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Quarterback Quade Coward, exercise physiology senior, runs to a down during the football game against Angelo State on Oct. 15. Photo by Izziel Latour

Football continues winning streak over Angelo State

Kelsey Purcell October 16, 2016

At halftime the score was 21-0. It looked like an MSU rout. Then with 11:10 in the third, ASU Rams scored. 21-7. Then with 2:43 in the third, ASU scored. 21-14. The with 8:45 in the fourth, ASU scored....

Bryce Martinez, business management freshman, scoring his first college touchdown at the Family Weekend game against Oklahoma Panhandle state photo by Izziel Latour

Family Weekend game postponed; Mustangs win

Mallory Evangelista October 14, 2016

Heading 2-0 into the first home game of the season, the Mustangs left the field on Sunday night with a victory of 42-24 against Oklahoma Panhandle State. Due to lightning warnings on Saturday night, the...

Family day visitors Triston Oliphant and Emilio Ramirez throw around the football in the tailgate area as tailgaters start to arrive around 3 p.m. Photo by Cooper Miller

Tailgating policy tested at first home game

Jeromy Stacy September 26, 2016

Rain or shine, student tailgaters and their families were out early Saturday at the first of four home games. With the Mustangs taking on Oklahoma Panhandle State, the party started with the first of the...

Football players finally get to see family

cameron mcenturff September 21, 2016

With the football team playing at home this weekend, Family Day events and five weeks without a home game have the players ready to play with a different mentality in Wichita Falls.The football team has...

Sierra Jones, athletic training senior, Shana Hancock, mother of Sierra, and Devin Hancock, Sierras brother, get their picture taken at one of the booths in the Quad put up for Family Day, Sept. 26, 2015. Photo by Rachel Johnson

Family Weekend to ‘connect families to Midwestern’

Kelsey Purcell September 21, 2016

It just wasn't enough.For the last few years, campus officials have tried to cram all the family activities — from movies to the football game — in to one day.It just wasn't enough.So this year, Family...

Last years homecoming Football game against Texas A&M- Kingsville at Memorial Stadium was Oct 31st. Photo by Kayla White.

Mustangs to take on Texas A&M-Kingsville

Kelsey Purcell September 13, 2016

 The football team is scheduled to play Texas A&M-Kingsville at Javelina Stadium in Kingsville, Texas Sept. 17 in the team's first conference game of the season. Last year, the Mustangs defeated...

Robert Sayler, business freshmen, watches for an opportunity to get the ball when the soccer players gathered the week before official practice began to run plays on the new turf field. Earlier in the week, coaches had recorded temperatures approaching 150˚F on the turf field. Photo by Bradley Wilson.

Turf fields pose challenges for athletes

Kara McIntyre August 17, 2016

The summers in Wichita Falls are not exactly known to be moderate with an average high of 97.8˚F and record high of 117˚F.But with the conversion of all practice fields from grass to turf, athletes are...

Athletes look to build on past successes

Athletes look to build on past successes

Hunter Porter June 15, 2016

FOOTBALL The football team finished its 2015 season 5-1 in conference and with a 10-2 overall record. Twenty-two players earned All-Lone Star Conference honors, and three made on the Don Hansen All-American...

The old football practice and rec fields are under construction to put in new turf fields, including one turf football practice field, the progress as of April 19. Photo by Justin Marquart

Field turf installations to be completed before fall semester

Jared Tuilagi April 20, 2016

Two grass fields are being changed into field turf and will be completed before the beginning of the fall semester. For the past five years, these fields have been ideal for the university's sports and...

Alumni partipate in first Maroon vs. Gold game

Allison Ashcraft April 15, 2016

Joey Greenwood, director of recreational sports and the Wellness Center, coordinated a 7-on-7 alumni game at the Maroon vs. Gold football game on April 9. Alumni who graduated as early as last year,...

Football offices find a new home

Harley Warrick February 24, 2016

Renovations for D.L. Ligon Coliseum eight years ago left the football coaches without any offices. They were moved to the houses at 2508 and 2510 Hampstead.“They were in prehistoric conditions over in...

Marqui Christian. Contributed photo.

Marqui Christian being scouted for the NFL

Yvette Ordonez November 24, 2015

As a young boy growing up in the south side of Houston, Marqui Christian found his love for the game of football at the age of four. Perhaps it was his passion for the sport or humble upbringing that...

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