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The Wichitan

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The Wichitan

Head coach Stephanie Radecki (left)  strategizes with assistant coach Jennifer McCall (right) inbetween sets one and two, Nov. 6.

Coach Radecki secures 400th win

Jessica Binzari, Sports Editor November 8, 2024

Stephanie Radecki won her 400th game as a collegiate volleyball coach last Tuesday Oct. 29, when MSU defeated East Central in straight sets. Radecki is thankful for the people that have helped her...

LSC partners with FloSports allowing fans to watch anywhere

LSC partners with FloSports allowing fans to watch anywhere

Abby Turner, Managing Editor October 23, 2024

Mustangs fans have a new way to watch all of their favorite teams. The Lone Star Conference announced on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024 that the conference would be entering a five-year streaming service contract...

Mustangs sports even out

Jessica Binzari, Sports Editor October 23, 2024

MSU celebrated homecoming with a week packed with sports. Men’s soccer, volleyball and football competed in the LSC played on home territory. The Mustangs showed up in force in volleyball, securing...

Crowd watches intently as the Mustangs battle against UT Permain Basin, Sept. 28.

Weekend full of family, fun and sports

Jessica Binzari, Sports Editor October 4, 2024

Midwestern State athletes reunited with their families as their loved ones cheered them on during a weekend packed with MSU sports. The Mustangs said the best part was having their families watch...

Psychology senior Jermane Carter reaches to toss the ball in the hoop before an opposing Northwestern Oklahoma player can block, Nov. 17.

What was, what is, what could be: Men’s basketball

Cecil Witherspoon, Sports Editor November 18, 2022

MSU basketball in full swing, and the men’s team took to the court in D.L. Ligon Coliseum Thursday night to continue their season. The Mustangs hope to build on last season’s 16-15 record and have...

The MSU intramural flag football championship team took a close win in the final quarter at 42-34, Oct. 14.

MSU, Sheppard Air Force Base clash in flag football

Cecil Witherspoon, Sports Editor October 21, 2022

Two of Wichita Falls’ most iconic institutions clashed on the gridiron last Friday in the spirit of both competition and community. The MSU intramural flag football championship team and Sheppard Air...

Nursing senior Nic Hubbert tries to send his disc closer to the goal as the sun sets behind him, 2022. Photo courtesy of Nic Hubbert.

Disc golf joins university’s sports roster

Tyler Martin, Reporter September 23, 2022

Nearly every city has a park with chain metal baskets that seem- to the untrained eye- to be randomly dispersed around the area. Those ‘randomly dispersed’ baskets are actually strategically placed...

Space was repurposed in Bridwell Hall to create a gym for the West College of Education, Mar. 10.

West College of Education Gets New Gym

Javier Contreras, Reporter March 11, 2022

A new gym was built on the first floor of Bridwell Hall as an instructional setting for kinesiology and physical education majors. This is the first semester that the gym is open to students and instructors....

Business management senior Alemu Mercer Miko has transferred to MSU from Campbell University in North Carolina, Feb. 8.

Who is Alemu Mercer Miko? From Spain, to North Carolina, to lastly, the Falls

Thalia Doe, Feature Editor February 11, 2022

With the new year comes a new soccer player for the MSU men’s soccer team. Business management senior, Alemu Mercer Miko, from Mallorca, Spain has been at Midwestern for just a little under a month.  “I’m...

MSU Cheer celebrates winning 3rd place in the 2022 UCA College Nationals in Orlando, Florida, Jan. 14. Photo courtesy of Collin Stokes.

MSU Cheer wins third at the UCA College Cheerleading National Championship

Thalia Doe, Feature Editor January 28, 2022

The MSU Cheer team took the mat on Friday, Jan. 14, in Orlando, Florida, at the UCA College Cheerleading National Championship. The team was able to place third in the Open Co-Ed Game Division. Head Coach,...

Graduation draws near for some mustangs.

Senior Mustangs speak on their last seasons

Thalia Doe and Jaime Alemán December 1, 2021

With everything in life, there comes a time when things come to an end. MSU athletes have the option of playing either four, or five years if they redshirt their freshman year. It can be easy to view student-athletes...

After making the first touchdown of the game, sports and leisure senior and wide receiver Kandin Robertson is congratulated by sports and leisure redshirt freshman and wide receiver Ja'Juan Mason and exercise physiology senior and running back Trenton Kennedy.

Coach and quarterback share reasons for football’s strong start

Abigail Jones, Assistant Editor October 13, 2021

This season, the MSU Texas football team is 5-1 after its first six games, the best it has been in years. As of Oct. 11, MSU is ranked 19th in the country in NCAA Division II by the American Football Coaches...

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