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Cougars take down women's soccer
By The Front | April 6The Western women’s soccer team was shutout by Washington State University during their spring exhibition game, marking their first loss since August 2016.
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Stafford, Western's shooting star
By The Front | April 6Western men’s basketball senior captain and guard Taylor Stafford was going to be special when he was in the third or fourth grade, his grandma Flora Woodfork said.
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Viking baseball hungry for nationals
By The Front | April 6Last year, they were division champions but lost the regional championship. This year, the Western men’s baseball team aim to advance even further.
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Basketball ready to attack GNAC
By The Front | March 14Both Vikings basketball teams finished their regular seasons Saturday, Feb. 25 with home wins on senior night. Now, the teams will be rolling into the Great Northwest Athletic Conference with first round byes while they prepare to take on their next challengers.
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Softball pitcher delivers in debut
By The Front | March 12Western softball’s freshman pitcher Anna Kasner has arrived in style.
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Track and field competes at GNAC tournament
By The Front and Hailey Palmer | March 12An up-and-down meet was highlighted by a first place individual finish for junior Anna Paradee in the pole vault at the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Indoor Championships.
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Parker rises to the top
By The Front and Hailey Palmer | March 12Rewrite the record books, because Western men’s basketball senior forward Jeffrey Parker has made history.
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Stafford makes immediate impact
By The Front | March 12Senior Guard Taylor Stafford might’ve only had one season of eligibility for the Vikings, but that is all the time he needed to be named the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Player and Newcomer of the Year.
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Track and field star vaults into championships
By The Front | March 12Junior pole vaulter Anna Paradee is the only Western athlete to qualify for the 2017 NCAA Division II Indoor Championship out of Western’s 90 track and field team members.
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Seawolves sink women's basketball
By The Front and Hailey Palmer | March 12The women’s championship in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference proved to be a tough battle, with the Western women’s basketball team falling to University of Alaska Anchorage in the second half.
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Men's basketball claim crown
By The Front and Hailey Palmer | March 12The Great Northwest Athletic Conference men’s championship game came down to the wire Saturday, March 4, at the Marcus Pavilion in Lacey.
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Men’s basketball clips Falcons
By The Front | March 8Western men’s basketball fended off a ferocious comeback bid from Seattle Pacific University to secure an 89-87 win, and its first Greater Northwest Athletic Conference division title since 2014.
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