field
Over the last year a project for the baseball team and college
has been the new baseball field. I am happy to announce the
new field is finished, and the 2006 season is underway. The for
mer field was shared with Wilkes Central High. Both the base
ball program and WCC are happy to have a field to call their
own.
A building season
The Cougar men’s basketball season stcirted out with few ex
pectations due to a 1-30 showing in the 2004/2005 season. With
a talented class of freshmen coming in and a returrung class of
five sophomores, the team knew it was a building block year.
After wiiming two out of their first five games, the players were
optimistic about their year. On December 6th the Cougars were
2-6 and knew something had to change. That night they played
Caldwell Community College & Technical Institute and pre
vailed 87-85. Four days later, rival opponents Louisburg College
rolled into town. December 10th proved to be a highlight in the
2005/2006 season. The Cougars downed Louisburg 77-62 and
ended the first semester with back-to-back home wins.
The spring semester proved to be a long, hard road filled with
close losses. After beating Danville Community College 98-77
on January 14th, the Cougars failed to win again imtil a month
and a day later. Despite the long winning drought, the Cou
gars still made it to the Region X tournament for the first time in
Coach Ian Adam’s tenure. In order to place in the tournciment,
WCC had to compete in a Play-in game, and as fate would have
it, the opponents were none other than Louisburg. Adams called
reaching the tournament a milestone for the season.
Overall the 2005/2006 Ccmapciign, although ending with a losing
record, was a successful season of building and growing. The
Cougars have nine returning players with game experience and
three who practiced with the team until being declared aca
demically ineligible. The 2006/2007 campaign looks to have
extremely optimistic expectations.