The National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) released its 2024 basketball All-America teams Tuesday, and Weatherford College sophomore Jared Washington made the honorable mention list.
Sometimes, reaching dreams requires a detour. For Jared Washington, that road has taken him from Mansfield to Wichita Falls to Weatherford, and who knows where the next stop will be.
Weatherford College’s Jared Washington won the Co-Player of the Year Award, and Wayne Wiggins was named Defensive Player of the Year in the Northern Texas Junior College Athletic Conference men’s basketball awards list released this past week.
Both Weatherford College basketball teams defeated Hill College Wednesday night at the Graber Athletic Center, and the WC men’s team clinched a berth in the NJCAA Region V Tournament in the process.
Weatherford College will host 16 basketball teams for the NJCAA Region V Men’s and Women’s Tournaments from March 13 to 16 in the Betty Jo Graber Athletic Center.
A Coyote three-pointer that would have tied the game rimmed out at the buzzer, and the Grayson College men’s basketball team escaped the Graber Athletic Center with a 77-74 win over Weatherford College on Wednesday night.
Weatherford College’s basketball teams swept Southwestern Christian College in Terrell on Wednesday night. The Lady Coyotes won 62-56, and the Coyotes won 71-65.
Despite a 26-point performance from Selina Gutierrez, the Weatherford College women’s basketball team lost to Cisco College on Saturday at the Betty Jo Graber Athletic Center, 75-69.
The Weatherford College men’s basketball team started the conference season with a bang Saturday, beating McLennan Community College 82-72 at the Graber Athletic Center.
For the first time, Weatherford College is hosting the Region V basketball tournament this March. In order to play in the tournament, each team must finish in the top four of their respective conferences to enjoy that home court advantage in the postseason.
In just two years at the helm of the Weatherford College Coyotes basketball program, head coach Chris Lewis revived memories of some of the program's greatest days by, well, having one of the greatest seasons in quite some time.
The presidents of the National Junior College Athletic Association’s Region V have voted to award Weatherford College with their 2023 postseason volleyball tournament as well as the 2024 men’s and women’s basketball postseason tournaments.