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Weber State University guard Gelaun Wheelwright shoots over Idaho State guard Andre’ Hatchett during the game Monday at the Dee Events Center in Ogden.

Wildcats rip Bengals, gear up for Griz

Roy Burton Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - 12:41pm

OGDEN — The Bengals slowed the Wildcats down but couldn’t stop them.

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WSU softball drops pair to open season

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Last updated Friday, February 8, 2013 - 9:55pm

ST. GEORGE — The Weber State women’s softball team put up a valiant fight during its first two games of the season, but came up a little short of snagging a win during opening day.

The Wildcats fell 6-0 to Loyola Marymount in the first contest, and then dropped an eighth-inning heart-breaker 2-1 to Oklahoma State in their second game of the day during the Red Desert Classic at St. George’s Canyon Complex.

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Wildcats ready for scrapper in rematch with T-Birds

Roy Burton Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, February 8, 2013 - 9:38pm

OGDEN — If the last meeting between Weber State and Southern Utah is any indication, prepare for ugly.

The Thunderbirds went to a hack attack to try to slow down the Wildcats on Jan. 10 in Cedar City, sending WSU to the free throw line 49 times, though it wasn’t enough to stop Weber State from claiming an 81-74 victory.

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Wildcats head south to open 2013 softball season

Staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, February 8, 2013 - 12:18am

The fourth season of the new era of Wildcat softball gets under way this weekend, with the Weber State set to participate against a prestigious field at the Red Desert Classic.

The Wildcats will throw their first pitch at 11 a.m. today against Loyola Marymount at St. George’s Canyon’s Complex. Weber State will also take on Oklahoma State at 1:30 p.m., and then will face Nevada and Arkansas on Saturday, before wrapping up the tournament against former Pacific Coast Softball Conference Mountain Division rival Seattle on Sunday.

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T-Birds take round two against WSU women

Staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, February 7, 2013 - 11:56pm

CEDAR CITY — The blows just keep on coming.

And the road only gets harder.

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Sears touts toughness in Wildcats' 2013 recruiting class

Roy Burton Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, February 6, 2013 - 8:36pm

OGDEN — Weber State football coach Jody Sears wants his 2013 football recruiting class to be tough.

“From a character standpoint, from a cultural standpoint, we’ve got to build the toughness of this football team,” he said. “We’ve got to have playmakers.”

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WSU women's hoops kicks off long road trip against Thunderbirds

Staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, February 5, 2013 - 8:31pm

OGDEN — After a four-game home stand that included a couple of near misses, the Wildcats will hit the road for the first time in two weeks when WSU travels to Cedar City to play Southern Utah in Big Sky Conference women’s basketball action on Thursday night.

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Wildcats to visit Oral Roberts for Bracketbusters game

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Last updated Monday, February 4, 2013 - 6:52pm

OGDEN — In the final year of the Bracketbusters, the Wildcats will be headed to Tulsa.

Weber State will take on Oral Roberts in an ESPN Ramada Bracketbusters game. The Wildcats and Golden Eagles will meet on Feb. 23 at 6:30 p.m. in Tulsa, Okla.

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The game is 'slowing down' for hot-shooting Frank Otis

Roy Burton Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, February 3, 2013 - 9:02pm

Weber State senior forward Frank Otis was already leading the Big Sky conference in shooting percentage before he went 22 of 28 from the field in his last three games.

In that same stretch, Otis — “Mook” to his friends and fans — also tallied the three highest scoring totals of his career, going for 17 points against Montana, 20 against North Dakota and 15 against Northern Colorado.

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Weber State's Frank Otis (13) celebrates with James Hajek (45) at the end of the first half against Montana State in Bozeman, Mont., last Thursday.

Wildcats aim for happy ending to long road trip

Roy Burton Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, February 2, 2013 - 11:24pm

GREELEY, Colo. -- Weber State has only one item left on the agenda to wrap up its four-game business trip.

After starting the second half of the Big Sky Conference regular season with a win, now the Wildcats are aiming to start a winning streak as they face Northern Colorado tonight.

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Weber State’s Grace Farnsworth (left) is fouled by North Dakota’s Madi Buck (13) during the first half in Ogden on Thursday.

Wildcats' losing streak stretches to 39 games

Gentry Reinhart Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, February 1, 2013 - 12:19am

OGDEN — Things aren’t getting any easier for the Weber State women’s basketball team.

Looking for their first win since December of 2011, the Wildcats hosted North Dakota at the Dee Events Center on Thursday night in the hopes of putting an end to their 38-game losing streak.

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Women's basketball: Weber State vs. North Dakota, Jan. 31, 2013

Dennis Montgomery, Special to the Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, January 31, 2013 - 10:43pm

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North Dakota’s Troy Huff (left) is defended by Weber State’s Davion Berry (right)during the first half in Grand Forks, N.D., on Thursday. The Wildcats won 66-51.

Otis, Berry help Wildcats outgun North Dakota

Roy Burton Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, January 31, 2013 - 10:32pm

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Weber State has never lost three conference games in a row under seventh-year head coach Randy Rahe.

The Wildcats weren’t about to change that Thursday at the Sioux Center.

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Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard (0) and Utah Jazz guard Alec Burks (10) take a breather during a break in preseason action at Energy Solutions Arena in Salt Lake City last October.

Former Wildcat Lillard to make regular-season debut in Utah

Jim Burton Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, January 31, 2013 - 9:01pm

SALT LAKE CITY — Damian Lillard went up on the Utah Jazz radar several years ago, shortly after he began his career at Weber State. Now that he’s the front runner of the NBA’s Rookie of the Year award the Portland Trail Blazers point guard is a source of pride — and concern — for Utah coach Tyrone Corbin.

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WSU women hope to build on narrow loss

Staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, January 30, 2013 - 10:24pm

OGDEN — The Weber State women’s basketball squad hopes for a warming trend this evening.

On the heels of perhaps their best game of the season, Bethan Ord’s Wildats will host North Dakota in Big Sky Conference at 7 p.m. at the Dee Events Center.

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